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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rae L. Egbert (b. 1892) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Republican candidate for
New
York state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1921;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1935-40; defeated (Democratic), 1940,
1942; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Junior Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Leverne Fake (b. 1879) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Son of Milton E. Fake and Mary (Cook) Fake.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks;
Junior Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Elizabeth Micklow. |
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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John M. Lupton (b. 1856) —
of Mattituck, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Mattituck, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
6, 1856.
Republican. Seed grower;
president, Long Island Seed Company; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1906-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Clarence Sackmann (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles C. Sackmann —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
25, 1879.
Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1921-24; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1923-24; district
judge in Colorado, 1925-31.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Junior Order; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1946
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1912
to Elna A. Hug. |
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William Schnitzspan (c.1859-1929) —
of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1859.
Republican. Justice, Third District Civil Court, Brooklyn, 1895;
candidate for New York
state senate 9th District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1902; undersheriff.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior Order; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1929 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Orange
County, N.Y., 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Junior Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Wisner. |
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Clarence C. Van Fleet (c.1888-1933) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. General manager, Middletown Oil Company;
mayor
of Middletown, N.Y., 1930-33; died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior Order; Kiwanis;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died September
22, 1933 (age about 45
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Blanche Marion Vincent. |
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur H. Wicks (b. 1887) —
also known as A. H. Wicks —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887.
Republican. Worked in piano
manufacturing business; employed in the engineering department of
the New York City Board of Water
Supply, and then in construction of subways;
owner and operator of steam
laundry in Kingston; director, Governor Clinton Hotel;
member of New York
state senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District
1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
resigned
in November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting Lieutenant
Governor, while under threat
of ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convicted extortionist
and labor leader Joseph S. Fay.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior Order; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) —
of Passaic
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August 8,
1895.
Republican. Banker;
member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1925-27; member of New Jersey
state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Shot
in the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer, in her
apartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to the discovery
that Miss Cranmer, apparently his mistress,
had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New Jersey
State Senate Judiciary committee began an investigation
into whether Sen. Yates should be impeached;
but then he resigned.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1960 (age 64 years, 213
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Elsie Southrope. |
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