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James Vito Auditore (1889-1973) —
also known as James V. Auditore; "The Millionaire
Stevedore" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Valley Stream, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1889.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1920;
owner of two stevedoring companies; indicted
in 1947, with two other men, and charged
with conspiracy to collect illegal fees on New York City
piers, by getting control of the city-owned facilities and reselling
access to shippers at three times the city rates; convicted
on sixteen counts; sentenced
to four and a half to ten years in prison.
Italian
ancestry.
Died July 3,
1973 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lester Avery (b. 1853) —
also known as William L. Avery —
of Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1853.
Shipmaster; express
agent; U.S. Consul in Belize City, 1898-1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Son of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel.
Democrat. Engineer;
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River
waterfront, 1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis,
in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Ella Louise Day. |
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Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) —
also known as Andrew J. Bentley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1827.
Son of Leticia (Gardiner) Bentley (1784-1853) and Rev. David Niles
Bentley (1785-1885).
Sailor; shipbroker; lumber
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1894.
Died, of pneumonia,
March
18, 1895 (age 68 years, 67
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984) —
also known as "The Refrigerator"; "The Sly
Fox" —
of New York; Dummerston, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 11,
1894.
Son of George R. Bunker and Jean Polhemus (Cobb) Bunker.
Director and officer, National Sugar
Refining Company; director, American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1951-52; Italy, 1952-53; India, 1956-61; Nepal, 1956-59; , 1966-67, 1973-78; Vietnam, 1967-73.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of two Presidential
Medals of Freedom, in 1963 and in 1967.
Died, in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital,
Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., September
27, 1984 (age 90 years, 139
days).
Interment somewhere
in Dummerston, Vt.
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James A. Burke (1890-1965) —
of Hollis, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 3,
1890.
Democrat. Worked for various railroads
as clerk, train
dispatcher, and car accountant; stock supervisor, Brooklyn
Navy Yard; real estate
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1931-33, 1935;
defeated, 1933; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1942-49.
Died in Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
12, 1965 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) —
also known as "Father of the Erie
Canal" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Napanoch, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 2,
1769.
Son of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 1812; Governor of
New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Member, Freemasons.
Chief advocate for the Erie Canal, completed 1825. His
portrait appeared on the $1,000
U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905.
Died, from heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George
Clinton; married, February
13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8,
1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who
married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)); brother of George
Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James
Graham Clinton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County,
Ill., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: DeWitt
C. Walker
— De
Witt C. Littlejohn
— DeWitt
C. Clark
— De
Witt C. Leach
— Dewitt
C. West
— John
DeWitt Clinton Atkins
— DeWitt
C. Wilson
— De
Witt Clinton Giddings
— DeWitt
C. Hough
— DeWitt
Clinton Cregier
— DeWitt
C. Hoyt
— DeWitt
Clinton Senter
— DeWitt
C. Allen
— DeWitt
C. Peck
— DeWitt
C. Richman
— DeWitt
C. Cram
— De
Witt C. Bolton
— DeWitt
C. Pond
— De
Witt C. Badger
— DeWitt
C. Dominick
— DeWitt
C. Becker
— De
Witt C. Flanagan
— DeWitt
C. Talmage
— DeWitt
C. Cole
— Dewitt
Clinton Chase
— De Witt
C. Poole, Jr.
— Dewitt
C. Chastain
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan
Cornog, The
Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,
1769-1828 |
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Emory P. Close (b. 1859) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
13, 1859.
Lawyer;
director, Curtiss Navigation Company (operator of
vessels on the Great Lakes); U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1897-99.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Collin (b. 1850) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., August 2,
1850.
Son of Henry Clark Collin and Maria Louisa (Park) Collin.
Lawyer;
director, Chemung Canal Trust Co.; director, Arnot Realty
Corporation; director, Elmira, Corning, & Waverly Railway;
mayor
of Elmira, N.Y., 1894-98; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910-20; appointed 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Cullen (1868-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Cullen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 29,
1868.
Democrat. Marine insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1896-98; member of
New
York state senate 3rd District, 1899-1918; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1919-44; died in
office 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(alternate); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930-36; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 5th District, 1938.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1944 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph Edward Curran (1906-1981) —
also known as Joseph Curran; Joe Curran; "Big
Joe" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1906.
Merchant seaman; president,
National Maritime Union (NMU), 1937-73; vice-president,
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1940-55; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1940; vice-chair of
New York American Labor Party, 1945.
Died, of cancer, in
Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
14, 1981 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest Derulle (b. 1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Luxembourg,
March
21, 1851.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; steamship agent; U.S. Consular Agent
in Luxembourg, 1904-11.
Luxemburgian
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Son of David Dows (1857-1899) and Jane (Strahan) Dows (1859-1945).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship line; horse
breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1956.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Eugene R. Duffy (b. 1881) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1881.
Democrat. Yacht basin business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1934-36.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Alfred Emerson (1865-1922) —
also known as James A. Emerson —
of Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y., April 25,
1865.
Son of Albert Emerson.
Republican. Lumber
business; clothing
manufacturer; steamboat business; hotel
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate, 1907-18 (32nd District 1907-08, 33rd District
1909-18); as an opponent of alcohol prohibition in 1918, he was
called "wringing wet" (in contrast to prohibition advocates, who were
"desert dry").
Became ill, from heart
disease and gastritis,
while on
board the steamship Porto Rico, and died soon after, in
Long Island Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
31, 1922 (age 56 years, 281
days).
Interment at Warrensburg
Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Son of Felicia Esposito.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank, 1965;
insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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Maurice Featherston (b. 1863) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1863.
Member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1896-1900; New York City Dock
Commissioner, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Geddes (1763-1838) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 22,
1763.
Salt
manufacturer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1803-04, 1821-22; common
pleas court judge in New York, 1809; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1813-15; canal
engineer.
Died in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
19, 1838 (age 75 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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William Russell Grace (1832-1904) —
also known as William R. Grace —
of Callao, Peru;
New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland,
May
10, 1832.
Son of James Grace and Ellen Mary (Russell) Grace.
Democrat. Steamship business; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1881-82, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888.
Catholic.
Died, from pneumonia
and kidney
problems, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 21,
1904 (age 71 years, 316
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Stewart Hopkins (1811-1882) —
also known as John S. Hopkins —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
28, 1811.
Merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1853-56; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1867, 1879; president of
Evansville, Cairo & Memphis Packet Company; president of First
National Bank in
Evansville; director of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 6,
1882 (age 70 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1834
to Mary Ann Parrett. |
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Charles Merrill Hough (1858-1927) —
also known as Charles M. Hough —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1858.
Son of Gen. Alfred Lacey Hough and Mary (Merrill) Hough.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and for steamship companies in maritime litigation; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1906-16; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1916-27; died in
office 1927.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1927 (age 68 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Andronicus Jacobs (born c.1899) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1899.
Longshoreman; American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1952; American Labor
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 29,
1831.
Son of William James and Jane Maria (Price) James.
Canal toll collector; newspaper
publisher; customs
inspector; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1881-82; bank
director; mayor of
Tenafly, N.J., 1896.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
11, 1916 (age 85 years, 166
days).
Interment at Church
of Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Lorenzo Alson Kelsey (1803-1890) —
also known as Lorenzo A. Kelsey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Port Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., February
22, 1803.
Son of Eber Leete Kelsey and Lucy (Leete) Kelsey.
Democrat. Lumber
business; steamboat owner; hotelier;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1848-49.
Died in 1890
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Eber Leete Kelsey and Lucy (Leete) Kelsey; married 1825 to Sophia
Smith; father of Theodore Rowland Kelsey (killed in the Civil War
battle of Chickamauga). |
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Son of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929).
Supervisor of the shipyard at Quincy, Mass.; banker; stockbroker;
owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in
Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1890-1995; daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Edward Langworthy (1808-1893) —
of Iowa.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
31, 1808.
Son of Stephen Langworthy (1777-1848) and Betsey (Massey) Langworthy
(1781-1820).
Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; farmer; lead mining
business; steamboat owner; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Dubuque, Delaware,
Black Hawk and Fayette counties, 1844.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
4, 1893 (age 84 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Dearborn Lapham (1883-1966) —
also known as Roger D. Lapham —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1883.
President, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1944-48.
Died April 16,
1966 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandfather of Lewis H. Lapham (Harper's magazine
editor). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Seaman; automobile
worker; candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Parshall Mapes (1798-1890) —
also known as David P. Mapes —
of Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., January
10, 1798.
Son of Timothy Mapes and Hannah (Brown) Mapes.
Steamboat business; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1831; merchant;
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1848.
Principal founder
of Ripon College, 1850; Mapes Hall, on Ripon's campus, is named for
him.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., May 18,
1890 (age 92 years, 128
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Ripon, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Mapes and Hannah (Brown) Mapes; married, April 14,
1822, to Ruth Frisbee (1804-1854); married, January
26, 1855, to Mary C. Frisbee (1827-1863); married, November
9, 1864, to Emeline (Huntsinger) Wilson (1827-1882); married, September
15, 1883, to Augusta R. Miles (1837-1911); father of Fannie
Mapes (who married Otto
Christian Neuman); fourth cousin once removed of Bertha
Mapes; third cousin thrice removed of Irving
Anthony Jennings. See Beakes-Galloway-Mapes-Neuman
family of Michigan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Henry McCooey (1864-1934) —
also known as John H. McCooey; "Tammany's Uncle
John" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1864.
Son of John H. McCooey and Anna (Hanlon) McCooey.
Democrat. Shipyard worker; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1909; chair of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1910-34; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1933-34; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
21, 1934 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John J. McLoughlin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Dock builder;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1920-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Son of Thomas Henry Merry and Candida (Xavier) Merry.
Steamship captain; wholesale
grocer; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Edward Sloman Minor (1840-1924) —
also known as Edward S. Minor —
of Fish Creek, Door
County, Wis.; Sturgeon Bay, Door
County, Wis.
Born in Point Peninsula, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
13, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; hardware
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1878, 1880-81; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1883-85; superintendent of Sturgeon Bay and Lake
Michigan Ship Canal, 1884-91; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1895-1907 (8th District 1895-1903,
9th District 1903-07); postmaster.
Died in Sturgeon Bay, Door
County, Wis., July 26,
1924 (age 83 years, 226
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
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Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., April 7,
1861.
Son of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon.
Democrat. Designed battleships for the U.S. Navy; later,
proprietor of shipyards; president or owner of manufacturing
firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1932.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died September
23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, February 1902 |
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John P. Nugent (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1879.
Democrat. Worked in shipbuilding; business
agent of his Railroad Iron Workers local; appraiser;
insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. O'Brien —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.; West Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y.
Son of James O'Brien.
Republican. Wholesale flour
business; partner in firm which controlled docks and
waterfront in Plattsburgh; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1901-02; secretary of
state of New York, 1903-06; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. (1854-1926) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., January
14, 1854.
Son of Ophelia (Bookstaver) Odell (1824-1902) and Benjamin
Barker Odell, Sr..
Republican. President, Newburgh Electric
Light Co.; treasurer, Central Hudson Steamboat Co.;
president Orange County Traction
Co.; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1884-96; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1895-99; New York
Republican state chair, 1898-1900, 1904-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1924;
Governor
of New York, 1901-05; Presidential Elector for New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., May 9,
1926 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Holmes Odell (1828-1904) —
also known as N. Holmes Odell —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenburgh, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 1828.
Democrat. Steamboat business; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1860-61; banker; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1867-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1875-77; real estate
business; postmaster.
Died in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
30, 1904 (age 76 years, 20
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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William Morrow Knox Olcott (b. 1862) —
also known as William M. K. Olcott —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1862.
Son of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott.
Republican. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1896-98; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1915;
vice-president and director, Lawyers Engineering
and Surveying Co.; director, Mary Powell Steamboat Co.;
director, Everard Brewing Co.
Burial
location unknown.
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David S. Paige —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Proprietor of Paige's Hotel;
owner, Fort Leo Line of steamboats; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1872.
Shot
twice and injured on May 5, 1875, by Samuel Decker, an unemployed
bartender.
Burial
location unknown.
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Will H. Parry (1864-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1864.
Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran
Shipbuilding Co., 1900-15; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1917 (age 52 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Gedney Patten (1861-1939) —
also known as Thomas G. Patten —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1861.
Son of Thomas Patten and Maria L. (Gedney) Patten.
Democrat. Real estate
business; president, New York and Long Branch Steamboat
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-17 (15th District 1911-13,
18th District 1913-17).
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1939 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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John G. Peene (d. 1905) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Son of Capt. Joseph Peene.
Republican. Steamboat business; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1894-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Died, of apoplexy,
as he supervised unloading of barges, in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
28, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841) —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.; Stonington (part now in North Stonington), New London
County, Conn.; Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., April 2,
1754.
Son of William Pendleton (1704-1786) and Mary (Stanton) Pendleton.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
shipmaster; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stonington, 1802-07.
Died in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
26, 1841 (age 86 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Pendleton (1704-1786) and Mary (Stanton) Pendleton;
married, January
22, 1775, to Amelia Babcock (1756-1814); married, October
20, 1816, to Rhoda (Babcock) Gavitt (1764-1852); father of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); first cousin thrice removed of Enoch
C. Chapman; great-granduncle of Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer, Harris
Pendleton, Nathan
William Pendleton and James
Pendleton; grandfather of James
Monroe Pendleton. See Pendleton
family of Connecticut. |
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Anthony Scotto (b. 1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1934.
Democrat. Longshoreman; vice-president,
International Longshoremen's Association; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972;
member of the Gambino crime
family; charged
in 1979 on 44 counts of accepting
payoffs, evading
income taxes and racketeering; tried and
convicted
on 33 of the counts; sentenced
to five years in prison;
released in 1984.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Married to Marion Anastasio. |
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Frank J. Taylor (1884-1958) —
also known as Frank J. Barrett, Jr. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 15,
1884.
Son of Frank J. Barrett.
Democrat. Riveter; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1913-25; Kings
County Sheriff, 1926-28; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate); New York City Commissioner of Welfare, 1930-34; New York
City Controller, 1935-37; assistant to the president of Todd
Shipyards; president, American Merchant Marine
Institute (chief negotiator with East Coast maritime unions),
1938-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 7,
1958 (age 74 years, 53
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank J. Barrett; adoptive son of James Taylor; married to
Josephine McCarthy. |
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Bloomfield Usher (1814-1893) —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y., 1814.
Hatter;
canal superintendent; banker;
member of New York
state senate 15th District, 1857.
Died in 1893
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Son of Clara
Shavelson.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter; president,
Local 13, Shipbuilders Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as international
representative for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman's
and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in 1976
(age about
63 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) —
also known as Jacob Westervelt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born January
20, 1800.
Shipbuilder; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1853-55; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1857.
Died February
21, 1879 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William H. Wickham (1832-1893) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1832.
Son of Daniel H. Wickham and Ruth Wickham.
Democrat. Ticket agent for a steamship company; diamond
dealer; president of New-York Fire Department, 1860; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876.
Died, of heart
disease and Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1893 (age 60 years, 167
days).
Interment somewhere
in Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y.
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David Woodcock (1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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