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Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger)
Labouisse; married, June 29,
1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November
19, 1954, to Eve Curie.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip J. Lader (b. 1946) —
of Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 17,
1946.
Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1997-2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2001.
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John Joseph LaFalce (b. 1939) —
also known as John J. LaFalce —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
6, 1939.
Son of Dominic E. LaFalce and Catherine M. (Stasio) LaFalce; married
1979 to
Patricia Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 53rd District, 1971-72; member of New York
state assembly 140th District, 1973-74; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1975-2003 (36th District 1975-83,
32nd District 1983-93, 29th District 1993-2003); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Fox LaFollette (1897-1965) —
also known as Philip F. LaFollette —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., May 8,
1897.
Son of Robert
Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother of Robert
Marion LaFollette, Jr.; married, April 14,
1923, to Isabel Bacon; uncle of Bronson
Cutting LaFollette.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1925-27; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1931-33, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1952.
Died August
18, 1965 (age 68 years, 102
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Son of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., is named for
him.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John S. Lambert (1851-1936) —
of Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnsonville, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
4, 1851.
Married to Winnifred Phillips.
Republican. Lawyer; Chautauqua
County Judge, 1882-89; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1890-1921.
Died in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 15,
1936 (age 85 years, 162
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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Paul Christopher Lambert (b. 1928) —
also known as Paul C. Lambert —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 14,
1928.
Son of Prall Wilson Lambert and Lorena (Carroll) Lambert; married, June 9,
1956, to Mary Lee.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1984-89; U.S. Ambassador to
Ecuador, 1990-92.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Silas Wright Lamoreux (b. 1843) —
of Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., March 8,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state senate; county judge in Wisconsin, 1879-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Commissioner of U.S. General Land Office, 1893-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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Judson Stuart Landon (1832-1905) —
also known as Judson S. Landon —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
16, 1832.
Lawyer; Schenectady
County District Attorney, 1857; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1874-1901; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1900.
Died September
7, 1905 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) —
also known as Franklin K. Lane —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 15,
1864.
Son of Dr. C. S. Lane and C. W. H. Lane; married, April 11,
1893, to Anne Wintermute.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; candidate for Governor of
California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-13; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20.
Died, of a heart
attack 12 days after appendicitis
surgery, at the Mayo Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 18,
1921 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Lansing (1864-1928) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
17, 1864.
Son of John Lansing and Maria L. (Dodge) Lansing; married, January
15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter of John
Watson Foster).
Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1915-20.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Psi
Upsilon.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Ernest Lappano (b. 1897) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; deputy
collector of Internal Revenue, 1921-26; lawyer; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1934;
defeated, 1932, 1934.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Laragh —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael J. Larkin —
of New York.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1926; appointed 1926; law
partner of John
P. Gualtieri, 1929-37.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan A. Lashin —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 12th District, 1945-51.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morris Edward Lasker (1917-2009) —
also known as Morris E. Lasker; Edward Morris
Lasker —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hartsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1917.
Nephew of Albert
Davis Lasker; son of Harry Lasker and Peggy Lasker; first cousin
of Edward
Lasker; married 1943 to Helen
Marie 'Toy' Schubach.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1950; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1968-83;
took senior status 1983.
Died, of cancer, in
Mount Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
25, 2009 (age 92 years, 161
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Jepson Latham (b. 1908) —
also known as Henry J. Latham —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 2nd District, 1938; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-59 (3rd District 1945-53, 4th
District 1953-59); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1959-60; defeated, 1957.
Still living as of 1998.
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Abial Lathrop (1845-1930) —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.; Eutaw, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Stafford, Genesee
County, N.Y., November
9, 1845.
Third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of John Lathrop (1794-1887) and Elizabeth Harriet
(Moody) Lathrop (1810-1905); third cousin once removed of James
Abram Garfield; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
A. Hungerford and Austin
Eugene Lathrop; married 1875 to Martha
Fredrika Heidtman (1850-1945).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1889-93, 1896-1901; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1900.
Member, Knights
of Honor.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
10, 1930 (age 84 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Latimer (b. 1935) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 20,
1935.
Son of William Wilbur Latimer and Dorothy Marie (Nasser) Latimer;
married, June 20,
1959, to Nancy Moore.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1976-90; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1984.
Catholic.
Lebanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Laurance (1750-1810) —
of New York.
Born near Falmouth, England,
1750.
Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1785-87; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1787-89; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1789-93; U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1794-96; resigned 1796; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1796-1800.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1810 (age about 60
years).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Thomas Laverne —
of Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1961-72 (52nd District 1961-65, 57th District 1966,
50th District 1967-72).
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1972.
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Hugh A. Lavery (b. 1906) —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
2, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1934-37;
defeated, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Blakeslee Law (1872-1929) —
also known as Charles B. Law —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y., February
5, 1872.
Son of Eli B. Law and Mary Louisa (Payne) Law; married, November
20, 1901, to Ilma Best.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1905-11; state court
judge in New York, 1916; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died while swimming
(presumably drowned)
at his summer home on Kattskill Bay, near Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., September
15, 1929 (age 57 years, 222
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Lawrence (1761-1797) —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 11,
1761.
Son of Thomas Lawrence (1733-1817) and Elizabeth (Fish) Lawrence
(1741-1822); married to Elisabeth Berrien (1762-1800).
Lawyer; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Queens
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County, 1790-92, 1794-96; New York
state attorney general, 1792-95; appointed 1792.
Died in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., July 14,
1797 (age 36 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Son of Alexander James Lawton and Martha (Mosse) Lawton; married, November
5, 1845, to Sarah Hillhouse Alexander; grandfather of Alexander
Robert Lawton, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
1849-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Louis E. Lazarus (b. 1877) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April 21,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1909.
Jewish.
Member, Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Enrico A. Lazio (b. 1958) —
also known as Rick Lazio —
of Brightwaters, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brunswick Hospital,
Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 13,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1996;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Law Learned (1821-1904) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., July 24,
1821.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1870-84.
Died in 1904
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Archibald A. Lee (b. 1881) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1881.
Married 1907
to Florence Hughes.
Lawyer; Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1914; Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1938; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) —
also known as Warren I. Lee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bartlett, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
5, 1874.
Son of Arthur D. Lee and Nettie (Isbell) Lee; married, September
15, 1903, to Mira Porter.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District
1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died December
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James J. Leff —
Conservative. Lawyer; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Louis J. Lefkowitz (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1904.
Son of Samuel Lefkowitz and Mollie (Isaacs) Lefkowitz; married, June 14,
1931, to Helen Schwimmer.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;
municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
New
York state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1961.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 20,
1996 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira J. Lefton (b. 1920) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 7th District, 1964.
Still living as of 2005.
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Frederick Reimold Lehlbach (1876-1937) —
also known as Frederick R. Lehlbach —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1876.
Nephew of Herman
Lehlbach.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1915-37 (10th District 1915-33,
12th District 1933-37); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1924,
1928.
Died August 4,
1937 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Benjamin M. Leipner (b. 1903) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1937; member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1945; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1964.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry W. Lengyel (1920-1999) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 28,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; legislative counsel to State Senator Henry A.
Wise, 1955-58; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1958-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
26, 1999 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Norman Frederick Lent, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Norman F. Lent —
of East Rockaway, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oceanside, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 23,
1931.
Son of Norman Frederick Lent and Ellen (Bain) Lent; married, August
16, 1956, to Nancy Lou Budlong (divorced).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; confidential law secretary to Justice Thomas
P. Farley, 1960-62; member of New York
state senate, 1963-70 (2nd District 1963-65, 6th District 1966,
7th District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-93 (5th District 1971-73, 4th
District 1973-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edward S. Lentol (1909-1981) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
26, 1909.
Son of Joseph
Lentol; married to Matilda A. Postis (died 1978) and Marie Zaino;
father of Joseph
R. Lentol.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1949-62; member
of New
York state senate, 1963-72 (18th District 1963-65, 20th District
1966, 14th District 1967-72); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1973-79.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1981 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira Lloyd Letts (b. 1889) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Saunderstown, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., May 29,
1889.
Son of George Judson Letts and Emma (Slater) Letts; married, December
29, 1917, to Madeline Houghton Greene; father of Houghton Letts
(died 1944; U.S. Marine Corps).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1927-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1942.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Sidney Levine (d. 1955) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1945-55; died in
office 1955.
Died December
22, 1955.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Leviss (born c.1918) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1918.
Married to Marion F. Fox.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964;
borough
president of Queens, New York, 1969-71; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Arthur Levitt (1900-1980) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 28,
1900.
Son of Israel A. Levitt and Rose (Daniels) Levitt; married, June 30,
1929, to Dorothy M. Wolff; father of Arthur
Levitt, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; New York
state comptroller, 1955-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1980
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Jefferson Levy (1881-1955) —
also known as Aaron J. Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1881.
Son of Jacob Levy and Annie (Bernstein) Levy; married, March 10,
1903, to Libbie Finkelstein.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1908-13;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
municipal judge in New York, 1913-23; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
21, 1955 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mokom
Sholom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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David A. Levy (b. 1953) —
of New York.
Born in Johnson
County, Ind., December
18, 1953.
Lawyer; utility
company executive; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1993-95; defeated
(Conservative), 1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jacob Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1909-12.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
March
1, 1899.
Son of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married 1922 to Pearl
G. Spivak.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; American
Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932
(Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office 1971.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Meyer Levy (1887-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1887.
Married to Frances S. Levy (1893-1979).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 26th District, 1916-17;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1923-24; defeated, 1924.
Died, in Park East Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1967 (age 79 years, 255
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert B. Lewis (b. 1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born October
16, 1925.
Married to Sara Ann Beresniakoff.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; accountant;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1967-78.
Still living as of 1978.
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David C. Lewis —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund H. Lewis (1884-1972) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
30, 1884.
Son of Ceylon
H. Lewis.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1930-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1933-40; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1953-54.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died July 31,
1972 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry E. Lewis (c.1880-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Son of Leopold Lewis and Emma (Lowenthal) Lewis; married to Rose
Nathan; brother of Oscar
A. Lewis.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-48; died in office
1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his cottage at the Saranac Inn, Upper
Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
23, 1948 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Loran Ludowick Lewis (b. 1825) —
also known as Loran L. Lewis —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 9,
1825.
Son of John C. Lewis and Delecta (Barbour) Lewis; married, June 1,
1852, to Charlotte E. Pierson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1870-73; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-97; president, Third National Bank of
Buffalo; appointed in 1901 as defense counsel for Leon Czolgosz,
assassin of President William
McKinley.
Burial
location unknown.
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Merton Elmer Lewis (b. 1861) —
also known as Merton E. Lewis —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
10, 1861.
Son of Charles Chadwick Lewis and Rhoda Ann (Willard) Lewis; married,
January
2, 1886, to Adaline Louise Moody (died 1894); married, November
8, 1899, to Eva J. Gates.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1894;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1897, 1899-1901;
member of New York
state senate 43rd District, 1902-06; New York
state attorney general, 1917-18; appointed 1917; candidate in
primary for Governor of
New York, 1918.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) —
of Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1754.
Son of Francis
Lewis and Elizabeth (Annesley) Lewis; married, May 11,
1779, to Gertrude Livingston (granddaughter of Robert
Livingston; daughter of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); sister of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward
Livingston; sister-in-law of John
Armstrong, Jr.); grandfather of Louisa M. Livingston (who married
Elbridge
Thomas Gerry).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90,
Dutchess County 1791-92); New York
state attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1792-1801; Governor of
New York, 1804-07; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 7,
1844 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) —
also known as Leonard Madden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1912;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
In March 1939, he was charged,
along with two others, over a stock
fraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;
meanwhile, in a separate case, he was indicted in Broome County.
Died, apparently of pneumonia
while attempting to commit
suicide with poison, in
his room at the Tudor Hotel
(where he had registered under the assumed name "Leonard Madden"),
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 12,
1939 (age about 51
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel J. Lieberman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1921.
Burial
location unknown.
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William R. Lieberman (b. 1909) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 23,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer; writer for
the Wall Street Journal newspaper,
1926-29; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1934;
defeated, 1934.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Simon J. Liebowitz (c.1906-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1960-68 (10th District 1960-65, 18th District 1966,
15th District 1967-68); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969-75.
Jewish.
Member, Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 24,
1998 (age about 92
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Henry Light (b. 1855) —
also known as John H. Light —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., March 27,
1855.
Son of Belden Light and Ann (Keenan) Light; married, August 3,
1881, to Ida M. Lockwood.
Republican. Lawyer; Fairfield
County Treasurer, 1899-1906; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1901-02; common
pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1901-05; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1910-15.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Boyd Lindemer (b. 1921) —
also known as Lawrence B. Lindemer —
of Stockbridge, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
21, 1921.
Son of George F. Lindemer and Altamae (Reimers) Lindemer; married, December
31, 1940, to Rebecca Mead Gale.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1951-52; defeated in primary, 1952; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1957-61; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1957-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964
(alternate); candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1966; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1969-75; defeated, 1968; appointed
1969; resigned 1975; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1975-76; appointed 1975; defeated,
1976; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1988.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1988.
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John Vliet Lindsay (1921-2000) —
also known as John V. Lindsay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1921.
Son of George Nelson Lindsay and Eleanor (Vliet) Lindsay; married, June 18,
1949, to Mary Anne Harrison (1926-2004).
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1959-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1966-73; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and pneumonia,
in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
19, 2000 (age 79 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Myron Plato Lindsley (1825-1883) —
also known as Myron P. Lindsley —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Middlesex, Yates
County, N.Y., September
18, 1825.
Father of Lelia E. Lindsley (who married Frank
B. Desnoyers).
Lawyer; mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1865; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1883
(age about
57 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard R. Lipowicz —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 49th District, 1925-28; defeated, 1928; elected
(Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Lipson (1913-2003) —
also known as Mitch Lipson —
of Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1913.
Secret
Service agent; One of the first
Jews in the U.S. Secret Service; worked as bodyguard for Presidents
Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry
S. Truman; lawyer.
Jewish.
Died in Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
22, 2003 (age about 89
years).
Cremated.
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Magnus Lipton (b. 1902) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., March 22,
1902.
Republican. Accountant;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Member, Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Wiley Littleton (1872-1934) —
also known as Martin W. Littleton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., February
12, 1872.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Hannah (Ingraham) Littleton;
married, December
1, 1896, to Maude Elizabeth Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1911-13.
Died in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
19, 1934 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 10,
1870.
Electrical
engineer;
lawyer; U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob H. Livingston (b. 1896) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1926-35; member
of New
York state senate 9th District, 1935-38; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 9th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1948-49.
Member, Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
27, 1746.
Great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder; grandson of Robert
Livingston; first cousin once removed of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and Henry
Walter Livingston; son-in-law of John
Stevens; son of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;
second cousin of Peter
R. Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; brother of Alida Livingston (who married
John
Armstrong, Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan
Lewis) and Edward
Livingston; first cousin once removed and father-in-law of Edward
Philip Livingston; uncle of Robert
Livingston Tillotson; ancestor of Robert
Livingston Beeckman; fourth great-grandfather of Ogden
Livingston Mills.
Lawyer; law partner of John
Jay; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, 1781-83; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1798; U.S. Minister to France, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
26, 1813 (age 66 years, 91
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.
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Philip Raymond Lochner, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Philip R. Lochner, Jr. —
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 3,
1943.
Son of Philip Raymond Lochner and Maryl (Browning) Lochner; married,
June
23, 1973, to Sally Soth.
Lawyer; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1990-91.
Still living as of 1994.
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Charles Clapp Lockwood (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles C. Lockwood —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
2, 1877.
Son of James Knox Polk Lockwood and Katharine (Marshall) Lockwood;
married, April 18,
1906, to Patricia M. Bleiler.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1914; member of New York
state senate, 1915-22 (4th District 1915-18, 7th District
1919-22); law partner of Nathaniel
L. Goldstein during the 1920s; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1927-29; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1928; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-47.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Davenport Lockwood (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles D. Lockwood —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
11, 1877.
Son of Henry Lockwood and Helen (Davenport) Lockwood.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen Timothy Lockwood (b. 1874) —
also known as Stephen T. Lockwood —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
7, 1874.
Son of Stephen Lockwood and Oriel A. (Wood) Lockwood; married 1899 to Sada F.
Daly.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1915-22; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Third great-grandson of George
Cabot; second great-grandson of Elijah
Hunt Mills; great-grandson of Frederick
Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Henry
Cabot Lodge; aunt of Constance Lodge (1872-1941; who married Augustus
Peabody Gardner); son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and
Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr.; married, July 6,
1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (actress,
ballet
dancer; brother of D.
Chadwick Braggiotti); first cousin once removed of William
Amory Gardner Minot; uncle of George
Cabot Lodge.
Republican. Lawyer; professional actor
in 1933-40, appearing in movies
such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The
Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Meyer London (1871-1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kalvaria, Russia,
December
29, 1871.
Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1891; became a citizen
in 1896; lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911, 1925 (Socialist); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1915-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New
York, 1920.
Jewish.
Struck
by a car as he was crossing First Avenue, near Eighteenth Street,
in Manhattan, and died soon after at Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1926 (age 54 years, 159
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Bevis Longstreth (b. 1934) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
29, 1934.
Son of Alfred Bevis Longstreth and Mary Agnes (Shiras) Longstreth;
married, August
10, 1963, to Clara St. John.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1981-84.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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John Wesley Longyear (1820-1875) —
also known as John W. Longyear —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Shandaken, Ulster
County, N.Y., October
22, 1820.
Son of Petrus Longyear (1784-1845) and Jerusha (Stevens) Longyear
(1789-1865); first cousin of Isaiah
Davis Winne; married, June 25,
1849, to Harriet Munroe (1826-1917); second cousin of Isaac
W. Longyear; father of John
Munro Longyear; second cousin once removed of Charles
Davis; grandfather of Robert
Dudley Longyear.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1863-67; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee); federal
judge, 1870.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 11,
1875 (age 54 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born February
15, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1928.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1935 on federal charges
of taking
bribes while serving as a special master overseeing a patent
case; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediately reindicted
on an extortion
charge;
that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals. Charged
in 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, with
conspiracy to violate federal banking
laws by accepting fees for granting loans; tried and
convicted
on three counts; sentenced
to serve one year in jail;
also disbarred.
Pleaded
guilty in 1939 to charges
that he bribed
federal judge Martin
T. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.
Died in 1967
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward V. Loughlin (1894-1969) —
also known as Ed Loughlin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1894.
Married to Madge Lessing.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1964;
leader of
New York County Democratic Party, 1944-47.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
East Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
18, 1969 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John T. Loughran (1889-1953) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
23, 1889.
Son of Bernard Loughran and Margaret (Coffey) Loughran; married, June 15,
1915, to Cornelia Brodhead (died 1938).
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1930-34; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1934-45; appointed 1934; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1945-53; appointed 1945.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 31,
1953 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Henry C. Loveridge (1856-1934) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
13, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., March 2,
1934 (age 77 years, 201
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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David Perley Lowe (1823-1882) —
also known as David P. Lowe —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born near Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
22, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1863-64; district judge in Kansas, 1867-71,
1879-82; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1871-75; chief
justice of Utah territorial supreme court, 1875.
Died in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., April 10,
1882 (age 58 years, 231
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan.
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George Henry Lowe (b. 1939) —
also known as George H. Lowe —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 1,
1939.
Son of John Elmer Lowe and Mary Catherine (Mullin) Lowe; married, June 5,
1965, to Barbara Ann Blewitt.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1978-82.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1994.
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Son of Gabriel Abraham Lowenstein and Augusta (Goldberg) Lowenstein;
married, November
25, 1966, to Jennifer Lyman.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated in
primary, 1972, 1978.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Seymour Lowman (1868-1940) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung town, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
7, 1868.
Son of John Lowman (1832-1884) and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman; married, September
9, 1893, to Katherine Harding 'Kate' Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1909-10; chair of
Chemung County Republican Party, 1910-34; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1919-24; defeated, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-33; president, Elmira Savings Bank, 1933;
president, Lowman Construction
Corp.; president, U.S. Cut Flower
Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1940
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Monroe Lown, Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as James M. Lown, Jr. —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., May 16,
1881.
Son of James
Monroe Lown and Lillian (Armstrong) Lown; married, October
30, 1923, to Grace Merrill.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1918-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) —
also known as J. Edward Lumbard —
of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1901.
Son of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard;
married, September
4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took senior
status 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 3,
1999 (age 97 years, 289
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin J. Lutz —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1927.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Paul Lydon (b. 1868) —
also known as Richard P. Lydon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1868.
Son of Patrick Henry Lydon and Ellen R. (Buckley) Lydon.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1920-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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John A. Lynch —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 5th District, 1916-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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John A. Lynch (1908-1978) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., March 10,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1951-55; member of New Jersey
state senate, 1956-65, 1966-78 (Middlesex County 1956-65, 17th
District 1966-78).
Died, of cancer, in
Whitestone Hospital,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 3,
1978 (age 69 years, 358
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Aloysius Lynch (1894-1957) —
also known as Walter A. Lynch —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Son of Joseph B. Lynch and Katherine (Joyce) Lynch; married to Claire
R. Mitchell.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-51 (22nd District 1940-45,
23rd District 1945-51); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950; New York
Democratic state chair, 1953; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-57; died in office 1957.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
10, 1957 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Edwin Rogers Lynde (1901-1981) —
also known as Edwin R. Lynde —
of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
10, 1901.
Son of Carleton M. Lynde and Virginia (Rogers) Lynde; married, June 26,
1927, to Violet Panal (divorced 1937).
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1929-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Pitt Lynde (1817-1885) —
also known as William P. Lynde —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
16, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wisconsin
territory attorney general, 1845-46; U.S.
Attorney for Wisconsin, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1848-49, 1875-79 (1st District
1848-49, 4th District 1875-79); candidate for justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1849; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1860-61; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1869-70.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
18, 1885 (age 68 years, 2
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Frank A. Lyon (b. 1855) —
of Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Quincy, Branch
County, Mich.; Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Walworth, Wayne
County, N.Y., January
4, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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George F. Lyon (b. 1849) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Barker town, Broome
County, N.Y., July 13,
1849.
Son of Harry Lyon and Pamelia A. (Livermore) Lyon; married, April 9,
1884, to Elizabeth R. Mather.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1896-1919; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Penn Lyon (b. 1822) —
also known as William P. Lyon —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
28, 1822.
Son of Isaac Lyon and Eunice (Coffin) Lyon; married, November
18, 1847, to Adelia Caroline Duncombe.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859-60; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1859-60; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; circuit judge in Wisconsin 1st Circuit,
1865-71; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1871-93; appointed 1871; chief
justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1892-93.
Burial
location unknown.
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