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Walter W. Abbott (b. 1894) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 20,
1894.
Son of William J. Abbott and Anna (Pritchard) Abbott.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1930-33; mayor of
Rome, N.Y., 1942-43.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Floyd E. Anderson (1891-1976) —
of Port Dickinson, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934-51; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 1st District, 1941-42; member
of New
York state senate, 1943-51 (40th District 1943-44, 45th District
1945-51); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1958.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in February, 1976
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie"
Anderson.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Millard Bartels (1905-1997) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
24, 1905.
Son of Herman Bartels and June (Millard) Bartels.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, general counsel, Travelers Insurance
Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died October
16, 1997 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Thomas Baylor (b. 1866) —
also known as Theodore T. Baylor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hampton, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for New York
state treasurer, 1918, 1920.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Le Roy Becker (b. 1878) —
also known as Alfred L. Becker —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 22,
1878.
Son of Minnie Alfredena (Le Roy) Becker and Tracy
Chatfield Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for New York
state attorney general, 1918.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John James Bennett (1894-1967) —
also known as John J. Bennett —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1894.
Son of John James Bennett and Kathryn (O'Brien) Bennett.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; New York
state attorney general, 1931-42; defeated, 1938; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Catholic
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles.
One of the organizers of the American Legion. Also served as Deputy
Mayor of New York City, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York,
Chief Justice of the Court of Special Sessions, and Chairman of the
New York City Planning Commission.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
4, 1967 (age 73 years, 216
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Grosvenor Bond (1877-1974) —
also known as Charles G. Bond —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 29,
1877.
Son of William W. Bond and Frances (Currier) Bond.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., January
10, 1974 (age 96 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at West
Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
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Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941) —
also known as Francis E. Bouck —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1873.
Son of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-41; died in office 1941; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941; died in office 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Denver,
Colo., November
24, 1941 (age 67 years, 364
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck;
married, November
29, 1900, to Mabel Frankland Worcester (died); married, August
20, 1917, to Harriet Wolcott Vaile. |
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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.
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George Sturges Buck (b. 1875) —
also known as George S. Buck —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1875.
Son of Boswell R. Buck and Maria Catherine (Barnes) Buck.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Auditor, 1912-17; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1918-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer, in
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan L. Holt. |
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Hugh Leo Carey (1919-2011) —
also known as Hugh L. Carey —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 11,
1919.
Son of Dennis J. Carey and Margaret (Collins) Carey.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-75 (12th District 1961-63,
15th District 1963-75); Governor of
New York, 1975-82.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August 7,
2011 (age 92 years, 118
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Warren Cheney (1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Son of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Southwick) Cheney (died 1886) and Warren
J. Cheney (1862-1921).
Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April 18,
1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Charles S. Desmond (1896-1987) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Eden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
2, 1896.
Son of Patrick Desmond and Katherine (Jordan) Desmond.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1924; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1940; appointed 1940; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1941-59; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1959-66.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died February
19, 1987 (age 90 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 24,
1902.
Son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu
Alpha; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal
Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 16,
1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Edmond
O. Dewey; son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970; grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of
print) — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times (out of print) |
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William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) —
also known as William J. Donovan; "Wild
Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
1, 1883.
Son of Timothy P. Donovan and Anna (Lennon) Donovan.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1922-24; candidate
for Governor of
New York, 1932; general in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1953-54.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action during World War I. During World War II, he
founded and led the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, which later
became the Central Intelligence Agency.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1959 (age 76 years, 38
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
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Harold Leonard Fisher (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold L. Fisher; "Mr.
Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1910.
Son of Jacob Fisher and Pauline Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960,
1976,
1980;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1967;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1968,
1992;
chairman, New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1977-79.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1999 (age 89 years, 16
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Betty Kahn (died 1998). |
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Sydney F. Foster (b. 1893) —
of Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., March 23,
1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1929-60; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1939-40, 1945-49; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1960; defeated, 1954.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Abernethy Gamble (1885-1959) —
also known as Ralph A. Gamble —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 6,
1885.
Son of Robert
Jackson Gamble and Carrie (Osborne) Gamble.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1931-37; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-57 (25th District 1937-45,
28th District 1945-53, 26th District 1953-57).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi; Lions.
Died in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., March 4,
1959 (age 73 years, 302
days).
Interment at Hopewell
Cemetery, Port Deposit, Md.
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Edwin Louis Garvin (1877-1960) —
also known as Edwin L. Garvin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
25, 1877.
Son of Oliver Chauncey Garvin and Caroline (Selover) Garvin.
Democrat. Lawyer; special sessions court judge in
New York, 1915-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1918-25;
receiver, New York, Westchester & Boston Railway,
1937; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-47; defeated, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., 1960
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Louis Bret Hart (1869-1939) —
also known as Louis B. Hart —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., March 30,
1869.
Son of Edward Hart and Hannah (Marcy) Hart.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Surrogate, 1905-39; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 18,
1939 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1870.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900-01; district judge
in New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Augustus Kellogg (1865-1929) —
also known as Joseph A. Kellogg —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 13,
1865.
Son of Rev. Charles Dor Kellogg and Mary Jane (Baucus) Kellogg.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Washington County 2nd District, 1891;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1904; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1911; appointed 1911;
defeated, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912,
1924
(member, Platform
Committee); New York
Democratic state chair, 1918-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hospital
at Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., September
8, 1929 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Edmund H. Lewis (1884-1972) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
30, 1884.
Son of Ceylon
H. Lewis.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1930-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1933-40; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1953-54.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died July 31,
1972 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Davenport Lockwood (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles D. Lockwood —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
11, 1877.
Son of Henry Lockwood and Helen (Davenport) Lockwood.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clayton Riley Lusk (b. 1872) —
also known as Clayton R. Lusk —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., December
21, 1872.
Son of Samuel R. Lusk and Clara M. (Root) Lusk.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1919-24.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Anna Lee Mix. |
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Roderick Nathaniel Matson (b. 1871) —
also known as R. N. Matson —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming,
1924.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Fortescue C. Metcalfe (b. 1877) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
8, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1903-04; defeated,
1904.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Son of John O'Brian and Elizabeth (Lord) O'Brian.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Son of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien.
Mining engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special assistant to Barney
Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke, in
Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Son of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1952;
director, Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cuthbert Winfred Pound (b. 1864) —
also known as Cuthbert W. Pound —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 20,
1864.
Son of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law
professor; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1915; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute.
Burial
location unknown.
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Spencer G. Prime II (born c.1883) —
of Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., about 1883.
Son of Silas W. Prime.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1912-13.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Giles Sutherland Rich (b. 1904) —
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 30,
1904.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1956-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 13,
1867.
Son of Charles Hitchcock Sherrill and Sarah Fulton (Wynkoop)
Sherrill.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) —
of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Acacia; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 14,
1939 (age 60 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Luke D. Stapleton (b. 1869) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1869.
Son of Thomas Stapleton and Catharine (Quinn) Stapleton.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-17; appointed 1908;
resigned 1917; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court, 1913-17.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ludwig Teller (1911-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1911.
Son of Morris Teller and Rose (Smolov) Teller.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960, 1962.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Died October
4, 1965 (age 54 years, 104
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Stuyvesant Wainwright II (b. 1921) —
of Wainscott, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1921.
Son of Carroll L. Wainwright and Edith Catherine (Gould) Wainwright.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1953-61; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Paul Windels (1885-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1885.
Son of John Henry Windels and Pauline (Klink) Windels.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, in Norwalk Hospital,
Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
15, 1967 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Carroll Young (b. 1904) —
of Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Manlius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March 29,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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