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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance company;
director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Jack Alter (1927-2007) —
of Fort Lee, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
21, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; mayor of
Fort Lee, N.J., 1992-2007; nominated, but died before the
election 2007; died in office 2007.
Jewish.
Died in Englewood Hospital,
Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., August
27, 2007 (age 79 years, 249
days).
Interment at Knollwood
Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil Company;
owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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George Alexander Armstrong (1887-1970) —
also known as George A. Armstrong —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
5, 1887.
Son of James Sinclair Armstrong and Lizzie Howard (Welsh) Armstrong.
Insurance broker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S. Vice Consul in Zurich, 1924-28; Nice, 1928-31; Monaco, 1929-31; U.S. Consul in Kingston, 1935-36; Colombo, 1937; Manchester, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in Neptune, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
15, 1970 (age 83 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874-1945) —
also known as Oscar L. Auf der Heide —
of West New York, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1874.
Son of Carl F. Auf der Heide and Louise Auf der Heide.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; director of several banks;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1908-11; mayor
of West New York, N.J., 1914-17; Hudson
County Freeholder, 1915-24; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-35 (11th District 1925-33,
14th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1928,
1932;
president, Elizabeth Brewing Co.
Died in West New York, Hudson
County, N.J., March 29,
1945 (age 70 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hoboken
Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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Edward T. Backhouse (1806-1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1806.
Fruit
merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1851; president,
Kings County Fire Insurance Company, 1861-84.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
28, 1884 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Harlow E. Bacon (b. 1889) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1945-48.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Edna Dingman. |
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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Son of John Bagley and Mary M. (Smith) Bagley.
Republican. Cigar
manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life Insurance
Company, 1867-72; bank
director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1881 (age 49 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert S. Bainbridge (1913-1959) —
of St. George, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
21, 1913.
Republican. Insurance broker; member of New York
state senate, 1943-46 (24th District 1943-44, 17th District
1945-46); defeated, 1947.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Lions; Eagles.
Died in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., June, 1959
(age 46
years, 0 days).
Interment at Dixie
Highway Cemetery, Vandalia, Ohio.
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Otto Tremont Bannard (1854-1929) —
also known as Otto T. Bannard —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 28,
1854.
Son of John W. Bannard and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
director, Niagara Fire Insurance Co., Dolphin Jute
Mills, and Jersey United Gas and
Electric Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1909.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, on the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Seattle to
Manila, in the North
Pacific Ocean, January
15, 1929 (age 74 years, 262
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Millard Bartels (1905-1997) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
24, 1905.
Son of Herman Bartels and June (Millard) Bartels.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, general counsel, Travelers Insurance Co.; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
16, 1997 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933, 1940; justice, New
York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Frank John Becker (1899-1981) —
also known as Frank J. Becker —
of Lynbrook, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
27, 1899.
Son of Maximilian Becker and Eva (Sperling) Becker.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1945-52; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1953-65 (3rd District 1953-63, 5th
District 1963-65); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died in Lynbrook, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
4, 1981 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robert Blair Blaikie (1906-1992) —
also known as Robert B. Blaikie; "Battling
Bob" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1906.
Son of Robert Blaikie and Mary (Loughlin) Blaikie.
Democrat. Insurance business; candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate in primary for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1965.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 26,
1992 (age 85 years, 100
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis J. Boland, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., September
13, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dairy farmer; real estate
developer; builder;
excavation
contractor; appraiser;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-74 (126th District 1966, 124th District
1967-74).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 1974.
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George E. Brennan (b. 1865) —
also known as "Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1865.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1926.
Lost a
leg as a boy.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas G. Brennan (b. 1900) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1942.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Alfred Brigadier (b. 1882) —
also known as B. A. Brigadier —
of New Hampton, Chickasaw
County, Iowa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1882.
Son of Joseph Brigadier and Cecelia Brigadier.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1930-32; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Earnest C. Brooks (1891-1981) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
8, 1891.
Democrat. Insurance business; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1920;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1922 (Ottawa County 1st
District), 1926 (Ottawa County); candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1932; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1937-38, 1941-42; defeated, 1938,
1942; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1937; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1943-44; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1944.
Died in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., April 16,
1981 (age 90 years, 98
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas H. Brown (1908-1992) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Tipperary, Ireland,
April
8, 1908.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; Rensselaer
County Treasurer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1949-59.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died March 25,
1992 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Viola Smith. |
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Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) —
also known as C. W. Buckley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
18, 1835.
Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker;
insurance business; mining
business; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge
in Alabama, 1874-78; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1896,
1900.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
4, 1906 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thomas Francis Burchill (1882-1955) —
also known as Thomas F. Burchill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 3,
1882.
Son of John Burchill and Mary (Wholey) Burchill.
Democrat. Auctioneer;
appraiser;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1920-24; member
of New
York state senate 13th District, 1925-38; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1943-45.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 26,
1955 (age 72 years, 235
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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James Cardwell Burger (b. 1866) —
also known as James C. Burger —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1866.
Son of James C. Burger, Sr.
Republican. Banker;
insurance executive; member of Colorado
state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1888
to Edith M. Brown. |
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;
while stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Frederick S. Burr —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1913, 1915-19;
defeated, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel L. Burrows (b. 1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Charles, Northampton
County, Va., January
23, 1908.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1939-44;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles J. Byrns (b. 1861) —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Altona, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
6, 1861.
Republican. Lumber
business; insurance business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1901-08.
Catholic.
Member, Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. Cahill (b. 1874) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
25, 1874.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1930-35.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gordon K. Cameron —
of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
insurance and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly 96th District, 1967-68.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 1968.
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Anthony J. Canney (1900-1948) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
4, 1900.
Democrat. Secretary, Buffalo Municipal Baseball and Basketball
League; insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1929-40; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 49th District, 1938.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
18, 1948 (age 47 years, 349
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y.
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Rene Armand Carreau (1901-1980) —
also known as Rene A. Carreau —
of Merrick, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born March 26,
1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
broker; liquor store
owner; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1942; chair of
Nassau County Democratic Party, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Died, following heart
surgery, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
8, 1980 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard A. Cerosky (b. 1927) —
of Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
13, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-70 (Westchester County 6th District 1965,
102nd District 1966, 92nd District 1967-70).
Lutheran.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives:
Married to Edith Glade. |
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Owen Vincent Coffin (1836-1921) —
also known as O. Vincent Coffin —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Mansfield, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 20,
1836.
Son of Alexander H. Coffin and Jane (Vincent) Coffin.
Republican. Banker;
insurance business; mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1872-73; member of Connecticut
state senate 22nd District, 1887-90; Governor of
Connecticut, 1895-97.
Died January
13, 1921 (age 84 years, 207
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Harry E. Colwell —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Banker; real
estate and insurance business; mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1910-11; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1919-25.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, February
8, 1936, to Eugenia Louise Valentine
(bacteriologist). |
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James A. Corcoran —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1940-43; member
of New
York state senate, 1944-46 (9th District 1944, 10th District
1945-46); defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Mary Genevieve DeLacy. |
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Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
7, 1909.
Son of Edwin
Corning and Louise (Maxwell) Corning.
Democrat. Insurance broker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1980;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
failure, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1983 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) —
also known as George B. Cortelyou —
of Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1862.
Son of Peter Crolius Cortelyou, Jr. (1839-1873) and Rose (Seary)
Cortelyou (1840-1925).
Republican. School
principal; confidential stenographer to President Grover
Cleveland, 1895-96; Executive Clerk of the White House, 1896-98;
secretary to President William
McKinley, 1900-01; secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1901-03; financier;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903-04; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904-07; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1905-07; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1907-09; president, Consolidated Gas
Company, New York, 1909-35; director, New York Life Insurance
Company; first president, Edison Electric Institute, 1933.
Member, Union
League.
Died, following two heart
attacks, in Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
23, 1940 (age 78 years, 89
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Lawrence Hillier Cortelyou (1802-1882) —
also known as Lawrence H. Cortelyou —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
5, 1802.
Son of Peter Cortelyou (1768-1857) and Emma (Hillier) Cortelyou
(1771-1834).
Whig. Grocer; county
judge in New York; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1852; director, and one of
the founders, Richmond County Mutual Insurance Company.
Died in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
25, 1882 (age 79 years, 324
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
9, 1890.
Son of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General Hospital
of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust
Company; president, Monroe County Industries;
treasurer, Pocono Lodges Hotel
Company director, Van Karner Chemical
Arms Corporation; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances K. Wirth. |
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Harry B. Crowley (b. 1887) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
8, 1887.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1917-21;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1928.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Cullen (1868-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Cullen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 29,
1868.
Democrat. Marine
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1896-98; member of
New
York state senate 3rd District, 1899-1918; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1919-44; died in
office 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(alternate); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930-36; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 5th District, 1938.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1944 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry M. Curran (1918-1993) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., January
2, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; deputy
sheriff; insurance business; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1961-65; member of New York
state senate, 1966-70 (4th District 1966, 3rd District 1967-70);
chair, New York State Harness Racing Commission, 1970-75.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died, in North Shore University Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 13,
1993 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Rita Rothmann. |
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Grant F. Daniels (b. 1913) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 18,
1913.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1939-44.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 25,
1872.
Son of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.;
director, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways
Co., Third Avenue Railway
Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Co., American Eagle Fire Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Delavan (c.1810-1892) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y., about 1810.
Hardware
business; insurance broker; U.S. Consul in Sydney, 1842-48; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in SAINT Thomas, 1849-50.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of heart
failure, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1892 (age about 82
years).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Louis F. DeSalvio (d. 2004) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-77 (New York County 2nd District 1941-65,
66th District 1966, 60th District 1967-72, 62nd District 1973-77).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Foresters;
Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 2004.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elvira Mongillo. |
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Leo V. Doherty —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1920-21;
defeated, 1921; candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Tappan Dunwell (1852-1908) —
also known as Charles T. Dunwell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., February
13, 1852.
Son of Almerin Dunwell and Elizabeth (Hill) Dunwell.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance agent; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1903-08; died in
office 1908.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 12,
1908 (age 56 years, 120
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Nicholas J. Eberhard (1878-1957) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1878.
Son of Nicholas Eberhard and Anna (Brown) Eberhard.
Democrat. Insurance and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 1st District, 1922-33; Bronx
County Clerk, 1934-37.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 1957 (age 78 years, 246
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Agnes Clark. |
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola Railroad;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abcess
in his right ear, in a hotel at
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Webster Edmunds —
of Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; insurance and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1927-28.
Presbyterian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Son of Felicia Esposito.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank, 1965;
insurance broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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Kenneth H. Fake (1895-1963) —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
9, 1895.
Son of Leon Fake and Clara (Hearn) Fake.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1923-32; defeated, 1932; lobbyist
for New York State Grange.
Member, Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Rotary.
Died in a hospital
at Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 24,
1963 (age 68 years, 104
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale
grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Louis Fechter, Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
lost an
arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering
Co.; manager, Buffalo Fertilizer
Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and
Smelting
Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 16,
1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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John H. Ferril —
of Rockaway Beach, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Neponsit, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; trustee, Rockaway Beach Hospital
and Dispensary; member of New York
state assembly, 1939-45 (Queens County 5th District 1939-44,
Queens County 12th District 1945).
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John H. Flynn (born c.1879) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., about 1879.
Democrat. Contractor;
real
estate and insurance business; appraiser;
candidate for mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1905; U.S. Appraiser of Customs at New York,
1942-53.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul P. Gallagher —
of Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1923-24, 1926-29.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank L. Gardner —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1916-21.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis H. Gates (1839-1925) —
of Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 30,
1839.
Son of Daniel Gates and Lany (Ehle) Gates.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Madison-Onondaga Mutual Fire Insurance Co.;
president, Salt Springs National Bank of
Syracuse; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1892;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1908;
member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1903-08.
Suffered a fall on a
street in Syracuse, N.Y., 1923, died from the lingering effects of
the injuries, in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 6,
1925 (age 85 years, 341
days).
Interment at Gates
Cemetery, Sullivan, N.Y.
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John W. Gates (1872-1966) —
of Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born near Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., August
18, 1872.
Son of Francis
H. Gates and Fannie E. Gates.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Salt Springs National Bank;
vice-president, Madison Onondaga Mutual Fire Insurance
Company; director, Globe Malleable Iron and
Steel Company; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1925-26; member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1927-32; defeated (Law Preservation),
1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 8,
1966 (age 93 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gates
Cemetery, Sullivan, N.Y.
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837-1927) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
25, 1837.
Son of Thomas Russell Gerry (1794-1845) and Hannah Green (Goelet)
Gerry (1804-1845).
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; founder
and president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children (said to be the "parent of all child protective
organizations in the world"); governor of New York Hospital,
1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment
(replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, New
York Life Insurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on
Insanity, 1892.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Broke his hip in a fall, and
died two weeks later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1927 (age 89 years, 55
days).
Entombed at St.
James' Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Michael J. Gillen (1884-1942) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1884.
Democrat. Insurance business; real estate
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1926-42; died in
office 1942.
Member, Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in an automobile
as he was leaving a dance, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
1, 1942 (age about 57
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leon E. Giuffreda (1913-1999) —
of Centereach, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 1,
1913.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1966-76.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks.
Died November
8, 1999 (age 86 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose M. Gazzano. |
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Daniel Smith Glidden (b. 1844) —
also known as Daniel S. Glidden —
of Montour, Tama
County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
24, 1844.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; insurance business; treasurer, Dakota Territory
Democratic Party.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Josephine Martin. |
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Ross Graves —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1915-16; member of
New
York state senate 48th District, 1917-19; candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1925.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter J. Hamill (c.1886-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1916-30 (New York County 2nd District 1916-17,
New York County 1st District 1918-30); died in office 1930.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of appendicitis
surgery, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1930 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866.
Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923).
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Merwin Kimball Hart (1881-1962) —
also known as Merwin K. Hart —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 25,
1881.
Son of Henry Gilbert Hart (1848-1922) and Lucy Lord (Kimball) Hart
(1854-1939).
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1907-08; served
in the U.S. Army during World War I; founder and director, Utica
Mutual Insurance Co.; political ally of "radio priest" Rev.
Charles Coughlin, Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain.
Protestant.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1962 (age 81 years, 158
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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A. Gould Hatch —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1949-57; resigned
1957; member of New York
state senate 52nd District, 1957-60.
Still living as of 1960.
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Ernest I. Hatfield (b. 1891) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Pleasant town, Westchester
County, N.Y., 1891.
Republican. Insurance and real
estate business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1943-47 (Dutchess County 2nd District 1943-44,
Dutchess County 1945-47); resigned 1947; member of New York
state senate, 1948-64 (33rd District 1948-54, 35th District
1955-64).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grotto; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward F. Healey —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1920; defeated
(Yorkville Alliance), 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney S. Hein (1907-1972) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1907.
Son of Hugo Hein and Regina (Pulitzer) Hein.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1961; director, Franklin National Bank, Eagle
Insurance Company of New Jersey, Peninsula Hospital,
and Brunswick Hospital.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Foresters.
Died, from a heart
attack, at the Inwood Country Club, Inwood, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1972 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frederica Clark. |
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Harry Helm (1896-1970) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Grayville, White
County, Ill., 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
insurance business; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1962-63.
Member, Rotary.
Died in 1970
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank B. Hendel (b. 1892) —
of Middle Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Middle Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1892.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1927-30; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1931-36.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian
Archibald Herter.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company,
1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company; law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Hitchcock (b. 1850) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1899-1901; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1924-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) —
also known as Alanson B. Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1863.
Son of Amory Houghton, Jr. and Ellen Ann (Bigelow) Houghton.
Republican. President, Corning Glass Works,
1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim Creek Coal and
Coke Company; director, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1928.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., September
15, 1941 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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Amory Houghton (1899-1981) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 27,
1899.
Son of Alanson
Bigelow Houghton and Adelaide Louise (Wellington) Houghton.
Republican. President (1930-41) and chairman (1941-61), Corning Glass Works;
director, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Erie Railroad,
and National City Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1964;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1956;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1957-61; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1981
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York, 1930-1940; director, United States Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. (1889-1950) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1889.
Son of Charles
Evans Hughes and Antoinette (Carter) Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General,
1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance Company.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1950 (age 60 years, 52
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William S. Hults, Jr. (b. 1906) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 18,
1906.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1943-44; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1945-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) —
also known as Irving M. Ives —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Elks; Grange.
Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State
Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University.
Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
24, 1962 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.
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Emil A. Jackson (b. 1911) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., February
2, 1911.
Son of Ernest Jackson, Sr. and Florence Mattie (Ross) Jackson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real
estate and insurance business; sergeant-at-arms, New York
State Senate, 1966-67; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1934
to Mildred Mayo McGrew. |
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Frank Darr Jackson (1854-1938) —
also known as Frank D. Jackson —
of Iowa.
Born in Arcade, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
26, 1854.
Secretary
of state of Iowa, 1885-91; Governor of
Iowa, 1894-96; insurance executive.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
16, 1938 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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H. Clay Johnson —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance executive; mayor of
Rye, N.Y., 1962-63.
Still living as of 1963.
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John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995) —
also known as J. Erik Jonsson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1901.
Among the founders of Geophysical Service, which became Texas
Instruments; president (1951-58), and chairman of the board (1958-66)
of Texas Instruments; director for Republic Bank,
Dallas, 1954-80; Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1958-73;
Dallas Power and
Light, 1955-64; Neiman Marcus, 1956-65; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1964-71.
Member, Newcomen
Society.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
31, 1995 (age 93 years, 359
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Louis Kalish —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1947-66 (Kings County 7th District 1947-65, 57th
District 1966).
Still living as of 1966.
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Edwin L. Kantowski (b. 1907) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cheektowaga, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born January
10, 1907.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 5th District, 1931-37; defeated,
1929; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 49th District, 1938;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940,
1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Keith (b. 1888) —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 8,
1888.
Son of Horace A. Keith and Nellie W. (Packard) Keith.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1921-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1929-32.
Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark C. Kelly —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1929, 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin John Kennedy (1892-1955) —
also known as Martin J. Kennedy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
29, 1892.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; vice-president, Federal Rope
Company; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1924-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1930-45.
Catholic.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus.
Died October
27, 1955 (age 63 years, 59
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Laurence J. Kirwan (c.1942-2002) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, about 1942.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(alternate), 1988
(delegation chair); New York
Democratic state chair, 1984-89.
Died, of cancer, in
Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., January
31, 2002 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Maxwell Knapp (b. 1888) —
of Hurleyville, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born December
20, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1925-26, 1929-30, 1934-36.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerome C. Kreinheder —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1937-44.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kristen Kristensen (born c.1889) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Denmark,
about 1889.
Republican. Insurance broker; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1950-59; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1958.
Danish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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W. Irving Latimer (b. 1836) —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1836.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Big Rapids, Mich.; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876; Michigan
state auditor general, 1879-82; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mecosta County, 1895-96;
member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1897-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter A. Leininger (d. 1937) —
of Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1917-23; defeated
(Independent Fusion), 1923.
Member, Elks.
While fixing a broken pane in a window at his home, fell to his
death in the back yard, in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
21, 1937.
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Smith (died 1924). |
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Edmund R. Lupton —
of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1937-56.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stewart MacFarland —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1920-21.
Burial
location unknown.
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E. Herman Magnuson (d. 1955) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-55 (Chautauqua County 1st District 1941-44,
Chautauqua County 1945-55); died in office 1955.
Died July 15,
1955.
Burial
location unknown.
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George T. Manning (d. 1956) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1939-46; member
of New
York state senate, 1947-56 (50th District 1947-54, 52nd District
1955-56); died in office 1956.
Member, Elks.
Died December
1, 1956.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter A. McArdle (b. 1876) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
1, 1876.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1915-25.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Everett McCall (1863-1924) —
also known as Edward E. McCall —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
6, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1903-13; resigned 1913;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; chair, New York State Public
Service Commission, 1913-15; removed from
office in November, 1915, because he owned
stock in a company under commission jurisdiction; president, New
Jersey Life Insurance Company, 1916.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 12,
1924 (age 61 years, 66
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Everett |
| | | Relatives: Married 1886 to Ella
Frances Gaynor; brother of John A. McCall (president, New York Life
Insurance Company). |
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John T. McCall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state senate, 1907-08, 1931-40 (16th District 1907-08, 18th
District 1931-40); defeated, 1940, 1942; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1938;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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John E. McCarthy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance broker; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis P. McCloskey (b. 1917) —
of Levittown, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Wantagh, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
consultant; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-64, 1966-70 (Nassau County 5th District
1955-64, 8th District 1966, 9th District 1967-70).
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1970.
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Harry J. McKay —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1927-32;
defeated, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew J. H. McLaughlin —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Son of Edward McLaughlin and Alice McLaughlin.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1934-46 (Bronx County 1st District 1934-44, Bronx
County 4th District 1945-46); defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank J. McMullen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance broker; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1945-60; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1960.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles W. Merriam —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1924-31.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
April
26, 1856.
Son of Lazarus Morgenthau and Babette (Guggenheim) Morgenthau.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1913-16; director, Underwood Typewriter Company;
director, Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.; president,
Herald Square Realty
Company; director, Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Jewish.
Died following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1946 (age 90 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 11,
1927.
Son of Emil Mosbacher and Gertrude (Schwartz) Mosbacher.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank;
director, New York Life Insurance Company; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish;
later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John B. Mullan —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state senate 46th District, 1915-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry A. Murphy —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1914-18;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Nachtmann (1836-1886) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
September
29, 1836.
Printer;
real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1869-71, 1877.
Died, from bronchitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1886 (age 50 years, 69
days).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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John P. Nugent (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1879.
Democrat. Worked in shipbuilding;
business
agent of his Railroad Iron Workers local; appraiser;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Burial
location unknown.
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Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 28,
1895.
Son of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig Preserving
Company; insurance broker; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1923-38.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Redmen.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, September
14, 1938 (age 43 years, 170
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry L. O'Brien (d. 1935) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1930-35; died in office 1935.
Died February
8, 1935.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman L. Page (1818-1873) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., May 27,
1818.
Son of Eli V. Page (1772-1858) and Jane Page.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1859-60; insurance agent.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Dresden, Germany,
October
15, 1873 (age 55 years, 141
days).
Interment at Alter
Annenfriedhof, Dresden, Germany.
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Theodore Albert Peyser (1873-1937) —
also known as Theodore A. Peyser —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
18, 1873.
Democrat. Insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Jewish.
Died in 1937
(age about
64 years).
Interment at United
Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Frank Bradstreet Rairden (b. 1888) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Java, Indonesia,
May 4,
1888.
Son of Bradstreet
S. Rairden.
Insurance agent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harmon Liveright Remmel (1852-1927) —
also known as H. L. Remmel —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Stratford, Fulton
County, N.Y., January
15, 1852.
Son of Godlove Remmel and Henrietta (Bever) Remmel.
Republican. Lumber
business; financier;
insurance executive; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1884; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1886; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1894, 1896, 1900; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1900-25; member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1912-24; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1916.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., 1927
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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George Pierre Reynaud —
also known as George P. Reynaud —
of New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1920; defeated,
1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas M. Reynolds (b. 1950) —
of Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., September
3, 1950.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly 147th District, 1988-98; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1999-2003 (27th District 1999-2003,
26th District 2003).
Member, National Rifle
Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph F. Ricca (b. 1890) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., 1890.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1922-27;
defeated, 1919, 1920, 1927.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Joseph Riordan (1870-1923) —
also known as Daniel J. Riordan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 7,
1870.
Son of Michael Riordan and Margaret (Horrigan) Riordan.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1906-23 (8th District
1899-1901, 1906-13, 11th District 1913-23); died in office 1923;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in 1923
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Albert W. Robert (b. 1864) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1864.
Real
estate and insurance business; U.S. Consul in Algiers, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore L. Rogers (b. 1880) —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in West Hebron, Washington
County, N.Y., July 25,
1880.
Republican. Insurance and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1925-28; chair of
Herkimer County Republican Party, 1927-29.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and
Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Harvey J. Ross —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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James M. Rozan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Boruszyn, Poland.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1909-10, 1912-13.
Polish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (1867-1939) —
also known as Jacob Ruppert; Jake Ruppert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 5,
1867.
Son of Jacob Ruppert and Anna (Gillig) Ruppert.
Democrat. Brewer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903,
16th District 1903-07); owner and president, New York Yankees baseball
team, 1915-39; president, Astoria Silk
Mills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director,
Yorkville Bank;
director, Casualty Insurance Company of America; director,
German Hospital;
trustee, Lenox Hill Hospital.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died, from phlebitis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1939 (age 71 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Son of George Ryan and Lucinda (Fortune) Ryan.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar
companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable
Life Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco
Company; engaged in mining
development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1928
(age about
76 years).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate, Nelson County, Va.
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John T. Satriale —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1949-65 (Bronx County 8th District 1949-54, Bronx
County 7th District 1955-65).
Still living as of 1965.
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Randall Neefus Saunders (b. 1868) —
also known as Randall N. Saunders —
of Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
26, 1868.
Son of Benjamin Saunders and Ann (Neefus) Saunders.
Democrat. Insurance agent; Columbia
County School Commissioner; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1911; defeated, 1911; superintendent
of schools.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Schifferdecker (b. 1862) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1862.
Organizer
and president,
Bartenders Union Local 70; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1911-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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William R. Sears (born c.1930) —
of Woodgate, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born about 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
insurance agent; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-90 (129th District 1966, 115th District
1967-90).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne Miller. |
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George Frederick Seward (1840-1910) —
also known as George F. Seward —
of California; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., 1840.
U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1861-63; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1863-76; U.S. Minister to China, 1876-80; president, Fidelity and Casualty Company
of New York, 1893-1910.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1910 (age about 70
years).
Interment somewhere
in Florida, N.Y.
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Allan P. Sill —
of Massena, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-56 (St. Lawrence County 2nd District
1941-44, St. Lawrence County 1945-56); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Slacer —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1917-22;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 40th District, 1922.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Mark T. Southall (b. 1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., June 1,
1911.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-74 (New York County 12th District 1963-65,
79th District 1966, 74th District 1967-74).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joanne Arrington. |
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Irwin Steingut (1893-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1893.
Son of Simon Steingut and Lena (Wolbach) Steingut.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1922-52; died in
office 1952; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1935; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1936, 1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
26, 1952 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, St. Albans, Queens, N.Y.
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James E. Stephens —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1931-35;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of New
York; trustee, Mutual Life Insurance Company;; candidate for
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull and
Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) —
also known as William B. Thompson —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia City, Madison
County, Mont., May 13,
1869.
Son of William Thompson and Anna M. (Boyce) Thompson.
Republican. Mining
magnate; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co.
Died, from pneumonia,
June
27, 1930 (age 61 years, 45
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Harry J. Tifft —
of Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1940-62.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Joseph Tonry (1893-1971) —
also known as Richard J. Tonry —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
30, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1922-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1935-37; defeated,
1936.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
17, 1971 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Morris Sawyer Tremaine (1871-1941) —
also known as Morris S. Tremaine —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Dodge, Ford
County, Kan., February
27, 1871.
Son of Dr. William Scott Tremaine.
Democrat. Lumber
business; insurance executive; New York
state comptroller, 1927-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Died October
12, 1941 (age 70 years, 227
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1898
to Maude Middledith. |
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Clarence C. Vam Bell (born c.1910) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1910.
Republican. Insurance broker; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1942, 1944,
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1952; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1956,
1972;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1966;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Became blind
in the 1930s from an accident while playing semi-professional baseball.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) —
also known as W. Irving Vanderpoel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1880.
Son of Edwin Colburn Vanderpoel (1851-1932).
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; insurance broker; village
president of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.
Dutch
ancestry.
Indicted
in December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by a
federal grand jury, over his involvement in a stock
swindle; found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew D. Wagner (b. 1856) —
of Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach), Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
26, 1856.
Republican. Banker; real
estate and insurance business; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1897-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Weed (1855-1938) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1855.
Son of Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed.
Republican. Carpenter;
druggist;
fire insurance business; partner in a clothing
store; director, First National Bank of
Ticonderoga; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1895-96; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., November
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Ida A. Stevens. |
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Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) —
also known as Richard J. Welch —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1869.
Republican. Insurance broker; real estate
business; member of California
state senate, 1901-13; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died in
office 1949.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
While traveling by
train, suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in a hospital
at Needles, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
10, 1949 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Ellis J. Westlake (b. 1854) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., April 30,
1854.
Son of Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish) Westlake.
Superintendent of dining cars for Northern Pacific Railway;
hotel
manager; insurance business; member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Daniel E. Whitmore (b. 1825) —
of Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
6, 1825.
Son of Luther Whitmore (1792-1869) and Elsie (Perkins) Whitmore.
School commissioner; wholesale produce
dealer; fire insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1875.
Presbyterian.
Lost a
limb in an accident at age 10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Winfred E. Whittemore (1868-1947) —
of Estelline, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
22, 1868.
Son of Josephus W. Whittemore (1832-1889) and Lucy A. (Hoyt)
Whittemore (1844-1930).
Republican. School
teacher; real
estate and insurance business; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-08, 1913-14 (29th
District 1907-08, 59th District 1913-14); member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1915-18.
Died March 12,
1947 (age 79 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Estelline, S.Dak.
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Lewis Wilson (born c.1932) —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1932.
Republican. Travel
agent; insurance business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Fred B. Wood (b. 1866) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Ames, Montgomery
County, N.Y., June 14,
1866.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Minnesota, 1905-09.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew B. Yacenda —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1922; defeated,
1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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