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Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1869) —
also known as Henry J. Raymond —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima town, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
24, 1820.
Son of Jarvis Raymond (1796-1868) and Lavinia (Brockway) Raymond
(1798-1878).
Republican. Newspaper editor; founder of the New York Times;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1850-51, 1862;
Speaker
of the New York State Assembly, 1851, 1862; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1855-56; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1864-66; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1865-67.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1869 (age 49 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Andrew Crozier Reeves (1867-1936) —
also known as A. Crozier Reeves —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
3, 1867.
Grocer; wholesale
grocer; newspaper publisher; farmer;
Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1912;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1925; member of New Jersey
state senate from Mercer County, 1926-36; died in office 1936;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Augustus Reeves (1832-1916) —
also known as Henry A. Reeves —
of New York.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
7, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1869-71; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1887; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888.
Died in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 4,
1916 (age 83 years, 88
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) —
also known as James Whitelaw Reid;
"Agate" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio, October
27, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor; librarian;
cotton planter;
U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.
Reid Hall, a dormitory at Miami University (built 1948, demolished
2006) was named for
him.
Died in London, England,
December
15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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James Burton Reynolds (b. 1870) —
also known as James B. Reynolds —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
17, 1870.
Son of John H. Reynolds and Sarah C. (Morgan) Reynolds.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
speaker, 1916;
secretary
of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1896-1905; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1905-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1912-16.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elliott Verne Richardson (1868-1929) —
also known as Elliott V. Richardson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., March 4,
1868.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Sydney, 1910-16; U.S. Consul in Moncton, 1916-17; Punta Arenas, 1918; Quebec City, 1918-19; Karachi, 1919-21, 1925-28; Coblenz, 1921-22; Berlin, 1922-23; Pernambuco, 1923-24.
Died in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 27,
1929 (age 61 years, 115
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William F. Rickenbacker —
Conservative. Senior editor, National Review magazine;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Son of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Russell Sackett (b. 1855) —
also known as Martin R. Sackett —
of Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Chenango
County, N.Y., April 28,
1855.
Son of Russell R. Sackett and Deborah Sackett.
Republican. Newspaper editor; St.
Lawrence County Treasurer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S. Consul in Prescott, 1903-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Son of John Sammons (1826-1888) and Julia (Flynn) Sammons
(1828-1881).
Telegraph
operator; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucien Delabarre Sanial (1836-1927) —
also known as Lucien Sanial; Lucien
Delabarre —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in France,
1836.
Newspaper reporter; Socialist Labor candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1894, 1897; Socialist Labor candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1896.
French
ancestry.
Died in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
7, 1927 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Married to Caroline McClenahan. |
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Max Schachtman (1904-1972) —
of Floral Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Poland,
September
10, 1904.
Son of Benjamin Schachtman and Sarah Schachtman.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; arrested
during a demonstration
on Wall Street in New York City, July 3, 1928, but charges against
him were dismissed; became an open supporter of Leon Trotsky's
opposition to Stalin about 1928, and was expelled from the Communist
Party; became a major Trotskyist leader and theoretician, and one of
the founders of the Socialist Workers Party; editor of The
Militant newspaper; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940 (23rd District), 1946 (15th
District); Workers candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941; broke with Trotskyism in 1948, and
became more conservative in later life.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died, in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
New Hyde Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
4, 1972 (age 68 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Schachtman and Sarah Schachtman; married to Billie
Ramloff, Edith Harvey and Yetta Barsh (1925-1996). |
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article |
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Walter H. Schulz (b. 1883) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
17, 1883.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul
in Aden, 1911; Nantes, 1914; Berne, 1916-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adelbert Marvin Scriber (1865-1948) —
also known as Adelbert M. Scriber —
of Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Livingston Manor, Sullivan
County, N.Y., January
5, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Died in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
13, 1948 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Orchard
Street Cemetery, Livingston Manor, N.Y.
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Lewis Selye (1803-1883) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 11,
1803.
Blacksmith;
iron
manufacturer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1848-51, 1854; newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1867-69.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
27, 1883 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Son of Daniel S. Seward (physician).
Lawyer;
co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper in
1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69.
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. As
Secretary of State in 1867, made a treaty with Russia for the
purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly".
His portrait appeared on the $50
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1890s.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Francis E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Son of Francis
Edwin Shober and Josephine May (Wheat) Shober.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Herbert Delano Sibley (1861-1937) —
also known as Herbert D. Sibley —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Napoli, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
8, 1861.
Son of Judson Sibley and Ann Eliza (Miller) Sibley.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Died August
30, 1937 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Grove Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Charles Emory Smith (1842-1908) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., February
18, 1842.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1890-92; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1898-1902.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1908 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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William Henry Smith (1833-1896) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., 1833.
Newspaper editor; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1865-68; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1877-79.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., July 27,
1896 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Solomon (1889-1963) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1889.
Socialist. Newspaperman; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1919-20, 1921;
expelled 1920; defeated, 1927; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1924; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1928, 1938; candidate for New York
state senate 8th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1932; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1934; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920.
Died in 1963
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Gill. |
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, June 27,
1805.
Son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton.
Journalist; orator;
lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Emerich Steinberger (1896-1948) —
also known as Imre Steinberger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
August
21, 1896.
Son of Samuel Steinberger (1868-1935) and Sarah or Tserra Steinberger
(1872-1930).
Socialist. Magazine editor; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1920 (New York County 15th District), 1928
(Queens County 1st District), 1933 (Queens County 1st District);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1934.
Died March 30,
1948 (age 51 years, 222
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irwin Steingut (1893-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1893.
Son of Simon Steingut and Lena (Wolbach) Steingut.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1922-52; died in
office 1952; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1935; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1936, 1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
26, 1952 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, St. Albans, Queens, N.Y.
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Stephen Dover Stephens (b. 1887) —
also known as Stephen D. Stephens —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born October
28, 1887.
Son of Stephen
D. Stephens, Jr..
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John D. Stivers (c.1861-1935) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born about 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1910-12; member
of New
York state senate 25th District, 1913-18.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., February
23, 1935 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurens J. Storke (d. 1912) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sennett, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888;
postmaster;
telephone
business.
Died January
26, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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R. Peter Straus (born c.1924) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1924.
Son of Nathan
Straus, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
chairman, Straus Communications, a chain of newspapers and radio
stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960,
1964;
director, Voice of America, 1977-79.
Still living as of 1998.
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) and Maria
(Claussen) von Struve.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) —
also known as Elmer E. Studley —
of Raton, Colfax
County, N.M.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near East Ashford, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
24, 1869.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
6, 1942 (age 72 years, 347
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Son of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope (1872-1957;
president of General Electric, 1922-39); married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell (1890-1967). |
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article |
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Phillips Talbot (b. 1915) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 7,
1915.
Son of Kenneth Hammet Talbot and Gertrude (Phillips) Talbot.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1991.
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Eli Taylor (b. 1873) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1873.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1910-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Sydney, 1916; Shanghai, 1919; Aguascalientes, 1926-29; Puerto Cabezas, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Thomas Thayer (1869-1956) —
also known as Warren T. Thayer —
of Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Burke, Franklin
County, N.Y., July 12,
1869.
Son of Alfred Thayer (1836-1910) and Hulda (Hall) Thayer (1837-1910).
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1916-20; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1921-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Alice Hyde Hospital,
Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March 2,
1956 (age 86 years, 234
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Chateaugay, N.Y.
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Lloyd Thompson (b. 1879) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 17,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; town clerk of Westfield, N.J., 1903-09; real estate
investor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1910-11.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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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).
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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Robert Johnstone Vance (1854-1902) —
also known as Robert J. Vance —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 15,
1854.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1887-89; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888,
1892;
Connecticut labor commissioner, 1893-95; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1896-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., June 15,
1902 (age 48 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Frank M. Vandercook (b. 1853) —
of St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in New York, June 27,
1853.
Newspaper publisher; Gratiot
County Register of Deeds, 1897-1900; member of Michigan People's
Party State Executive Committee, 1899; secretary of Michigan People's
Party, 1899.
Burial
location unknown.
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Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) —
also known as W. Irving Vanderpoel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1880.
Son of Edwin Colburn Vanderpoel (1851-1932).
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; insurance
broker; village
president of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.
Dutch
ancestry.
Indicted
in December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by a
federal grand jury, over his involvement in a stock
swindle; found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.
Burial
location unknown.
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Coleman C. Vaughan (b. 1857) —
of St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Machias, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., August 1,
1857.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
state senate, 1903-04, 1911-12 (19th District 1903-04, 15th
District 1911-12); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1904,
1924;
secretary
of state of Michigan, 1915-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonathan G. Wait (1811-1873) —
of Michigan.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
22, 1811.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1851-52;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-68 (16th District 1863-66, 14th District
1867-68).
Founder, editor, and publisher of the Sturgis Journal.
Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., October
24, 1873 (age 61 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis, Mich.
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Clair Hiram Walbridge (1880-1970) —
also known as Clair H. Walbridge —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, July 15,
1880.
Son of Frank C. Walbridge (born 1854) and Rose M. Walbridge (born
1855).
Socialist. Linotype
operator; newspaper compositor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1932, 1933.
Died in November, 1970
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 20,
1882.
Son of Benjamin A. Walton and Ollie May (Camphor) Walton.
Newspaper writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles B. Ward —
of DeBruce, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 27,
1879.
Son of Elias Sayre Ward and Anna Dickerson (Bonnell) Ward.
Republican. Newspaper editor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Son of John Dean Waterman (1785-1837) and Mary Graves (Waldo)
Waterman (1787-1843).
Postmaster;
newspaper publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April 12,
1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., September
6, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Griswold Webb —
also known as J. Griswold Webb —
of Clinton Corners, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Son of Henry Walter Webb (vice-president, New York Central Railroad).
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1919-22; member
of New
York state senate 28th District, 1923-34; chair of
Dutchess County Republican Party, 1927-29.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
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Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) —
of New York.
Born in Greene
County, N.Y., November
15, 1797.
Newspaper publisher; member of New York
state assembly, 1829.
Influential political leader in New York State from the 1820s through
the 1860s; supported John
Quincy Adams in 1820s; led the New York Whigs in the 1840s;
joined the Republican Party in the 1850s and supported William
H. Seward for president in 1860.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1882 (age 85 years, 7
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) —
also known as Jock Whitney —
of Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
17, 1904.
Son of Payne Whitney and Helen (Hay) Whitney.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald
Tribune newspaper, 1961-66.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died February
8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Journalist; advertising
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April 24,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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Walter V. Windus (1860-1918) —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born in Scio, Allegany
County, N.Y., December
3, 1860.
Brick
manufacturer; newspaper editor; real estate
business; banker; mayor of
Pullman, Wash., 1890-93.
Died in 1918
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
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William Woodward III (1944-1999) —
also known as Woody Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 24,
1944.
Son of Ann Eden (Crowell) Woodward (1915-1975) and William 'Billy'
Woodward (1920-1955).
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; magazine publisher;
candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1978.
Jumped
from the kitchen window of his apartment, and fell to his
death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1999 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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