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Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) —
also known as Hamilton F. Kean —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Union Township, Union
County, N.J., February
27, 1862.
Great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); grandnephew of Hamilton
Fish; son of John Kean and Lucy (Halstead) Kean; brother of John
Kean (1852-1914); married, January
12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father of Robert
Winthrop Kean; grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean.
Republican. Banker; farmer; chair of
Union County Republican Party, 1900; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died December
27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Howard Kean (b. 1935) —
also known as Thomas H. Kean —
of Livingston, Essex
County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 21,
1935.
Third great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); grandnephew of John
Kean (1852-1914); grandson of Hamilton
Fish Kean; son of Robert
Winthrop Kean; father of Thomas
Howard Kean, Jr..
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1968-77; Governor of
New Jersey, 1982-90; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Theodore Kellogg (1869-1942) —
also known as Henry T. Kellogg —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y., August
29, 1869.
Son of S. Alonzo Kellogg and Susan Elizabeth (Averill) Kellogg;
married, March 5,
1903, to Katharine Miller Weed.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1903; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1903-26; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1918-26; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1927-34; resigned 1934.
Episcopalian.
Died September
6, 1942 (age 73 years, 8
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Henry B. Ketcham (b. 1865) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 8,
1865.
Son of John
Henry Ketcham and Augusta A. (Belden) Ketcham; married, September
12, 1889, to Sallie Bray Holman.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1900.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rufus King (1755-1827) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 24,
1755.
Married 1786
to Mary Alsop (daughter of John
Alsop); half-brother of Cyrus
King; father of John
Alsop King and James
Gore King; grandfather of Rufus
King (1814-1876).
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President
of the United States, 1816.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died April 29,
1827 (age 72 years, 36
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Son of Julius
C. Kinne and Rachel (Wetherby) Kinne; married 1867 to Mary C.
Hawkins (died 1882; daughter of Olney
Hawkins); married 1884 to
Florence (Kelly) Kelly; married, August
21, 1905, to Winifred L. Morse.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alan Goodrich Kirk (1888-1963) —
also known as Alan G. Kirk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
30, 1888.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1946-49; Soviet Union, 1949-51; China (Taiwan), 1962-63; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1946-49.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1963
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930) —
also known as Ardolph L. Kline —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., February
21, 1858.
Son of Anthony Kline and Margaret (Busby) Kline; married, November
25, 1886, to Frances A. Phalon.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Episcopalian. German and
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1930 (age 72 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp —
also known as Florence E. S. Knapp —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Descendant of John
Hancock.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924;
secretary
of state of New York, 1925-27.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Grange.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger)
Labouisse; married, June 29,
1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November
19, 1954, to Eve Curie.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip J. Lader (b. 1946) —
of Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 17,
1946.
Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1997-2001.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2001.
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Son of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian. Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., is named for
him.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Reid Lefevre (b. 1904) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Hartsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
10, 1904.
Son of Edwin Lefevre and Martha (Moore) Lefevre; married, June 19,
1941, to Zilda Pinsonault.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1947-59; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1961-63.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Murray Leffingwell (1896-1983) —
also known as William M. Leffingwell —
of Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1896.
Son of William
Elderkin Leffingwell and Mary (Walsh) Leffingwell; married, February
26, 1919, to Margaret
Elizabeth Bowlby.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1920;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died May 21,
1983 (age 86 years, 349
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) —
also known as W. H. Leonard —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 29,
1873.
Republican. Miner; cattle
trader; organizer and president, Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing
Co.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Will
Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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John Vliet Lindsay (1921-2000) —
also known as John V. Lindsay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1921.
Son of George Nelson Lindsay and Eleanor (Vliet) Lindsay; married, June 18,
1949, to Mary Anne Harrison (1926-2004).
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1959-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1966-73; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and pneumonia,
in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
19, 2000 (age 79 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Edward Lounsbury (1838-1904) —
also known as George E. Lounsbury —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pound Ridge, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 7,
1838.
Brother of Phineas
Chapman Lounsbury.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1895-96; Governor of
Connecticut, 1899-1901.
Episcopalian.
Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
16, 1904 (age 66 years, 101
days).
Interment at Ridgefield
Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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Seymour Lowman (1868-1940) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung town, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
7, 1868.
Son of John Lowman (1832-1884) and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman; married, September
9, 1893, to Katherine Harding 'Kate' Smith.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1909-10; chair of
Chemung County Republican Party, 1910-34; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1919-24; defeated, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-33; president, Elmira Savings Bank, 1933;
president, Lowman Construction
Corp.; president, U.S. Cut Flower
Co.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1940
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Rogers Lynde (1901-1981) —
also known as Edwin R. Lynde —
of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
10, 1901.
Son of Carleton M. Lynde and Virginia (Rogers) Lynde; married, June 26,
1927, to Violet Panal (divorced 1937).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1929-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Almon W. Lytle (b. 1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., September
26, 1876.
Son of James H. Lytle and Inez M. (Young) Lytle; married 1906 to Kate L.
Sudds.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta
Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abram Bennett Macardell (1877-1958) —
also known as Abram B. Macardell —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Hope, Orange
County, N.Y., July 28,
1877.
Son of Cornelius Macardell (1836-1904) and Esther (Crawford)
Macardell (1838-1927); married, June 8,
1908, to Jennie F. Osterbanks (1880-1912); married, June 28,
1926, to Amelia Theresa Ackerman (1881-1953).
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; mayor
of Middletown, N.Y., 1924-29; defeated, 1921.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Moose; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., January
10, 1958 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Middletown, N.Y.
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William Butts Macomber, Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 28,
1921.
Son of William Butts Macomber and Elizabeth Currie (Ranlet) Macomber;
married, December
28, 1963, to Phyllis D. Bernau.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; administrative
assistant to U.S. Sen. John
Sherman Cooper, 1954; U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1961-64; Turkey, 1973-77.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1997.
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William Kingsland Macy (1889-1961) —
also known as W. Kingsland Macy —
of Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1889.
Son of George Henry Macy and Kate Louise (Carter) Macy; married, October
3, 1912, to Julia A. Dick.
Republican. Business
executive; banker; chair of
Suffolk County Republican Party, 1926-51; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
New York
Republican state chair, 1930-34; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938;
member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1946; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1947-51; defeated,
1950.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 15,
1961 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Cemetery, Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) —
also known as Rowland B. Mahany —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864.
Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) —
also known as Thoroughgood Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 2,
1908.
Married, September
4, 1929, to Vivien Burey (died 1955); married, December
17, 1955, to Cecilia
Suyat; father of Thurgood
Marshall, Jr..
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; U.S. Solicitor General,
1965-67; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1946 First
African-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
24, 1993 (age 84 years, 206
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at Lawyers'
Mall, Annapolis, Md.
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Luther Martin (1748-1826) —
of Somerset
County, Md.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
20, 1748.
Son of Benjamin Martin and Hannah Martin; married, December
25, 1783, to Maria Cresap (c.1766-1796; first cousin of Joseph
Cresap, James
Cresap and Thomas
Cresap).
Lawyer;
Maryland
state attorney general, 1778-1805, 1818-22; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1784; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; defense attorney for Samuel
Chase in his 1805 impeachment trial, and for Aaron
Burr in his 1807 treason trial.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1826 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Anne Clark Martindell (b. 1914) —
also known as Anne Clark; Mrs. Jackson
Martindell —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1914.
Daughter of William Clark and Marjory (Blair) Clark; married, August
12, 1948, to Jackson Martindell.
Democrat. School
teacher; vice-chair of
New Jersey Democratic Party, 1969-74; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1976; member of New Jersey
state senate 14th District, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1979-81; Western Samoa, 1979-81.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1997.
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Married 1896
to Agnes E. Warner.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner Chemical
Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Great-grandson of John
Floyd; son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith
(Floyd) McAdoo (1832-1913); married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming (1867-1912); married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-1967; daughter of Woodrow
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross (1909-2005).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) —
also known as George B. McClellan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany)
of American parents, November
23, 1865.
Great-grandson of Laban
Marcy; son of George
Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan;
married to Georgianna L. Heckscher.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university
professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Raymond Medina (1888-1990) —
also known as Harold R. Medina —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
16, 1888.
Son of Joaquin A. Medina and Elizabeth (Fash) Medina; married, June 6,
1911, to Ethel Forde Hillyer (1888-1971).
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1947-51; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1951-58; took senior
status 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 14,
1990 (age 102 years, 26
days).
Interment at Westhampton
Cemetery, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 24,
1855.
Son of Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon
(1817-1909); married 1900 to Nora
McMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (1901-1969; who married David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce); granduncle of Richard
Mellon Scaife.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Mellon
Fountain, Washington, D.C.
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Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1853.
Son of Matthew F. Merritt and Maria (Shaw) Merritt; married, October
21, 1879, to Frances Hoyt.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Merritt Parkway, in southern Connecticut, was named for
him.
Died April 1,
1953 (age 99 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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John L. Mica (b. 1943) —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., January
27, 1943.
Brother of Daniel
Andrew Mica.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1977-81; candidate for Florida
state senate, 1980; U.S.
Representative from Florida 7th District, 1993-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas
Bell Monroe; uncle of James
Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
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| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Hill Morgan (b. 1870) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 30,
1870.
Son of James Lancaster Morgan and Alice M. (Hill) Morgan; married, November
10, 1903, to Lelia A. Myers.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1900-03; trustee,
Brooklyn Savings Bank;
member advisory committee, Bank of
America.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) —
also known as William F. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1888 (age 71 years, 150
days).
Interment somewhere
in Newport, R.I.
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Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Morrisania, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 1752.
Half-brother of Lewis
Morris; uncle of Lewis
Richard Morris; relative of Wymberley
DeRenne Coerr.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister to France, 1792-94; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1800-03.
Episcopalian.
Died November
6, 1816 (age 64 years, 280
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.
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Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) —
also known as J. Sterling Morton —
of Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 22,
1832.
Married 1854
to Caroline Joy French; father of Paul
Morton and Joy Morton (son-in-law of George
B. Lake); grandfather of Pauline
Morton Sabin and Caroline Morton (who married Harry
Frank Guggenheim).
Democrat. Member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1855-57; secretary
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-61; Governor of
Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., April 27,
1902 (age 70 years, 5
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
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Paul Morton (1857-1911) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 22,
1857.
Son of Julius
Sterling Morton; father of Caroline Morton (who married Harry
Frank Guggenheim) and Pauline
Morton Sabin.
Republican. U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1911 (age 53 years, 273
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Son of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray
(1830-1888); married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague (1860-1884; drowned in
steamboat accident); married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker (1864-1937).
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Samuel Nelson (1792-1873) —
of New York.
Born in Hebron, Washington
County, N.Y., November
10, 1792.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; state court
judge in New York, 1823, 1831; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-72.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died December
13, 1873 (age 81 years, 33
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Mary Louise Nice (b. 1911) —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Grand Island, Erie
County, N.Y., October
22, 1911.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1956.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi
Lambda Theta.
Still living as of 1956.
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Hoffman Nickerson (b. 1888) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
6, 1888.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Courtlandt Nicoll (c.1880-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Son of Benjamin Nicoll and Grace Davison (Lord) Nicoll; nephew of DeLancey
Nicoll and Mary Nicoll (who married Thomas
Fortune Ryan); married, April 19,
1911, to Ione
Page.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1915;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1918, 1925-26; defeated, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Died in Water Mill, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1938 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Ione Nicoll (d. 1940) —
also known as Ione Page —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Daughter of Howard Page and Mildred A. (Mitchell) Page (died 1937);
married, April 19,
1911, to Courtlandt
Nicoll.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
One of the leaders of the Women's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform; bolted the Republican Party over the prohibition
issue in 1932.
Jumped
or fell
sixteen stories to her death, from her room at New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 9,
1940.
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Olin Tracy Nye (b. 1874) —
also known as Olin T. Nye —
of Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born near Beaver Dams, Schuyler
County, N.Y., March 13,
1874.
Son of E. M. W. Nye.
Republican. Lawyer; Schuyler
County District Attorney, 1897; member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1901-04; defeated, 1899;
county judge in New York, 1906-17.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Oakley (1839-1892) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1839.
Son of George Oakley and Elizabeth (Travis) Oakley.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1881-83.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died October
19, 1892 (age 53 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Son of John O'Brian and Elizabeth (Lord) O'Brian; married, September
17, 1902, to Alma E. White.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Son of Henry Meigs Oddie and Ellen Gibson (Prout) Oddie; married, November
30, 1916, to Daisy Rendall.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining
business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (1856-1940) —
also known as J. Van Vechten Olcott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1856.
Son of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott; married, April 19,
1882, to Laura I. Hoffman; brother of William
Morrow Knox Olcott.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1912.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died June 1,
1940 (age 84 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) —
also known as John L. O'Sullivan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58.
Episcopalian; later Catholic.
Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine
and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on
Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition
of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain
and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in
the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish
rule; as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried and
acquitted in March 1852.
Died, of influenza
and the effects of an earlier stroke, in
a residential hotel in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1895 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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George Lorenzo Otis (1829-1882) —
also known as George L. Otis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
7, 1829.
Second cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; third cousin twice removed of Harrison
Gray Otis; son of Isaac Otis (1798-1853) and Caroline Abigail
(Curtiss) Otis; third cousin once removed of John
Otis; first cousin once removed of Harris
F. Otis; married 1858 to Mary
Virginia (Mix) Morrison; second cousin of John
Grant Otis; brother of Charles
Eugene Otis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1857-58; member of
Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1866; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 29,
1882 (age 52 years, 173
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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James Andrew Outterson (b. 1858) —
also known as James A. Outterson —
of Carthage, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., October
18, 1858.
Son of James Thomas Outterson and Frances Elizabeth (Jones)
Outterson; married, October
28, 1886, to Eva S. Peck.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1902-03;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) —
also known as Ruth Bryan; Ruth Bryan Rohde; Mrs.
Borge Rohde —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
2, 1885.
Granddaughter of Silas
Lillard Bryan; daughter of William
Jennings Bryan and Mary Elizabeth (Baird) Bryan (1861-1930);
niece of Charles
Wayland Bryan; married, May 3,
1910, to Reginald Owen (died 1927); married, July 11,
1936, to Borge Rohde; mother of Helen
Rudd Brown.
Democrat. Lecturer;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. Minister
to Denmark, 1933-36.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Delta
Gamma.
first
woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted 1992 into
the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died in Copenhagen, Denmark,
July
26, 1954 (age 68 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ordrup
Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Hilem F. Paddock (1871-1922) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., November
10, 1871.
Son of Charles H. Paddock and Helen R. Paddock; married, March 12,
1896, to Ella Mae Sager (1872-1951).
Saginaw
County Treasurer; mayor of
Saginaw, Mich., 1915-.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from gastritis,
in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 22
days).
Interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Will H. Parry (1864-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1864.
Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry; married, January
15, 1891, to Harriet Phelps.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran Shipbuilding
Co., 1900-15; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1917 (age 52 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Son of John E. Parsons (c.1830-1915) and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons;
married, September
1, 1900, to Elsie Worthington Clews.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, (age 55 years, 323
days).in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lenox
Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1838-1909) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
8, 1838.
Son of Rufus
Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) and Isabella (Lacey) Peckham;
married, November
14, 1866, to Harriette Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-86; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1886-95; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909.
Episcopalian.
Died in Altamont, Albany
County, N.Y., October
24, 1909 (age 70 years, 350
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Peter R. L. Peirce (1821-1878) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 25,
1821.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1869-70; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1873-74, 1875-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
12, 1878 (age 57 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Claiborne de Borda Pell (1918-2009) —
also known as Claiborne Pell; "Senator
Oddball" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1918.
Third great-grandnephew of William
Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel
Herbert Claiborne; second great-grandnephew of George
Mifflin Dallas; second great-grandson of John
Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; son of Herbert
Claiborne Pell, Jr. and Matilda (Bigelow) Pell; married 1944 to Nuala
O'Donnell.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1964,
1996.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
1, 2009 (age 90 years, 40
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. (1884-1961) —
also known as Herbert C. Pell, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1884.
Second great-grandnephew of William
Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel
Herbert Claiborne; great-grandson of John
Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; son of Herbert Claiborne Pell and
Katherine Lorillard (Kernochan) Pell; married, November
3, 1915, to Matilda Bigelow; married, June 18,
1928, to Olive Bigelow; father of Claiborne
de Borda Pell.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920; New
York Democratic state chair, 1921-26; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1924;
U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1937-41; Hungary, 1941.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi.
Died in Munich (München), Germany,
July
17, 1961 (age 77 years, 151
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 10,
1882.
Daughter of Frederick W. Perkins and Susan Perkins; married, September
26, 1913, to Paul Caldwell Wilson.
Democrat. Sociologist;
New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1933-45; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
First
woman to serve in the Cabinet.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1965 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Cemetery
on River Road, Newcastle, Maine.
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Ruth Ethel Perrin (1878-1949) —
also known as Ruth E. Perrin; Ruth Ethel
Penny —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Good Ground (now Hampton Bays), Long Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., March 3,
1878.
Daughter of Alanson C. Penny and Fannie (Jackson) Penny; married, November
9, 1898, to Thomas Howe Perrin (1874-1921).
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1928;
postmaster.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, in Potsdam Hospital,
Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., March 8,
1949 (age 71 years, 5
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.
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John Upfold Pettit (1820-1881) —
also known as John U. Pettit —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1820.
Father of Henry
Corbin Pettit.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45, 1865; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1865; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian. Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., March 21,
1881 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May 4,
1897.
Great-grandnephew of Norman
A. Phelps; grandson of William
Walter Phelps; son of Franz von Rottenburg (1845-1907) and Marian
(Phelps) von Rottenburg (1868-1922); nephew of Sheffield
Phelps.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Seth Low Pierrepont (1884-1956) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1884.
Son of Henry Evelyn Pierrepont (1845-1911) and Ellen Almira (Low)
Pierrepont (1846-1884); nephew of Seth
Low; married, June 2,
1909, to Nathalie Elisabeth Chauncey (1887-1960); uncle of Jay
Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) and Abbot
Low Moffat; granduncle of Jay
Pierrepont Moffat (1932-).
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1921-27; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1956 (age 71 years, 110
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James D. Pollard (b. 1892) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., December
24, 1892.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1930-36.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Matthew Potts (1906-1976) —
also known as David M. Potts —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 12,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 9th District, 1944; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; Bronx
County Surrogate, 1951-53; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1954, 1955.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
11, 1976 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Cuthbert Winfred Pound (b. 1864) —
also known as Cuthbert W. Pound —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 20,
1864.
Son of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law
professor; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1915; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ruth Baker Pratt (1877-1965) —
also known as Ruth Sears Baker; Mrs. John T.
Pratt —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., August
24, 1877.
Daughter of Edwin Howard Baker; married, January
6, 1903, to John Teele Pratt (1873-1927); mother of Virginia
Pratt (1905-1979; who married Robert
Helyer Thayer).
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1920;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1929-33; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1929-43; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
23, 1965 (age 87 years, 364
days).
Interment at Pratt
Mausoleum, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
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LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) —
also known as L. Bradford Prince —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 3,
1840.
Son of William R. Prince and Charlotte G. (Collins) Prince; married,
November
17, 1881, to Mary Catherine Beardsley.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868,
1876;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1871-75; member
of New
York state senate 1st District, 1876-77; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1878-82; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1882, 1884; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1889-93; member New
Mexico territorial council, 1909; delegate to
New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1911.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
22, 1922 (age 82 years, 172
days).
Interment at St.
George's Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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