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John Grant Alexander (1893-1971) —
also known as John G. Alexander —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., July 16,
1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Independent candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1942.
Lutheran. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Optimist
Club; Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
8, 1971 (age 78 years, 145
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George Archinal (1900-1987) —
of Glendale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
18, 1900.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1938, 1960; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-47 (Queens County 6th District 1941-44,
Queens County 7th District 1945-47); candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1945; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1961; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1972;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Elks; Moose.
Died, from heart
failure, in Glendale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
12, 1987 (age 87 years, 24
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Koelling (died 1983). |
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James Berg (c.1876-1944) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., about 1876.
Republican. Minister; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1928-31; defeated, 1911; resigned 1931;
executive secretary, Westchester Sanitary Commission, 1931-39.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, during services at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 19,
1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Adeline Brommer. |
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Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) —
also known as Nils A. Boe —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltic, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
10, 1913.
Son of Nils N. Boe (c.1861-1938) and Sissel Catherine (Finseth) Boe
(born 1874).
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of
South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
Pres. Richard
Nixon, 1969-71; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77.
Lutheran. Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died July 30,
1992 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Fred Brummer (b. 1945) —
of Apopka, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
28, 1945.
Republican. Accountant;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 38th District, 1999-.
Lutheran. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Richard A. Cerosky (b. 1927) —
of Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
13, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-70 (Westchester County 6th District 1965,
102nd District 1966, 92nd District 1967-70).
Lutheran. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives:
Married to Edith Glade. |
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Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Diederich —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
13, 1845.
Son of Nicholas H. Diederich and Clara M. (Wessler) Diederich.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1889-93; Magdeburg, 1897-99; Bremen, 1899-1906; Sarnia, 1920-24; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1906-17.
Lutheran.
Died February
8, 1926 (age 80 years, 87
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Doscher (b. 1912) —
of Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pearl River, Rockland
County, N.Y., October
14, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1941-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1958-60; defeated, 1964.
Lutheran.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest F. Eilert (b. 1866) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born August 1,
1866.
Son of Ernest F. Eilert and Elizabeth C. (Miller) Eilert.
Republican. Printing
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1904
(alternate), 1912;
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1921.
Lutheran.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin Earl Heutchy (b. 1915) —
also known as Alvin E. Heutchy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Kensington, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 15,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1948.
Lutheran. Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Freemasons;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Still living as of 1948.
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John G. Langner (1825-1882) —
also known as Johann Gottleib August David
Langner —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland),
December
4, 1825.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1865-66, 1877-78.
Lutheran.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 1,
1882 (age 56 years, 209
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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