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Peter A. Abeles (1886-1952) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Oltenitza, Romania,
February
15, 1886.
Son of Aron Abeles and Rebecca (Isser) Abeles.
Republican. Lawyer;
accountant; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1919-20; defeated, 1922; magistrate.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in a stationery
store on Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1952 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Ades (1903-1986) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Maryland, July 3,
1903.
Son of Harry Ades and Fannie Ades.
Communist. Lawyer;
accountant; defense attorney for Euel Lee (alias "Orphan
Jones") in his 1932-33 trial for the murder of the Davis family;
during the trial, Ades was attacked
and injured by a mob in Snow Hill, Maryland; later, he was disbarred
for casting
aspersions on the judicial system; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1934; fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the
Spanish Civil War, 1937.
Jewish.
Died in New York, May 27,
1986 (age 82 years, 328
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, Md.
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Bernard Austin (d. 1958) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
accountant; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1935-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in 1958.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Badillo (b. 1929) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Caguas, Caguas
Municipio, Puerto Rico, August
21, 1929.
Son of Francisco Badillo and Carmen (Rivera) Badillo.
Lawyer;
accountant; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1966-69; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1967;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1988;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969 (Democratic primary), 1973
(Democratic primary), 1977 (Democratic primary), 2001 (Republican
primary); U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1971-77; Democratic
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1986.
Protestant.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Member, Beta
Gamma Sigma.
First
person of Puerto Rican birth to have a vote in the U.S. Congress.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bertram L. Baker (1898-1985) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Nevis,
January
10, 1898.
Democrat. Accountant; member of New York
state assembly, 1949-70 (Kings County 17th District 1949-54,
Kings County 6th District 1955-65, 46th District 1966, 56th District
1967-70).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons;
Urban
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1985 (age 87 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandfather of Diane (Bemus) Whiting (who married Deval
Patrick). |
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Caleb Howard Baumes (1865-1937) —
also known as Caleb H. Baumes —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., March 31,
1865.
Son of Peter H. Baumes and Mary E. (Wiltsie) Baumes.
Republican. School
teacher; bookkeeper; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1915;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1919-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Author of "Baumes Law" which provided for mandatory life sentences
for fourth felony offenders.
Died, of a heart
attack, on a New York Central train,
near Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
25, 1937 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Abraham David Beame (1906-2001) —
also known as Abraham D. Beame; Abe Beame;
"Spunky" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in London, England,
March
20, 1906.
Democrat. Accountant; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1980;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1974-77; defeated, 1965, 1977; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1967.
Jewish.
First
Jewish mayor of New York City.
Died, from complications after heart
surgery, in New York University Medical
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 2001 (age 94 years, 327
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Brown (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenevus, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
14, 1859.
Son of Carlton Brown.
Republican. Produce
dealer; produce dealer
in Otsego County; later, employed by a hay, grain, and produce
merchant in Brooklyn; bookkeeper and manager for a carriage
painting and sign-making
business; bookkeeper; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1907, 1909-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Brummer (b. 1945) —
of Apopka, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
28, 1945.
Republican. Accountant; member of Florida
state house of representatives 38th District, 1999-.
Lutheran.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Bernard Downing (1869-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1869.
Son of Charles Downing and Margaret (Oakes) Downing.
Democrat. Accountant; member of New York
state senate, 1917-31 (11th District 1917-18, 14th District
1919-31); died in office 1931.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in the Loomis Sanitarium,
Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 25,
1931 (age 61 years, 284
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Adelbert D. Edwards (b. 1856) —
of Atlantic Mine, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Lincklaen, Chenango
County, N.Y., June 15,
1856.
Republican. Bookkeeper; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 3rd District,
1907-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Frank (c.1904-1955) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1904.
Son of Philip Frank.
Democrat. Lawyer;
accountant; law
professor; New York City Third Deputy Police Commissioner,
1950-53; candidate in primary for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association.
Died May 10,
1955 (age about 51
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Gillen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Bookkeeper; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1909-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (1896-1981) —
also known as Nathaniel L. Goldstein —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
partner of Charles
C. Lockwood during the 1920s; accountant; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940,
1944,
1948;
New
York state attorney general, 1943-54.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American
Jewish Committee; Freemasons;
Elks; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1981 (age 84 years, 288
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John P. Hayes —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
accountant; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1925-40.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Forty and
Eight.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrin R. Judd (c.1871-1955) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Somerset
County, N.J., about 1871.
Son of Rev. Orrin Bishop Judd and Susanna Judd.
Accountant; lawyer; banker; Dry
candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Baptist.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 5,
1955 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert B. Lewis (b. 1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born October
16, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; accountant; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1967-78.
Still living as of 1978.
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Relatives:
Married to Sara Ann Beresniakoff. |
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Magnus Lipton (b. 1902) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., March 22,
1902.
Republican. Accountant; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Member, Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George N. Lopano —
of North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow), Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Airline
auditor; candidate for mayor
of North Tarrytown, N.Y., 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Mauro Magnani —
Conservative. Bookkeeper; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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John G. Malone (b. 1877) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
27, 1877.
Republican. Accountant; electrical
contractor; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1912-19.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gregory McMahon (1915-1989) —
of Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 19,
1915.
Republican. Accountant; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948, 1950.
Died in 1989
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank G. Miller (b. 1863) —
of Apalachin, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., July 12,
1863.
Republican. Bookkeeper; grocer; member
of New
York state assembly from Tioga County, 1930-37; Dry candidate for
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel M. Minkoff —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Accountant; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1938; defeated
(American Labor), 1938, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Parker Moffat (b. 1866) —
also known as Thomas P. Moffat —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., April 7,
1866.
Accountant; poet; U.S.
Consul in Turks Island, 1903-05; La Guaira, 1905-08; Trinidad, 1909; Bluefields, 1909-11; Managua, 1911; U.S. Vice Consul in Trinidad, 1908-09; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1911; New York leader of the Frank
O. Lowden for President campaign, 1928.
In 1908, when the Venezuelan government was denying an outbreak of
plague in La Guaira, and jailing doctors who diagnosed bubonic
plague, he alone among the foreign consuls refused to sign the
government's declaration that the city was plague-free. After a
quarantine was imposed, he rowed five miles out to sea to meet an
American gunboat.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Murphy (1897-1944) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., May 15,
1897.
Democrat. Accountant; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; charged
with bribery
in 1944; pleaded
guilty.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Died, from a heart
ailment, December
25, 1944 (age 47 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Constance Kirchner. |
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Allen James Oliver (1903-1953) —
also known as Allen J. Oliver —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 18,
1903.
Republican. Accountant; member of New York
state senate, 1943-48 (46th District 1943-44, 51st District
1945-48); defeated, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, of a coronary
occlusion (heart
attack), in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 9,
1953 (age 50 years, 52
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Herbert A. Posner (b. 1925) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
accountant; member of New York
state assembly 19th District; elected 1966.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1966.
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Hamilton Fish Potter (1901-1978) —
also known as Hamilton F. Potter —
of Smithtown Branch, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., July 29,
1901.
Republican. Accountant; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1929-36;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Died in 1978
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Philip Ragusa (born c.1940) —
also known as Phil Ragusa —
of Beachhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1940.
Republican. Accountant; candidate for New York
state assembly 26th District, 1986, 1986; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Still living as of 2008.
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Samuel J. Ramsperger (b. 1862) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 25,
1862.
Son of Conrad Ramsperger and Anna Maria (Reppert) Ramsperger.
Democrat. Bookkeeper and cashier, William Simon Brewery;
member of New York
state senate, 1899-1904, 1907-20 (48th District 1899-1904, 49th
District 1907-20); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1912.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph F. Reinecke (b. 1866) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1866.
Bookkeeper; salesman;
agent for harvester
company; U.S. Consular Agent in Omsk, 1908-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Kirby Rockefeller (1875-1948) —
also known as Lewis K. Rockefeller —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
25, 1875.
Son of Spencer R. Rockefeller (1849-1925) and Henrietta 'Nettie'
(Kirby) Rockefeller (1853-1922).
Republican. Accountant; Deputy New York State Tax
Commissioner, 1915-21; Deputy New York State Commissioner of Taxation
and Finance, 1921-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1937-43; chair of
Columbia County Republican Party, 1937-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
18, 1948 (age 72 years, 298
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Jules G. Sabbatino —
of Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Accountant; member of New York
state assembly, 1959-70 (Queens County 4th District 1959-65, 33rd
District 1966, 32nd District 1967-70).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives:
Married to Nancy E. Albarino. |
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Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) —
also known as Maurice H. Stans —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn., March 22,
1908.
Son of J. Hubert Stans and Mathilda (Nyssen) Stans.
Accountant; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72.
Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with John
N. Mitchell, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted; later pleaded
guilty to five violations of campaign
finance laws and paid a fine of
$5,000.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died five days later, at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 14,
1998 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Benjamin Starbuck (1866-1931) —
also known as George B. Starbuck —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
24, 1866.
Son of George H. Starbuck and Emeline (Watson) Starbuck.
Bookkeeper; U.S. Vice Consul in Cienfuegos, 1915-29.
Died in Cienfuegos, Cuba, August 5,
1931 (age 64 years, 346
days).
Interment at Tomas Acea Cemetery, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
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Relatives:
Married to Carolina Aguero. |
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William J. Wells (1876-1940) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1876.
Republican. Accountant; general manager, later president, R.H.
Macy & Co. department
store; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Mountainside Hospital,
Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., March 22,
1940 (age 63 years, 98
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Oren Elbridge Wilson —
also known as Oren E. Wilson —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Accountant; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1894-95.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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