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Robert W. Cacace —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1959.
Still living as of 1959.
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Daniel Cady (1773-1859) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., April 29,
1773.
Married to Margaret Livingston; uncle of John
Watts Cady; father of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-11, 1812-13; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1815-17; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-55; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1856.
Died in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
31, 1859 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Interment at Johnstown
Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.
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John Watts Cady (1790-1854) —
also known as John W. Cady —
of New York.
Born in Florida, Montgomery
County, N.Y., June 28,
1790.
Nephew of Daniel
Cady.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery and Hamilton counties, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1823-25.
Died in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., January
3, 1854 (age 63 years, 189
days).
Interment at Johnstown
Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Married to Joan L. Holt.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer, in
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Francis Gordon Caffey (1868-1951) —
also known as Francis G. Caffey —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala.
Born in Gordonsville, Lowndes
County, Ala., October
28, 1868.
Son of Dr. Hugh William Caffey and Alabama (Gordon) Caffey.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1917-21;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929-47;
took senior status 1947; senior judge, 1947-51.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala., September
20, 1951 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Verbena
Cemetery, Verbena, Ala.
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James Joseph Caffrey (1897-1961) —
also known as James J. Caffrey —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1897.
Son of Patrick Joseph Caffrey and Mary (Cahill) Caffrey; married, September
14, 1923, to Janet Keating.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1945-47; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1946-47.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Durban, South
Africa, March 4,
1961 (age 63 years, 95
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Thomas Cahill (b. 1903) —
also known as John T. Cahill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
17, 1903.
Son of Michael J. Cahill and Catherine (Cotter) Cahill; married, August 2,
1938, to Grace Pickens.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1939-41.
Catholic.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph S. Calabretta —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Married to Mary Bellino.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly, 1968-73 (33rd District 1968-72, 36th District
1973).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks.
Still living as of 1973.
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Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) —
also known as C. Pope Caldwell —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., June 18,
1875.
Son of Charles G. Caldwell and Mary (Hill) Caldwell; married, July 20,
1907, to Frances Morrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in
primary for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1940 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Joseph Anthony Califano, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph A. Califano, Jr. —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 15,
1931.
Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-79.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., October
3, 1876.
Son of William Henry Callaghan and Lucy (Fulbright) Callaghan;
married, November
28, 1905, to Ethel Van Dien (1884-1976).
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1912-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;
defeated, 1929; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died October
12, 1952 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph M. Callahan —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1916; Bronx
County Clerk, 1918-21; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-55; resigned 1955;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1937-49.
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew F. Callahan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1927-28; defeated (Republican), 1924, 1944; candidate in Democratic
primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1947-48; defeated, 1928 (Republican
primary), 1942 (Democratic primary), 1948 (Republican primary), 1950
(Republican primary).
Irish
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Parnell J. T. Callahan (1912-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 16,
1912.
Married 1943
to Jane Tubridy.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
New
York state assembly from Bronx County 12th District, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1969 (age 56 years, 256
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Patrick E. Callahan (born c.1861) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1910, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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William S. Calli (b. 1923) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
27, 1923.
Married to Ann Dunn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1951-64.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 1964.
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Albert James Campbell (1857-1907) —
also known as Albert J. Campbell —
of Lake
County, Mich.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., December
12, 1857.
Married, April 23,
1879, to Ella J. Mann.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-88; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1897; U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1899-1901.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 9,
1907 (age 49 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Donald A. Campbell (1922-1992) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August 2,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1951-68 (Montgomery County 1951-65, 123rd
District 1966, 104th District 1967-68).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died November
8, 1992 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Valentine Campbell (1823-1890) —
also known as James V. Campbell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
25, 1823.
Father of Henry
Munroe Campbell.
Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1858-90; died in office 1890; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1870-71, 1878-79,
1886-87.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1890 (age 67 years, 29
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Timothy John Campbell (1840-1904) —
also known as Timothy J. Campbell —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Cavan, Ireland,
January
8, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1868-73, 1875,
1883; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1884-85; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1885-89, 1891-95 (8th District
1885-89, 1891-93, 9th District 1893-95); defeated (National
Democratic), 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1888.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 7,
1904 (age 64 years, 90
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William W. Campbell (b. 1870) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Gasport, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; director, National Exchange Bank;
treasurer, Harrison Radiator Corporation; president, Lockport Felt
Company; secretary, Lockport Foundries
Corporation; member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1921-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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William W. Campbell (b. 1887) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 10,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1921-23; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1925.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Aaron Cantor (1854-1921) —
also known as Jacob A. Cantor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1854.
Son of Henry Cantor and Hannah Cantor; married, August 8,
1888, to Julia (Lewenthal) Petshaw (died 1891); married, September
25, 1897, to Lydia Greenbaum.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1888;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1885-87;
member of New York
state senate, 1888-98 (10th District 1888-93, 14th District
1894-95, 20th District 1896-98); borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1913-15; president,
New York City Department of Taxes and Assessments, 1918-21.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1921 (age 66 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Maurice F. Cantor (b. 1895) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1927-29.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Joseph Capozzoli (1901-1982) —
also known as Louis J. Capozzoli —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cosenza, Italy,
March
6, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1939-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1941-45; general sessions court judge in
New York, 1950-57; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957-68.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1982 (age 81 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bruce Faulkner Caputo (b. 1943) —
also known as Bruce F. Caputo —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 7,
1943.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 87th District, 1973-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1977-79; candidate in
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1978.
Still living as of 1998.
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Albert Miller Card (b. 1845) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Ancram, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 21,
1845.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1866.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Married to Rebecca Washington Nathan; father of Benjamin
Nathan Cardozo.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court; implicated
in a judicial corruption
scandal in 1868, and resigned
from the bench.
Jewish.
Portugese
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938) —
also known as Benjamin N. Cardozo —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
1870.
Son of Albert
Cardozo and Rebecca Washington (Nathan) Cardozo (died 1879).
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1914-17; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-26; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932-38.
Jewish.
Suffered a heart
attack in 1937, and a stroke in
early 1938, and died a few months later, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 9,
1938 (age 68 years, 46
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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John Francis Carew (1873-1951) —
also known as John F. Carew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 16,
1873.
Nephew of Thomas
Francis Magner.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1904; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1913-29 (17th District 1913-19,
18th District 1919-29); resigned 1929; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1929-43.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 10,
1951 (age 77 years, 359
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Hugh Leo Carey (b. 1919) —
also known as Hugh L. Carey —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 11,
1919.
Son of Dennis J. Carey and Margaret (Collins) Carey; married, February
27, 1947, to Helen Owen.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-75 (12th District 1961-63,
15th District 1963-75); Governor of
New York, 1975-82.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mario Joseph Cariello (1907-1985) —
also known as Mario J. Cariello —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
23, 1907.
Married to Lee Pallante.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1936-41; resigned
1941; municipal judge in New York, 1941-63; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1969-77.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Order of
Ahepa; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer, in
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 9,
1985 (age 78 years, 198
days).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John Emmett Carland (1853-1922) —
also known as John E. Carland —
of Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1853.
Son of Capt. John Carland; married, September
29, 1884, to Albertine Knaack.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1885-88; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Burleigh
County, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1896-1910; Judge of
U.S. Commerce Court, 1910-13.
Died November
11, 1922 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank A. Carlin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1924-30.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph F. Carlino (b. 1917) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 23,
1917.
Married to Joanne F. Hefferon.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1945-64; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1967.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) —
also known as John G. Carlisle —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Kenton
County, Ky., September
5, 1835.
Son-in-law of John
A. Goodson; son of L. H. Carlisle and Mary A. (Reynolds)
Carlisle; married, January
15, 1857, to Mary Jane Goodson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned
1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1910 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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John Nelson Carlisle (1866-1931) —
also known as John N. Carlisle —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Preble, Cortland
County, N.Y., August
24, 1866.
Great-grandson of William
Carlisle; grandson of Nelson
Burdick; son of William
Shuler Carlisle and Catherine Rose Delancy (Burdick) Carlisle
(1845-1885); married, January
17, 1894, to Carrie C. Brown (1871-1933).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1891-96; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1898-1905; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
member, New York Public Service Commission, 1910-12; New York State
Commissioner of Highways, 1913-15.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 21,
1931 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Thomas Carmody (1859-1922) —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Milo, Yates
County, N.Y., October
9, 1859.
Married to Margaret Caviston (died 1911).
Democrat. Lawyer; Yates
County District Attorney, 1889; chief examiner, New York State
Civil Service Commission, 1893-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
New
York state attorney general, 1911-14; resigned 1914.
Catholic.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
22, 1922 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Penn Yan, N.Y.
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Benjamin Platt Carpenter (1837-1921) —
also known as B. Platt Carpenter —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 14,
1837.
Son of Morgan Carpenter and Maria (Bockee) Carpenter; married 1860 to Esther
Thorne.
Republican. Lawyer; Dutchess
County District Attorney, 1858; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868,
1872,
1884;
member of New York
state senate 11th District, 1876-77; Dutchess
County Judge, 1876-83; New York
Republican state chair, 1881-82; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1882; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1885; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1889.
Died in Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., December
24, 1921 (age 84 years, 224
days).
Interment somewhere
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Edwin J. Carpenter (b. 1897) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
29, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1923.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918) —
also known as Horace W. Carpentier —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Galway, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1824.
Son of James Carpenter and Henrietta Carpenter.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; banker;
member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1853, 1853-54; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1854-55; president of telegraph
companies which developed a system of telegraph
lines in California and connecting to the Eastern U.S.
Philanthropist; also left more than $1 million to Columbia University
and to Barnard College on his death in 1918.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1918 (age about 93
years).
Interment somewhere
in Galway, N.Y.
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Edward Codrington Carrington, Jr. (1872-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1872.
Grandson of Edward
Carrington; son of Edward Codrington Carrington and Florida
Troupe (Harrison) Carrington; married, October
5, 1899, to Ethel Stuart Coyle (divorced 1919); married 1920 to Anna
Walsh Snyder (divorced 1927); married 1936 to Alice
W. Preston (daughter of James
Harry Preston).
Republican. Lawyer; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1931.
Episcopalian.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Baltimore,
Md., December
30, 1938 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles J. Carroll —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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James J. Carroll —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1938; defeated,
1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James T. Carroll (b. 1875) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1875.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
New
York state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1920-21;
defeated, 1921.
Burial
location unknown.
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V. Sumner Carroll (b. 1920) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
17, 1920.
Married to JoAnn P. Hayden.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Niagara
County Attorney, 1953-58; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (151st District 1966, 137th District
1967-72).
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1972.
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William Brown Carswell —
also known as William B. Carswell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1913-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1925-51; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1933-49; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eunice H. Carter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1934.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrin N. Carter (b. 1854) —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
22, 1854.
Son of Benajah Carter and Isabel (Cole) Carter; married, August 1,
1881, to Nettie J. Steven.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Grundy
County Superintendent of Schools, 1880-82; Grundy
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-88; Cook
County Judge, 1894-1905; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1906-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeremiah Eaton Cary (1803-1888) —
of Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., April 30,
1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1843-45.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., 1888
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Grace
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Walter Case (1776-1859) —
of New York.
Born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1776.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1819-21.
Died in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
7, 1859 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Fishkill
Rural Cemetery, Fishkill, N.Y.
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Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) —
also known as Robert P. Casey; Bob Casey;
"Spike" —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
9, 1932.
Father of Patrick
Casey and Robert
Patrick Casey, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1962-66; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1969-77; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1980; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of amyloidosis
and complications of prostate
cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 30,
2000 (age 68 years, 142
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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William Joseph Casey (1913-1987) —
also known as William J. Casey —
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 13,
1913.
Lawyer; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1971-73; U.S. Director of
Central Intelligence, 1981-87.
Died May 6,
1987 (age 74 years, 54
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Abram S. Cassedy (d. 1896) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1880-82.
Distressed over business losses, he shot himself,
and died later that day, in in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., April 29,
1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Henry Cassidy (1869-1926) —
also known as James H. Cassidy —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1869.
Son of James H. Cassidy and Mary (Brown) Cassidy; married, November
21, 1903, to Elizabeth Handiges.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1910.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
23, 1926 (age 56 years, 299
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, N.Y.
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Hamlet O. Catenaccio —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Married to Matilda
Catenaccio.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-46 (New York County 18th District 1941-44,
New York County 16th District 1945-46); defeated, 1940; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard L. Cates (b. 1925) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
22, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 3rd District, 1959-60.
Still living as of 1960.
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Thomas Vincent Cator (1851-1920) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y., July 18,
1851.
Son of Jacob I. Cator (1814-1884) and Ellen (Robinson) Cator
(1827-1911); second cousin once removed of Nathan
Keator; fourth cousin of Theron
Preston Keator; first cousin once removed of John
Frisbee Keator; married, January
21, 1879, to Anna Van Horn Traphagen Adams (1855-1922); married,
September
3, 1908, to Edith V. Houghton.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1882-83; California state
election commissioner, 1901-20.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
20, 1920 (age 69 years, 64
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) —
also known as Manny Celler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1888.
Son of Henry H. Celler and Josephine (Müller) Celler; married,
June
30, 1914, to Stella B. Baar (died 1966).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,
15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
World Federalists; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1981 (age 92 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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William Wallace Chace —
also known as William W. Chace —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1915-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Curtis Chamberlain (1772-1834) —
also known as "The Hermit" —
of Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Honeoye Falls, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 5,
1772.
Lawyer; poet;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1818; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1809-11.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
8, 1834 (age 62 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Harry B. Chambers (c.1884-1954) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Somers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Married to Marie Hirschy.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, New York City Board of Education,
1922; general counsel, New York Board of Trade; chair of
Bronx County Democratic Party, 1926-43, 1944-51; chief hearing
commissioner for New York region, U.S. Office of Price
Administration, 1943-44; president, New York City Tax Commission,
1946-49.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Somers, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
14, 1954 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Chananau (b. 1915) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., November
11, 1915.
Married to Adele Hausthor.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly, 1958-72 (Bronx County 8th District 1958-65, 88th
District 1966, 82nd District 1967-72); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish
War Veterans; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1972.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) —
also known as John W. Chanler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1826.
Son of John White Chanler (1785-1853) and Elizabeth Sheriffe
(Winthrop) Chanler (1791-1866); married, January
22, 1862, to Margaret Astor Ward (1838-1875; first cousin of William
Waldorf Astor); father of William
Astor Chanler and Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.
On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending President Andrew
Johnson's veto of Reconstruction
enactments, which he called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a
few malignant and mischievous men." On motion of Rep. Robert
C. Schenck, he was censured
for insulting
the House of Representatives.
Died in Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
19, 1877 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (1869-1942) —
also known as Lewis S. Chanler —
of Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
24, 1869.
Son of John
Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (Ward) Chanler (1838-1875);
first cousin once removed of William
Waldorf Astor; brother of William
Astor Chanler; married, September
24, 1890, to Alice Chamberlain (1869-1955; divorced); married, May 23,
1921, to Julia Lynch (Olin) Benkard (1882-1961).
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1907-08; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1908; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1910-12.
Died February
28, 1942 (age 72 years, 157
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Clark Chapin (1848-1936) —
also known as Alfred C. Chapin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1848.
Second cousin four times removed of Daniel
Chapin; grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; son of Ephraim Chapin and Josephine Jerusha
(Clark) Chapin; married, February
20, 1884, to Grace Stebbins (c.1863-1908); married, January
6, 1913, to Charlotte (Storrs) Montant; third cousin of Arthur
Beebe Chapin; father of Grace Chapin (who married Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1888-1991)); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1926-1996).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1882-83; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1883; New York
state comptroller, 1884-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888-91; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891-92.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
October
2, 1936 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Graham Hurd Chapin (1799-1843) —
also known as Graham H. Chapin —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
19, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wayne
County Surrogate, 1826-33; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1835-37.
Died in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
8, 1843 (age 44 years, 201
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Orlow W. Chapman (1832-1890) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellington, Tolland
County, Conn., 1832.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1868-71; U.S. Solicitor General,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of pneumonia
and an ear
infection, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1890 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Binghamton, N.Y.
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Emory Albert Chase (b. 1854) —
also known as Emory A. Chase —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Hensonville, Greene
County, N.Y., August
31, 1854.
Son of Albert Chase and Laura O. (Woodworth) Chase; married, June 30,
1885, to Mary E. Churchill.
Republican. Lawyer; first vice-president, Catskill Savings Bank;
director, Tanners' National Bank;
president, Catskill Rural Cemetery Association; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1897-1920; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1900-05; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906; defeated, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817-1864) —
of Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., December
5, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1845-49.
Died in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., December
4, 1864 (age 46 years, 365
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Chase (1789-1838) —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., 1789.
Lawyer; Otsego
County District Attorney, 1821-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1827-29.
Died in Richfield, Otsego
County, N.Y., August 3,
1838 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs, N.Y.
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Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) —
also known as Andrew G. Chatfield —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
27, 1810.
Son of Enos Chatfield (1782-1858) and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield
(1782-1857); third cousin once removed of Truman
Hotchkiss; married, June 27,
1836, to Eunice Electa Clark Beeman (1817-1901).
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Member, Freemasons.
Chatfield, Minnesota, is named for
him.
Died in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
3, 1875 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Martyn Cheever (b. 1832) —
also known as Henry M. Cheever —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1832.
Son of Rev. Ebenezer Cheever (1791-1866); married to Sarah Buckbee
(died 1890).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Warren Cheney (1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Son of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Southwick) Cheney (died 1886) and Warren
J. Cheney (1862-1921); married, February
2, 1911, to Edith
Madison Costello.
Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April 18,
1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Bakersfield, Franklin
County, Vt., March 22,
1818.
Democrat. Delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1838; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1855-57; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1866.
Died in Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 9,
1869 (age 50 years, 352
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Robert Andrew Childs (1845-1915) —
also known as Robert A. Childs —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March 22,
1845.
Son of Rev. George Childs (died 1870) and Calista (Cochran) Childs
(died 1854); married 1873 to Mary E.
Coffeen.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
principal; lawyer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1884;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., December
19, 1915 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Bronswood
Cemetery, Hinsdale, Ill.
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Timothy Childs (1785-1847) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1821-31; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1828, 1833; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1829-31, 1835-39, 1841-43 (27th
District 1829-31, 28th District 1835-39, 1841-43).
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Fe
County, N.M., November
8, 1847 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Cotton Chittenden (1788-1866) —
of New York.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
30, 1788.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1839-43.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1866 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Grandson of George
Choate (1760?-?); son of George
Choate (1796-1880) and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate; nephew
of Rufus
Choate; brother of William
Gardner Choate; married, October
16, 1861, to Caroline Dutcher Sterling.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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William Gardner Choate (b. 1830) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
30, 1830.
Son of George Choate and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate; married,
June
29, 1870, to Mary Lyman Atwater; brother of Joseph
Hodges Choate.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1878-81.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gaylord Church (1811-1869) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
11, 1811.
Son of William Church and Wealthy (Palmer) Church; married 1837 to Anna B.
Pearson; father of Pearson
Church.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840-42; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died September
29, 1869 (age 58 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) —
also known as "Lulu Lloyd" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., about 1890.
Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. (Army lieutenant, killed in action in
Europe, 1945).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48;
resigned 1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City
Controller, 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, on board the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to
Shanghai, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August 2,
1948 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Charles Churchill (1821-1905) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
17, 1821.
Son of Samuel Churchill and Martha (Bosworth) Churchill; married, September
11, 1849, to Catharine Thomas Sprague.
Republican. Lawyer; Oswego
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1857-60; Oswego
County Judge, 1860-64; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1867-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1876;
candidate for secretary of
state of New York, 1877; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1881-91.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 4,
1905 (age 84 years, 138
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Cosmo A. Cilano (1893-1937) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 22,
1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1929-34.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in 1937
(age about
44 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph J. Cioffi (born c.1902) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 18th District; elected 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis A. Cioffi —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1947-54.
Still living as of 1954.
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Benjamin Richard Civiletti (b. 1935) —
also known as Benjamin Civiletti —
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1979-81.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2010.
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William E. Clancy —
of Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Married to Margaret Schiffmacher.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1943-52; member
of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Moose.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Clark (d. 1873) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1858.
Died, of heart
disease, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
20, 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Don Clark (1851-1930) —
also known as Clarence D. Clark —
of Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa; Evanston, Uinta
County, Wyo.
Born in Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, N.Y., April 16,
1851.
Son of Oratia D. Clark and Laura A. (King) Clark; married, August 6,
1874, to Alice Downs.
Republican. Lawyer; Uinta
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1888;
delegate
to Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1890-93; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1895-1917; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912.
Died November
18, 1930 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Evanston, Wyo.
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Lot Clark (1788-1862) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., May 23,
1788.
Lawyer; Chenango
County District Attorney, 1822-23, 1828-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1823-25; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County, 1846.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
18, 1862 (age 74 years, 209
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ramsey Clark (b. 1927) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Son of Thomas
Campbell Clark and Mary Jane (Ramsey) Clark; married, April 16,
1949, to Georgia Welch.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law
professor; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Son of William H. Clark and Jennie (Falls) Clark; married, November
8, 1924, to Mary Jane Ramsey; father of Ramsey
Clark.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Archibald Smith Clarke (c.1778-1821) —
also known as Archibald S. Clarke —
of New York.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., about 1778.
Brother of Staley
Nichols Clarke.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County, 1808-11; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1812-16; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1816-17.
Died in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., November
28, 1821 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Ledge
Lawn Cemetery, Newstead town, Erie County, N.Y.
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John Davenport Clarke (1873-1933) —
also known as John D. Clarke —
of Fraser, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
15, 1873.
Son of Capt. W. J. Clarke and Emaline (Davenport) Clarke; married 1905 to Marian
Williams.
Republican. Lawyer; mining
business; farmer; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1921-25, 1927-33;
defeated in primary, 1924; died in office 1933; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932.
Killed in an automobile
accident; the car he was driving collided with another car, then
went off the road, plunging down a twelve-foot embankment and hitting
a tree, near Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y., November
5, 1933 (age 60 years, 294
days).
Interment at Locust
Hill Cemetery, Hobart, N.Y.
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John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence, Italy,
of American parents, April 23,
1856.
Son of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married, June 25,
1884, to Sarah M. Parker (died 1924); married, July 8,
1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell (c.1875-1938; killed in automobile
accident).
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1905-26.
Member, Union
League; American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Murray Hill Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1932 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment somewhere
in Northampton, Mass.
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Louis Gary Clemente (1908-1968) —
also known as L. Gary Clemente —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 10,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1949-53.
Died in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 13,
1968 (age 59 years, 338
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March 18,
1837.
Third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher; son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann
(Neal) Cleveland (1806-1882); third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher; married, June 2,
1886, to Frances Folsom (1864-1947); fourth cousin once removed
of Rollin
Usher Tyler; father of Richard
F. Cleveland.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $20
bill from 1914 to 1928, and on the $1,000
bill from 1928 to 1946.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Cleveland counties in
Ark. and
Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Dillman
|
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman K.
Bass — George
B. Cortelyou |
| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Edward Sears Clinch (c.1845-1924) —
also known as Edward S. Clinch —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1906.
Baptist.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
24, 1924 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) —
also known as "Father of the Erie
Canal" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Napanoch, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 2,
1769.
Son of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George
Clinton; married, February
13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8,
1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who
married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)); brother of George
Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James
Graham Clinton.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 1812; Governor of
New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Member, Freemasons.
Chief advocate for the Erie Canal,
completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000
U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905.
Died, from heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County,
Ill., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Warren
D. C. Hall
— De
Witt C. Littlejohn
— De
Witt C. Leach
— Dewitt
C. West
— John
DeWitt Clinton Atkins
— De
Witt Clinton Giddings
— DeWitt
Clinton Cregier
— DeWitt
Clinton Senter
— De
Witt C. Badger
— De
Witt C. Flanagan
— Dewitt
Clinton Chase
— De Witt
C. Poole, Jr.
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| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan
Cornog, The
Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,
1769-1828 |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947) —
also known as Hillary Diane Rodham; "Hill";
"Evergreen" —
of Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma
(Howell) Rodham (1919-2011); married, October
11, 1975, to William
Jefferson Clinton; sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham; mother of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 2009-.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2011.
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See also Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Hillary Clinton: Living
History (2003) — An
Invitation To The White House : At Home With History
(2000) — It
Takes A Village |
| | | Books about Hillary Clinton: Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary
Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — Gene
Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Gail
Sheehy, Hillary's
Choice — Michael Tomasky, Hillary's
Turn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate
Campaign — Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr., Hillary
Clinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich, The
Case For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and Eileen
McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — Jeff
Gerth & Don Van Natta, Jr., Her
Way : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Susan Morrison, ed., Thirty
Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women
Writers |
| | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:
Barbara Olson, Hell
to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Peggy Noonan, The
Case Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,
Madame
Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House — Jack
Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Carl Limbacher, Hillary's
Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White
House — Ed Klein, The
Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far
She'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris, Rewriting
History — David N. Bossie, Hillary:
The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,
The
First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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Emory P. Close (b. 1859) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
13, 1859.
Married, January
7, 1885, to Etta S. Cobb.
Lawyer; director, Curtiss Navigation
Company (operator of vessels on
the Great Lakes); U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1897-99.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert P. Coats (b. 1872) —
of Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y., September
1, 1872.
Son of William H. Coats and Emma G. Coats; married 1895 to Bertha
E. Roberts.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1910-14.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Henry Cobb —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Son of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April 19,
1893, to Louisa Wenzel.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (1858-1943) —
also known as Aaron V. S. Cochrane —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., March 14,
1858.
Nephew of Isaac
Whitbeck Van Schaick; son of Francis Cochrane and Barbara
Cochrane; married, October
10, 1882, to Margaret M. Hawyer.
Republican. Lawyer; Columbia
County District Attorney, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1897-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1902-28; resigned 1928;
president, Farmers Bank of
Hudson.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
7, 1943 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
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John Cochrane (1813-1898) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
27, 1813.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; New York
state attorney general, 1864-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868
(speaker).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1898 (age 84 years, 164
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) —
also known as W. Bourke Cockran —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
February
28, 1854.
Son of Martin Cockran and Harriet (Knight) Cockran; married, November
5, 1906, to Ann Ide (daughter of Henry
Clay Ide).
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23
(12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95,
1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died
in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892,
1904,
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1923 (age 69 years, 1
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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George A. Coe (c.1811-1869) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1846, 1847 (4th District 1846, 3rd District 1847);
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1855-58; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., October
21, 1869 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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William S. Coffey —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1910-12,
1915-17; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1934-.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Martin Cohen (b. 1901) —
also known as Albert M. Cohen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 10,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1928-34.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold W. Cohn (b. 1913) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
25, 1913.
Married to Lillian Bartell.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly, 1959-68 (Kings County 4th District 1959-65, 49th
District 1966, 57th District 1967-68).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 1968.
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Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
22, 1869.
Third cousin twice removed of John
P. Colby; son of John Peck Colby and Frances (Bainbridge) Colby;
fourth cousin once removed of Frederick
Myron Colby; married 1929 to Ann
(Ahlstrand) Ely (1889-1963).
Lawyer; attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain");
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; among
the founders
of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner of Woodrow
Wilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April 11,
1950 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Interment at Bemus
Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
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Chester Cicero Cole (b. 1824) —
also known as Chester C. Cole —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Oxford, Orange
County, N.Y., June 4,
1824.
Son of Samuel Cole and Alice (Pullman) Cole; married, June 25,
1848, to Amanda M. Bennett.
Lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1864-76; law
professor.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., September
17, 1822.
Son of David Cole and Rachel (Townsend) Cole; married, January
6, 1853, to Olive Colegrove.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1856-60; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1863-65; U.S.
Senator from California, 1867-73.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
3, 1924 (age 102 years, 47
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ernest E. Cole (1871-1949) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Savona, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
18, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1920-22; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1923-26; New York Commissioner
of Education, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1949
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Seamans
Cemetery, Savona, N.Y.
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George W. Cole (b. 1858) —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
31, 1858.
Son of Stephen S. Cole and Lemira P. (Berry) Cole; married to Lucia
Ellen Weber.
Republican. Lawyer; Cattaraugus
County District Attorney, 1902-14; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1916-20; appointed 1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) —
also known as W. Sterling Cole —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., April 18,
1904.
Son of Ernest Ethelbert Cole and Minnie (Pierce) Cole; married, July 3,
1929, to Mary Elizabeth Thomas.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45,
39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 15,
1987 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, N.Y.
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Norman Bertram Coleman, Jr. (b. 1949) —
also known as Norm Coleman —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
17, 1949.
Son of Norman Bertram Coleman, Sr. and Beverly Coleman; married 1981 to Laurie
Casserly.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1994-2002; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1998; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ronald E. Coleman (b. 1917) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Roulette, Potter
County, Pa., June 22,
1917.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of
New York Court of Claims, 1961-64.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1964.
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William Miller Collier (1867-1956) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
11, 1867.
Son of Rev. Isaac H. Collier and Frances (Miller) Collier; married,
September
13, 1893, to Frances Beardsley Ross.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president,
George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1956
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Frederick Collin (b. 1850) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., August 2,
1850.
Son of Henry Clark Collin and Maria Louisa (Park) Collin.
Lawyer; director, Chemung Canal
Trust Co.; director, Arnot Realty
Corporation; director, Elmira, Corning, & Waverly Railway;
mayor
of Elmira, N.Y., 1894-98; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910-20; appointed 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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William T. Collins (c.1886-1961) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1886.
Son of Jeremiah Collins; married to Mae Godfrey (died 1960); brother
of Adelaide
Costigan.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1924;
New
York County Clerk, 1926-28; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1928-45; appointed 1928; New
York County Surrogate, 1946-57.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Brightwaters, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Son of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter (died 1863); married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright (died 1897).
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Frank Composto —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1950-58; member of
New
York state senate 13th District; elected 1958.
Still living as of 1958.
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Barber Benjamin Conable, Jr. (1922-2003) —
also known as Barber B. Conable, Jr. —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Alexander, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., November
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 53rd District, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-85 (37th District 1965-73,
35th District 1973-83, 30th District 1983-85); president, World Bank.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Jaycees.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
30, 2003 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment somewhere
in Alexander, N.Y.
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Martin Conboy (1878-1944) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
28, 1878.
Son of Martin Conboy and Bridget (Harlow) Conboy; married, July 31,
1912, to Bertha L. Mason.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933-35.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1944 (age 65 years, 190
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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George M. Dallas Condon (1860-1933) —
also known as George M. Condon —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., December
27, 1860.
Married 1884
to Miss L. W. Mears (died 1919); married 1923 to
Gertrude L. Roper.
Republican. School
teacher; dry goods
merchant; lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1917-30 (4th District 1917-26, 5th District
1927-30); defeated in primary, 1930.
Died in 1933
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Grand
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Omar Dwight Conger (1818-1898) —
also known as Omar D. Conger —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 1,
1818.
Son of Enoch Conger (1792-1872) and Esther (West) Conger (1796-1882);
married, November
5, 1849, to Emily Jane Barker (1824-1866); brother of Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1838-?); first cousin of Edwin
Hurd Conger; uncle of Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1882-1963).
Republican. Lawyer; lumber
business; St.
Clair County Judge, 1850-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855-59 (31st District 1855-56, 26th District
1857-59); Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1864;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1869-81 (5th District 1869-73, 7th
District 1873-81); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1881-87.
Died in Ocean City, Worcester
County, Md., July 11,
1898 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Robert S. Conklin (1876-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August 2,
1876.
Son of Josiah Conklin (1847-1926) and Anna Jane (Hughes) Conklin
(1850-1932); married, June 25,
1910, to Mary Bent (1881-1964).
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1907-10;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1930.
Died, from heart
disease, in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 4,
1931 (age 54 years, 306
days).
Interment somewhere
in Somers, N.Y.
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Howard Conkling (b. 1856) —
of Luzerne, Warren
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1856.
Grandson of Alfred
Conkling; son of Frederick
Augustus Conkling; nephew of Roscoe
Conkling; first cousin of Alfred
Conkling Coxe; brother of Alfred
Ronald Conkling.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1892-93, 1903, 1914-15 (Warren County 1892-93,
New York County 25th District 1903, New York County 29th District
1914-15).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) —
also known as "The Oneida Chieftan"; "My
Lord Roscoe" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
3, 1829.
Son of Alfred
Conkling and Eliza (Cockburn) Conkling; brother of Frederick
Augustus Conkling; married, June 25,
1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893; daughter of Henry
Seymour; sister of Horatio
Seymour); uncle of Alfred
Conkling Coxe, Alfred
Ronald Conkling and Howard
Conkling; granduncle of Alfred
Conkling Coxe, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District
1859-63, 21st District 1865-67); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1876;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 18,
1888 (age 58 years, 198
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Maurice E. Connolly (1881-1935) —
of Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1881.
Son of Maurice Connolly and Mary Jane Connolly; married to Helen M.
Connell; father of Helen F. Connolly (daughter-in-law of Leander
B. Faber).
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1911-28; resigned 1928; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1924;
resigned
as borough president in April, 1928 during an investigation
of a sewer graft scandal;
convicted
in October 1928 of conspiracy to defraud
the city; sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$500; following an unsuccessful appeal, he served the prison
sentence in 1930-31.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
24, 1935 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Married to Mary O'Boyle.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer, at
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Martin Connor (b. 1945) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1978-; defeated in primary, 2008;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1996,
2000.
Catholic.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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John H. Conroy (b. 1893) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born October
23, 1893.
Son of John D. Conroy and Eunice (Beale) Conroy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1923-29.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Conway (1889-1969) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 3,
1889.
Son of Joseph P. Conway and Jane Lucille (Flanagan) Conway; married
to Alice O'Neil.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1928; county judge in New York, 1930-31;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1931-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1937-39; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1954-59.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1969 (age 80 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Edward Conway (b. 1902) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Eddyville, Ulster
County, N.Y., 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1933-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Constance Eberhardt Cook (1919-2009) —
also known as Constance E. Cook; Constance
Eberhardt —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1919.
Daughter of Walter Eberhardt and Catherine (Sellmann) Eberhardt;
married to Alfred P. Cook.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-73 (Tompkins County 1963-65, 138th District
1966, 125th District 1967-72, 128th District 1973); president of land
grant affairs, Cornell University, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1984.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zonta.
Co-sponsor, in 1970, of the bill which legalized abortion in New York
State.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
20, 2009 (age 89 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Francis Cooke (1885-1967) —
also known as Edmund F. Cooke —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April 13,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 7th District, 1923-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1929-33.
Died in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., May 13,
1967 (age 82 years, 30
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alden, N.Y.
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John H. Cooke (b. 1911) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 29,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1951-62 (51st District 1951-54, 57th District
1955-62); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1962-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard T. Cooke (b. 1913) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., July 5,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 57th District, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1964.
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley
(1790-1869); married, December
30, 1846, to Elizabeth Horton (1830-1890); father of Fanny Cooley
(1857-1934; who married Alexis
Caswell Angell).
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for
him.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Stephen Mortimer Coon (1845-1913) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 18,
1845.
Son of Stephen D. Coon and Sarah (Haight) Coon; married, November
23, 1870, to Mary F. Coit.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1888-89.
Died April 9,
1913 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Bronson Cooper (1850-1918) —
also known as Samuel B. Cooper; Sam Bronson
Cooper —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born near Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky., May 30,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Attorney, 1872-80; member of Texas
state senate, 1881-85; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1893-1905, 1907-09.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1918 (age 68 years, 83
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Lawrence E. Corbett, Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y., May 11,
1921.
Married to Joan V. Burns.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of
New
York state assembly, 1963-72 (Washington County 1963-65, 115th
District 1966, 107th District 1967-72).
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Still living as of 1972.
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Edward T. Corcoran (c.1894-1937) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Mechanicville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., about 1894.
Son of Dominic Corcoran; married to Margaret M. McCosker.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District 1937,
but died before taking office.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Legion; Elks; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Rockefeller Institute hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1937 (age about 43
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John William Corcoran (b. 1853) —
also known as John W. Corcoran —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., June 14,
1853.
Married, April 28,
1881, to Margaret J. McDonald.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1886, 1887; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891; superior court
judge in Massachusetts, 1892-93.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Carleton Haynes Corliss (b. 1858) —
also known as Guy C. H. Corliss —
of North Dakota.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 4,
1858.
Son of Cyrus K. Corliss and Clarinda M. Corliss.
Lawyer; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1889-98; Dean, Law
School, University of North Dakota.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jasper W. Cornaire (b. 1877) —
of Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., March 12,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1925-26, 1928-34; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1927-29.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis R. E. Cornell (1821-1881) —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Coventry, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
17, 1821.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 5th District, 1861-62, 1865; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1868-74; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1875-81; died in office 1881.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 23,
1881 (age 59 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Cornell (1896-1988) —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
29, 1896.
Son of George W. Cornell and Minnie C. Cornell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1959-64; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 36th District, 1967.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 24,
1988 (age 91 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mathias Figueira Correa (b. 1910) —
also known as Mathias F. Correa —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 4,
1910.
Son of Rodolfo A. Correa and Erene (Figueira) Correa; married 1945 to Louise
Kennedy.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1941-43; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Catholic.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Corsi (1896-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Abruzzi, Italy,
December
29, 1896.
Married to Emma Gillies (c.1910-1975).
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1923; newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Immigration Commissioner, 1931; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938; New York State Industrial
Commissioner; appointed in 1954 as a special assistant on immigration
problems to U.S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, but was dismissed three months later; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1950.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in an auto
accident, when a car in which he was a passenger skidded off the
road and overturned, near Phoenicia, Ulster
County, N.Y., December
13, 1965 (age 68 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph R. Corso —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1949-66 (Kings County 20th District 1949-65, 47th
District 1966).
Still living as of 1966.
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Son of James Cosgrove.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute
nephritis and influenza,
in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Thomas F. Cosgrove (b. 1892) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 16,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
wounded in battle at Argonne Forest, October 21, 1918, and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1920-23.
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Grassmere, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Mark Americus Costantino (1920-1990) —
also known as Mark A. Costantino —
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April 9,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; city
court judge in New York, 1956-66; civil court judge in New York,
1966-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1971-87;
took senior status 1987.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 17,
1990 (age 70 years, 69
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank J. Costello —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1937-45; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1948-49.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter J. Costigan (b. 1930) —
of Setauket, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
16, 1930.
Married to Victoria Dubenchek.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 2nd District, 1966-74.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary.
Still living as of 1974.
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James Sproull Cothran (1830-1897) —
also known as James S. Cothran —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born near Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August 8,
1830.
Son of Wade Samuel Cothran and Frances Elizabeth (Sproull) Cothran;
married, July 17,
1855, to Emma Chiles (1834-1916); father of Thomas
Perrin Cothran.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; circuit judge in South Carolina, 1881-86; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1887-91.
Died, in a sanitarium
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1897 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Salvatore A. Cotillo (1886-1939) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
November
19, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1913, 1915-16;
member of New York
state senate, 1917-23 (20th District 1917-18, 18th District
1919-23); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1920;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-39; died in office
1939.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sons of
Italy.
Died, following an operation for a chest
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1939 (age 52 years, 250
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Natalie F. Couch —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; personal secretary to Supreme Court
Justice Arthur
S. Tompkins; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1932,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1934.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Son of Charles Coudert; married to Elizabeth McCredy; grandfather of
Frederic
René Coudert, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; government director, 1885-88, and receiver,
1892-98, of Union Pacific Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver
troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Frederic René Coudert, Jr. (1898-1972) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1898.
Great-grandson of Benjamin
Franklin Tracy; grandson of Frederic
René Coudert; son of Frederic R. Coudert (c.1871-1955) and
Alice T. (Wilmerding) Coudert; married 1923 to Mary K.
Callery (sculptor;
divorced 1931); married 1931 to Paula
Murray; father of Paula Murray Coudert (who married William
Rand, Jr.).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
member of New York
state senate, 1939-46 (17th District 1939-44, 20th District
1945-46); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1947-59; campaign
chair for William
F. Buckley, Jr.'s campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1965.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1972 (age 74 years, 14
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Way Covert (1842-1910) —
also known as James W. Covert —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., September
2, 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1877-81, 1889-95;
member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1882-83.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1910 (age 67 years, 246
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry D. Coville (b. 1872) —
of Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Central Square, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Central Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., April 10,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Oswego
County Attorney, 1907-14; Oswego
County Judge, 1915-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 37th District, 1938;
member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1944-56.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Covington (1838-1911) —
also known as George W. Covington —
of Maryland.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
12, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; attorney for
Pennsylvania Railroad;
director, Delaware Railway
Company; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1881-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1911 (age 72 years, 206
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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Charles J. Cowan (born c.1927) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1965-73; defeated, 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
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Alfred Conkling Coxe (1847-1923) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 20,
1847.
Grandson of Alfred
Conkling; nephew of Frederick
Augustus Conkling and Roscoe
Conkling; son of Rev. Samuel Hansen Coxe and Eliza (Conkling)
Coxe; married 1878 to
Maryette Doolittle; first cousin of Alfred
Ronald Conkling and Howard
Conkling; father of Alfred
Conkling Coxe, Jr..
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1882-1902;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1902-17.
Died April 15,
1923 (age 75 years, 330
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. (1880-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880.
Great-grandson of Alfred
Conkling; grandnephew of Frederick
Augustus Conkling and Roscoe
Conkling; son of Alfred
Conkling Coxe and Maryette (Doolittle) Coxe; married, October
11, 1913, to Helen P. Emery.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died December
21, 1957 (age 77 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hanson Cleveland Coxe (b. 1859) —
also known as Hanson C. Coxe —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
26, 1859.
Lawyer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1904-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Macgrane Coxe (1859-1923) —
of Southfields, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., May 29,
1859.
Son of Robert E. Coxe and Eliza (Davies) Coxe; married, August
28, 1888, to Lena Townsend Crawford.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1896-97; Honduras, 1896-97.
Died in 1923
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Cramer (1779-1870) —
of Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 17,
1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for New York, 1804;
member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1805-06, 1810-11, 1842; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1833-37.
Died in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1870 (age 91 years, 15
days).
Interment at Waterford
Rural Cemetery, Waterford, N.Y.
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Paul M. Crandell (c.1877-1935) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Lawyer; mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1934-35; appointed 1934; nominated, but
died before the election 1935; died in office 1935.
After completing a speech at a meeting
of the New Rochelle Teachers Club, at Albert Leonard Junior High
School, suffered a heart
attack and died, from coronary
thrombosis, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1935 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Elvin Williamson Crane (b. 1853) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1886; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Evan Crane (1869-1947) —
also known as Frederick E. Crane —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1869.
Brother of Ida Elizabeth Crane (who married Edwin
Louis Garvin).
Republican. Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1902-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1917-34; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1935-39; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
21, 1947 (age 78 years, 264
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Joseph F. Crangle (b. 1932) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 12,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1965; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1968,
1972,
1980,
1988.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1993.
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Joseph Force Crater (b. 1889) —
also known as Joseph F. Crater; "Good Time
Joe" —
of New York.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
5, 1889.
Son of Frank E. Crater and Leila Virginia (Montague) Crater; married
1917 to
Stella Mance Wheeler.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to Robert
F. Wagner, 1920-26; newspapers reported that the two became law
partners, but Wagner later denied it; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930; appointed 1930.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi; Tammany
Hall.
Mysteriously
disappeared (probably kidnapped and murdered)
on August 6, 1930; his body was never
found; he was declared legally dead in 1939.
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Andrew Murray Crawford (1853-1925) —
also known as Andrew M. Crawford —
of Marshfield (now Coos Bay), Coos
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cannonsville, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
29, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897; Oregon
state attorney general, 1903-15.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
29, 1925 (age 72 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward F. Crawford (b. 1919) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
1, 1919.
Married to Margaret M. Conlin.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1957-73 (Oswego County 1957-65, 132nd District
1966, 117th District 1967-73); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 43rd District, 1967.
Still living as of 1973.
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Harold J. Crawford (b. 1900) —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1933-35.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas James Creamer (1843-1914) —
also known as Thomas J. Creamer —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Garadice Lake, Ireland,
May
26, 1843.
Son of Francis Creamer and Anne (Dorsey) Creamer.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1865-67, 1889 (New York County 10th District
1865-66, New York County 14th District 1867, 1889); member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-75, 1901-03 (7th District
1873-75, 8th District 1901-03).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1914 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James J. Crisona (1907-2003) —
of Arverne, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Neponsit, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
30, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 12th District, 1946; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1955-57; defeated, 1946; resigned
1957; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1958-59; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1959-60.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died September
4, 2003 (age 96 years, 5
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin W. Cristman —
of Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1914; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1915-16; Independent Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875) —
also known as Edwin B. Crocker —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Jamesville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 26,
1818.
Son of Isaac Crocker and (mother) Crocker; married, September
3, 1845, to Mary Norton (1821-1847); married, July 8,
1852, to Margaret Eleanor Rhodes (1822-1901); brother of Charles
Crocker; uncle of Charles
Frederick Crocker and William
Henry Crocker; father of Jennie Louise Crocker (1860-1939; who
married Jacob
Sloat Fassett).
Lawyer; justice of
California state supreme court, 1863; chief counsel, Central
Pacific Railroad,
1864-69.
Founder of the Crocker Art Museum; partially
paralyzed following an 1869 stroke.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., June 24,
1875 (age 57 years, 59
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Michael E. Crofoot (1822-1884) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., March 14,
1822.
Son of Louisa Crofoot (1790-1855) and Charles Crofoot; married to
Annie E. Fitch.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oakland
County Probate Judge, 1849-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1856.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., May 11,
1884 (age 62 years, 58
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich.
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George Cromwell (1860-1934) —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1860.
Son of Henry Bowman Cromwell (founder of Cromwell Steamship Company)
and Sarah (Seaman) Cromwell; married, June 1,
1915, to Hermine De Rouville.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1888; borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1898-1913; defeated, 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a week later, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1934 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis J. Cronin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1922-23.
Catholic.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elisha Oscar Crosby (1818-1895) —
also known as Elisha O. Crosby —
of Vernon, Sutter
County, Calif.; New York.
Born in Tompkins
County, N.Y., 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from Sacramento
District, 1849; member of California
state senate, 1849-51; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1861-64.
Died in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., June 20,
1895 (age about 76
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Guernsey T. Cross (b. 1889) —
of Callicoon, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Neversink, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
27, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1920, 1922-24, 1927-28;
defeated, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Son of John Croswell and Sally (Hicks) Croswell; married 1852 to Lucy M.
Eddy (died 1868); married to Elizabeth Musgrove.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer; Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1868;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Paul A. Crotty (born c.1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1941.
Son of Peter
J. Crotty and Margaret (McMahon) Crotty.
Democrat. Lawyer; New York City Finance Commissioner, 1984;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984.
Still living as of 1984.
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Peter J. Crotty (c.1908-1992) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1908.
Married to Margaret McMahon; father of Paul
A. Crotty.
Democrat. Lawyer; general
counsel in New York for the United Steelworkers union; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1953; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1954-65; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1958; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 56th District, 1967.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Mercy Hospital,
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 3,
1992 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Callender Crouch (b. 1866) —
also known as Leonard C. Crouch —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 30,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1913-33; appointed 1913;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court,
1923-32; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1932-33; defeated, 1928; appointed
1932.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lorenzo Crounse (1834-1909) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Sharon, Schoharie
County, N.Y., January
27, 1834.
Married 1860
to Mary E. Griffiths (died 1882).
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Nebraska
territorial legislature, 1866; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1867-73; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1873-77; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Nebraska, 1879; Governor of
Nebraska, 1893-95; member of Nebraska
state senate 10th District, 1901.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 13,
1909 (age 75 years, 106
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Fort Calhoun, Neb.
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Daniel Cruger (1780-1843) —
of Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
22, 1780.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War
of 1812; member of New York
state assembly, 1813-16, 1826 (Allegany and Steuben counties
1813-16, Steuben County 1826); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1816; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1817-19; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1818-21.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), July 12,
1843 (age 62 years, 202
days).
Interment at Stone
Church Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Alfred B. Cruikshank (b. 1847) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fredericton, New
Brunswick, 1847.
Son of John Cruikshank and Matilda (Irwin) Cruikshank; married 1874 to Jessie
Goodliffe.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
lawyer; United Democracy candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edgar Culkin (1861-1949) —
also known as William E. Culkin —
of Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., 1861.
Son of Anthony Culkin and Bridget (Dugan) Culkin; married, July 8,
1886, to Hannah Alice Young; father of Margaret
Culkin Banning.
Lawyer; Wright
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state senate 38th District, 1895-97.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 25,
1949 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar M. Cullen (b. 1843) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
4, 1843.
Son of Dr. Henry J. Cullen and Eliza M. (McCue) Cullen; brother of Henry
J. Cullen, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1881-1903; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1900; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1904-13.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry J. Cullen, Jr. (1841-1892) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1841.
Brother of Edgar
M. Cullen.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New
York state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1869-70.
Episcopalian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1892 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas P. Cullen —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-67 (Queens County 2nd District 1965, 36th
District 1966, 34th District 1967).
Still living as of 1967.
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Patrick W. Cullinan (1851-1926) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1880-81; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904,
1912
(alternate); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 19,
1926 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Erastus Dean Culver (1803-1889) —
also known as Erastus D. Culver —
of Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y., March 15,
1803.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1838, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1845-47; U.S.
Minister to Venezuela, 1862-66; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868.
Died in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., October
13, 1889 (age 86 years, 212
days).
Entombed at Greenwich
Cemetery, Greenwich, N.Y.
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John Cunneen (b. 1848) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ennis, Ireland,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892;
New
York state attorney general, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Andrew M. Cuomo (b. 1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
6, 1957.
Son of Mario
Matthew Cuomo; married, June 9,
1990, to Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert
Francis Kennedy).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1997-2001; New York
state attorney general, 2007-10; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2008;
Governor
of New York, 2011-.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Mario Matthew Cuomo (b. 1932) —
also known as Mario M. Cuomo —
of Holliswood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 15,
1932.
Married 1954
to Matilda Raffa; father of Andrew
M. Cuomo.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; secretary of
state of New York, 1975-78; Liberal candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1979-82; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988;
Governor
of New York, 1983-94; defeated, 1994; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1992.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Hastings Curran (1877-1966) —
also known as Henry H. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1877.
Son of John Elliott Curran and Eliza Phillips (Mulford) Curran;
married, October
12, 1905, to Frances Ford Hardy.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War
I; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1920-21; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921; U.S. Commissioner of Immigration at
Ellis Island, 1923-26; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 8,
1966 (age 88 years, 151
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Curran (1898-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1898.
Married 1926
to Margaret Farley; father of Paul
J. Curran.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
chair
of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary of
state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 29,
1958 (age 59 years, 243
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John Currey (b. 1814) —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., October
4, 1814.
Son of Thomas Currey and Reban (Ward) Currey; married 1845 to
Cornelia Elizabeth Scott (1818-1877); married 1881 to
Cornelia Ferris.
Democrat. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Anti-Lecompton Democratic
candidate for Governor of
California, 1859; justice of
California state supreme court, 1864-.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Curtis (1801-1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., October
25, 1801.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1837-41; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1841-44.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 2,
1856 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Milton Curtis (b. 1843) —
also known as George M. Curtis —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 18,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New
York state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1864, 1866.
Burial
location unknown.
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James L. Curtis (1870-1917) —
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 8,
1870.
Married 1906
to Helen M. Lawrence.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1915-17; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1916-17.
African
ancestry.
Died October
24, 1917 (age 47 years, 108
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Boughton Curtiss (b. 1852) —
also known as George B. Curtiss —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
16, 1852.
Son of George Curtiss (killed in Civil War seige of Vicksburg) and
Huldah (Boughton) Curtiss; married, May 1,
1888, to Mary D. Bliss.
Republican. Lawyer; Broome
County District Attorney, 1883-89; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1900-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest Curto —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1946-64.
Still living as of 1964.
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Francis Wellington Cushman (1867-1909) —
also known as Francis W. Cushman; "Abe Lincoln of the
Pacific Coast" —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, May 8,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1899-1909 (at-large 1899-1909,
2nd District 1909); died in office 1909.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1909 (age 42 years, 59
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Charles A. Cusick —
of Weedsport, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1947-60; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 49th District, 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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Francis Brockholst Cutting (1804-1870) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 6,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1853-55.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1870 (age 65 years, 324
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Louis A. Cuvillier —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1907-09, 1911-13, 1920, 1922-33, 1935 (New York
County 30th District 1907-09, 1911-13, New York County 20th District
1920, 1922-33, 1935); defeated, 1909 (New York County 30th District),
1920 (New York County 20th District), 1933 (New York County 20th
District); served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial
location unknown.
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