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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets; Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Donald A. Campbell (1922-1992) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August 2,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1951-68 (Montgomery County 1951-65, 123rd
District 1966, 104th District 1967-68).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died November
8, 1992 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Joseph Dalessandro (b. 1918) —
also known as Peter J. Dalessandro —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., May 19,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1947-57 (35th District 1947-54, 36th District
1955-57); resigned 1957.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action near Kalterherberg, Germany, December 22,
1944.
Still living as of 1957.
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Arthur O. Eve (b. 1933) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 23,
1933.
Son of Arthur B. Eve and Beatrice (Clark) Eve.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1967-2001 (143rd District 1967-82, 141st District
1983-2001); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1977.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; NAACP; Urban
League; United
Auto Workers; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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Frank J. Glinski —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1959-73 (56th District 1959-65, 63rd District 1966,
55th District 1967-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1973.
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Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) —
also known as Jacob K. Javits —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1904.
Son of Morris Javits and Ida (Littman) Javits.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54; New York
state attorney general, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated (Liberal), 1980;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964;
Republican candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; United
World Federalists; Amvets.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 7,
1986 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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James T. McFarland —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to Assemblyman William
E. Adams, 1964; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (154th District 1966, 140th District
1967-72); member of New York
state senate 59th District, 1973-78.
Catholic.
Member, Amvets; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1978.
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Joseph N. Mondello (b. 1938) —
of Levittown, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1938.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Nassau County Republican Party, 1984-; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1992-2004; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1996,
2008
(delegation chair); New York
Republican state chair, 2006-09.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sons of
Italy; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis;
Lions;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association.
Still living as of 2011.
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Samuel Studdiford Stratton (1916-1990) —
also known as Samuel S. Stratton —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1950; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1956-58; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-89 (32nd District 1959-63,
35th District 1963-71, 29th District 1971-73, 28th District 1973-83,
23rd District 1983-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died, in a nursing
home, 1990
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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