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John Taber (1880-1965) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 5,
1880.
Son of Franklin P. Taber and Mary (Parker) Taber; married, April 13,
1929, to Gertrude J. Beard.
Republican. Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1911-18;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1936;
chair
of Cayuga County Republican Party, 1920-24; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-63 (36th District 1923-45,
38th District 1945-53, 36th District 1953-63).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
22, 1965 (age 85 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Charles F. Tabor —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of William
F. Sheehan, from 1883; New York
state attorney general, 1888-91.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907); half-brother of
Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of William
Howard Taft; married, March 28,
1883, to Julia Walbridge Smith (died 1942); father of Walbridge
S. Taft; uncle of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; granduncle of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft, Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Lawyer; counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of New
York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull and
Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso
Taft; nephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft; first cousin of Walbridge
S. Taft; married, October
17, 1914, to Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958; granddaughter of
Thomas
Wilson; daughter of Lloyd
Wheaton Bowers); brother of Charles
Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra
Taft Benson; father of William
Howard Taft III and Robert
Taft, Jr.; uncle of Seth
Chase Taft; grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Andrew Talcott (1857-1920) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 10,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-15 (27th District 1911-13,
33rd District 1913-15); defeated, 1914.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
27, 1920 (age 62 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (1792-1869) —
also known as Frederick A. Tallmadge —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
29, 1792.
Grandson of William
Floyd; son of Benjamin
Tallmadge; father of Mary Floyd Tallmadge (1831-1917; who married
Edward
Woodruff Seymour).
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of New
York state senate 1st District, 1837-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1847-49.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
17, 1869 (age 77 years, 19
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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James Tallmadge, Jr. (1778-1853) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
28, 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1817-19; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1824; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1825-26; president
of New York University, 1830-46; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1853 (age 75 years, 244
days).
Interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (1833-1882) —
of New York.
Born in Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., May 23,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1869-71.
Died in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1882 (age 48 years, 236
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Frederick Chauncey Tanner (1878-1963) —
also known as Fred C. Tanner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., April 7,
1878.
Cousin of Stewart
Lyndon Woodford; son of Edward Allan Tanner (1837-1892; president
of Illinois College) and Lucy Marion (Brown) Tanner (1841-1928);
married, November
6, 1915, to Jane Ogden.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1916;
New York
Republican state chair, 1914-17; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1915;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1918.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23,
1963 (age 85 years, 77
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Cornell Tarler (b. 1876) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1876.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph David Tarlowe —
also known as Joseph D. Tarlowe —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1926; candidate for
New
York state senate 12th District, 1930; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1938.
Cremated;
cenotaph at Wall
of Honor, Immigration Museum, Ellis Island, N.J.
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Anthony Francis Tauriello (1899-1983) —
also known as Anthony F. Tauriello —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
14, 1899.
Son of Sebastian Tauriello and Lucia (Tita) Tauriello.
Democrat. Lawyer; liquor store
owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from New York 43rd District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles; Elks; Moose.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
21, 1983 (age 84 years, 129
days).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Benjamin Irving Taylor (1877-1946) —
also known as Benjamin I. Taylor —
of Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1877.
Son of Maurice H. Taylor and Ella (Archer) Taylor; married to Harriet
Tyler Bulkley.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1913-15.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died, in United Hospital,
Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
5, 1946 (age 68 years, 258
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Dean Park Taylor (1902-1977) —
also known as Dean P. Taylor —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
1, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1939-42; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1943-61 (29th District 1943-45,
33rd District 1945-53, 31st District 1953-61); New York
Republican state chair, 1954.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
16, 1977 (age 75 years, 288
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Donald L. Taylor —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Married to Helen Williams.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-75 (131st District 1966, 111th District
1967-72, 114th District 1973-75).
Still living as of 1975.
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George H. Taylor, Jr. (1873-1958) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1873.
Son of George H. Taylor and Elizabeth (Newlin) Taylor (c.1852-1925).
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1923-43; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Injured in a fall at
home, and died two weeks later, in Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1958 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John James Taylor (1808-1892) —
also known as John J. Taylor —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., April 27,
1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1853-55; defeated,
1850; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1858; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 1,
1892 (age 84 years, 65
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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John W. Taylor (1784-1854) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlton, Saratoga
County, N.Y., March 26,
1784.
Married to Jane Hodge (1786-1838).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1811-13; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1813-33 (11th District 1813-23,
17th District 1823-33); defeated, 1832; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1820-21, 1825-27; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1841-42; resigned 1842.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
18, 1854 (age 70 years, 176
days).
Interment at Ballston
Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
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Ludwig Teller (1911-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1911.
Son of Morris Teller and Rose (Smolov) Teller; married, December
15, 1938, to Clarice Hilda Schlesinger.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960, 1962.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
4, 1965 (age 54 years, 104
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Richard H. Templeton —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1925-34.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833-1897) —
also known as Asa W. Tenney; "Magnetic
Tenney" —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Dalton, Coos
County, N.H., May 20,
1833.
Third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Tenney; second cousin twice removed of Asa
Tenney; son of John Tenney (1792-1869) and Sophia (Wentworth)
Tenney (1795-1863); third cousin once removed of Abner
Bailey White Tenney and Horace
Addison Tenney; married to Maria Abbott; fourth cousin of William
Richards Castle; fourth cousin once removed of William
Richards Castle, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1877-85; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1897.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1897 (age 64 years, 204
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hart Terry (b. 1924) —
also known as John H. Terry —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
14, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; assistant secretary to Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, 1959-60; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-70 (Onondaga County 2nd District 1963-65,
134th District 1966, 121st District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1971-73; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Purple
Heart; Holy
Name Society.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Boyd Thacher II (1882-1957) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Leadville, Lake
County, Colo., October
26, 1882.
Grandson of George
Hornell Thacher; nephew of John
Boyd Thacher; son of George H. Thacher and Emma Louise (Bennett)
Thacher; married, June 17,
1918, to Lulu Abel Cameron.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1926-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; judge
of Albany County Children's Court, 1940-47.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 25,
1957 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Thomas Day Thacher (1881-1950) —
also known as Thomas D. Thacher —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., September
10, 1881.
Second great-grandson of Roger
Sherman; grandnephew of Sherman
Day; second cousin of Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar and Maxwell
Evarts; son of Thomas Thacher and Sarah McCulloh (Green) Thacher;
married to Eunice Booth Burrall (died 1943); married, July 20,
1945, to Eleanor M. Lloyd; first cousin of Roger
Kent.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1925-30; U.S. Solicitor General,
1930-33; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1943-48; appointed 1943.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1950 (age 69 years, 63
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Seymour R. Thaler (b. 1919) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
31, 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1959-71 (7th District 1959-65, 13th District 1966,
10th District 1967-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Still living as of 1971.
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Robert Helyer Thayer (1901-1984) —
also known as Robert H. Thayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., September
22, 1901.
Third great-grandson of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; second great-grandson of Harrison
Gray Otis; grandnephew of James
Otis; son of William Greenough Thayer (1863-1934) and Violet
(Otis) Thayer (1871-1962); married, December
26, 1926, to Virginia Pratt (1905-1979; daughter of Ruth
Baker Pratt).
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1946; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1955-57.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Audubon
Society.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1984 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Southborough
Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Mass.
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George F. Thompson —
of Middleport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1913-20; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1920 (Republican primary), 1920 (Prohibition).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joel Thompson (1760-1843) —
of Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
3, 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1797-98, 1802-04 (Albany County 1797-98, Chenango
County 1802-04); common pleas court judge in New York, 1799-1807;
county judge in New York, 1807-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1813-15.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
8, 1843 (age 82 years, 128
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Stanislaus Thorp, Jr. (b. 1925) —
also known as John S. Thorp, Jr. —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
29, 1925.
Son of John
Stanislaus Thorp; married to Dolores Hartig.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Nassau County 6th District 1965, 14th
District 1966, 13th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-75); county
judge in New York; superior court judge in New York.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Still living as of 1975.
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Enos Thompson Throop (1784-1874) —
also known as Enos T. Throop —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., August
21, 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1815-16; circuit
judge in New York, 1823; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1829; Governor of
New York, 1829-33; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1838-41.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
1, 1874 (age 90 years, 72
days).
Interment at St.
Peter and St. John Churchyard, Auburn, N.Y.
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John M. Tierney (1860-1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1860.
Son of Launcelot J. Tierney and Elizabeth (Welch) Tierney.
Democrat. Lawyer; general counsel, Union Railway
Company, 1893; municipal judge in New York, 1898-1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-29.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, from "grip" (influenza),
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
20, 1936 (age 75 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Q. Titus (d. 1901) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Victor
J. Dowling, 1887-1901; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 10th District, 1894.
Died in 1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hiram Charles Todd (b. 1876) —
also known as Hiram C. Todd —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 17,
1876.
Son of Vernon Lawrence Todd and Anna Elizabeth (Tefft) Todd; married,
November
27, 1901, to Susan Thomas Lumpkin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; law partner of Edgar
T. Brackett, 1917-22; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1921-22.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) —
also known as John R. Todd —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Rock
County, Wis., about 1868.
Son of Rev. James Doeg Todd and Susan (Webster) Todd; married to
Alice Peck Bray (c.1866-1956); father of Webster
Bray Todd; grandfather of Christine
Todd Whitman.
Republican. Lawyer; president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction
and engineering
firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1945 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Sidney Tompkins (1865-1938) —
also known as Arthur S. Tompkins —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., August
26, 1865.
Son of Sidney Brooks Tompkins (1830-1901) and Mary Hazy Yocum
(Taylor) Tompkins (1834-1914); married 1889 to Jeanie
Craig Logan.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Rockland County Republican Party, 1888; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1890; Rockland
County Surrogate, 1893-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1899-1903; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1907-36; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1933.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., January
20, 1938 (age 72 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 21,
1774.
Son of Jonathan Griffin Tompkins (1733-1823) and Sarah Ann (Hyatt)
Tompkins (1740-1810); brother of Caleb
Tompkins; married, February
20, 1798, to Hannah Minthorne (1781-1829); grandfather of Hannah
Minthorne Tompkins (who married Theodore
Chardavoyne Vermilye).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805; Governor of
New York, 1807-17; Vice
President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Presbyterian
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 11,
1825 (age 50 years, 355
days).
Entombed at St.
Mark's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Harold D. Toomey (d. 1953) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1948-53;
died in office 1953.
Died March 11,
1953.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gloria E. A. Toote (born c.1932) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1932.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1958.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1958.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee
(1814-1889); married 1863 to Emma
Doiska Kilbourne; uncle of Clyde
Carlos Tourgee.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1848.
Son of Charlemagne Tower and Amelia (Bartle) Tower; married, February
8, 1888, to Helen Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Charles Arnette Towne (1858-1928) —
also known as Charles A. Towne —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born near Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., November
21, 1858.
Son of Judson Towne and Laura (Fargo) Towne.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1895-97; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1900-01; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1905-07.
Died, from asthma and
pneumonia,
in Southern Methodist Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., October
22, 1928 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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Albert Haller Tracy (1793-1859) —
also known as Albert H. Tracy —
of New York.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., June 17,
1793.
Brother of Phineas
Lyman Tracy.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1819-25 (21st District 1819-21, 2nd
District 1821-23, 30th District 1823-25); member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1830-37.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
19, 1859 (age 66 years, 94
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830-1915) —
also known as Benjamin F. Tracy —
of Tioga
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., April 26,
1830.
Great-grandfather of Frederic
René Coudert, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1862; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1866-77; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1881-83; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1889-93; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1896;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1895 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Tioga
County, N.Y., August 6,
1915 (age 85 years, 102
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Anthony J. Travia —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1944-46, 1949-68 (Kings County 22nd District
1944-46, 1949-65, 38th District 1966-68); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1968; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1968.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyman Tremain (1819-1878) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Greene
County, N.Y., June 14,
1819.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Rufus
W. Peckham; county judge in New York, 1846-51; New York
state attorney general, 1858-59; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1862; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1866; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1866; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1873-75.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1878 (age 59 years, 169
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Robert Troup (1757-1832) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Morris
County, N.J., August
19, 1757.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1785-86; U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1796-98.
Columbia classmate and close friend of Alexander
Hamilton.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1832 (age 74 years, 148
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James S. Truman (b. 1874) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
24, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1925-28.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Speer Tubbs (1897-1982) —
also known as Robert S. Tubbs —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
23, 1897.
Son of Levi Tubbs and Myrtle (Speer) Tubbs; married to Lorraine Joyce
Burgess.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st
District, 1961-62.
Protestant.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
11, 1982 (age 85 years, 322
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1848-1923) —
of Mansourah, Egypt;
Cairo, Egypt;
Alexandria, Egypt;
Menton, France.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., September
24, 1848.
Son of William Hallam Tuck and Margaret Sprigg Bowie (Chew) Tuck;
married, May 14,
1885, to Emily Rosalie Snowden Marshall (1858-1940; sister of Hudson
Snowden Marshall); father of Somerville
Pinkney Tuck, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; judge, International Court of First
Instance, Egypt, 1894-1908; judge International Court of Appeals,
1908-11.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Menton, France,
April
14, 1923 (age 74 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Robert Baylor Tunstall (1880-1956) —
also known as Robert B. Tunstall —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1880.
Son of Richard Baylor Tunstall (1848-1919) and Isabel Mercein
(Heiser) Tunstall (1850-1905); married, June 28,
1916, to Virginia Hunter Lyne (born 1892).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., December
30, 1956 (age 76 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James A. Turley —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1925, 1927.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joel Turrill (1794-1859) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., February
22, 1794.
Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1828-33; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1831; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1833-37; U.S. Consul
in Honolulu, 1845-48.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
28, 1859 (age 65 years, 309
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Max M. Turshen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1937-68 (Kings County 19th District 1937-44,
Kings County 1st District 1945-65, 43rd District 1966, 45th District
1967-68); defeated, 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Fuller Uhl (1841-1901) —
also known as Edwin F. Uhl —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rush, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
14, 1841.
Son of David M. Uhl and Catherine (De Garmo) Uhl; married, May 1,
1865, to Alice Follett (daughter of Benjamin
Follett).
Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72; president, Grand Rapids
National Bank,
1881-93; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892;
U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1896-97.
Died May 17,
1901 (age 59 years, 276
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Son of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman; married to Esther or Estelle
Blau.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1923; indicted
by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges
of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a
manufacturing company; a trial
resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient
evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1939 on charges
of protecting a physician who performed illegal
abortions; in 1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in
soliciting
protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the
criminal charges, disbarment
proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried,
and his obituary states that he was "exonerated".
Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1941 (age about 48
years).
Entombed at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Son of Isadore Untermyer and Therese Untermyer; married, August 9,
1880, to Minnie Carl; father of Irwin
Untermyer; uncle of Laurence
Adolph Steinhardt.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March 16,
1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Eugene F. Vacheron —
of Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1894-95, 1901 (Queens County 3rd District
1894-95, Queens County 2nd District 1901); resigned 1895; charged
with bribery
in 1895; tried and
acquitted, but resigned
from the Assembly; convicted
of grand
larceny, February 28, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Van Amrige (1868-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Son of Howard Van Amrige (died 1915; Dean of Columbia College).
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1908;
magistrate.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of appendicitis,
in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1936 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Van Buren (1810-1866) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Son of Martin
Van Buren and Hannah (Hoes) Van Buren; married, June 22,
1841, to Elizabeth Vanderpoel.
Lawyer; New York
state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845.
Died October
13, 1866 (age 56 years, 245
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) —
also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old
Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook";
"Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand";
"Blue Whiskey Van" —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
5, 1782.
Son of Abraham Van Buren (1737-1817) and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van
Buren (1747-1817); married to the sister-in-law of Moses
I. Cantine; second cousin of Barent
Van Buren; half-brother of James
Isaac Van Alen; married, February
21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes (1783-1819); father of John
Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Roosevelt.
Lawyer; Columbia
County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York
state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of
New York, 1829; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice
President of the United States, 1833-37; President
of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848
(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died, reportedly due to asthma,
but more likely some kind of heart
failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 24,
1862 (age 79 years, 231
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Van Buren County,
Ark., Van
Buren County, Iowa, Van Buren County,
Mich. and Van Buren County,
Tenn. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: M.
V. B. Edgerly
— Martin
V. B. Ives
— Martin
V. B. Clark
— Martin
V. Godbey
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| | | Cross-reference: Sanford
W. Smith |
| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, is
a used-up man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.
Wilson, The
Presidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey, Martin
Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular
Politics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin
Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican
Ideology — John Niven, Martin
Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —
Ted Widmer, Martin
Van Buren |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Thomas Brodhead Van Buren (1824-1889) —
also known as Thomas B. Van Buren —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clermont, Columbia
County, N.Y., June 20,
1824.
Grandson of Barent
Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; son of Mary (Brodhead) Van Buren and Peter Van Buren
(1802-1873); married 1853 to Harriet
Carthy Sheffield (died 1901; sister-in-law of William
Walter Phelps); father of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren.
Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of New
York state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1865;
U.S. Consul General in Kanagawa, 1874-85.
Member, Union
League.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
13, 1889 (age 65 years, 115
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917-2002) —
also known as Cyrus R. Vance —
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., March 27,
1917.
First cousin of John
William Davis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1977-80.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Mt. Sinai Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 2002 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848) —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1762.
Grandson of Gilbert
Livingston; son of Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Joanna (Livingston) Van Cortlandt (1722-1808);
brother of Philip
Van Cortlandt; married to Catherine Clinton (1770-1811; daughter
of George
Clinton) and Anne Stevenson (1774-1821).
Lawyer; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1791-92, 1793-95; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1811-13; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Presidential Elector for New York,
1840.
Died in 1848
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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William J. vanden Heuvel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Vanderbilt (1819-1877) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., January
28, 1819.
Married to Gertrude L. Lefferts.
Lawyer; Kings
County Judge, 1844-47; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1852-53.
Died May 16,
1877 (age 58 years, 108
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Brinsmade Van Kleeck, Jr. (1871-1949) —
also known as Frederick B. Van Kleeck —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1871.
Son of Frederick B. Van Kleeck and Alice (Penner) Van Kleeck.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1916.
Died, from renal
failure, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 4,
1949 (age 77 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving Goodwin Vann (1842-1921) —
also known as Irving G. Vann —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ulysses town, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
3, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1879-80; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1882-95; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1896-1912.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March 22,
1921 (age 79 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Brother of John
Peter Van Ness and William
Peter Van Ness; father of James
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Peter Van Ness (1778-1826) —
also known as William P. Van Ness —
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
13, 1778.
Brother of John
Peter Van Ness and Cornelius
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1812-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1814-26;
died in office 1826.
Dutch
ancestry.
Served as second to Aaron
Burr, during his duel
with Alexander
Hamilton, 1804.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
6, 1826 (age 48 years, 205
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William W. Van Ness (1776-1823) —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1776.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1804-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1807-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
27, 1823 (age about 46
years).
Interment somewhere
in Claverack, N.Y.
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James C. Van Siclen (born c.1870) —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1912-25; defeated, 1925.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh (1862-1944) —
also known as Arba S. Van Valkenburgh —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1862.
Son of Lawrence Van Valkenburgh and Sarah A. (Seymour) Van
Valkenburgh; married, September
25, 1889, to Grace Elizabeth Ingold.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1905-10; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1910-.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1944
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Van Voorhis (b. 1897) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 14,
1897.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1937-54; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department,
1949; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1953; defeated, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849-1918) —
also known as Robert A. Van Wyck —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Married to Kate E. Hertle.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Paris, France,
November
30, 1918 (age 69 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Richard Varick (1753-1831) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., March 15,
1753.
Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-88; New York
state attorney general, 1788-89; appointed 1788; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1789-1801.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 30,
1831 (age 78 years, 137
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Church Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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James M. Varnum (1848-1907) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1848.
Married 1899
to Mary Witherspoon Dickey.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1879-80;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1889; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1890; New
York County Surrogate, 1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Badly injured when his car
collided with a streetcar,
and died soon after, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 26,
1907 (age about 58
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Chardavoyne Vermilye (1824-1879) —
also known as Theodore C. Vermilye —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, December
18, 1824.
Son of Thomas B. Vermilye and Mary (Hoagland) Vermilye; married, May 24,
1848, to Hannah Minthorne Tompkins (granddaughter of Daniel
D. Tompkins).
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1860.
Killed, when he was thrown from
a horsedrawn
carriage, which had collided with another vehicle, in Staten
Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
13, 1879 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (1762-1834) —
also known as Daniel C. Verplanck —
of Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 19,
1762.
Father of Gulian
Crommelin Verplanck.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1803-09; common pleas
court judge in New York, 1828-30.
Died near Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 29,
1834 (age 72 years, 10
days).
Interment at Trinity
Church Cemetery, Fishkill, N.Y.
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Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1786-1870) —
also known as Gulian C. Verplanck —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 6,
1786.
Son of Daniel
Crommelin Verplanck.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1820-23; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1825-33 (2nd District 1825-27, 3rd
District 1827-33); Whig candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1834; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1838-41; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1870 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Fishkill, N.Y.
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Charles J. Vert —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1912-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Henry Vestal (1875-1932) —
also known as Albert H. Vestal —
of Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Frankton, Madison
County, Ind., January
18, 1875.
Son of William H. Vestal and Mary E. (Jackson) Vestal; married to Maude
Vestal.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1917-32; died in office
1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1932 (age 57 years, 74
days).
Interment at East
Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
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Eric N. Vitaliano (b. 1948) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
27, 1948.
Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. District Judge Mark
A. Costantino; chief of staff for U.S. Rep. John
M. Murphy; member of New York
state assembly, 1983-2001 (59th District 1983-92, 60th District
1993-2001).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2001.
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Julius J. Volker —
of Lancaster, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1945-66 (Erie County 7th District 1945-65, 162nd
District 1966); defeated, 1966.
Member, Elks; Moose; Redmen; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Butterfield Vreeland (1856-1936) —
also known as Edward B. Vreeland —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1856.
Married to Myra S. Price.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (34th District 1899-1903,
37th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Dow Vroman —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of John
K. Patton; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1898; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924;
chair
of Niagara County Democratic Party, 1927.
Burial
location unknown.
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