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Politician members in New York


  Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) — also known as Morris Abram — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga., June 19, 1918. Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for nomination for U.S. Senator from New York, 1968; president of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1984-86. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; American Bar Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Jewish Committee; Urban League; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from a viral infection, in a hospital at Geneva, Switzerland, March 16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December 23, 1944, to Jane Isabella McGuire (divorced 1974); married, January 25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher (divorced 1987); married, August 26, 1990, to Bruna Molina.
  Elliott Abramson (b. 1939) — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Bayside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 26, 1939. Son of Max Abramson and Kate (Heichman) Abramson. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1973.
  Relatives: Married 1964 to Rochelle Lattman.
  Dean Alfange (1899-1989) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey, December 2, 1899. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1941; American Labor candidate for Governor of New York, 1942. Greek ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Order of Ahepa; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Delta Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho. One of the founders of the Liberal Party of New York. Died, of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 24, 1989 (age 89 years, 326 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Thalia Perry.
  George W. Alger (1872-1967) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., November 12, 1872. Son of Charles J. Alger and Harriot (Murdoch) Alger. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930 (Republican), 1932 (Independent); labor arbitrator; impartial chairman of garment industry labor relations, 1931-35; state commissioner to investigate mortgage guarantee companies in 1930s; special master directing reorganization of the R.K.O. movie company, 1937 member and chair of Motion Picture Appeal Board, 1941 member, President's Loyalty Review Board after World War II. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 19, 1967 (age 94 years, 158 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, August 20, 1903, to Grace E. Drew.
  Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) — of Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y. Born in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., April 22, 1904. Son of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley. Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil Company, 1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical Company, 1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association, 1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Chi Phi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y., April 4, 1997 (age 92 years, 347 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson.
  Sidney H. Asch (b. 1919) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., 1919. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1953-61; resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Arbitration Association; Zionist Organization of America. Still living as of 1961.
  Robert Gaylord Barnes (1914-1977) — of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., October 18, 1914. Son of George Emerson Barnes and Myrtle Kendall (Montague) Barnes. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1964-66; manager of international government relations, Mobil Oil Corporation. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., October 24, 1977 (age 63 years, 6 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, April 10, 1942, to Natalie Jane Stirling.
  Bruce Barton (1886-1967) — also known as "Advertiser"; "The Advertising King"; "The Great Repealer" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Robbins, Scott County, Tenn., August 5, 1886. Son of Rev. William E. Barton and Esther Treat (Bushnell) Barton. Republican. Author; newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided by Franklin Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican opponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940, 1944; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn (BBDO) advertising agency. Congregationalist. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 5, 1967 (age 80 years, 334 days). Interment at Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
  Relatives: Married, October 2, 1913, to Esther M. Randall (died 1951).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Herman Benjamin Baruch (1872-1953) — also known as Herman B. Baruch — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., April 28, 1872. Son of Simon Baruch and Belle (Wolfe) Baruch. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932, 1952; Presidential Elector for New York, 1932; Presidential Elector for New York, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1945-47; Netherlands, 1947-49. Jewish. Member, American Arbitration Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Sigma. Died in Wyandanch, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., March 15, 1953 (age 80 years, 321 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Simon Baruch and Belle (Wolfe) Baruch; married, February 5, 1908, to Rosemary Emetaz; married, October 22, 1949, to Anna Marie Baroness Mackay.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Murray Bassett (1863-1948) — also known as Edward M. Bassett — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 7, 1863. Son of Charles R. Bassett and Elvira (Rogers) Bassett. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1903-05. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 7, 1948 (age 85 years, 243 days). Interment at Ashfield Plains Cemetery, Ashfield, Mass.
  Relatives: Married, May 14, 1890, to Annie R. Preston.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) — also known as William R. Bayes — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, July 29, 1876. Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes. Republican. Lawyer; president, Kings Highway Savings Bank; president, Brooklyn National Life Insurance Co.; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933, 1940; justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Union League. Died in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., November 28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122 days). Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
  Relatives: Married, September 7, 1904, to Mabel Ross.
  Gordon Knox Bell (1871-1955) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 19, 1871. Son of Edward Rogers Bell and Eliza N. (Soutter) Bell. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1915. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died August 27, 1955 (age 84 years, 189 days). Interment at Reynolds Cemetery, Cross River, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, May 11, 1899, to Marian Mason Crafts (1871-1953).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) — also known as S. G. W. Benjamin — of New York; Washington, D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece, February 13, 1837. Son of Nathan B. Benjamin (missionary) and Mary Gladding (Wheeler) Benjamin (poet). Librarian; author; artist; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1883-85. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; American Forestry Association; Navy League. Died in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., July 19, 1914 (age 77 years, 156 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Nathan B. Benjamin (missionary) and Mary Gladding (Wheeler) Benjamin (poet); married, October 20, 1863, to Clara Stowell (died 1880); married, November 16, 1882, to Fanny Nichols Weed (1837-1924; author).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin: Our American Artists
  Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) — also known as Augustus W. Bennet — of Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1897. Son of William Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died in Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., June 5, 1983 (age 85 years, 241 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Cedar Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, October 19, 1929, to Maxine Layne.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Adolf Augustus Berle, Jr. (1895-1971) — also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 29, 1895. Son of Adolf Augustus Berle (born 1866; clergyman) and Augusta (Wright) Berle. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist; law professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt; American Labor candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46. Congregationalist. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on Foreign Relations; American Philosophical Society; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 17, 1971 (age 76 years, 19 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Adolf Augustus Berle (born 1866; clergyman) and Augusta (Wright) Berle; married, December 17, 1927, to Beatrice Bend Bishop; father of Peter A. A. Berle.
  See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by Adolf A. Berle: Latin America : Diplomacy and Reality (1962) — American Economic Republic (1963) — Power Without Property : A New Development in American Political Economy (1959) — Navigating the Rapids, 1918-1971 (1973) — Power (1969) — Tides of Crisis : A Primer of Foreign Relations (1957) — The Twentieth-Century Capitalist Revolution (1954) — The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1933)
  Books about Adolf A. Berle: Jordan A. Schwarz, Liberal : Adolf A. Berle and the Vision of an American Era
  Nathan Bijur (1862-1930) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1862. Son of Asher Bijur and Pauline (Sondheim) Bijur. Republican. Lawyer; took part in railroad reorganizations and the creation of the Southern Railway; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-30; died in office 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1926-30; died in office 1930. Jewish. Member, American Jewish Committee; American Society for International Law; American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from pleurisy and empyema, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 8, 1930 (age 68 years, 37 days). Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1886 to Lilly Pronich.
  Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) — also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack Bingham — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 24, 1914. Son of Hiram Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York state senate 29th District, 1958; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73, 22nd District 1973-83). Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 3, 1986 (age 72 years, 70 days). Interment at Bingham Family Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Hiram Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham; brother of Hiram Bingham, Jr.; married 1939 to June Rossbach. See Bingham family of Connecticut.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abel E. Blackmar (c.1859-1931) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y., about 1859. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated, 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, Interborough Rapid Transit Company, 1922-31. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association. Died, in Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 14, 1931 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1888 to Adelle Marx.
  Richard Blumenthal (b. 1946) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 13, 1946. Democrat. Lawyer; aide in the White House of President Richard Nixon, 1969-70; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, 1974-75; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, 1975-76; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1977-81; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1984-87; member of Connecticut state senate, 1987-90; Connecticut state attorney general, 1991-2010; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1996, 2004, 2008; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 2011-. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2012.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Joseph Breckinridge Board, Jr. (b. 1931) — also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. — of Scotia, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Princeton, Gibson County, Ind., March 5, 1931. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; university professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, American Association of University Professors; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1993.
  Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) — also known as Richard Bolling — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 17, 1916. Son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1991 (age 74 years, 339 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of John Williams Walker; great-grandnephew of Percy Walker; son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling; married, June 7, 1945, to Barbara Stratton. See Walker family of Alabama.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Gerald Bress (1908-1976) — also known as David G. Bress — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 7, 1908. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1965-69. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Jewish Committee; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in March, 1976 (age 67 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Jack E. Bronston (b. 1922) — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., January 10, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1959-78 (5th District 1959-65, 11th District 1966, 9th District 1967-78); defeated, 1956. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1978.
  Addison Brown (1830-1913) — of New York. Born in West Newbury, Essex County, Mass., February 21, 1830. Son of Addison Brown and Catherine Babson (Griffin) Brown. Lawyer; botanist; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1881-1901; retired 1901. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 9, 1913 (age 83 years, 47 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Addison Brown and Catherine Babson (Griffin) Brown; married to Mary C. Barrett (died 1887); married 1893 to Helen C. Gaskin.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1904-1996) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Peru, Nemaha County, Neb., February 20, 1904. Son of Herbert Brownell and Mary A. (Miller) Brownell. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936, 1944, 1948; campaign manager, Thomas E. Dewey for Governor of New York and President; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Attorney General, 1953-57. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1996 (age 92 years, 71 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Herbert Brownell and Mary A. (Miller) Brownell; married, June 16, 1934, to Doris A. McCarter (died 1979); married 1987 to Marion Taylor.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Herbert Brownell: Advising Ike : The Memoirs of Attorney General Herbert Brownell (1993)
  Edmund Burke, Jr. (1905-1993) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 5, 1905. Son of Edmund Burke and Mabel Jeannette (Rule) Burke. Democrat. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1941-43; attorney for Texaco oil company. Catholic. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association. Died, of pneumonia, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., May 13, 1993 (age 88 years, 97 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 18, 1939, to Marion Hopkins McDonagh (died 1984).
  Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., April 2, 1862. Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler. Republican. University professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888; President of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920, 1928; co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not serve; blind in his later years. Episcopalian. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Historical Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of bronchio-pneumonia, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249 days). Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler; married 1887 to Susanna Edwards Schuyler (died 1903); married, March 5, 1907, to Kate La Montagne.
  Cross-reference: Thomas Burke
  Campaign slogan (1920): "Pick Nick as President for a Picnic in November."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, February 1902
  Charles Raymond Cameron (b. 1875) — also known as Charles R. Cameron — of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in York, Livingston County, N.Y., June 25, 1875. Son of John Cameron and Catherine (McDougall) Cameron. U.S. Consul in Tacna, 1919-20; Pernambuco, 1920-23; Tokyo, 1923-25; Sao Paulo, 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Sao Paulo, 1930-33; Havana, 1934-35; Tokyo, 1938. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) — also known as "Lulu Lloyd" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Norfolk, Va., about 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48; resigned 1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City Controller, 1941. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany Hall. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, on board the ocean liner President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to Shanghai, in the North Pacific Ocean, August 2, 1948 (age about 58 years). Interment at Long Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. (Army lieutenant, killed in action in Europe, 1945).
  Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) — also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 13, 1892. Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt. Republican. Psychologist; U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964. Female. Methodist. Member, League of Women Voters; Phi Beta Kappa; American Association of University Women; Delta Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta Sigma Phi; American Legion Auxiliary. Died May 26, 1990 (age 97 years, 255 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
  Relatives: Married, December 21, 1918, to Ralph Edwin Church.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) — also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba"; "Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big Dog" — of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Hope, Hempstead County, Ark., August 19, 1946. Son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994). Democrat. Rhodes scholar; candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1996, 2000; speaker, 1984, 1988; President of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2004, 2008. Baptist. Member, Trilateral Commission; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta; American Bar Association. On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk at the White House in an apparent assassination attempt against President Clinton. Impeached by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with his sexual contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted by the Senate. Still living as of 2011.
  Relatives: Third cousin twice removed of James Alexander Lockhart; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994); step-son of Roger Clinton; married, October 11, 1975, to Hillary Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina.
  Cross-reference: Abraham J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth W. Starr — Rahm Emanuel — Henry G. Cisneros — Maria Echaveste — Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Bill Clinton: Between Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century (1996) — My Life (2004)
  Books about Bill Clinton: David Maraniss, First in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe Conason, The Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Sidney Blumenthal, The Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George Stephanopolous, All Too Human — John F. Harris, The Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark Katz, Clinton & Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Tim O'Shei, Bill Clinton (for young readers)
  Critical books about Bill Clinton: Barbara Olson, The Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House — Meredith L. Oakley, On the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert Patterson, Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories — Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family — Rich Lowry, Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard Miniter, Losing Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror
  Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (1858-1943) — also known as Aaron V. S. Cochrane — of Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., March 14, 1858. Son of Francis Cochrane and Barbara Cochrane. Republican. Lawyer; Columbia County District Attorney, 1889-92; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1897-1901; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1902-28; resigned 1928; president, Farmers Bank of Hudson. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., September 7, 1943 (age 85 years, 177 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
  Relatives: Nephew of Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick; son of Francis Cochrane and Barbara Cochrane; married, October 10, 1882, to Margaret M. Hawyer.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in St. Louis, Mo., December 22, 1869. Son of John Peck Colby and Frances (Bainbridge) Colby. Lawyer; attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"); member of New York state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; among the founders of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912; Progressive candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920; U.S. Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner of Woodrow Wilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua County, N.Y., April 11, 1950 (age 80 years, 110 days). Interment at Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
  Relatives: Third cousin twice removed of John P. Colby; son of John Peck Colby and Frances (Bainbridge) Colby; fourth cousin once removed of Frederick Myron Colby; married 1929 to Ann (Ahlstrand) Ely (1889-1963). See Colby family of New Hampshire.
  Epitaph: "Faithful Public Servant."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known as Charles W. Cole — of Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass.; New York. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., February 8, 1906. U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64. Presbyterian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of University Professors; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho; American Historical Association; American Economic Association. Died in 1978 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.
  William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) — also known as W. Sterling Cole — of Bath, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Painted Post, Steuben County, N.Y., April 18, 1904. Son of Ernest Ethelbert Cole and Minnie (Pierce) Cole. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45, 39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57). Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Nu; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Delta Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., March 15, 1987 (age 82 years, 331 days). Interment somewhere in Bath, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, July 3, 1929, to Mary Elizabeth Thomas.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Ronald E. Coleman (b. 1917) — of Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Roulette, Potter County, Pa., June 22, 1917. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1961-64. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; American Bar Association. Still living as of 1964.
  William Miller Collier (1867-1956) — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y., October 11, 1867. Son of Rev. Isaac H. Collier and Frances (Miller) Collier. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president, George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Psi; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in 1956 (age about 88 years). Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, September 13, 1893, to Frances Beardsley Ross.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Library of Congress
  George W. Cornell (1896-1988) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 29, 1896. Son of George W. Cornell and Minnie C. Cornell. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state senate 31st District, 1959-64; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 36th District, 1967. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla., March 24, 1988 (age 91 years, 177 days). Burial location unknown.
  Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 7, 1909. Son of Edwin Corning and Louise (Maxwell) Corning. Democrat. Insurance broker; member of New York state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of New York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Psi. Died, of cardio-pulmonary failure, in University Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 28, 1983 (age 73 years, 233 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Great-grandson of Erastus Corning; nephew of Parker Corning; son of Edwin Corning and Louise (Maxwell) Corning; married, June 23, 1932, to Elizabeth Norris Platt. See Corning family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Books about Erastus Corning II: Paul Grondahl, Mayor Corning : Albany Icon, Albany Enigma
  Kenneth F. Cramer (b. 1894) — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., October 3, 1894. Son of Frank Henry Cramer and Stella Sophia (Brown) Cramer. Republican. Coal business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1928-33; member of Connecticut state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936; general in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, American Legion; Purple Heart; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, January 3, 1920, to Ruth Rose Fuller.
  Arthur Griswold Crane (1877-1955) — also known as A. G. Crane — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo. Born in Davenport Center, Delaware County, N.Y., September 1, 1877. Republican. Secretary of state of Wyoming, 1947-51; Governor of Wyoming, 1949-51. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Delta Kappa; Freemasons. Died August 21, 1955 (age 77 years, 354 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Paul Clement Daniels (1903-1986) — also known as Paul C. Daniels — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., October 26, 1903. Son of John H. Daniels and Flora (Pike) Daniels. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1929; La Paz, 1931; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1947; Ecuador, 1951-53. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1986 (age about 82 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, August 28, 1937, to Theodora Olivier.
  Frederick Morgan Davenport (1866-1956) — also known as Frederick M. Davenport — of Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., August 27, 1866. Son of David Davenport and Annie L. (Green) Davenport. College professor; member of New York state senate 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of New York, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928; U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated (Republican), 1932, 1934. Member, American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1956 (age 90 years, 121 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of David Davenport and Annie L. (Green) Davenport; married, January 2, 1899, to Edith Jefferson Andrus (daughter of John Emory Andrus).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John William Davis (1873-1955) — also known as John W. Davis — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 13, 1873. Son of John James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; candidate for President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 24, 1955 (age 81 years, 345 days). Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis; married, June 20, 1899, to Julia T. McDonald (died 1900); married, January 2, 1912, to Ellen G. Bassel (died 1943); first cousin of Cyrus Roberts Vance. See Davis-Vance family of West Virginia.
  Cross-reference: Thomas Burke
  Campaign slogan (1924): "Honesty at home, honor abroad."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  George Willets Davison (b. 1872) — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., March 25, 1872. Son of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison. Republican. Lawyer; Queens County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.; director, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways Co., Third Avenue Railway Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Co., American Eagle Fire Insurance Co. Methodist. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, April 24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin.
  Thomas Charles Desmond (b. 1887) — also known as Thomas C. Desmond — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., September 15, 1887. Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond. Republican. Engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1940; member of New York state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District 1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58). Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Grange; Moose; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Redmen; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond; married, August 16, 1923, to Alice B. Curtis (who later married Hamilton Fish, Jr.). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Samuel Byron Dicker (b. 1889) — also known as Samuel B. Dicker — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 4, 1889. Son of Moritz Dicker and Rose (Weinberg) Dicker. Republican. Statistician; lawyer; director, Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1939-55; appointed 1939; resigned 1955. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1959. Died of cancer and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959 (age 71 years, 88 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of Allen Welsh Dulles. See Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York.
  Cross-reference: Edward Corsi
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Joseph Bartlett Eastman (1882-1944) — also known as Joseph B. Eastman — of Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Katonah, Westchester County, N.Y., June 26, 1882. Son of Rev. John Huse Eastman (1849-1917) and Lucy (King) Eastman. Member, Massachusetts Public Service Commission, 1915-19; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1919-44. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1944 (age about 62 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Third cousin twice removed of Ira Allen Eastman; third cousin once removed of Ben C. Eastman; son of Rev. John Huse Eastman (1849-1917) and Lucy (King) Eastman. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Lewis David Einstein (1877-1967) — also known as Lewis Einstein — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 15, 1877. Son of David Lewis Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline (Fatman) Einstein (1852-1910). U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1911; Czechoslovakia, 1921-30. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Sons of the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Corresponded for 32 years with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Died in Paris, France, December 4, 1967 (age 90 years, 264 days). Interment at Père la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
  Relatives: Son of David Lewis Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline (Fatman) Einstein (1852-1910); nephew of Edwin Einstein; married 1904 to Helene Ralli (died 1949).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Lewis Einstein: A Diplomat Looks Back (1968) — Divided Loyalties : Americans in England during the War of Independence (1933) — Inside Constantinople : A Diplomatist's Diary during the Dardanelles Expedition, April-September, 1915 (1918) — Roosevelt : His Mind in Action (1930)
  Books about Lewis Einstein: James Bishop Peabody, The Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Lewis Einstein 1903-1935
  Augustin William Ferrin (1875-1976) — also known as Augustin W. Ferrin — of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., September 1, 1875. Son of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van Hoosen) Ferrin. Newspaper reporter; magazine editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-30; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-38. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the Revolution. Died, in a nursing home, in Marion County, W.Va., March 17, 1976 (age 100 years, 198 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Edward Ridley Finch (b. 1873) — also known as Edward R. Finch — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 15, 1873. Son of Edward L(ucius) Finch and Annie Ridley (Crane) Finch. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1902-04; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-34; appointed 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1922-33; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1935-40. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, January 18, 1913, to Mary Livingston Delafield.
  Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) — also known as Jerome Frank — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 10, 1889. Son of Herman Frank and Clara (New) Frank. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in office 1957. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 18, 1914, to Florence Kiper.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) — of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 16, 1948. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; mayor of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009. Female. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women Voters; National Organization for Women. Still living as of 2009.
  George Frankenthaler (1886-1968) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 14, 1886. Son of Louis Frankenthaler and Mary (Strauss) Frankenthaler. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936, 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944; defeated, 1943 (Judiciary), 1944. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 10, 1968 (age 81 years, 270 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Louis Frankenthaler and Mary (Strauss) Frankenthaler; married 1915 to Marion Hendricks (died 1961); brother of Alfred Frankenthaler; father-in-law of Richard Lewisohn, Jr.. See Frankenthaler family of New York.
  Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) — also known as Louis J. Freeh — of New York. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 6, 1950. Lawyer; FBI agent; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93; director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2009.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Louis J. Freeh: My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror (2006)
  Critical books about Bill Clinton: Louis J. Freeh, My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror
  Betty Friedan (1921-2006) — also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., February 4, 1921. Daughter of Harry Goldstein and Miriam (Horowitz) Goldstein. Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984. Female. Jewish and Russian ancestry. Member, National Organization for Women; Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to National Women's Hall of Fame. Died, of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., February 4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 12, 1947, to Carl Friedan (divorced 1969).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique — The Second Stage — The Fountain of Age — Life So Far
  Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) — also known as Buell G. Gallagher — of Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Rankin, Vermilion County, Ill., February 4, 1904. Son of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher. Democrat. Ordained minister; college professor; president, Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1948. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in August, 1978 (age 74 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson.
  Robert Jackson Gamble (1851-1924) — also known as Robert J. Gamble — of Yankton, Yankton County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born near Akron, Genesee County, N.Y., February 7, 1851. Son of Robert Gamble and Jennie A. (Abernethy) Gamble. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1901-13. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., September 22, 1924 (age 73 years, 228 days). Interment at Yankton Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Gamble and Jennie A. (Abernethy) Gamble; brother of John Rankin Gamble; married, March 26, 1884, to Carrie S. Osborn; father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble. See Gamble family of South Dakota and New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903
  Frank Ernest Gannett (1876-1957) — also known as Frank E. Gannett — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Bristol, Ontario County, N.Y., September 15, 1876. Son of Joseph Charles Gannett and Maria (Brooks) Gannett. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; founder of Gannett newspaper chain; candidate for Governor of New York, 1936; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee, 1942. Unitarian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Society of the Cincinnati; Elks; Rotary. Died December 3, 1957 (age 81 years, 79 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, March 25, 1920, to Caroline Werner.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (b. 1877) — also known as Virginia C. Gildersleeve — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 3, 1877. Daughter of Henry Alger Gildersleeve and Virginia (Crocheron) Gildersleeve. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1920. Female. Member, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 23, 1936. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District 1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984; candidate in primary for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1989. Jewish. Member, Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; American Jewish Congress; NAACP; B'nai B'rith; American Jewish Committee; American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2001.
  See also Internet Movie Database profile
  Frederick Winter Griffith (b. 1858) — also known as Frederick W. Griffith — of Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y. Born in Phelps town, Ontario County, N.Y., December 17, 1858. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Wayne County, 1900-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; member of New York state senate 42nd District, 1910-12. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father of Henry Watson Griffith.
  John P. Gualtieri (b. 1903) — of Rome, Oneida County, N.Y.; Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., July 24, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Michael J. Larkin, 1929-37; Presidential Elector for New York, 1956; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1964. Catholic. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; American Bar Association; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Henry Clay Hall (b. 1860) — also known as Henry C. Hall — of Paris, France; Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 3, 1860. Son of Henry Clay Hall and Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-28. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Henry Clay
  Relatives: Son of Henry Clay Hall and Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall; married, June 4, 1887, to Mary Bacon Bartow (died 1901); married, March 14, 1905, to Alice Munsell Sweetser.
  James A. Hamilton (b. 1876) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 24, 1876. Democrat. School teacher; member of New York state senate 22nd District, 1915-16; secretary of state of New York, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928. Member, Theta Delta Chi; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Chi. Burial location unknown.
  Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) — also known as Clarence E. Hancock — of Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., February 13, 1885. Son of Theodore E. Hancock and Martha B. (Connelly) Hancock. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45, 36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Delta Phi. The airport in Syracuse was named for him. Died in a hospital at Washington, D.C., January 3, 1948 (age 62 years, 324 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, October 4, 1912, to Emily W. Shonk.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles A. Harwood (1880-1950) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1880. Son of Israel Harwood and Johanna Harwood. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1910; U.S. District Judge for Canal Zone, 1937-38; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1941-46. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y., October 23, 1950 (age about 70 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1915 to Alma H. Hendricks.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Charles Montgomery Hathaway, Jr. (b. 1874) — also known as Charles M. Hathaway, Jr. — of Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Deposit, Delaware County, N.Y., March 31, 1874. Son of Charles Montgomery Hathaway and Eliza (Grant) Hathaway. U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1911-13; Hull, 1914-17; Queenstown, 1917-20; Bombay, 1921-22; Dublin, 1922-24; U.S. Consul General in Dublin, 1924-27; Munich, 1927-38. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Montgomery Hathaway and Eliza (Grant) Hathaway; married 1904 to Frances Elizabeth Warner (daughter of Adoniram Judson Warner).
  Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) — also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 29, 1919. Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian Archibald Herter. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company; law professor. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington, D.C., September 16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian Archibald Herter; married, June 10, 1944, to Suzanne Clery (divorced 1963); married, August 18, 1963, to Susan Cable (divorced); married to Catherine Hooker.
  See also NNDB dossier
  George Horton (b. 1859) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Washington, D.C. Born in Fairville, Wayne County, N.Y., October 11, 1859. Son of Peter Davis Horton and Mary Sophia (Aiken) Horton. U.S. Consul in Athens, 1893-98, 1905-06; Salonika, 1910-11; literary editor, Chicago Times-Herald newspaper, 1899-1901; editor, literary supplement, Chicago American newspaper, 1901-03; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1906-10; Smyrna, 1911-17, 1919-22; Budapest, 1924. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1909 to Catherine Sacopoulo.
  Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875-1955) — also known as Jessie W. Hughan — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 25, 1875. Daughter of Samuel Hughan (1837-1896) and Margaret (West) Hughan (died 1921). Socialist. School teacher; candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1918; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1922 (16th District), 1924 (17th District), 1928 (15th District), 1934 (15th District); candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1926; candidate for New York state assembly, 1932 (New York County 10th District), 1933 (New York County 10th District), 1938 (New York County 6th District). Female. Scottish, English, and French ancestry. Member, Alpha Omicron Pi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 10, 1955 (age 79 years, 106 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Sister of Evelyn West Hughan.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., April 11, 1862. Son of Rev. David Charles Hughes and Mary Catherine (Connelly) Hughes. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; Governor of New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President of the United States, 1916; U.S. Secretary of State, 1921-25. Baptist. Welsh ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Union League. Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., August 27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. David Charles Hughes and Mary Catherine (Connelly) Hughes; married, December 5, 1888, to Antoinette Carter; father of Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.; grandfather of Henry Stuart Hughes. See Hughes family of Massachusetts.
  Cross-reference: John F. Ahearn — Louis F. Haffen
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Judgepedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Charles Evans Hughes: The Supreme Court of the United States: Its Foundation Methods and Achievements — Pan American Peace Plans (1929)
  Books about Charles Evans Hughes: Dexter Perkins, Charles Evans Hughes (out of print) — Merlo J. Pusey, Charles Evans Hughes
  Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. (1889-1950) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1889. Son of Charles Evans Hughes and Antoinette (Carter) Hughes. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General, 1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance Company. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, following surgery for a brain tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1950 (age 60 years, 52 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Evans Hughes and Antoinette (Carter) Hughes; married to Marjory Bruce Stuart; father of Henry Stuart Hughes. See Hughes family of Massachusetts.
  See also Wikipedia article
  George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) — also known as George L. Ingalls — of Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Conn., June 7, 1914. Son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65, 125th District 1966). Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary; Jaycees; American Bar Association. Trustee of the New York Power Authority in 1967-90; in 1991, the powerhouse at the NYPA's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, in Schoharie County, was named for him. Died in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., April 10, 2001 (age 86 years, 307 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 12, 1942, to Dorothy M. Joggerst.
  Raymond Vail Ingersoll (1875-1940) — also known as Raymond V. Ingersoll — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., April 3, 1875. Son of Andrew Jackson Ingersoll and Ellen (Vail) Ingersoll. Democrat. Lawyer; campaign manager for Alfred E. Smith, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1934-40; died in office 1940. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died, following surgery, in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 24, 1940 (age 64 years, 327 days). Interment at Friends Burying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, September 29, 1908, to Marion Crary.
  Stanley Myer Isaacs (1882-1962) — also known as Stanley M. Isaacs — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 27, 1882. Son of Myer S. Isaacs and Maria (Solomon) Isaacs. Republican. Lawyer; real estate investor; builder; borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1938-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944. Jewish. Member, American Jewish Committee; Phi Beta Kappa; Americans for Democratic Action. Died, following a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 12, 1962 (age 79 years, 288 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Married, May 18, 1910, to Edith Somborn.
  Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) — also known as Irving M. Ives — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., January 24, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S. Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948, 1952, 1956; candidate for Governor of New York, 1954. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi; Elks; Grange. Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., February 24, 1962 (age 66 years, 31 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., January 12, 1853. Son of Nimrod H. Johnson and Catherine C. (Underwood) Johnson. Author; poet; Editor, Century Magazine, 1909-13; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1920-21. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died October 14, 1937 (age 84 years, 275 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nimrod H. Johnson and Catherine C. (Underwood) Johnson; married, August 31, 1876, to Katharine McMahon; father of Owen McMahon Johnson.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) — also known as Philip M. Kaiser — of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 12, 1913. Son of Morris Kazas and Temma (Sloven) Kazas. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; economist; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81. Ukrainian and Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2007 (age 93 years, 316 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 16, 1939, to Hannah Greeley.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) — also known as Kenneth B. Keating — of Brighton, Monroe County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., May 18, 1900. Son of Thomas Mosgrove Keating and Louise (Barnard) Keating. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952 (alternate), 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53, 38th District 1953-59); U.S. Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1969-72; Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Moose; Elks; Eagles; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 5, 1975 (age 74 years, 352 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Mosgrove Keating and Louise (Barnard) Keating; married, April 11, 1928, to Louise DePuy; father of Barbara A. Keating.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  James Kent (1763-1847) — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Doansburg, Putnam County, N.Y., July 31, 1763. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1790-91, 1792-93, 1796-97 (Dutchess County 1790-91, 1792-93, New York County 1796-97); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1793; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1798. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Author of Commentaries on American Law, the first comprehensive treatment of the subject. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 12, 1847 (age 84 years, 134 days). Interment somewhere in Fishkill, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Bailey.
  Kent County, Mich. is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known as Horatio C. King — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, December 22, 1837. Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive candidate for New York state comptroller, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29, 1865. Died November 15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C. Stebbins (died 1864); married 1866 to Esther A. Howard; grandfather of Constance Gray (who married Merwin Kimball Hart). See Hart family of New York.
  Philip J. Lader (b. 1946) — of Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, S.C. Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., March 17, 1946. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of South Carolina, 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1997-2001. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2001.
  Harry Wellington Laidler (1884-1970) — also known as Harry W. Laidler — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 18, 1884. Son of William Ebenezer Laidler and Julia (Heary) Laidler. Socialist. Newspaper reporter; author; economist; one of the founders (along with Upton Sinclair and others) of the League for Industrial Democracy (originally Intercollegiate Socialist Society); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1920 (3rd District), 1932 (6th District); candidate for New York state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1923; candidate for New York state senate 6th District, 1928; candidate for borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1930; candidate for Governor of New York, 1936; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1938. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Chi. Died July 14, 1970 (age 86 years, 146 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, November 5, 1919, to Agnes Fuller Armington.
  Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., March 28, 1902. Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss) Lamont (died 1952). Author; lecturer; arrested on June 27, 1934, while picketing in support of a labor union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; president, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship; this organization and its leaders were investigated for subversion by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged in 1946 with contempt of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited him with contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted; pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent Socialist). Member, American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi Beta Kappa; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died, of heart failure, in Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., April 26, 1995 (age 93 years, 29 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss) Lamont (died 1952); married, June 8, 1928, to Margaret Hayes Irish (c.1905-1977); married 1962 to Helen Lamb (died 1975); married 1986 to Beth Keehner; uncle of Ned Lamont.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Arthur Levitt, Jr. (b. 1931) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 3, 1931. Son of Arthur Levitt and Dorothy (Wolff) Levitt. Democrat. Investment broker; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1993-2001. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married, June 12, 1955, to Marylin Blauner.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus), March 1, 1899. Son of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; American Labor candidate for borough president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office 1971. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Civil Liberties Union; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Upsilon. Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1922 to Pearl G. Spivak.
  John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., October 20, 1903. Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge. Republican. Lawyer; professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa. Collapsed while finishing a speech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less than an hour later at St. Clare's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Third great-grandson of George Cabot; second great-grandson of Elijah Hunt Mills; great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge; aunt of Constance Lodge (1872-1941; who married Augustus Peabody Gardner); son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.; married, July 6, 1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (1902-1998; actress, ballet dancer; brother of D. Chadwick Braggiotti); first cousin once removed of William Amory Gardner Minot; uncle of George Cabot Lodge. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Campaign slogan (1950): "The Man You Can Believe."
  Campaign slogan (1954): "The Man Who Gets Things Done."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) — also known as Rowland B. Mahany — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 28, 1864. Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany. Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S. Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated, 1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924 (alternate), 1928. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., May 2, 1937 (age 72 years, 216 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Julius M. Mayer (1865-1925) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 5, 1865. Son of J. Daniel Mayer and Fannie M. (Marshuetz) Mayer. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908; New York state attorney general, 1905-06; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1912-21; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1921-24. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1925 (age 60 years, 86 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known as George B. McClellan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany) of American parents, November 23, 1865. Son of George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1900; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Loyal Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Phi Beta Kappa. Died November 30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Presumably named for: George B. McClellan
  Relatives: Great-grandson of Laban Marcy; son of George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan; married to Georgianna L. Heckscher. See Howe family of Massachusetts.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  James Lukens McConaughy (1887-1948) — also known as James L. McConaughy — of Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 21, 1887. Republican. College professor; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1939-41; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944; Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48; died in office 1948. Member, Rotary; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died March 7, 1948 (age 60 years, 138 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) — also known as Robert M. McKinney — of New Mexico. Born in Shattuck, Ellis County, Okla., August 28, 1910. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944. Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper for 52 years. Died, of pneumonia, at New York Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., June 24, 2001 (age 90 years, 300 days). Burial location unknown.
  Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) — also known as Paul V. McNutt — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., July 19, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39, 1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Delta Chi; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Tau Kappa Alpha; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary; Kiwanis. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1918 to Kathleen Timolet.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Robert Moses (1888-1981) — also known as "The Great Builder" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 18, 1888. Son of Emanuel Moses and Isabella C. Moses. Republican. Secretary of state of New York, 1927-28; candidate for Governor of New York, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938; as head of multiple state and city agencies, led the building of dozens of major projects, including highways, bridges, parks, and public housing. Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of heart disease, in West Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 29, 1981 (age 92 years, 223 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; statue at Village Hall Grounds, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, August 15, 1915, to Mary Louise Sims.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Robert Moses: Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York — Hugh Brogan, All Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J. Daley
  May W. Newburger — of Great Neck, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972, 1984, 1988, 2000; member of New York state assembly 16th District, 1979-86. Female. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Jewish Congress. Still living as of 2000.
  Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) — also known as Thomas H. Norton — of White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Rushford, Allegany County, N.Y., June 30, 1851. Son of Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton. Republican. Chemist; newspaper editor; university professor; librarian; U.S. Consul in Harput, 1900-05; Smyrna, 1905-06; Chemnitz, 1906-14. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Delta Kappa Epsilon; American Chemical Society. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames.
  James Russell Parsons, Jr. (1861-1905) — also known as James R. Parsons, Jr. — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 20, 1861. U.S. Consul in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1888-90; official in various capacities with the New York State Board of Regents, 1891-1904; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1904-05, died in office 1905. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Psi; Sons of the Revolution. Killed in the collision of an electric trolley car with his horsedrawn carriage, in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito Federal, December 5, 1905 (age 44 years, 288 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Frances Theodora (Smith) Dana.
  Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) — of Cold Spring, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., February 12, 1891. Son of Charles R. Patterson and Lodice E. (Porter) Patterson. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40; U.S. Secretary of War, 1945-47. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; American Legion. Died in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., January 22, 1952 (age 60 years, 344 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married, January 3, 1920, to Margaret T. Winchester.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Frederic E. Perham (b. 1869) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1904-05. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) — of Enfield Center, Tompkins County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler County, N.Y. Born in Costello, Potter County, Pa., December 10, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of New York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District 1955-64). Methodist. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Marine Corps League; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange; Rotary; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Samuel Riley Pierce, Jr. (1922-2000) — also known as Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.; "Silent Sam" — Born in Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 8, 1922. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1981-89. African ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Phi Alpha. First black partner of a major New York City law firm. First black member of the board of directors of a Fortune 500 corporation. Only black member of the Reagan Cabinet. An independent counsel appointed in March 1990 found "a pervasive pattern of improper and illegal behavior" within HUD, amounting to a "monumental and calculated abuse of the public trust." Pierce acknowledged that he helped create a climate in which the corruption took place, and in return for that statement, prosecutors agreed not to pursue charges against him. Died October 31, 2000 (age 78 years, 53 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Barre, Washington County, Vt., July 2, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936 (alternate), 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Baptist. Italian ancestry. Member, Urban League; American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. First American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of occupied Italy. The New York Power Authority's plant in Astoria, Queens, is named for him. Died in Marco Island, Collier County, Fla., August 7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36 days). Interment somewhere in Elizabethtown, N.Y.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Joseph Meyer Proskauer (1877-1971) — also known as Joseph M. Proskauer — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., August 6, 1877. Son of Alfred Proskauer and Rebecca Proskauer. Lawyer; campaign manager for Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1918-22; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923-30; appointed 1923; resigned 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1927-30. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association. Died in 1971 (age about 93 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1903 to Alice Naumburg.
  Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) — also known as Laurence Radway — of Hanover, Grafton County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., February 2, 1919. Son of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university professor; chair of Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964, 1972 (alternate); candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1972. Protestant. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Political Science Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from complications of abdominal surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., May 7, 2003 (age 84 years, 94 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, August 20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland.
  Francis E. Rivers (born c.1893) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born about 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1930; City Court Judge, 1943. African ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) — also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller; "Rocky" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, July 8, 1908. Son of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby (Aldrich) Rockefeller (1874-1948). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964 (delegation chair); Governor of New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964, 1968; Vice President of the United States, 1974-77. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Pythias. Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Died, of a massive heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 26, 1979 (age 70 years, 202 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Pocantico Hills Estate, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: First cousin five times removed of Henry Rockefeller; first cousin four times removed of Simon S. Rockefeller; grandson of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich; son of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby (Aldrich) Rockefeller (1874-1948); fourth cousin once removed of Lewis Kirby Rockefeller; nephew of Richard Steere Aldrich and Winthrop Williams Aldrich; married, June 23, 1930, to Mary Todhunter Clark (divorced); married, May 4, 1963, to Margaretta Fitler 'Happy' Murphy; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married Nina Underwood); brother of Winthrop Rockefeller; uncle of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller. See Rockefeller-Aldrich-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York.
  Cross-reference: Stewart G. Anderson — John H. Terry
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Nelson A. Rockefeller: Cary Reich, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : Worlds to Conquer, 1908-1958 (out of print)
  Adolph Julius Rodenbeck (1862-1960) — also known as Adolph J. Rodenbeck — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., 1862. Son of Charles T. Rodenbeck and Fredericka C. Rodenbeck. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1899-1901; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1902-03; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1903-16; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1916-32. German ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in 1960 (age about 98 years). Burial location unknown.
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901
  Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) — also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt; "F.D.R." — of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y., January 30, 1882. Son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941). Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1928; contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of New York, 1929-33; President of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February 15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak were shot at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange; Knights of Pythias. Served as president during the Depression and World War II. His portrait appears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). Died of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether County, Ga., April 12, 1945 (age 63 years, 72 days). Interment at Roosevelt Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of Edward Hutchinson Robbins; son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941); fourth cousin once removed of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919); half-uncle of Helen Roosevelt Robinson; married, March 17, 1905, to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (niece of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne Douglas Robinson); second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who married William Phillips); first cousin of Warren Delano Robbins and Katharine Price Collier St. George; father of James Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Cross-reference: Ross T. McIntire — Milton Lipson — W. W. Howes — Bruce Barton — Hamilton Fish, Jr. — Joseph W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel I. Rosenman — Rexford G. Tugwell — Raymond Moley — Adolf A. Berle — George E. Allen — Lorence E. Asman — Grenville T. Emmet
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt: James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR : 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson, That Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt — Jonas Klein, Beloved Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles Peters, Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World — Steven Neal, Happy Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — Karen Bornemann Spies, Franklin D. Roosevelt (for young readers)
  Critical books about Franklin D. Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression — John T. Flynn, The Roosevelt Myth
  Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt: Philip Roth, The Plot Against America: A Novel
  Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) — also known as "T.R."; "Teddy"; "The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan Hill"; "The Rough Rider"; "Trust-Buster"; "The Happy Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 27, 1858. Son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884). Member of New York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884, 1900; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of New York, 1899-1901; Vice President of the United States, 1901; President of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916. Christian Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Alpha Delta Phi; Union League. Received the Medal of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee, Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1950. Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., January 6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71 days). Interment at Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Roosevelt, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren; grandnephew of James I. Roosevelt; nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt; son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884); brother of Anna L. Roosevelt (1855-1931; who married William Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923)); married, October 27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884); married, December 2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948); fourth cousin once removed of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945); uncle of Theodore Douglas Robinson, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962; who married Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), Corinne Robinson Alsop and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); father of Alice Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas Longworth) and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.; granduncle of James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and John deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather-in-law of William Floyd Weld. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Cross-reference: Gifford Pinchot — David J. Leahy — William Barnes, Jr. — Oliver D. Burden — William J. Youngs — George B. Cortelyou — Mason Mitchell — Frederic MacMaster — John Goodnow — William Loeb, Jr.
  Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Theodore BassettTheodore R. McKeldinTheodore R. KupfermanTheodore Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
  Personal motto: "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America — H. W. Brands, T.R : The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex — Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James Chace, 1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the Country — Patricia O'Toole, When Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White House — Candice Millard, The River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt : His Mind in Action (out of print)
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901
  Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973) — also known as Samuel I. Rosenman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., February 13, 1896. Son of Solomon Rosenman and Ethel (Paler) Rosenman. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1922-26; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-43; resigned 1943; special counsel to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, 1943-46. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in 1973 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 15, 1924, to Dorothy Reuben.
  See also Wikipedia article
  V. Henry Rothschild II (1908-1991) — of Piermont, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 4, 1908. Son of Victor Sidney Rothschild and Lily (Sulzberger) Rothschild. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1959. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 18, 1991 (age 82 years, 348 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Victor Sidney Rothschild and Lily (Sulzberger) Rothschild; nephew of Irene Rothschild (who married Solomon R. Guggenheim); married, May 29, 1939, to Ann Eleanor Hatfield. See McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois.
  Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) — also known as Kenneth C. Royall — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., July 24, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Durham, Durham County, N.C., May 25, 1971 (age 76 years, 305 days). Interment at Willowdale Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
  Relatives: Married to Margaret Best Royall; father of Kenneth Claiborne Royall, Jr.. See Royall family of North Carolina.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Robert Edward Rubin (b. 1938) — also known as Robert Rubin — Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 29, 1938. Son of Alexander Rubin and Sylvia (Seiderman) Rubin. Lawyer; economist; investment banker; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1995-99. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married, March 27, 1963, to Judith Leah Oxenberg.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Robert E. Rubin: In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, with Jacob Weisberg (2003)
  Alice Sachs (1905-1997) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., December 18, 1905. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958, 1960; candidate for New York state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964, 1980, 1984; Presidential Elector for New York, 1976. Female. Jewish. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; League of Women Voters; B'nai B'rith; Urban League; Phi Beta Kappa; American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP. Died at the Hallmark Nursing Centre in North Granville, Washington County, N.Y., March 29, 1997 (age 91 years, 101 days). Burial location unknown.
  Augustus Schell (1812-1884) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., August 1, 1812. Democrat. Lawyer; director or trustee of several railroad companies; New York Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1856, 1860, 1876 (speaker); U.S. Collector of Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1878. German and Dutch ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Society; Tammany Hall. Died, from complications of Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 27, 1884 (age 71 years, 239 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Brother of Richard Schell.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) — also known as Herbert B. Shonk — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., October 28, 1881. Son of George Washington Shonk. Republican. Lawyer; oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a heart attack, in White Plains Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., 1930 (age about 48 years). Interment at St. James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of George Washington Shonk; married 1907 to Gertrude Knight (daughter of Erastus Cole Knight). See Shonk-Knight family of New York.
  Kenneth Farrand Simpson (1895-1941) — also known as Kenneth F. Simpson — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 4, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of New York County Republican Party, 1935-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1941; died in office 1941. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Skull and Bones; American Legion; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 25, 1941 (age 45 years, 266 days). Interment at Hudson City Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1922 to Helen Louise Knickerbacker Porter.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (1928-2010) — also known as Theodore C. Sorensen; Ted Sorensen — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., May 8, 1928. Son of Christian Abraham Sorensen and Annis (Chaikin) Sorensen. Democrat. Lawyer; special counsel to President John F. Kennedy, 1961-63; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Died in 2010 (age about 82 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 28, 1969, to Gillian Martin.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) — also known as Oscar S. Straus — of New York. Born in Germany, December 23, 1850. Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus. Progressive. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1887-89, 1898-99; U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1906-09; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1909-10; candidate for Governor of New York, 1912. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. First Jewish U.S. cabinet member. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 3, 1926 (age 75 years, 131 days). Interment at Beth-El Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus; brother of Isidor Straus; uncle of Jesse Isidor Straus and Nathan Straus, Jr.; granduncle of Stuart Scheftel and R. Peter Straus. See Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, February 1902
  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.
  Relatives: Married, August 18, 1943, to Mildred Aleen Fisher.
  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.
  Benson Ellison Lane Timmons III (1916-1997) — also known as Benson E. L. Timmons; Lane Timmons — of Florida. Born in Sapulpa, Creek County, Okla., 1916. Rhodes scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, 1963-67. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of a stroke he suffered while recovering from pneumonia, at Southampton Hospital, Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11, 1997 (age about 80 years). Burial location unknown.
  James Ernest Truex (1913-1999) — of Sea Cliff, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Great Neck, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., August 30, 1913. Son of Ernest Truex (character actor). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; fluent in Japanese, he served as interpreter in surrender negotiations in 1945; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1960. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Actor in many Broadway plays; wrote screenplay early television shows such as the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" and "You Are There". Died, probably from Alzheimer's disease, January 12, 1999 (age 85 years, 135 days). Burial location unknown.
  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. 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.
  Relatives: Married, September 25, 1889, to Grace Elizabeth Ingold.
  Arthur Wachtel (b. 1904) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., September 24, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1939-45 (Bronx County 3rd District 1939-44, Bronx County 5th District 1945); member of New York state senate 25th District, 1946-54. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  William J. Wallin (1879-1963) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., February 17, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Elks; American Bar Association. Fell from the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at the Saw Mill River Nursing Home, Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., July 7, 1963 (age 84 years, 140 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Evelyn M. Walsh.
  Henry A. Wise (b. 1906) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 21, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state senate, 1948-64 (42nd District 1948-54, 43rd District 1955-64); chair of Jefferson County Republican Party, 1950-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Cross-reference: Henry W. Lengyel

 

 


 
   
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