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Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) —
also known as Philip M. Kaiser —
of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1913.
Son of Morris Kazas and Temma (Sloven) Kazas; married, June 16,
1939, to Hannah Greeley.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81.
Ukrainian
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 24,
2007 (age 93 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Kaminsky (born c.1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1935-36.
Jewish. Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gloria G. Karp (b. 1925) —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 1973.
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Arthur J. Katzman (b. 1903) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
September
21, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1988.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hamilton Kaufman (1893-1960) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1948.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died May 5,
1960 (age 66 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maimonides
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Son of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943); married, June 2,
1925, to Gertrude Dana (1895-1982); granduncle of Lawrence
Kestenbaum.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special assistant to Pres.
Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Arthur George Klein (1904-1968) —
also known as Arthur G. Klein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 8,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1941-45, 1946-56 (14th District
1941-45, 19th District 1946-56); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957-58.
Jewish.
Died February
20, 1968 (age 63 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Fairview, N.J.
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Philip M. Kleinfeld (b. 1894) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1922; defeated,
1920; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1923-41; resigned 1941; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1943-58.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Irving Koch (b. 1924) —
also known as Edward I. Koch; Ed Koch —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
12, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-77 (17th District 1969-73,
18th District 1973-77); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1978-89; defeated in primary, 1989;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sadie Koenig (c.1876-1939) —
also known as Sadie Prince —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1876.
Married, June 26,
1898, to Samuel
S. Koenig.
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1920;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1930.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1939 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel S. Koenig (1872-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
7, 1872.
Married, June 26,
1898, to Sadie
Prince.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
secretary
of state of New York, 1909-10; defeated, 1910; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1911-33; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1930; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 17,
1955 (age 82 years, 191
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1900.
Married to Alice Bussy.
Democrat. Tobacco
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944,
1948.
Jewish.
While serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he
died, apparently of a heart
attack, in his hotel room
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1948 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Harry Kopp (1881-1943) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
February
27, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Nathan
D. Perlman from 1909, Samuel Markewich in 1910-33, and Samuel
Null in 1927-33; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1910-12;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912,
1916.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer, in
Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1943 (age 62 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Quentin Lewis Kopp (b. 1928) —
also known as Quentin L. Kopp —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1928.
Married to Mara Sikaters.
Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979; member of California
state senate, 1986-98; superior court judge in California,
1999-2004.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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G. Oliver Koppell (b. 1940) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
15, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1970-94 (84th District 1970-82, 80th District
1983-92, 81st District 1993-94); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984,
1996;
New
York state attorney general, 1994; appointed 1994; member City
Council, New York City, from 2002.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Harry Kraf (b. 1907) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1956-65.
Jewish. Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi; Elks; Urban
League; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles K. Krieger (c.1914-1982) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
about 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1971; defeated, 1971.
Jewish.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., June 17,
1982 (age about 68
years).
Interment at United
Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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David Kusnetz (c.1912-1959) —
of Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1938; member, New York State Workmen's
Compensation Board, 1947-49; law secretary to Justice Joseph
M. Conroy, 1949-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1956-59; died in office
1959.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Suffered an apparent heart
attack, and was dead on arrival at St. John's Hospital,
Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 27,
1959 (age about 47
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Son of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., is named for
him.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May 1,
1880.
Nephew of Eduard Lasker (1829-1884; German politician); son of Morris
Lasker (died 1916) and Nettie (Davis) Lasker (1856-1930); married 1902 to Flora
Warner (died 1936); married 1938 to Doris
Kenyon (1897-1979; divorced 1938); married, June 21,
1940, to Mary (Woodard) Reinhardt (1900-1994); father of Edward
Lasker; uncle of Morris
Edward Lasker.
Republican. Advertising
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer, in
the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
12, 1844.
Republican. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904.
Jewish.
Died March 4,
1923 (age 78 years, 204
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Louis E. Lazarus (b. 1877) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April 21,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1909.
Jewish. Member, Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis J. Lefkowitz (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1904.
Son of Samuel Lefkowitz and Mollie (Isaacs) Lefkowitz; married, June 14,
1931, to Helen Schwimmer.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;
municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
New
York state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1961.
Jewish. Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 20,
1996 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) —
also known as Herbert H. Lehman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 28,
1878.
Son of Mayer Lehman (1830-1897) and Babette (Newgass) Lehman; brother
of Irving
Lehman; married, April 28,
1910, to Edith Louise Altschul (1880-1976); uncle of Elinor
Fatman Morgenthau; father of Peter Lehman (1917-1944; killed on
active duty in World War II); granduncle of Robert
Morris Morgenthau, Orin
Lehman and John
Langeloth Loeb, Jr..
Democrat. Director, Consolidated Cotton Duck
Co., Imperial Cotton Co.,
U.S. Cotton
Duck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1929-32; Governor of
New York, 1933-42; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Gamma Delta; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into the
Jewish-American Hall of
Fame in 1974.
Died December
5, 1963 (age 85 years, 252
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Irving Lehman (1876-1945) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1876.
Son of Mayer Lehman (1830-1897) and Babette (Newgass) Lehman;
married, June 26,
1901, to Sissie Straus (1879-1950; sister of Nathan
Straus, Jr.); brother of Herbert
Henry Lehman.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909-24; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1924-39; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1940-45.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
22, 1945 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Orin Lehman (1920-2008) —
also known as "Father Nature" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
14, 1920.
Grandnephew of Herbert
Henry Lehman; son of Allan Sigmund Lehman (1885-1952) and Evelyn
'Eve' (Schiffer) Lehman (c.1892-1970); married, July 23,
1962, to Jane (Bagley) Long; married, October
24, 1970, to Wendy Vanderbilt (niece of William
Henry Vanderbilt III).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during
the Battle of the Bulge and lost a
leg; newspaper
publisher; chairman, Colgreen Broadcasting
Group, owner of radio
stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit
employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, John
J. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966; producer
of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of
Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 2008 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Montague Lessler (1869-1938) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
1, 1869.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1902-03.
Jewish.
Died February
17, 1938 (age 69 years, 47
days).
Cremated.
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Aryeh Lev —
of New York.
Democrat. Rabbi; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1948.
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Irving Lawrence Levey (1898-1970) —
also known as Irving L. Levey —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1898.
Married 1947
to Emily Wilkens (1917-2000, fashion designer).
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-68.
Jewish.
Died in Montecatini, Italy,
August
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Arthur Levitt (1900-1980) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 28,
1900.
Son of Israel A. Levitt and Rose (Daniels) Levitt; married, June 30,
1929, to Dorothy M. Wolff; father of Arthur
Levitt, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; New York
state comptroller, 1955-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1980
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Levitt, Jr. (b. 1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
3, 1931.
Son of Arthur
Levitt and Dorothy (Wolff) Levitt; married, June 12,
1955, to Marylin Blauner.
Democrat. Investment
broker; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1964;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1993-2001.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Aaron Jefferson Levy (1881-1955) —
also known as Aaron J. Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1881.
Son of Jacob Levy and Annie (Bernstein) Levy; married, March 10,
1903, to Libbie Finkelstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1908-13;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
municipal judge in New York, 1913-23; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-51.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
21, 1955 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mokom
Sholom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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David A. Levy (b. 1953) —
of New York.
Born in Johnson
County, Ind., December
18, 1953.
Lawyer;
utility
company executive; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1993-95; defeated
(Conservative), 1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jefferson Monroe Levy (1852-1924) —
also known as Jefferson M. Levy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1852.
Son of Jonas P. Levy and Fanny (Mitchell) Levy.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1911-15 (13th District
1899-1901, 1911-13, 14th District 1913-15).
Jewish. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Inherited Thomas
Jefferson's home, Monticello, from his uncle; maintained and
preserved it for later generations.
Died March 6,
1924 (age 71 years, 325
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
March
1, 1899.
Son of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married 1922 to Pearl
G. Spivak.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
American Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932
(Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office 1971.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Mallory Levy (1827-1882) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., October
31, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1859; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1875-77; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1879.
Jewish.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
14, 1882 (age 54 years, 287
days).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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Albert Lewis (1923-2006) —
also known as Al Lewis; Alexander Meister;
"Grampa"; "Grandpa" —
of Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, April 30,
1923.
Married, November
1, 1956, to Marge Domowitz (divorced 1977); married 1984 to Karen
Ingenthron.
Green. Worked as a circus
performer and later as an actor;
most famous role was as "Grandpa Munster" on the television
comedy series The Munsters, 1964-66; owned an Italian restaurant
in New York; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1998; radio talk show
host on WBAI-FM.
Jewish.
Died, in a hospital
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
3, 2006 (age 82 years, 279
days).
Cremated.
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Harry E. Lewis (c.1880-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Son of Leopold Lewis and Emma (Lowenthal) Lewis; married to Rose
Nathan; brother of Oscar
A. Lewis.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-48; died in office
1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his cottage at the Saranac Inn, Upper
Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
23, 1948 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Simon J. Liebowitz (c.1906-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1960-68 (10th District 1960-65, 18th District 1966,
15th District 1967-68); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969-75.
Jewish. Member, Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 24,
1998 (age about 92
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Lipson (1913-2003) —
also known as Mitch Lipson —
of Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1913.
Secret
Service agent; One of the first
Jews in the U.S. Secret Service; worked as bodyguard for Presidents
Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry
S. Truman; lawyer.
Jewish.
Died in Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
22, 2003 (age about 89
years).
Cremated.
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Lucius Nathan Littauer (1859-1944) —
also known as Lucius N. Littauer —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., January
20, 1859.
Son of Nathan Littauer and Harriet (Sporborg) Littauer.
Republican. Glove
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1907 (22nd District 1897-1903,
25th District 1903-07); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1928.
Jewish.
Died March 2,
1944 (age 85 years, 42
days).
Interment at Jewish
Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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William Loeb, Jr. (1866-1937) —
also known as "Stonewall Loeb" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
9, 1866.
Son of William Loeb and Louisa (Meyer) Loeb; married 1902 to
Katharine W. Dorr (1876-1968); father of William Loeb III (1905-1981;
publisher of the Manchester, N.H. Union-Leader newspaper).
Secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1903-09, and as such, the first
presidential press secretary; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1909-13; vice-president, American Smelting and
Refining Co., owner of copper mines
and processing plants.
Jewish ancestry.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
19, 1937 (age 70 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Meyer London (1871-1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kalvaria, Russia,
December
29, 1871.
Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1891; became a citizen
in 1896; lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911, 1925 (Socialist); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1915-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New
York, 1920.
Jewish.
Struck
by a car as he was crossing First Avenue, near Eighteenth Street,
in Manhattan, and died soon after at Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1926 (age 54 years, 159
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Sarah Lovell (1922-1994) —
also known as Sarah Rebecca Hellman; Sarah
Zucker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 8,
1922.
Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman; married to
Frank Zucker; married 1949 to Frank
Lovell.
Candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1957; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Socialist Workers candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1968.
Female.
Jewish ancestry. Member, International
Typographical Union; National
Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer, in
New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 14,
1994 (age 72 years, 37
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Son of Gabriel Abraham Lowenstein and Augusta (Goldberg) Lowenstein;
married, November
25, 1966, to Jennifer Lyman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated in
primary, 1972, 1978.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Nita Melnikoff Lowey (b. 1937) —
also known as Nita M. Lowey; Nita Sue
Melnikoff —
of Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 5,
1937.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (20th District 1989-93,
18th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2009.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer;
married 1944
to Beatrice 'Bea' Silverman (divorced 1952); married 1954 to Adele
Morales (divorced 1962); married 1962 to Jeanne
Campbell (divorced 1963); married 1963 to Beverly
Bentley (divorced 1980); married 1980 to Carol
Stevens (divorced 1980); married 1981 to Norris
Church; father of Michael Mailer (film producer).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
in New York City, 1954-55; arrested
and jailed in
1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Haskell Harold Marks (b. 1880) —
also known as Haskell H. Marks —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
24, 1880.
Son of Jacob Marks and Anna (Aronberg) Marks.
Republican. Jeweler;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1929-33;
defeated, 1933.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Marks (b. 1861) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
1861.
Son of Wolff Marks and Henrietta (Rothschild) Marks; married to
Henrietta Barnett.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1894;
member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1905-06; municipal judge in New York,
1907-27.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerome W. Marks (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 22,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-68 (New York County 4th District 1963-65,
67th District 1966, 61st District 1967-68).
Jewish. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 1968.
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Marcus M. Marks (b. 1858) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., March 18,
1858.
Son of David Marks and Leontine (Meyer) Marks; married, May 21,
1890, to Esther Friedman.
President, National Daylight Saving Association; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1914-17.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Naomi Caplan Matusow (b. 1938) —
also known as Naomi Matusow —
of Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988
(alternate), 2000;
member of New York
state assembly, 1993.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) —
also known as Lucy Maurer; Lucille Shirley
Darvin —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born, in Bushwick Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
21, 1922.
Democrat. Economist;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967-68; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1969-87; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1970; Maryland
state treasurer, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Female.
Jewish. Member, League of Women
Voters; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American
Association of University Women; National
Organization for Women.
Elected to Maryland Women's Hall of
Fame, 1990.
Died of a brain
tumor, in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 17,
1996 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, New Hempstead, N.Y.
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Mitchell May (1870-1961) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1870.
Son of Nathan May and Matilda (Milheiser) May; married, October
20, 1900, to Pauline Joli.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1899-1901; secretary of
state of New York, 1913-14; defeated, 1914; county judge in New
York, 1916-21; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-40.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 24,
1961 (age 90 years, 257
days).
Interment at Ocean
View Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Julius M. Mayer (1865-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1865.
Son of J. Daniel Mayer and Fannie M. (Marshuetz) Mayer.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908;
New
York state attorney general, 1905-06; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1912-21; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1921-24.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1925 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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George Z. Medalie (c.1884-1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1920,
1936,
1944;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1931-33;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1932; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Jewish.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 5,
1946 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Isaac Meseritz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1904.
Jewish.
Interment at Mochom
Shalom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Ruth W. Messinger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1996;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1990-97; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1997.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1997.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Son of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham (1917-2001; publisher of
the Washington Post).
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer, at
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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George M. Michaels (c.1910-1992) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born about 1910.
Father of Lee
S. Michaels.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1961-66, 1969-70 (Cayuga County 1961-65, 137th
District 1966, 122nd District 1969-70); defeated, 1942.
Jewish.
In April 1970, when the vote in the State Assembly was tied, he
changed his vote and passed the bill which made New York the first
state to legalize abortion.
Died in 1992
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Miller (b. 1880) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
12, 1880.
Son of Pincus Miller and Bertha (Thorn) Miller; married, June 11,
1922, to Diane Goldstein.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1919-20; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1922-30; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1933-50.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) —
also known as Bucky Mintz —
of South Fallsburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Indicted
in 1965 on bribery
charges;
convicted
in February 1966, and sentenced
to a year in prison.
Died, following a heart
attack, while serving a prison
sentence, in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 25,
1966 (age about 57
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892-1949) —
also known as Elinor F. Morgenthau; Elinor
Fatman —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1892.
Daughter of Morris Fatman and Settie (Lehman) Fatman; niece of Herbert
Henry Lehman; married, April 17,
1916, to Henry
Morgenthau, Jr..
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a liver
ailment, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1949 (age 57 years, 214
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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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;
married, May 10,
1883, to Josephine Sykes; father of Henry
Morgenthau, Jr.; grandfather of Robert
Morris 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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Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1891-1967) —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Wiccopee (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1891.
Son of Henry
Morgenthau and Josephine (Sykes) Morgenthau; married, April 17,
1916, to Elinor
Fatman; married, November
21, 1951, to Marcella Puthan (1902-1972); father of Robert
Morris Morgenthau.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45.
Jewish.
Died February
6, 1967 (age 75 years, 271
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Robert Morris Morgenthau (b. 1919) —
also known as Robert M. Morgenthau —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 31,
1919.
Grandson of Henry
Morgenthau; grandnephew of Herbert
Henry Lehman; son of Henry
Morgenthau, Jr. and Elinor (Fatman) Morgenthau (1892-1949);
married 1977
to Lucinda Franks; cousin of John
Langeloth Loeb, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1961-62, 1962-69;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1962; New
York County District Attorney, 1975-2009.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2010.
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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; married to
Jane Pennybacker (died 1970); married 1973 to Sandra
Smith Gerry (divorced 1982); married, March 1,
1985, to Georgette
Mosbacher; married 2000 to Michele
'Mica' McCutchen; father of Robert
Mosbacher, Jr..
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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Irving Mosberg (b. 1908) —
of Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1958-67 (6th District 1958-65, 10th District 1966,
11th District 1967).
Jewish. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; NAACP; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Moses (1888-1981) —
also known as "The Great Builder" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
18, 1888.
Son of Emanuel Moses and Isabella C. Moses; married, August
15, 1915, to Mary Louise Sims.
Republican. Secretary of
state of New York, 1927-28; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938;
as head of multiple state and city agencies, led the building of
dozens of major projects, including highways, bridges, parks, and
public housing.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of heart
disease, in West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 29,
1981 (age 92 years, 223
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; statue at Village
Hall Grounds, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
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Abraham Jacob Multer (1900-1986) —
also known as Abraham J. Multer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
24, 1900.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-67 (14th District 1947-53,
13th District 1953-67); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
state court judge in New York, 1968-77.
Jewish.
Died November
4, 1986 (age 85 years, 315
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerrold Lewis Nadler (b. 1947) —
also known as Jerrold Nadler —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 13,
1947.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1977-92 (69th District 1977-82, 67th District
1983-92); U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1992-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jacob P. Nathanson (1901-1986) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Lake Worth, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Russia,
February
21, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1927-33; defeated
in primary, 1933.
Jewish.
Charged
in 1930 with professional
misconduct by the Brooklyn Bar Association, over his handling of
a client's $500 bail payment; suspended
from the practice of law in 1931, and ordered to pay
restitution. Indicted
in October and November 1938 on charges
of forgery,
grand
larceny, and subornation
of perjury, over his involvement in fraudulent
bail bonds; pleaded
guilty to subornation
of perjury, and testified against other conspirators; disbarred
in 1939.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 2,
1986 (age 85 years, 9
days).
Interment somewhere
in Palm Beach County, Fla.
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Irving Daniel Neustein (1901-1979) —
also known as Irving D. Neustein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1931-37;
member, New York Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, 1938-41; when
his political activities came under investigation
by the U.S. Civil Service Commission as violating the Hatch
Act, he resigned;
though he was no longer a member, his ouster
from the appeal board was ordered two years later.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, in Jewish Home
for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1979 (age 78 years, 7
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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May W. Newburger —
of Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1984,
1988,
2000;
member of New York
state assembly 16th District, 1979-86.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 2000.
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Mordecai M. Noah (1785-1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1785.
Newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Riga, 1811-13; Tunis, 1813-15.
Jewish.
Died in 1851
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Manfred Ohrenstein (b. 1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1961-93 (25th District 1961-65, 29th District 1966,
27th District 1967-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Still living as of 1993.
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Moissaye J. Olgin (b. 1878) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Kiev, Ukraine,
March
24, 1878.
Son of Chaim Aaron Olgin and Zipa (Gelman) Olgin.
Journalist;
Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1926 (Workers, 23rd District), 1930
(Communist, 10th District), 1934 (Communist, 23rd District);
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1927 (Workers, Bronx County 5th District), 1929
(Communist, Bronx County 4th District), 1933 (Communist, Bronx County
6th District), 1936 (Communist, Bronx County 5th District), 1936
(Communist, Bronx County 5th District).
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Suzi Oppenheimer (b. 1934) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born December
13, 1934.
Married to Martin J. Oppenheimer.
Democrat. Mayor
of Mamaroneck, N.Y.; member of New York
state senate, 1985-2009 (36th District 1985-2002, 37th District
2003-09).
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Albert Ottinger (b. 1878) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1878.
Son of Moses Ottinger and Amelia (Gottlieb) Ottinger; brother of Nathan
Ottinger; father of Richard
Lawrence Ottinger.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1914; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1917-18; New York
state attorney general, 1925-28; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Lawrence Ottinger (b. 1929) —
also known as Richard Ottinger —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, January
27, 1929.
Son of Albert
Ottinger.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-71, 1975-85 (25th District
1965-71, 24th District 1975-83, 20th District 1983-85); candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carl Pack (1899-1945) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
25, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1931-38; member of
New
York state senate, 1939-45 (22nd District 1939-44, 25th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1945 (age 46 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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H. Murray Pakulski (b. 1880) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Son of Jacob Pakulski and Rosalie (Davidson) Pakulski; married, June 30,
1904, to Ada S. Feldman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908,
1912
(alternate).
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Panken (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ukraine,
January
13, 1879.
Son of Herman Panken and Feiga (Berman) Panken; married, February
20, 1910, to Rachel Pallay.
Socialist. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1908; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1909; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910, 1929, 1931; municipal
judge in New York, 1917-27; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from New York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1922, 1930;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1926; candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan David Perlman (1887-1952) —
also known as Nathan D. Perlman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Prusice, Silesia (now Poland),
August
2, 1887.
Son of Victor Perlman and Rachael Perlman; married, June 20,
1917, to Florence S. Bierman.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Harry
Kopp from 1909; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1915-17; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1920-27; defeated,
1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1952 (age 64 years, 332
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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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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N. Taylor Phillips (b. 1868) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1868.
Son of Isaac Phillips and Miriam (Trimble) Phillips; married, March 9,
1892, to Rosalie
Solomons.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1898-1900;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Jewish. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rosalie Solomons Phillips —
also known as Rosalie S. Phillips; Rosalie
Solomons —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C.
Daughter of Adolphus S. Solomons and Rachel Seixas (Phillips)
Solomons; married, March 9,
1892, to N.
Taylor Phillips.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1925.
Married to Bernice Posen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1955-67 (Kings County 21st District 1955-65, 53rd
District 1966, 44th District 1967); U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1968-75; charged
in 1974 with conspiracy, the solicitation
and acceptance
of bribes, criminal conflict
of interest, and perjury;
on the tenth day of his trial, he
pleaded
guilty to conspiracy and conflict
of interest; sentenced
to six months in prison;
the prosecutor was Rudolph
W. Giuliani.
Jewish.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2005 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert A. Posner (b. 1925) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; accountant;
member of New York
state assembly 19th District; elected 1966.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1966.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social
worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Still living as of 1975.
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Leopold Prince (b. 1880) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
June
2, 1880.
Son of Heyman Prince and Sophia (Jordan) Prince; married to Hedwig
Prince.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1905, 1907 (New York County 32nd District 1905,
New York County 26th District 1907); municipal judge in New York,
1908-.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Meyer Proskauer (1877-1971) —
also known as Joseph M. Proskauer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August 6,
1877.
Son of Alfred Proskauer and Rebecca Proskauer; married 1903 to Alice
Naumburg.
Lawyer;
campaign manager for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, 1918-22; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923-30; appointed 1923;
resigned 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court 1st Department, 1927-30.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1971
(age about
93 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) —
Born in Hungary,
April
10, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri state legislature, 1869; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 31st District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1885-86.
Jewish.
Died aboard his
yacht in the harbor of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1911 (age 64 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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