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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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Melville E. Abrams (1912-1966) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Isidore
Dollinger; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-66 (Bronx County 5th District 1955-65, 90th
District 1966); died in office 1966.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions;
B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
10, 1966 (age 54 years, 238
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ann Soffrin. |
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Robert Abrams (b. 1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 4,
1938.
Son of Benjamin Abrams and Dorothy (Kaplan) Abrams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-69 (89th District 1966, 81st District
1967-69); borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1970-78; resigned 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984;
New
York state attorney general, 1979-93; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2000.
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Gary Leonard Ackerman (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary L. Ackerman —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica Estates, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
19, 1942.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of New York
state senate 12th District, 1979-83; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (7th District 1983-93,
5th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Antin (1884-1956) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlinez, Ukraine,
August
4, 1884.
Son of Charles Antin and Frances (Schwartzman) Antin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1921-22; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1923-30; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Khorassan; B'nai B'rith.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
22, 1956 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard E. Babbush (b. 1941) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
8, 1941.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate, 1976-93 (16th District 1976-82, 17th District
1983-93, 19th District 1993).
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; B'nai B'rith; Jewish
War Veterans.
Still living as of 1993.
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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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Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966,
32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
One leg
was amputated in 1977 due to phlebitis.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Albert Einstein Medical
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March 4,
1990 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond. |
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Maurice Bloch (c.1891-1929) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1915-29 (New York County 22nd District 1915-17,
New York County 16th District 1918-29); died in office 1929; campaign
manager for U.S. Senator Robert
F. Wagner, 1926.
Jewish.
Member, Elks;
B'nai B'rith; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, from an embolus of the
heart, following a appendicitis
surgery, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1929 (age about 38
years).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1923
to Madelaine Neuberger. |
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Samuel Bonom (1912-1962) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1912.
Son of David Bonom (born 1887) and Lena (Jackel) Bonom (1887-1974).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1956-62; died in
office 1962.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America.
Died December
13, 1962 (age 50 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Clarice Juliet Goldberg (1910-1998). |
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Paul P. E. Bookson (c.1933-2005) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1933.
Son of Leo Bookson and Anna Bookson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1965-74 (24th District 1965, 27th District 1966,
24th District 1967-72, 25th District 1973-74).
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai B'rith.
Struck
by a motorcycle while crossing a street in Brooklyn, died later
the same day in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 2005 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Relatives:
Married to Tova Heller. |
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Irwin R. Brownstein (1930-1996) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
4, 1930.
Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1960-63; member
of New
York state senate, 1964-66 (15th District 1964-65, 23rd District
1966); state court judge in New York, 1967-69, 1969-80.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Died of a heart
attack in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 24,
1996 (age 65 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) —
also known as Manny Celler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1888.
Son of Henry H. Celler and Josephine (Müller) Celler.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,
15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
World Federalists; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee; B'nai B'rith.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1981 (age 92 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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William Wolfe Cohen (1874-1940) —
also known as William W. Cohen —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1874.
Son of Benjamin Cohen and Fredericka (Kronacher) Cohen.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1927-29.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
B'nai B'rith.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1940 (age 66 years, 36
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) —
also known as "Crook" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Vilna, Lithuania,
February
5, 1885.
Son of Rabbi Israel Dickstein and Slata B. (Gordon) Dickstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,
19th District 1945); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
According to old Russian records found in
the mid-1990s, he was a paid
agent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, and
received some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".
Died, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1954 (age 69 years, 76
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Steven Effman (b. 1950) —
also known as Steve Effman —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Sunrise, Fla., 1993-96; member of Florida
state house of representatives 98th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Admitted
in 2003 to inappropriate
relationships
with three divorce clients; suspended
from the practice of law for 91 days.
Still living as of 2003.
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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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Louis L. Friedman (b. 1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1941-44; member
of New
York state senate 15th District, 1945-55; resigned 1955; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1957-58.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Jewish Congress; B'nai B'rith; National
Lawyers Guild.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley H. Fuld (1903-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1903.
Son of Emanuel I. Fuld and Hermine (Frisch) Fuld.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1946-66; appointed 1946; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1967-73.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; B'nai B'rith.
Died July 22,
2003 (age 99 years, 333
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emanuel I. Fuld and Hermine (Frisch) Fuld; married, May 29,
1930, to Florence Geringer (died 1975); married to Stella
Rapaport. |
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Julius J. Gans (1896-1973) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1896.
Son of Nathan Gans and Ida (Lowenthal) Gans.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1936-37, 1939-54 (Bronx County 5th District
1936-37, 1939-44, Bronx County 6th District 1945-54); defeated, 1937;
civil court judge in New York, 1961-67.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
Died, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 24,
1973 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Sylvia (Kugel) Tisch. |
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Louis DeWitt Gibbs (1880-1929) —
also known as Louis D. Gibbs —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodz, Poland,
October
16, 1880.
Son of Isadore Gibbs and Pauline (Greenbaum) Gibbs.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1913; county
judge in New York, 1914-24; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925-29; died in office
1929.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai B'rith.
Died in 1929
(age about
48 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob H. Gilbert (1920-1981) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 17,
1920.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1951-54; member of
New
York state senate 27th District, 1955-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1960-71 (23rd District 1960-63,
22nd District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
27, 1981 (age 60 years, 255
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry Mayer Goldfogle (1856-1929) —
also known as Henry M. Goldfogle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 23,
1856.
Son of Mayer Goldfogle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1888-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-15, 1919-21 (9th District
1901-13, 12th District 1913-15, 1919-21); defeated, 1920.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Died June 1,
1929 (age 73 years, 9
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
23, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District
1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1989.
Jewish.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Jewish Congress; NAACP;
B'nai B'rith; American
Jewish Committee; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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Philip Halpern (1902-1963) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
12, 1902.
Son of Samuel M. Halpern and Rebecca L. (Yatzkan) Halpern.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1948-63; died in office
1963; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1952-63 (3rd Department 1952-57, 4th Department 1958-63); died
in office 1963.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Mu; B'nai B'rith.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
25, 1963 (age 60 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
19, 1913.
Son of Anna (Swanton) Halpern and Ralph
Halpern.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1937; member of
New
York state senate, 1941-54 (2nd District 1941-44, 4th District
1945-54); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-73 (4th District 1959-63, 6th
District 1963-73); Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, Elks;
B'nai B'rith; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died from complications of pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
10, 1997 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Jacob Harris (1877-1960) —
also known as Samuel J. Harris —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 7,
1877.
Son of Solomon Joel Harris and Rachael Adeline (Brown) Harris.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1940-45.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; B'nai B'rith.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., 1960
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 14,
1921, to Goldie G. Weisburg (1884-1964). |
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Gustave Hartman (1880-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
August
12, 1880.
Son of Kalman Hartman and Sarah 'Sallie' (Luchs) Hartman.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1905-06;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1908; municipal judge
in New York, 1913-17, 1921-29; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924, 1929; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Arbitration Association; B'nai B'rith; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Founder and president, Israel Orphan Asylum, New York City.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1936 (age 56 years, 92
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument at Hartman
Triangle, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Nathaniel T. Helman (b. 1905) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1950-60 (26th District 1950-54, 28th District
1955-60); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956,
1960
(alternate); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1968.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip M. Kleinfeld (b. 1894) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1922; defeated,
1920; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1923-41; resigned 1941; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1943-58.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
B'nai B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Kraf (b. 1907) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1956-65.
Jewish.
Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi; Elks; Urban
League; B'nai B'rith.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Simon J. Liebowitz (c.1906-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1960-68 (10th District 1960-65, 18th District 1966,
15th District 1967-68); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969-75.
Jewish.
Member, Odd
Fellows; B'nai B'rith; Knights
of Pythias.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 24,
1998 (age about 92
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerome W. Marks (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 22,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-68 (New York County 4th District 1963-65,
67th District 1966, 61st District 1967-68).
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai B'rith.
Still living as of 1968.
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Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) —
also known as Bucky Mintz —
of South Fallsburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Indicted
in 1965 on bribery
charges;
convicted
in February 1966, and sentenced
to a year in prison.
Died, following a heart
attack, while serving a prison
sentence, in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 25,
1966 (age about 57
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving Mosberg (b. 1908) —
of Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1958-67 (6th District 1958-65, 10th District 1966,
11th District 1967).
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; NAACP;
B'nai B'rith.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Manfred Ohrenstein (b. 1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1961-93 (25th District 1961-65, 29th District 1966,
27th District 1967-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action; B'nai B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Still living as of 1993.
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Carl Pack (1899-1945) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
25, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1931-38; member of
New
York state senate, 1939-45 (22nd District 1939-44, 25th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai B'rith; Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1945 (age 46 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Samuel Roman (1910-1998) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in a hospital,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
26, 1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;
defeated, 1944, 1954.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Author and sponsor of nation's first law
against racial discrimination in places of public accomodation, 1953.
Died, of a stroke, in
Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
11, 1998 (age 88 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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William Rosenblatt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1945-70.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1976.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March 29,
1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard M. Simon (b. 1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 46th District; elected 1966.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives:
Married to Lorraine Werner. |
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Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1949-59.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Price Stavisky (1925-1999) —
also known as Leonard P. Stavisky —
of Beechhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
11, 1925.
Democrat. University
professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-83 (26th District 1966, 23rd District
1967-72, 26th District 1973-83); member of New York
state senate, 1983-99 (12th District 1983-94, 16th District
1995-99); died in office 1999.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Died, from complications of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 19,
1999 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Son of Aaron Steuer and Dinah (Goodman) Steuer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar
Association; B'nai B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin M. Suchin (b. 1919) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-75 (96th District 1966, 89th District
1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Kiwanis;
B'nai B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 1975.
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Herbert Tenzer (1905-1993) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1905.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died March 24,
1993 (age 87 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ben Werbel (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
November
23, 1898.
Democrat. Advertising
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mollie Katz. |
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