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Joseph McCrum Belford (1852-1917) —
also known as Joseph M. Belford —
of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa., August 5,
1852.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1897-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died suddenly in Grand
Central Station, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1917 (age 64 years, 271
days).
Interment at Riverhead
Cemetery, Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y.
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg (b. 1942) —
also known as Michael Bloomberg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
14, 1942.
Son of Charlotte Bloomberg.
Republican. Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2002-.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer, at
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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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.
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Benjamin H. Demo (born c.1898) —
of Croghan, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Massena, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., about 1898.
Republican. Banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1939-58.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Elks; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) —
also known as P. Henry Dugro —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; hotelier;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; superior
court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1920 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) —
also known as Ralph W. Gwinn —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., March 29,
1884.
Son of John Harvey Gwinn and Edith (Harvey) Gwinn.
Republican. Lawyer; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,
1940, 1942.
Methodist
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
27, 1962 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Frederick Cocks Hicks (1872-1925) —
also known as Frederick C. Hicks; Frederick Hicks
Cocks —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Westbury, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
1872.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1915-23; defeated,
1912.
Quaker.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1925
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Quaker
Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Peter A. Peyser (b. 1921) —
of Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarhurst, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
7, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-77, 1979-83 (25th District
1971-73, 23rd District 1973-77, 1979-83); candidate in Republican
primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1976.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Frank Leander Sundstrom (1901-1980) —
also known as Frank L. Sundstrom —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Massena, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
5, 1901.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Summit, Union
County, N.J., May 23,
1980 (age 79 years, 139
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, East Hanover, N.J.
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Dean Park Taylor (1902-1977) —
also known as Dean P. Taylor —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
1, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1939-42; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1943-61 (29th District 1943-45,
33rd District 1945-53, 31st District 1953-61); New York
Republican state chair, 1954.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
16, 1977 (age 75 years, 288
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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William Edgar Tuttle, Jr. (1870-1923) —
also known as William E. Tuttle, Jr. —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
10, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1911-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1923
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Horseheads, N.Y.
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David Gardiner Tyler (1846-1927) —
also known as D. Gardiner Tyler —
of Sturgeon Point (unknown
county), Va.
Born in New York, 1846.
Son of John
Tyler (1790-1862).
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1893-97.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1927
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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