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William Augustus Sackett (1811-1895) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Aurelius, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
18, 1811.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1849-53.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1895 (age 83 years, 292
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Charles Clarence Sackmann (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles C. Sackmann —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
25, 1879.
Married 1912
to Elna A. Hug.
Lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1921-24; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1923-24; district
judge in Colorado, 1925-31.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1946
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Salant (b. 1874) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
September
13, 1874.
Son of Solomon Salant (1848-1819) and Dora (Geffen) Salant
(1850-1932); married, August 5,
1919, to Ethel Neale.
Progressive. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl S. Salmon (b. 1887) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 28,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Amsterdam, N.Y., 1924-29.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry A. Samberg (b. 1896) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1924-33; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry D. Sanders (1874-1953) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Stafford, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
27, 1874.
Son of Edwin B. Sanders and Belle (Douglas) Sanders; nephew of Archie
Dovell Sanders.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Stafford
Rural Cemetery, Stafford, N.Y.
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Wilbur Fiske Sanders (1834-1905) —
also known as Wilbur F. Sanders —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Leon, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 2,
1834.
Son of Ira Sanders and Freedom (Edgerton) Sanders; nephew of Sidney
Edgerton.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1864, 1867, 1880, 1886;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana Territory, 1868
(speaker);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1900
(alternate); member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1873-80; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1890-93.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., July 7,
1905 (age 71 years, 66
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Elliott Sandford —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; chief
justice of Utah territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonah Sanford (1790-1867) —
of Hopkinton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
30, 1790.
Great-grandfather of Rollin
Brewster Sanford.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of New
York state assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1830-31; common pleas
court judge in New York, 1831-37; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
25, 1867 (age 77 years, 25
days).
Interment at Hopkinton
Cemetery, Hopkinton, N.Y.
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Nathan Sanford (1777-1838) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
5, 1777.
Son of Thomas Sanford and Phebe (Baker) Sanford; married, May 9,
1801, to Eliza Van Horne; married, April 14,
1813, to Mary Isaacs; married to Mary Buchanan.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New York, 1803-15; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1808-09, 1810-11; member of
New
York state senate Southern District, 1811-15; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1815-21, 1826-31; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; received 30
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1824.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
17, 1838 (age 60 years, 346
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Edward Santangelo (1912-1978) —
also known as Alfred E. Santangelo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1947-50, 1953-56; defeated, 1950; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1957-63; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1966.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Phi Delta; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March 30,
1978 (age 65 years, 299
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John J. Santucci (b. 1931) —
of South Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 2,
1931.
Married to Edna A. Hayes.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 11th District, 1968-77.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1977.
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Willis Hubbard Sargent (1896-1976) —
also known as Willis H. Sargent —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
11, 1896.
Son of Frank C. Sargent (died 1910; lawyer).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1925-33; member
of California
state assembly; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wellesley Island, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1976 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Anthony P. Savarese, Jr. —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1949-64 (Queens County 7th District 1949-54,
Queens County 13th District 1955-64); defeated, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Andrew Jackson Sawyer (b. 1834) —
also known as Andrew J. Sawyer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Mottville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
18, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1877-80, 1897-98 (Washtenaw
County 2nd District 1877-80, Washtenaw County 1st District 1897-98);
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Maccabees;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Godfrey Saxe —
also known as John G. Saxe —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1911-12; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles T. Saxton (b. 1846) —
of Clyde, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Clyde, Wayne
County, N.Y., July 2,
1846.
Son of Daniel Saxton and Eliza A. Saxton; married, October
1, 1868, to Helen M. Field.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1884
(alternate), 1900;
member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County 1st District, 1887-89; member of
New
York state senate 28th District, 1890-93; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1895-96.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905.
Son of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married, September
29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery
and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977 (age 71 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira T. Sayre (b. 1858) —
of Flushing, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Hector, Schuyler
County, N.Y., March 6,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles V. Scanlan (b. 1893) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1947-50.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Schaap —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Progressive. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913.
Jewish.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry G. Schackno —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1919-33; resigned 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter C. Schaumber —
Born in New York.
Republican. Lawyer; member, National Labor
Relations Board, 2002-; chair, National Labor Relations
Board, 2008-09.
Still living as of 2009.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 1,
1812.
Brother of Richard
Schell.
Democrat. Lawyer; director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 27,
1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Lynn Schenk (b. 1945) —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
5, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1988,
2004;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 49th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Reeve Schley (1881-1960) —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., April 28,
1881.
Son of William T. Schley; married to Kate
deForest Prentice; father of Eleanor
Prentice Schley; grandfather of Christine
Todd Whitman.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936,
1940,
1944;
Lend-Lease Administrator in charge of Soviet supplies, 1942.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J., June 26,
1960 (age 79 years, 59
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick D. Schmidt (b. 1932) —
of South Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 30,
1932.
Married to Julia Mary Casassa.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-72, 1975-92 (Queens County 13th District
1965, 25th District 1966, 29th District 1967-72, 38th District
1975-92).
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Moose; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1992.
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Louis A. Schoffel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1922-25; Bronx
County Register, 1925-32.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. (1828-1894) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born March 2,
1828.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Ulster
County Judge, 1864-72; member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1876-77; New York
state attorney general, 1878-79; defeated, 1879; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1887-90.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 9,
1894 (age 66 years, 38
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marius Schoonmaker (1811-1894) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 24,
1811.
Grandson of Cornelius
Corneliusen Schoonmaker.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1850-51; resigned 1851; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1851-53; village
president of Kingston, New York, 1866, 1869-70; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
5, 1894 (age 82 years, 256
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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John F. Schrader (b. 1855) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 39th District, 1903-04; Presidential Elector
for South Dakota, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Ellis Schumer (b. 1950) —
also known as Charles E. Schumer; Chuck
Schumer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1950.
Married, September
21, 1980, to Iris Weinshall.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 45th District, 1975-80; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1981-99 (16th District 1981-83,
10th District 1983-93, 9th District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988
(member, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1999-.
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carl Schurz (1829-1906) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Ralph Schwartz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 13th District, 1935-44.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob J. Schwartzwald —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1933; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1935-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1955-58.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Fred Schwarz —
also known as C. Fred Schwarz —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1912-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Scileppi (b. 1902) —
of Malba, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 17,
1902.
Son of Ignatius Scileppi and Nunzia Scileppi; married, January
30, 1929, to Katherine I. Shea.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1940-51; county
judge in New York, 1951-62; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Cromwell Scott (1864-1948) —
also known as George C. Scott —
of Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, N.Y., August 8,
1864.
Married, June 14,
1888, to Laura Trimble.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1912-15, 1917-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, 1922-43.
Died in 1948
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Graceland
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Townsend Scudder (1865-1960) —
of Glen Head, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 26,
1865.
Nephew of Henry
Joel Scudder.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1899-1901, 1903-05; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20, 1927-35; defeated,
1920; appointed 1927; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1921; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
22, 1960 (age 94 years, 211
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1873.
Son of Rev. William Jones Seabury and Alice Van Wyck (Beare) Seabury;
married, June 6,
1900, to Josephine Maud Richey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died May 7,
1958 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Charles Brown Sears (b. 1870) —
also known as Charles B. Sears —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
16, 1870.
Son of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears; married, October
20, 1896, to Florence A. Gilbert (died 1939); married, November
24, 1946, to Mary V. Hun.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1917-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1922-33; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Marsh Sewall (1860-1924) —
also known as Harold M. Sewall —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, January
3, 1860.
Son of Emma Duncan (Crocker) Sewall and Arthur
Sewall; married, September
14, 1893, to Camilla Loyall Ashe; father of Camilla Loyall Ashe
Sewall (who married Walter
Evans Edge).
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1885-87; lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1896, 1903-07; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896,
1916;
U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1897-98; member of Maine
state senate, 1907-09; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1914; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1924.
Died, in a private hospital
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1924 (age 64 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Uncle of George
Frederick Seward.
Lawyer; co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper
in 1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69.
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. As
Secretary of State in 1867, made a treaty with Russia for the
purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly".
His portrait appeared on the $50
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1890s.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Augustus Sherill Seymour (1836-1897) —
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
30, 1836.
First cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; son of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour and Mary (Sherill) Seymour (1815-1865); third cousin
of Silas
Seymour; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; married, October
22, 1863, to Nancy Ophelia Roberts Barton; third cousin twice
removed of Dalton
G. Seymour.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1871; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1872-74; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1874.
Died February
19, 1897 (age 60 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867) —
also known as David L. Seymour —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Newington, Hartford
County, Conn., December
2, 1803.
Second cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour; son of Ashbel Seymour (1777-1810) and Mary (Lowrey)
Seymour (1778-1847); third cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; married, July 27,
1837, to Maria Lucy Curtiss (1813-1867); fourth cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Augustus
Sherill Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; first cousin once removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1843-45, 1851-53;
defeated, 1844, 1852, 1858; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Lanesboro, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
11, 1867 (age 63 years, 313
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ida Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) —
also known as Henry W. Seymour —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 21,
1834.
Second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; son of William Henry Seymour (1802-1903) and Nancy
(Pixley) Seymour (born 1804); fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and McNeil
Seymour; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherill Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; married, October
27, 1869, to Isabel Randell (died 1874); married, June 30,
1875, to Elizabeth Craig (died 1876); married, June 29,
1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour.
Lawyer; farmer; lumber
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th
District 1887-88); resigned 1888; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated
(Democratic), 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1906 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) —
also known as "The Great Decliner" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Pompey Hill, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1810.
Second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; grandson of Moses
Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; nephew of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857); son of Henry
Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour; first cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour and George
Seymour; second cousin of Edwin
Barber Morgan, Christopher
Morgan, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; married, May 31,
1835, to Mary Bleecker (1812-1886); third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherill Seymour; brother of Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893;
who married Roscoe
Conkling); first cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell and Morris
Woodruff Seymour; uncle of Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (1846-1931; who married Charles
Stebbins Fairchild); second cousin once removed of Norman
Alexander Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1845; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1843; Governor of
New York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1868; Presidential Elector for New York, 1876.
Episcopalian.
Died in Deerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
12, 1886 (age 75 years, 257
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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John Sammis Seymour (1848-1931) —
also known as John S. Seymour —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., September
28, 1848.
Third cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; son of George Whitfield Seymour (1812-c.1888) and Mary
(Freeman) Seymour (1817-c.1894); third cousin of Charles
Seymour; married to Clara E. Olmstead (1858-1912); third cousin
once removed of Julius
Hubbell Seymour.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1891-92; Connecticut Commissioner of
Insurance, 1893; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1893-97.
Died June 16,
1931 (age 82 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Hubbell Seymour (b. 1855) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., October
30, 1855.
First cousin once removed of Charles
Seymour; son of Henry Edmund Seymour and Susan Katherine
(Hubbell) Seymour; third cousin once removed of John
Sammis Seymour.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1901-02.
Member, Union
League; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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McNeil Seymour (1822-1870) —
of Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
5, 1822.
Second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; son of Norman Seymour (1782-1859) and Lydia (Kelsey)
Seymour (1782-1857); fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherill Seymour; married, January
8, 1857, to Elmira Adaline Burpee (1828-1903); second cousin once
removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour, Jr.; uncle of Norman
Alexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County 2nd District, 1855.
Died in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 7,
1870 (age 48 years, 122
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Whitney North Seymour, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 7,
1923.
Son of Whitney North Seymour and Lola (Vickers) Seymour.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1966-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1970-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1976.
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Luther Shafer (b. 1848) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., 1848.
Lawyer; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1883-87, 1893-95.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Shaw (1811-1887) —
of Lawrenceville, Lawrence
County, Ill.
Born near Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., December
19, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1850, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-59, 1883-85 (7th District
1857-59, 16th District 1883-85); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1860;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1863-69.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., January
7, 1887 (age 75 years, 19
days).
Interment at Haven
Hill Cemetery, Olney, Ill.
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William Francis Sheehan (1859-1917) —
also known as William F. Sheehan; "Blue-Eyed
Billy" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with Charles
F. Tabor, from 1883, Alton
B. Parker, 1905-12, Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-15, and George
L. Ingraham, 1916-17; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1885-91; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1891; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1889-93; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1891, 1896; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1892-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1915.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1917 (age 57 years, 128
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Son of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield; married, November
2, 1898, to Edith Tod (granddaughter of David
Tod).
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828-1917) —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Worcester, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1828.
Son of Allen Sheldon and Anna Maria (de les Dernier) Sheldon;
married, December
29, 1868, to Mary Greene Miles.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1856; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1869-75; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1876;
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1917 (age 88 years, 140
days).
Cremated.
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Edward Morse Shepard (1850-1911) —
also known as Edward M. Shepard —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1850.
Son of Lorenzo
Bingham Shepard.
Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic Reform candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1901.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., July 28,
1911 (age 61 years, 5
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Lorenzo Bingham Shepard (1821-1856) —
also known as Lorenzo B. Shepard —
of New York.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., May 27,
1821.
Son of David Shepard; married, July 5,
1842, to Lucy Morse; father of Edward
Morse Shepard.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1849-50; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1852,
1856;
New
York County District Attorney, 1854; New York City Corporation
Counsel, 1855-56.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1856 (age 35 years, 114
days).
Original interment at New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Epitaph: "This
monument Is erected by the voluntary subscriptions of Citizens who
valued him as a public officer, of Associates and Clients Who trusted
him as a Counsellor, of Friends who loved him as a man, Just,
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Thomas I. Sheridan (born c.1893) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1922-30.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 13,
1867.
Son of Charles Hitchcock Sherrill and Sarah Fulton (Wynkoop)
Sherrill; married, February
8, 1906, to Miss George Barker Gibbs.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl G. Sherwood (b. 1855) —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Chenango
County, N.Y., January
18, 1855.
Son of George Sherwood and Mary Ann (Jeffords) Sherwood; married to
Nellie C. Fountain.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 29th District, 1889-90; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1912; circuit judge in South Dakota,
1912-17; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1922-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henri W. Shields —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1923-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard L. Shientag (d. 1952) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; City Court judge, 1924-30; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-52; died in office
1952; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1949.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1952.
Burial
location unknown.
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Florence Perlow Shientag —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1954.
Female.
Still living as of 2003.
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Son of George
Washington Shonk; married 1907 to
Gertrude Knight (daughter of Erastus
Cole Knight).
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., 1930
(age about
48 years).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Searles G. Shultz (1897-1975) —
of Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 29,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1947-54; member
of New
York state senate 44th District, 1955-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died December
31, 1975 (age 78 years, 246
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Skaneateles, N.Y.
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Abner Woodruff Sibal (1921-2000) —
also known as Abner W. Sibal —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 11,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1956-60; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1961-65; defeated,
1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1964.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Alexandria,
Va., January
27, 2000 (age 78 years, 291
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Mark Hopkins Sibley (1796-1852) —
also known as Mark H. Sibley —
of New York.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1796.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1834-35; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1837-39; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1840-41; resigned 1841; county judge
in New York, 1847-51.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
8, 1852 (age about 56
years).
Interment at West
Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) —
also known as Daniel E. Sickles; "Devil
Dan" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1819.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1847; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District
1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated, 1894; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Shot and killed
Philip
Barton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of the
national anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859; charged
with murder,
but with the help of his attorney Edwin
M. Stanton, was acquitted after the first
successful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,
1863; lost a
leg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the Army
Medical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1914 (age 94 years, 195
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank St. John Sidway (1869-1938) —
also known as Frank S. Sidway —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born December
15, 1869.
Son of Franklin Sidway and Charlotte (Spalding) Sidway; married to
Amelia Roberts (died 1972).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; chair of
Erie County Republican Party, 1910; in 1912, he was found
guilty of civil
contempt in connection with his brother's divorce case, and fined
$900; later, an appellate court reversed this decision; candidate in
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1914.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
17, 1938 (age 68 years, 33
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) —
also known as Benjamin D. Silliman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
14, 1805.
Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868); nephew of Benjamin
Silliman.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County, 1838; delegate to Whig National
Convention from New York, 1839 (speaker); Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-66; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1872; Republican
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1873.
At the time of his death, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in New
York State, and the oldest graduate of Yale University.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
24, 1901 (age 95 years, 132
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Jacob Silverstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Caroline Klein Simon —
also known as Caroline K. Simon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
state of New York, 1959-63; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1963-64.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1964.
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Leonard M. Simon (b. 1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1936.
Married to Lorraine Werner.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 46th District; elected 1966.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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George W. Simpson —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1913-16; defeated, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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William T. Simpson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1914-17, 1920;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1921-22; defeated, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1924; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944.
Burial
location unknown.
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George J. Skinner —
of Camden, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1924-29.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick J. Slater (b. 1885) —
also known as Fred J. Slater —
of Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 26,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 4th District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 46th District, 1929-34; defeated, 1934, 1936.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Farm
Bureau; Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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George A. Slater —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1912; member
of New
York state senate 24th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Slidell (1793-1871) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1793.
Son of Margery (Mackenzie) Slidell and John Slidell (1770-1840);
married 1835
to Mathilde Deslonde; brother of Jane Slidell (who married of Matthew
C. Perry (1794-1858; Commodore, U.S. Navy)) and Thomas
Slidell; granduncle of Emily Hone (who married William
Colville Emmet).
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; member
of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned
1845; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
States Envoy to France, 1861.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
29, 1871 (age about 78
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894) —
also known as Henry W. Slocum —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, September
24, 1827.
Married to Clara Rice (1830-1899); father of Clarence
Rice Slocum.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1859; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1883-85 (3rd District
1869-73, at-large 1883-85); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892.
Died April 24,
1894 (age 66 years, 212
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Asa Francis Smith (c.1847-1925) —
also known as Asa F. Smith —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., about 1847.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1902; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1919, 1920 (Prohibition).
Died, a week after being overcome by fumes from
his gas stove, in Prospect Heights Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
16, 1925 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard C. Smith (1923-1993) —
of Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Barnesboro, Cambria
County, Pa., July 29,
1923.
Married to Elizabeth Reynolds (1924-1998).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1962-65; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1966-68.
Member, Rotary.
Died October
19, 1993 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Interment at Northport
Rural Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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Clarence W. Smith (1853-1937) —
of Wells, Hamilton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., October
19, 1853.
Son of Eli Smith and Mary (Atwood) Smith; married to Cora E. Bruce.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1902-03; mayor
of Johnstown, N.Y., 1914-15, 1918-19.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from complications of a stroke, in
Mount Stewart, Prince
Edward Island, June 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Central
Cemetery, Jay, N.Y.
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Delazon Smith (1816-1860) —
of Linn
County, Ore.
Born in New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
5, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1854; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1857;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1859.
Died November
19, 1860 (age 44 years, 45
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Albany, Ore.
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Donald Stuart Smith (c.1929-2002) —
also known as Donald Smith —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, about 1929.
Lawyer; superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1972-87.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
2002 (age about 73
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Earl A. Smith (1876-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., December
14, 1876.
Son of George H. Smith and Elizabeth (Hart) Smith; married 1906 to
Florence Rochotte.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1917-19 (New York County 23rd District 1917, New
York County 22nd District 1918-19); magistrate.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1938 (age 61 years, 349
days).
Interment somewhere
in Milford, Pa.
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Felix Octavius Willoughby Smith (1872-1920) —
also known as Felix W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
June
25, 1872.
Son of Timothy
Clark Smith; brother of Alfred
Willoughby Smith.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Catania, 1909-10; Warsaw, 1910; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1910-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1911; U.S. Consul in Aden, 1914; Batum, 1916.
Died January
11, 1920 (age 47 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) —
of New York.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 6,
1797.
Grandson of James
Livingston; son of Peter Gerrit Smith (1768-1837) and Elizabeth
(Livingston) Smith (1773-1818); married 1822 to Ann
Carroll Fitzhugh (1805-1879; sister of Henry
Fitzhugh); first cousin of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton.
Lawyer; hotelier;
abolitionist; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1840 (Liberty), 1858; candidate for President
of the United States, 1848 (Liberty), 1852, 1856; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1853-54; resigned
1854; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1874 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Peterboro
Cemetery, Peterboro, N.Y.
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Henry Cassorte Smith (1856-1911) —
also known as Henry C. Smith —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., June 2,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1899-1903; defeated,
1902.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
7, 1911 (age 55 years, 188
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Henry Perkins Smith III (1911-1995) —
also known as Henry P. Smith III —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
29, 1911.
Son of Henry Perkins Smith (1871-1939) and Ida Hale (Hubbell) Smith
(born 1874); married, April 3,
1937, to Helen Elliott Belding (1912-1996); brother of Katharine
Hale Smith (born 1899; daughter-in-law of James
P. Mackenzie).
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1961-63; Niagara
County Judge, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-75 (40th District 1965-73,
36th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
1, 1995 (age 84 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Horace Boardman Smith (1826-1888) —
of New York.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., August
18, 1826.
Father of Walter
Lloyd Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1859-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (27th District 1871-73,
28th District 1873-75); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-88.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
26, 1888 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Howard Alexander Smith (1880-1966) —
also known as H. Alexander Smith —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Son of Dr. Abram Alexander Smith and Sue Lehn (Bender) Smith;
married, June 21,
1902, to Helen Dominick; uncle of Peter
Hoyt Dominick.
Republican. Lawyer; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1941-43; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1942-44; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944-59.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
27, 1966 (age 86 years, 270
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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John A. Smith —
of North Lawrence, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1913-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Jack Smith (b. 1941) —
also known as Lawrence J. Smith; Larry
Smith —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 25,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 16th District, 1983-93.
Sentenced
in 1993 to three months in federal prison
for tax
evasion.
Still living as of 2009.
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Oscar J. Smith —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1920;
defeated, 1920, 1928; Independent Wet candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter P. Smith (c.1877-1960) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933-45; appointed 1933;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1936.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a few hours later, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
3, 1960 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Richard B. Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1924-37.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard G. Smith (1922-1999) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
2, 1922.
Married 1947
to Joyce Cummings.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County, 1953-56; defeated
in primary, 1950; circuit
judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1957-64; appointed 1957;
resigned 1964; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died December
4, 1999 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sanford Willard Smith (1869-1929) —
also known as Sanford W. Smith —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869, reportedly in the same house where President Martin
Van Buren was born in 1782.
Son of Henry Smith (1827-1894) and Rachel (Shaw) Smith (1834-1918);
married, July 1,
1896, to Maud Peck Harding (1876-1956).
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1901; Columbia
County Judge, 1902; member of New York
state senate, 1906-08 (24th District 1906, 25th District
1907-08); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1918-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1928; appointed 1928.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
24, 1929 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chatham
Rural Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
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Thomas K. Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1911-13,
1921-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Lloyd Smith (b. 1856) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., April 18,
1856.
Son of Horace
Boardman Smith; married, July 19,
1893, to Jessie Gonzales.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1884;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1888-1925; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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William F. Smith (b. 1901) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1926-33.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1876;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1876;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Suffered a debilitating attack
of vertigo, from which he never completely recovered, contracted
pneumonia,
and died, in the Dennis Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
18, 1900 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Nathan R. Sobel (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer; counsel to Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman, 1937; County Court Judge; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1962-67; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1967;
appointed 1967; Kings
County Surrogate, 1969-76.
Died, from an adverse
reaction to medication, in New York
Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 20,
1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham Solomon (1906-1983) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
21, 1906.
Son of Hyman Solomon and Eva Solomon; married to Mona Papierno.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1937, 1942;
candidate for New York
state senate 23rd District, 1938.
Died, in Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 15,
1983 (age 77 years, 84
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (1928-2010) —
also known as Theodore C. Sorensen; Ted
Sorensen —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., May 8,
1928.
Son of Christian Abraham Sorensen and Annis (Chaikin) Sorensen;
married, June 28,
1969, to Gillian
Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer; special counsel to President John
F. Kennedy, 1961-63; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died in 2010
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1949-59.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Elwell Spafford (1878-1941) —
also known as Edward E. Spafford —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March 12,
1878.
Son of Hiram Duncan Spafford (1841-1912) and Georgia F. Spafford;
married, May 22,
1912, to Lucille M. Stevens (died 1914); married 1922 to Lillian
Mercer Pierce.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; National Commander, American Legion, 1927-28;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1930.
Member, American
Legion.
In 1941, during divorce proceedings, he was accused
of conspiring with German
agents in America; in an interview published in 1943 by
journalist John Roy Carlson, he espoused strongly antisemetic
and pro-Hitler
views.
Died, in the Naval Academy Hospital,
Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., November
13, 1941 (age 63 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., 1880.
Married to Elizabeth Gill.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joshua Austin Spencer (1790-1857) —
also known as Joshua A. Spencer —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 13,
1790.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1841-45; member
of New
York state senate 5th District, 1846-47; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1848; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1852.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., April, 1857
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward J. Speno (1920-1971) —
of East Meadow, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
23, 1920.
Son of James Speno; married to Audrey Bernichon.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1955-71 (4th District 1955-65, 5th District 1966,
4th District 1967-71); died in office 1971; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1964;
chair
of Nassau County Republican Party, 1965-67; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 50 years, 147
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Son of J. E. Spingarn and Amy Judith Spingarn.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Political Science Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Barretto Spinola (1821-1891) —
also known as Francis B. Spinola —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stony Brook, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 19,
1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1856, 1877, 1881, 1883 (Kings County 2nd District
1856, New York County 16th District 1877, 1881, 1883); member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 14,
1891 (age 70 years, 26
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Son of Philip L. Spooner (judge) and Lydia (Coit) Spooner; married,
September
10, 1868, to Annie E. Main.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Lewis C. Spooner (born c.1851) —
of Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, N.Y., about 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 57th District, 1907-10; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Thomas Spriggs (1825-1888) —
of Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England,
April
5, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oneida
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853; Oneida
County Treasurer, 1854; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864,
1872,
1880;
mayor
of Utica, N.Y., 1868-80; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1883-87; defeated,
1886.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
23, 1888 (age 63 years, 262
days).
Interment at Whitesboro
Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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George E. Spring —
of Franklinville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 51st District, 1915-17; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eben H. P. Squire —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1927.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Squire (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of
New York Court of Claims, 1956-77.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Watson Carvosso Squire (1838-1926) —
also known as Watson C. Squire —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 18,
1838.
Married 1876
to Ida Remington (daughter of Philo Remington (president, Remington
and Sons arms manufacturers)).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1884-87; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1889-97.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 7,
1926 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born June 29,
1935.
Married 2000
to Kay McCabe.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 42nd District, 1966-2002.
The Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh, N.Y. was named for
him.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 24,
2005 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) —
of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 14,
1939 (age 60 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Son of Josiah Stanford and Elizabeth (Phillips) Stanford; brother of
Charles
Stanford; married to Jane Elizabeth Lathrop (1828-1903).
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad;
founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Winifred Claire Stanley (1909-1996) —
also known as Winifred C. Stanley —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 14,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1943-45.
Female.
Died in 1996
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, June 27,
1805.
Son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton; married, May 1,
1840, to Elizabeth
Cady.
Journalist;
orator;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Henry Stanton (1843-1900) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 28,
1843.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1876-77; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1877.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., March 28,
1900 (age 56 years, 243
days).
Interment at West
Side Catholic Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Charles William Stapleton (1851-1935) —
also known as Charles W. Stapleton —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., November
23, 1851.
Married, June 29,
1912, to Genevieve Cameron Bishop (1878-1966).
Lawyer; Madison
County Clerk, 1885-91; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1894-95.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
6, 1935 (age 84 years, 13
days).
Interment somewhere
in Hamilton, N.Y.
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Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) —
also known as Ozora P. Stearns —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in DeKalb, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Olmsted
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11th
District, 1874-95.
Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 2,
1896 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Elijah Steele (1817-1883) —
of Yreka, Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born near Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
13, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1850; superior court judge in California, 1867;
member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1868.
Died in 1883
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Yreka, Calif.
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Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Killed in the wreck of the
steamboat Seawanhaka, which burned and
sank
in the East
River, June 28,
1880.
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Joseph Steinberg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1919-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Steingut (1920-c.1990) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 20,
1920.
Son of Irwin
Steingut; married to Madeline Fellerman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-77 (Kings County 18th District 1953-65, 44th
District 1966, 41st District 1967-77); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died about 1990 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) —
also known as Laurence A. Steinhardt —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1892.
Nephew of Samuel
Untermyer; married 1923 to Dulcie
Yates Hoffman (1895-1974).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1937-39; Soviet Union, 1939-41; Turkey, 1942-45; Czechoslovakia, 1945-48; Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in a plane
crash near Ramsayville, Ontario,
March
28, 1950 (age 57 years, 173
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Jolly Stephens (b. 1875) —
also known as John J. Stephens —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1875.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Plymouth, 1899-1911; U.S. Vice Consul in Plymouth, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Micah Sterling (1784-1844) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., November
5, 1784.
Brother of Ansel
Sterling.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1821-23; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1836-39.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 11,
1844 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868) —
of Keeseville, Essex
County, N.Y.; Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y., March 13,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1835-36, 1842, 1862; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1843-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; county judge
in New York, 1847-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1860.
Died in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., May 17,
1868 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Son of Aaron Steuer and Dinah (Goodman) Steuer; married, December
14, 1897, to Bertha Popkin; father of Aron
Leonard Steuer.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Bartlett Stevens (1874-1942) —
also known as Raymond B. Stevens —
of Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., June 18,
1874.
Son of Pliny Bartlett Stevens and Lillian (Thompson) Stevens.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1909-13, 1923; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1914, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920,
1924,
1940;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1933; member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1935-42; chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1937-42.
Advisor in foreign affairs to the King of Siam, 1926-35.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 18,
1942 (age 67 years, 334
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Grafton County, N.H.
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William A. Stevens (b. 1879) —
of Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Stapleton Heights, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey
state senate from Monmouth County, 1920-29; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924;
New
Jersey state attorney general, 1931.
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Brady M. Stewart —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1940,
1948;
county judge in Kentucky, 1947.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 10,
1866.
Son of Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell (1833-1925) and William Jewitt
Stilwell; married, February
14, 1887, to Celia A. Blanck.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913; charged
in 1913 with extorting
a bribe
of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note
company, over a bill that Kendall supported; tried in
the State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to
21; indicted
on May 12 by a grand jury for soliciting
a bribe; tried
soon after, and convicted
on May 24; this removed him from office; sentenced
to four to eight years in prison;
after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered the real
estate business; indicted
in 1934 on charges that he defrauded
his former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking a
Naval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go to
trial; arrested
in March 1941 and indicted
in April on charges that he attempted to bribe a
Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an
associate; pleaded
guilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, his legs were
amputated.
Died, while a prisoner
awaiting sentence, in Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 20,
1942 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Stitt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1920-21;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Percy D. Stoddart (c.1892-1957) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1938-57 (2nd District 1938-48, 10th
District 1948-57); died in office 1957.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Died, in Community Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 19,
1957 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Addison G. Stone (b. 1849) —
of Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., March 16,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Wallingford, 1894, 1910.
Universalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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George P. Stone (b. 1848) —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Wheatland, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
18, 1848.
Son of Levi Stone and Phila (Preston) Stone; married, January
27, 1874, to Isabella Colton.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 29th Circuit, 1900-05; defeated, 1905, 1911;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1907; law partner of O. L.
Smith, 1913-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer; Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Horace M. Stone (b. 1890) —
of Marcellus, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Marcellus town, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1890.
Son of Rollin M. Stone and Mary A. Stone.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1923-36;
candidate for New York
state senate 38th District, 1936.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester J. Straub (b. 1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Married to Patricia Morrissey.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
member of New York
state assembly 35th District, 1967-72; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1992.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Polish
National Alliance; Jaycees;
Lions.
Still living as of 1992.
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Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) —
also known as Oscar S. Straus —
of New York.
Born in Germany,
December
23, 1850.
Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus; brother of Isidor
Straus; uncle of Jesse
Isidor Straus and Nathan
Straus, Jr.; granduncle of Stuart
Scheftel and R.
Peter Straus.
Progressive. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1887-89, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1906-09; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1909-10; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1912.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
Jewish U.S. cabinet member.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 3,
1926 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Beth-El
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Paul Eric Strauss (b. 1964) —
also known as Paul Strauss —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 11,
1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Silas A. Strickland (1830-1878) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
17, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1868;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March 31,
1878 (age 47 years, 195
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) and Maria
(Claussen) von Struve; married 1863 to
Lascelle Florence Knighton (1844-1903).
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) —
also known as Elmer E. Studley —
of Raton, Colfax
County, N.M.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near East Ashford, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
24, 1869.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
6, 1942 (age 72 years, 347
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Anthony Suarez (b. 1953) —
of Florida.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
16, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 35th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Alvin M. Suchin (b. 1919) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-75 (96th District 1966, 89th District
1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Kiwanis;
B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 1975.
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Solomon Sufrin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1913-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry D. Suitor (d. 1945) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1934-45; died in
office 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died March 25,
1945.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hardin Sullivan (c.1899-1968) —
also known as Charles H. Sullivan —
of Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1899.
Married to Jane M. Bruderlein.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Northport, N.Y., 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
chair
of Suffolk County Democratic Party, 1936-40.
Died, in Huntington Hospital,
Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1968 (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank P. Sullivan (b. 1862) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1862.
Son of Jeremiah Sullivan and Mary Sullivan; married, June 17,
1900, to Minnie W. Hall.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-95; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1907-11.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Leo Sullivan —
also known as John L. Sullivan —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1909-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 18,
1863.
Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer; married, January
7, 1908, to Clara Rodelheim; brother of Charles
August Sulzer.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Abner C. Surpless (c.1884-1960) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Howard
W. Ameli; city council member, New York City, 1937-40;
magistrate, New York City, 1942-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1940.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in the White Nursing
Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 11,
1960 (age about 76
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Surpless (c.1875-1911) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1875.
Son of James Surpless (died 1909; hardware merchant).
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1906-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from the effects of malaria
and typhoid
fever, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
23, 1911 (age about 36
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) —
also known as Edwin F. Sweet —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
21, 1847.
Son of Sidney Sweet and Hannah (Redmond) Sweet; married, April 26,
1876, to Sophia Fuller (1854-1923).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1904-06; defeated, 1906; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., April 2,
1935 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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