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Myron Dale Albro (b. 1897) —
also known as Myron D. Albro —
of Lounsberry, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
2, 1897.
Son of Wells G. Albro and Nellie J. (Feint) Albro.
Republican. Dairy farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1938-52; director, Nichols
National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1919
to Marguerite M. Shalter. |
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Howard N. Allen (1873-1953) —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
21, 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
trustee and first vice-president, Pawling Savings Bank;
director, National Bank of
Pawling; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1923-44.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Farm Bureau; Freemasons.
Died in 1953
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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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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H. Douglas Barclay (b. 1932) —
of Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born July 5,
1932.
Son of Hugh Barclay and Dorothy Barclay.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1965-84 (43rd District 1965, 50th District 1966,
43rd District 1967-82, 46th District 1983-84); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1968.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm Bureau; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Raymond Barry (1915-1988) —
also known as Robert R. Barry —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 15,
1915.
Son of Ralph Barry and Ethel (Tamanosian) Barry.
Republican. President, Plumas Mining Co.;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-65 (27th District 1959-63,
25th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm Bureau; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif., June 14,
1988 (age 73 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) —
also known as Herbert A. Bartholomew —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., November
3, 1871.
Son of Heman Almon Bartholomew (1834-1922) and Alice Lanta (Douglass)
Bartholomew (1841-1921).
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm Bureau; Elks.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 86 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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William E. Bensley —
of Springville, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Member, Farm Bureau.
Still living as of 1967.
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Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) —
also known as Nils A. Boe —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltic, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
10, 1913.
Son of Nils N. Boe (c.1861-1938) and Sissel Catherine (Finseth) Boe
(born 1874).
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of
South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
Pres. Richard
Nixon, 1969-71; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died July 30,
1992 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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J. Arthur Brooks (b. 1873) —
of Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 27,
1873.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1921-24.
Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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E. Ogden Bush (b. 1898) —
of Walton, Delaware
County, N.Y.; DeLancey, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in DeLancey, Delaware
County, N.Y., September
14, 1898.
Republican. Dentist;
member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1933-37; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952;
chair
of Delaware County Republican Party, 1955; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1957-65.
Member, American
Legion; Farm Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Howard Chase (b. 1879) —
also known as James H. Chase —
of Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ledyard town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
20, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1939-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 24,
1902.
Son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu
Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal
Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 16,
1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Edmond
O. Dewey; son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970; grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of
print) — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times (out of print) |
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Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1849-1936).
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1914-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1920-45; defeated,
1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1936; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938;
derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Died of heart
failure, in Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
18, 1991 (age 102 years, 42
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Clarence W. Hausner (b. 1862) —
of Montour Falls, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Ulysses town, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 31,
1862.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1920-22.
Member, Farm Bureau; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred S. Hollowell (b. 1883) —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Milo, Yates
County, N.Y., January
18, 1883.
Republican. School
principal; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1932-45; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1945-52.
Member, Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leigh G. Kirkland (b. 1873) —
of Randolph, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Conewango town, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Republican. Farmer; feed
business; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1921-24; member of New York
state senate 51st District, 1925-38.
Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharon J. Mauhs (1901-1964) —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon Springs, Schoharie
County, N.Y., October
27, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Schoharie
County District Attorney, 1926-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (27th District), 1944 (30th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964
(alternate); member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1949-52; chair of
Schoharie County Democratic Party, 1955; New York State
Conservation Commissioner, 1956-58.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Died in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., October
7, 1964 (age 62 years, 346
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wheeler Milmoe (1898-1972) —
of Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y., April 18,
1898.
Son of Patrick F. Milmoe.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1934-52; chair of
Madison County Republican Party, 1939; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1944-50; member of New York
state senate, 1953-58 (44th District 1953-54, 46th District
1955-58); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Rotary; Grange; Knights
of Columbus; Farm Bureau.
Died in 1972
(age about
74 years).
Interment at St.
Agatha's Cemetery, Canastota, N.Y.
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Fayette E. Pease (b. 1875) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport town, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
3, 1875.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1929-40.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred L. Porter (b. 1877) —
of Crown Point, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Crown Point, Essex
County, N.Y., November
12, 1877.
Republican. Apple
grower; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1921-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Farm Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving F. Rice (b. 1867) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Truxton town, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
17, 1867.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1919-33.
Member, Grange;
Farm Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd A. Russell (b. 1921) —
of East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 4,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; dairy farmer;
member of New York
state assembly 149th District, 1967-72.
Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Bailey. |
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William Joseph Scherle (b. 1923) —
also known as William J. Scherle —
of Henderson, Mills
County, Iowa.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., March 14,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Iowa state
house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1967-75 (7th District 1967-73, 5th
District 1973-75); defeated, 1974.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm Bureau.
Still living as of 1998.
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Donald C. Shoemaker —
of Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (143rd District 1966, 130th District
1967-72).
United
Church of Christ. Member, Grange;
Farm Bureau; Lions.
Still living as of 1972.
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Frederick J. Slater (b. 1885) —
also known as Fred J. Slater —
of Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 26,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 4th District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 46th District, 1929-34; defeated, 1934, 1936.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Farm Bureau; Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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William T. Smith II (b. 1916) —
of Big Flats, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
25, 1916.
Republican. Farmer; restaurant
owner; member of New York
state senate, 1963-86 (49th District 1963-65, 56th District 1966,
51st District 1967-82, 52nd District 1983-86).
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm Bureau; Rotary.
Still living as of 1986.
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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Malcolm Wallop (b. 1933) —
of Big Horn, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1933.
Republican. Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1969-72; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1973-76; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1977-95.
Episcopalian.
Member, Farm Bureau; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Wickham (b. 1871) —
of Hector, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Bennettsburg, Schuyler
County, N.Y., August
11, 1871.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1924-25.
Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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