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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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John Ries Bartels (1897-1997) —
also known as John R. Bartels —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1944;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-52; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1959-73;
took senior status 1973.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1997 (age 99 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hugh Henry Bownes (b. 1920) —
also known as Hugh H. Bownes —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 10,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1963; mayor of
Laconia, N.H., 1963-65; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1966-68; U.S.
District Judge for New Hampshire, 1968-77; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1977-90; took senior
status 1990.
Protestant.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions.
Still living as of 2002.
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Joseph Anthony Califano, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph A. Califano, Jr. —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 15,
1931.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-79.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ramsey Clark (b. 1927) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Son of Thomas
Campbell Clark and Mary Jane (Ramsey) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law
professor; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lawrence E. Corbett, Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y., May 11,
1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-72 (Washington County 1963-65, 115th
District 1966, 107th District 1967-72).
Catholic.
Member, American Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan V. Burns. |
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William Cornelius Dixon (b. 1904) —
also known as William C. Dixon —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Dexter, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 1,
1904.
Son of Frank Dixon and Celia (Potter) Dixon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1934; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1939.
Member, American Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Norton Edelstein (1910-2000) —
also known as David N. Edelstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
16, 1910.
Son of Benjamin Edelstein and Dora (Mancher) Edelstein.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1951-94;
took senior status 1994.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
19, 2000 (age 90 years, 185
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1902.
Son of Louis Farbstein and Yetta Schlanger Farbstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; American Judicature Society.
Died, of advanced heart
disease, at New York Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Glenn Walker Ferguson (b. 1929) —
also known as Glenn W. Ferguson —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
28, 1929.
Associate director, U.S. Peace Corps, 1963-64; director, VISTA,
1964-66; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1966.
Member, American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1991.
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Relatives:
Married to Patricia Lou Head. |
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George S. Fitzgerald (1901-1980) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., December
26, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1949-53; candidate in primary
for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1954; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1965-74.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1980
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Forman (1895-1978) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
30, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1928-32; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1932-59; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1959-61.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died August
17, 1978 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hazard Gillespie, Jr. (1910-2011) —
also known as S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr. —
of New York.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 12,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1959-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 7,
2011 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-1992) —
also known as Irving R. Kaufman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 24,
1910.
Son of Herman Kaufman and Rose (Spielberg) Kaufman.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1949-61; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-87.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died February
1, 1992 (age 81 years, 222
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Judith S. Kaye (b. 1938) —
of New York.
Born in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August 4,
1938.
Judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1983; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1993-.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
March
1, 1899.
Son of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
American Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932
(Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office 1971.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1922
to Pearl G. Spivak. |
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George Henry Lowe (b. 1939) —
also known as George H. Lowe —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 1,
1939.
Son of John Elmer Lowe and Mary Catherine (Mullin) Lowe.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1978-82.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1994.
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John J. Marchi (1921-2009) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 20,
1921.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1957-2006 (19th District 1957-65, 26th District
1966, 23rd District 1967-72, 24th District 1973-2006); candidate for
borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1961; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969, 1973.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Lucca, Italy,
April
25, 2009 (age 87 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1938-46 (New York County 10th District 1938-44,
New York County 1st District 1945-46); member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1947-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died of pneumonia
at New
York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1996 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salisbury
Cemetery, Salisbury, Conn.
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Lawrence Warren Pierce (b. 1924) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1971; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1981-90.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1995.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Brown Sears (b. 1870) —
also known as Charles B. Sears —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
16, 1870.
Son of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1917-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1922-33; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears; married, October
20, 1896, to Florence A. Gilbert (died 1939); married, November
24, 1946, to Mary V. Hun. |
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Whitney North Seymour, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 7,
1923.
Son of Whitney North Seymour and Lola (Vickers) Seymour.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1966-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1970-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1976.
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Robert Speer Tubbs (1897-1982) —
also known as Robert S. Tubbs —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
23, 1897.
Son of Levi Tubbs and Myrtle (Speer) Tubbs.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st
District, 1961-62.
Protestant.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
11, 1982 (age 85 years, 322
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lorraine Joyce Burgess. |
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