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Maxwell M. Rabb (b. 1910) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of Solomon Rabb and Rose (Kostick) Rabb; married, November
2, 1939, to Ruth Cridenberg.
Republican. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair
Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Benjamin J. Rabin (1896-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1945-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948-69; died in office 1969.
Jewish.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
22, 1969 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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Paul H. Rappaport (1934-2006) —
of Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 20,
1934.
Republican. Howard County police
chief; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1994; candidate for Maryland
state attorney general, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 2000.
Jewish.
Died, of spindle cell
sarcoma, in Mercy Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., September
10, 2006 (age 72 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo Frederick Rayfiel (1888-1978) —
also known as Leo F. Rayfiel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1939-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1945-47.
Jewish.
Died in Wayne, Passaic
County, N.J., November
18, 1978 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Wellwood
Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Joseph Yale Resnick (1924-1969) —
of New York.
Born in Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 13,
1924.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1965-69; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968.
Jewish.
Died in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., October
6, 1969 (age 45 years, 85
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Aid Society Cemetery, Wawarsing, N.Y.
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Frederick William Richmond (b. 1923) —
also known as Frederick W. Richmond; Fred
Richmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, November
15, 1923.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1975-82.
Jewish.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer; pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor. In 1982, charged
with tax
evasion, marijuana
possession, and improper
payments to a federal employee, he pleaded
guilty and was sentenced
to a year and a day in prison;
served nine months.
Still living as of 1998.
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Harold Riegelman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
19, 1892.
Son of Isaac Riegelman and Bertha (Meyer) Riegelman; married, November
1, 1919, to Gladys B. Liebman.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1922; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Rochwarger (1925-2001) —
of New York.
Born in 1925.
U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1987-89; Kiribati, 1987-89; Tonga, 1987-89; Tuvalu, 1987-89.
Jewish.
Chief executive officer of Firstmark Corporation, 1972-87.
Died in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., March 11,
2001 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Roman (1910-1998) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in a hospital,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
26, 1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;
defeated, 1944, 1954.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Author and sponsor of nation's first law
against racial discrimination in places of public accomodation, 1953.
Died, of a stroke, in
Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
11, 1998 (age 88 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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Wayne Allyn Root (b. 1961) —
also known as Wayne A. Root —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 20,
1961.
Son of David Root and Stella Root.
Libertarian. Sports
reporter and handicapper; radio and
television host and anchorman; television
producer; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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Otto A. Rosalsky (b. 1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1873.
Son of Solomon Rosalsky and Yetta (Weinberg) Rosalsky; married, July 23,
1907, to Bessie Simon.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
general sessions court judge
in New York, 1905-28.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ely Rosenberg (b. 1876) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1876.
Son of Louis Rosenberg and Fannie (Kroner) Rosenberg.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1898; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916;
candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1924.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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S. William Rosenberg (b. 1916) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Brighton, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 16,
1916.
Married to Helen Daitz.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1961-72 (Monroe County 2nd District 1961-65,
145th District 1966, 132nd District 1967-72).
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Elks.
Still living as of 1972.
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William Rosenblatt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1945-70.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Simon Wolfe Rosendale (b. 1842) —
also known as Simon W. Rosendale —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 23,
1842.
Married, February
9, 1870, to Helen Cone.
New
York state attorney general, 1892-93.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973) —
also known as Samuel I. Rosenman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
13, 1896.
Son of Solomon Rosenman and Ethel (Paler) Rosenman; married, September
15, 1924, to Dorothy Reuben.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1922-26; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-43; resigned 1943;
special counsel to presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry
Truman, 1943-46.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1973
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ben Rosenthal (1898-1953) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1898.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1935-40; municipal judge in California, 1940.
Jewish.
Died in 1953
(age about
55 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923-1983) —
also known as Benjamin S. Rosenthal —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 8,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1962-83 (6th District 1962-63, 8th
District 1963-83, 7th District 1983); died in office 1983.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1983 (age 59 years, 210
days).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Albert Berger Rossdale (1878-1968) —
also known as Albert B. Rossdale —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1878.
Son of Herman Rossdale and Betty (Berger) Rossdale.
Republican. Postal
worker; jeweler; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Jewish.
Died in Eastchester, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 17,
1968 (age 89 years, 177
days).
Interment at Maimonides
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Son of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married,
December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Edward Rubin (b. 1938) —
also known as Robert Rubin —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
29, 1938.
Son of Alexander Rubin and Sylvia (Seiderman) Rubin; married, March 27,
1963, to Judith Leah Oxenberg.
Lawyer;
economist;
investment
banker; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1995-99.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1976.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai
B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March 29,
1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Joseph Samuels (1919-1984) —
also known as Howard J. Samuels; "Howie the
Horse" —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
3, 1919.
Son of Harry L. Samuels and Bertha (Levy) Samuels; married, February
22, 1942, to Barbara J. Christie; married, December
21, 1973, to Antoinette
Chautemps.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; co-founder,
Kordite Company, manufacturers
of plastic products; candidate in primary for Governor of
New York, 1962, 1970, 1974; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1972,
1984;
U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, 1964-67; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1966; president, New York Offtrack Betting
Corporation, 1971-74.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1984 (age 64 years, 328
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Bernard Sanders (b. 1941) —
also known as Bernie Sanders —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
8, 1941.
Liberty Union candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1974; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1976, 1986; mayor
of Burlington, Vt., 1981-89; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1991-; defeated
(Independent), 1988.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leon Sanders (b. 1867) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Odessa, Ukraine,
May
25, 1867.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1899-1902;
municipal judge in New York, 1904-13.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905.
Son of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married, September
29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery
and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977 (age 71 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Schaap —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Progressive. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913.
Jewish. Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Max Schachtman (1904-1972) —
of Floral Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Poland,
September
10, 1904.
Son of Benjamin Schachtman and Sarah Schachtman; married to Billie
Ramloff, Edith Harvey and Yetta Barsh (1925-1996).
Naturalized U.S. citizen; arrested
during a demonstration
on Wall Street in New York City, July 3, 1928, but charges against
him were dismissed; became an open supporter of Leon Trotsky's
opposition to Stalin about 1928, and was expelled from the Communist
Party; became a major Trotskyist leader and theoretician, and one of
the founders of the Socialist Workers Party; editor of The
Militant newspaper;
Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940 (23rd District), 1946 (15th
District); Workers candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941; broke with Trotskyism in 1948, and
became more conservative in later life.
Jewish ancestry. Member, League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died, in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
New Hyde Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
4, 1972 (age 68 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lynn Schenk (b. 1945) —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
5, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988,
2004;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 49th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Haas Scheuer (b. 1920) —
also known as James H. Scheuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1920.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956
(alternate), 1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-73, 1975-93 (21st District
1965-71, 22nd District 1971-73, 11th District 1975-83, 8th District
1983-93).
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Louis A. Schoffel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1922-25; Bronx
County Register, 1925-32.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morris Schreiber (1901-1951) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New York, October
3, 1901.
Son of Sarah (Karten) Schreiber (1873-1933) and Max Schreiber
(1875-1950); married to Sonia Shulman (1908-1953).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; customs
inspector; laundry and dry
cleaning business; jeweler;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1947; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 2,
1951 (age 49 years, 242
days).
Interment at Beth
Jacob Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Charles Ellis Schumer (b. 1950) —
also known as Charles E. Schumer; Chuck
Schumer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1950.
Married, September
21, 1980, to Iris Weinshall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 45th District, 1975-80; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1981-99 (16th District 1981-83,
10th District 1983-93, 9th District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988
(member, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1999-.
Jewish. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Jacob Schupler (b. 1909) —
also known as Philip J. Schupler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Austria,
February
28, 1909.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1905.
Married 1924
to Lillian Tverskoi (died 1958).
Republican. Real estate
broker; banker;
candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1952,
1956.
Jewish.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allyson Y. Schwartz (b. 1948) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
3, 1948.
Democrat. Social
worker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1991-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 2005-.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jacob J. Schwartzwald —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1933; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1935-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1955-58.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Son of Morris Shanker and Mamie Shanker; married 1960 to Edith
Gerber.
Democrat. School
teacher; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish. Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Sherman (c.1891-1956) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Olmütz, Austria (now Olomouc, Czech
Republic), about 1891.
Son of Sanda Sherman and Pauline (Opler) Sherman.
Democrat. New York
state attorney general, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1948
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1942; treasurer of
New York Democratic Party, 1945-50.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1956 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Bernard L. Shientag (d. 1952) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; City
Court judge, 1924-30; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-52; died in office
1952; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1949.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1952.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1936) —
also known as Abraham I. Shiplacoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Province of Chernigov, Russia,
December
25, 1877.
Socialist. Labor union
official; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New
York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1926 (10th District), 1928 (10th
District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9th District).
Jewish.
Died, of an infection
secondary to kidney
stones, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February, 1936
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Morris A. Shmidman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Rabbi; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1992.
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David S. Sidikman —
of Old Bethpage, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 13th District, 1992-2004; defeated in primary,
2004.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2004.
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Isaac Siegel (1880-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1880.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1915-23; defeated,
1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1936.
Jewish.
Died in 1947
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Baruch Silverstein —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1972.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1972.
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Caroline Klein Simon —
also known as Caroline K. Simon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
state of New York, 1959-63; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1963-64.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1964.
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Leonard M. Simon (b. 1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1936.
Married to Lorraine Werner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 46th District; elected 1966.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) —
also known as William I. Sirovich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., March 18,
1882.
Son of Jacob Sirovich and Rose (Weinstock) Sirovich.
Physician;
playwright;
Independence League candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples Hospital,
1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated
(Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a heart
attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1939 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Eleanor Sobel (b. 1946) —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
11, 1946.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 100th District, 1998-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2004.
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Stephen Joshua Solarz (b. 1940) —
also known as Stephen J. Solarz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
12, 1940.
Grandnephew of Ralph
Halpern; son of Sanford Solarz and Ruth (Fertig) Solarz; first
cousin once removed of Seymour
Halpern; married, February
5, 1967, to Nina
Koldin.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 45th District, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1975-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1949-59.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gladys Noon Spellman (1918-1988) —
also known as Gladys Blossom Noon —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1918.
Democrat. School
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1975-81.
Female.
Jewish.
Removed from Congress in February 1981 by House resolution, due to
incapacitating illness.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., June 19,
1988 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939) —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1875.
Married to Amy Einstein.
Republican. University
professor; poet;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1908; chairman,
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
1913-39; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Jewish. Member, NAACP.
Died July 26,
1939 (age 64 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Squire (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court
of Claims, 1956-77.
Jewish. Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abe Stark (1894-1972) —
also known as "Mr. Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1894.
Democrat. Clothier;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1962-70; defeated (Republican),
1949; resigned 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1964.
Jewish. Russian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Famed among Brooklyn Dodgers fans for his longtime, conspicious
advertising sign (for his clothing business) below the scoreboard at
Ebbets Field, which promised a free suit to players who batted the
ball there: "HIT SIGN, WIN SUIT".
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., July 2,
1972 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Leonard Price Stavisky (1925-1999) —
also known as Leonard P. Stavisky —
of Beechhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
11, 1925.
Married 1964
to Toby
Ann Goldhaar.
Democrat. University
professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-83 (26th District 1966, 23rd District
1967-72, 26th District 1973-83); member of New York
state senate, 1983-99 (12th District 1983-94, 16th District
1995-99); died in office 1999.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 19,
1999 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sam Steiger (b. 1929) —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in New York, March 10,
1929.
Republican. Member of Arizona state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 3rd District, 1967-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1976.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2000.
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Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Killed in the wreck of the
steamboat Seawanhaka, which burned and
sank
in the East
River, June 28,
1880.
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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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; married, June 12,
1914, to Rae Kaufman; father of Stanley
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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Stanley Steingut (1920-c.1990) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 20,
1920.
Son of Irwin
Steingut; married to Madeline Fellerman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-77 (Kings County 18th District 1953-65, 44th
District 1966, 41st District 1967-77); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish. Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died about 1990 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) —
also known as Laurence A. Steinhardt —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1892.
Nephew of Samuel
Untermyer; married 1923 to Dulcie
Yates Hoffman (1895-1974).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1937-39; Soviet Union, 1939-41; Turkey, 1942-45; Czechoslovakia, 1945-48; Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in a plane
crash near Ramsayville, Ontario,
March
28, 1950 (age 57 years, 173
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Louis Stern (b. 1847) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ziegenhain, Germany,
February
22, 1847.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1897; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Son of Aaron Steuer and Dinah (Goodman) Steuer; married, December
14, 1897, to Bertha Popkin; father of Aron
Leonard Steuer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish. Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Bernard Stone (b. 1928) —
also known as Richard Stone; Dick Stone —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, September
22, 1928.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Florida, 1971-74; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1975-80; resigned 1980; U.S. Ambassador to
, 1983-84; Denmark, 1992-93.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Isidor Straus (1845-1912) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otterberg, Germany,
February
6, 1845.
Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus; married, July 12,
1871, to Ida Blum; brother of Oscar
Solomon Straus; father of Jesse
Isidor Straus; uncle of Nathan
Straus, Jr.; grandfather of Stuart
Scheftel; granduncle of R.
Peter Straus.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New
York.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamship Titanic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, April 15,
1912 (age 67 years, 69
days); his body was subsequently recovered.
Originally entombed at Beth-El
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; later interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Straus
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 25,
1872.
Son of Isidor
Straus and Ida (Blum) Straus; nephew of Oscar
Solomon Straus; married, November
20, 1895, to Irma S. Nathan; first cousin of Nathan
Straus, Jr.; uncle of Stuart
Scheftel; first cousin once removed of R.
Peter Straus.
President, R. H. Macy & Co. department
stores; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1933-36.
Jewish. Member, Sphinx.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
4, 1936 (age 64 years, 101
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) —
also known as Oscar S. Straus —
of New York.
Born in Germany,
December
23, 1850.
Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus; brother of Isidor
Straus; uncle of Jesse
Isidor Straus and Nathan
Straus, Jr.; granduncle of Stuart
Scheftel and R.
Peter Straus.
Progressive. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Turkey, 1887-89, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1906-09; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1909-10; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1912.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
Jewish U.S. cabinet member.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 3,
1926 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Beth-El
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Alvin M. Suchin (b. 1919) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-75 (96th District 1966, 89th District
1967-75).
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Kiwanis;
B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 1975.
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Cyrus L. Sulzberger (b. 1858) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1858.
Son of Leopold Sulzberger and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzberger; married,
May
13, 1884, to Rachel Hays.
Merchant;
philanthropist; Republican candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1903.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Son of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope
(1872-1957; president of General Electric, 1922-39); married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell (1890-1967).
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Ludwig Teller (1911-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1911.
Son of Morris Teller and Rose (Smolov) Teller; married, December
15, 1938, to Clarice Hilda Schlesinger.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960, 1962.
Jewish. Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
4, 1965 (age 54 years, 104
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Herbert Tenzer (1905-1993) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1905.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1965-69.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died March 24,
1993 (age 87 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin Udell (1906-1987) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born May 15,
1906.
Son of Max Udell (1867-1930) and Jane (Walcoff) Udell (1870-1949);
married to Gertrude Langsam (1908-1984).
Clothing
manufacturer; member of New York American Labor Party Executive
Committee, 1945; treasurer of New York American Labor Party, 1948;
American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., February
9, 1987 (age 80 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Acacia
Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Son of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman; married to Esther or Estelle
Blau.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1923; indicted
by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges
of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a
manufacturing company; a trial
resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient
evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1928.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1939 on charges
of protecting a physician who performed illegal
abortions; in 1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in
soliciting
protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the
criminal charges, disbarment
proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried,
and his obituary states that he was "exonerated".
Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1941 (age about 48
years).
Entombed at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Son of Isadore Untermyer and Therese Untermyer; married, August 9,
1880, to Minnie Carl; father of Irwin
Untermyer; uncle of Laurence
Adolph Steinhardt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March 16,
1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Lester David Volk (1884-1962) —
also known as Lester D. Volk —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
17, 1884.
Republican. Physician;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1913; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1920-23; defeated,
1922.
Jewish. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 30,
1962 (age 77 years, 225
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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David A. Wallach (b. 1895) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1895.
Son of Elias Wallach and Clara Wallach; married to Madeleine Spiro.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948.
Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937) —
also known as Felix M. Warburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamburg, Germany,
January
14, 1871.
Married to Frieda Schiff; grandfather of Felicia Warburg (who married
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.).
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; financier;
philanthropist; Presidential Elector for New York, 1908.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1937 (age 66 years, 279
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz (b. 1966) —
of Davie, Broward
County, Fla.; Weston, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
27, 1966.
Married to Steve Schultz.
Democrat. Aide to U.S. Rep. Peter
Deutsch, 1989-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives 97th District, 1993-2000; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Florida
state senate, 2001-04; U.S.
Representative from Florida 20th District, 2005-.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; National
Organization for Women; American
Jewish Congress.
Youngest woman ever elected to the Florida legislature.
Still living as of 2010.
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Anthony D. Weiner (b. 1964) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
4, 1964.
Democrat. Staff for U.S. Rep. Charles
E. Schumer, 1985-91; member, New York city council, 1992-98 (at
age 27, the youngest member ever elected); U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2005.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herman Weinkrantz (1908-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodz, Poland,
April
15, 1908.
American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1937; American
Labor candidate for New York
state senate 23rd District, 1940; legal aide to New York City
Mayor Robert
F. Wagner, 1952-59; criminal court judge, 1959-69.
Jewish.
Died April 4,
1969 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Helene E. Weinstein —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 41st District, 1981-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2001.
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Theodore S. Weiss (1927-1992) —
also known as Ted Weiss —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Gava, Hungary,
September
17, 1927.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1980,
1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1977-92 (20th District 1977-83,
17th District 1983-92); died in office 1992.
Jewish.
Died September
14, 1992 (age 64 years, 363
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Saul Weprin (1927-1994) —
of Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 5,
1927.
Married to Sylvia Matz; father of Mark
S. Weprin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 24th District, 1971-94; died in office 1994; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1991-94; died in office 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Died, from complications of a stroke, in
Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
11, 1994 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ben Werbel (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
November
23, 1898.
Married to Mollie Katz.
Democrat. Advertising
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Wexler (b. 1961) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
2, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 19th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Winter (1849-1917) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1849.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1904-08.
Jewish.
Died in 1917
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Hebrew
Rest Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Lester Lionel Wolff (b. 1919) —
also known as Lester L. Wolff —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
4, 1919.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-81 (3rd District 1965-73, 6th
District 1973-81).
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (b. 1943) —
also known as Paul Wolfowitz —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
22, 1943.
Son of Jacob Wolfowitz and Lillian (Dundes) Wolfowitz; married 1968 to Clare
Selgin (divorced).
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1986.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jerry Wurf (b. 1919) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1919.
Democrat. President, American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees, from 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1972,
1980.
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1980.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Son-in-law of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61.
Jewish.
Imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Herbert Zelenko (1906-1979) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 16,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1955-63.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
23, 1979 (age 72 years, 344
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) —
also known as Charles Zimmerman; Alexander
Ubsushone —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne, Ukraine),
1896.
Communist. Garment
worker; Workers candidate for New York
state assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (Bronx
County 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled from
Communist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and became
anti-Communist by 1946; vice-president,
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1934-72; became blind
in 1966.
Jewish ancestry.
Died June 3,
1983 (age about 86
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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