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Raymond L. Acosta (b. 1925) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 31,
1925.
Son of Ramon Acosta and Carmen Acosta.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
FBI special agent; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1980-82; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1982-94; took senior status 1994.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Francis William Holbrook Adams (1904-1990) —
also known as Francis W. H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 26,
1904.
Son of Robert A. Adams (c.1870-1954) and Frances (Bennett) Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1935; New York
City Police Commissioner, 1954-55.
Catholic.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from heart
failure, in the Devon Manor convalescent
home, Devon, Chester
County, Pa., April 20,
1990 (age 85 years, 298
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mario Biaggi (b. 1917) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
26, 1917.
Police officer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-88 (24th District 1969-73,
10th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-88); defeated, 1988
(Republican), 1992 (Democratic primary); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1984.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had accepted bribes
from former Brooklyn political boss Meade
Esposito in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal
gratuities; sentenced
to prison
and fined.
Tried
in 1988 on federal racketeering charges in connection with the
Wedtech Corporation; convicted
on August 4, 1988 on 15 felony counts. Resigned
from Congress following the Wedtech conviction; served more than two
years in prison.
Still living as of 2009.
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William C. Bouck (1786-1859) —
also known as "Old White Hoss of
Schoharie" —
of Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Fultonham, Schoharie
County, N.Y., January
7, 1786.
Farmer;
sheriff; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1813-16, 1817-18; member of
New
York state senate Middle District, 1820-22; Governor of
New York, 1843-45; defeated, 1840; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in Schoharie
County, N.Y., April 19,
1859 (age 73 years, 102
days).
Interment at Middleburgh
Cemetery, Middleburgh, N.Y.
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Matt Brennan (born c.1955) —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born about 1955.
Republican. Police officer; security worker at Indian Point power
plant; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 2004; candidate for
New
York state assembly 94th District, 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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William C. Brennan, Jr. (1918-2000) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
11, 1918.
Democrat. Police officer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1955-64; member
of New
York state senate 12th District, 1967-68; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1970-85; resigned 1985.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
In July 1985, he was indicted
in Federal court for accepting
bribes in return for reducing or dismissing charges in criminal
cases involving organized
crime figures; also charged with extortion;
pleaded not guilty and tried;
did not testify in his own defense; convicted
in December 1985, sentenced
to five years in prison,
and fined
$209,000. He was released from prison in May 1988.
Died May 8,
2000 (age 81 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Gloria M. Lauer. |
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William F. Condon (b. 1897) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
20, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; deputy
sheriff; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 5th District, 1928-35;
defeated, 1923; member of New York
state senate, 1939-64 (26th District 1939-44, 29th District
1945-54, 32nd District 1955-64).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Modern
Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., 1873.
Son of William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey.
Republican. New York City Police Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings
County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1917-37; died in office
1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died, from a glandular
ailment, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age about 63
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1898
to Florence Graecen. |
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Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
17, 1859.
Son of Harrison
W. Crosby.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; fire chief; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry M. Curran (1918-1993) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., January
2, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; deputy sheriff; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1961-65; member of New York
state senate, 1966-70 (4th District 1966, 3rd District 1967-70);
chair, New York State Harness Racing Commission, 1970-75.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died, in North Shore University Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 13,
1993 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Rita Rothmann. |
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Oscar Asahel Halevy Dannenberg (b. 1892) —
also known as Oscar A. H. Dannenberg —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 22,
1892.
Son of Adolph Dannenberg and Deborah (Spaine) Dannenberg.
Democrat. Sheriff; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1929-33;
defeated, 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) —
also known as Louis J. Freeh —
of New York.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
6, 1950.
Lawyer;
FBI agent; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93;
director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly; railroad
builder; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York City Police
Department; the New York Times called him "the brains of the
department.".
English
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1884 (age 74 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Frederick Heineman (b. 1929) —
also known as Fred Heineman —
of North Carolina.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1929.
Republican. Police officer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1995-97;
defeated, 1996.
Still living as of 1997.
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J. Edward Holla (c.1861-1939) —
of Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1861.
Republican. Prison guard; Deputy New York State Controller; village
president of Sing Sing, New York, 1901.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
19, 1939 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 29,
1831.
Son of William James and Jane Maria (Price) James.
Canal toll
collector; newspaper
publisher; customs inspector; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1881-82; bank
director; mayor of
Tenafly, N.J., 1896.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
11, 1916 (age 85 years, 166
days).
Interment at Church
of Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, N.Y.
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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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Thomas J. Mackell (1914-1992) —
of Rego Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 19,
1914.
Democrat. Police detective; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1955-66 (9th District 1955-65, 14th District 1966);
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association.
Died January
27, 1992 (age 77 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred L. Meiss (b. 1885) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., April 14,
1885.
Republican. Deputy sheriff; jailer; Oneida
County Sheriff, 1923-25; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1934-37.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Moore —
Conservative. Correction officer; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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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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George A. Robinson (1851-1908) —
of Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newmarket, Ontario,
January, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
naturalized U.S. citizen; volunteer fire fighter; director,
Sayville Electric
Light and Power Company; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1901-02.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
22, 1908 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Amelia A. Foster (born 1847). |
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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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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).
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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Norman Sorenson —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Police officer; building
contractor; candidate for mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1967 (Conservative), 1971 (Republican).
Still living as of 1971.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Son of Richard Tweed and Eliza (Magear) Tweed.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement
and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped;
captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in
prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 12,
1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Alton Ronald Waldon, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Son of Alton R. Waldon, Sr. and Juanita (Wallace) Waldon.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police officer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Nicholas J. Wasicsko (1959-1993) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 13,
1959.
Son of Nicholas Wasicsko and Anne (Slota) Wasicsko.
Democrat. Police officer; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1988-89; defeated, 1989.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Oakland Cemetery (near his father's grave), Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
29, 1993 (age 34 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Harvey Weisenberg (born c.1934) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1934.
Democrat. Police officer; school
teacher; member of New York
state assembly 20th District, 1989-.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2001.
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