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Victor Maxon Allen (1870-1916) —
also known as Victor M. Allen —
of Petersburg, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Petersburg, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 14,
1870.
Son of Amos H. Allen and Emily J. (Maxon) Allen.
Publishing business; banker; Rensselaer
County Sheriff, 1903; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1909-12; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
25, 1916 (age 46 years, 73
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley and Meadowlawn Cemetery, Petersburg, N.Y.
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Anthony Bleecker Banks (b. 1837) —
also known as A. Bleecker Banks —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Son of David Banks and Harriet (Lloyd) Banks.
Democrat. Publishing business; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1862; member of
New
York state senate 13th District, 1868-71; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1876-78, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1894.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Phebe Wells. |
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Henry Baum (b. 1871) —
of Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Printer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1920-21, 1925;
defeated, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1933.
Member, Typographical
Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Berri (1848-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
12, 1848.
Son of William Berri .
Republican. Carpet
merchant; printing business; newspaper
publisher; officer or director of banks, electric
utilities, and the New York Telephone
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1916-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
In 1911, he was arraigned
on a charge of
criminal
libel over an article he published in his newspaper, brought by
three candidates for Supreme Court, Herbert
T. Ketcham, Patrick
E. Callahan, and William
Willett, Jr.; the case was withdrawn a few days later when the
other two candidates discovered that Willett had indeed (as Berri
charged) paid bribes for his nomination.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 19,
1917 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1869
to Frances Williams Morris (died c.1910). |
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April 13,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing business; author; lecturer;
poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1933
to Frances W. Freeman. |
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Edward W. Buckley (b. 1877) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, October
14, 1877.
Democrat. Printing executive; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1907-08.
Member, Typographical
Unon; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hunter Corregan (b. 1860) —
also known as Charles H. Corregan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1860.
Son of William H. Corregan and Susannah (Gilmore) Corregan.
Printer; president,
Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse, 1892; vice-president,
New York State Federation of Labor, 1893; Socialist Labor candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1896; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cornelius J. Cronin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Printer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
17, 1859.
Son of Harrison
W. Crosby.
Republican. Printer; newspaper
editor and publisher; fire
chief; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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George E. Dennen (b. 1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1884.
Democrat. Printer; newspaper
reporter; member of New York
state assembly, 1913, 1926-34 (Kings County 10th District 1913,
Kings County 4th District 1926-34).
Member, Typographical
Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to May R. Conklin. |
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Ernest F. Eilert (b. 1866) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born August 1,
1866.
Son of Ernest F. Eilert and Elizabeth C. (Miller) Eilert.
Republican. Printing business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1912;
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1921.
Lutheran.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August 2,
1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Benjamin Hanford (1861-1910) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1861.
Printer; typesetter; Socialist Labor candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1897; Social Democratic
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1898, 1900, 1902; Social Democratic candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1901; Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904, 1908.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
24, 1910 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harper (1795-1869) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 13,
1795.
One of the founders of Harper and Brothers, publishers; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1844-45.
Died March 27,
1869 (age 73 years, 348
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) —
also known as Philip J. A. Harper —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born October
21, 1824.
Son of James
Harper.
Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers; village
president of Hempstead, New York.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart and
kidney
trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
1896 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Hilsdorf —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Lithographer; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1920, 1921, 1922;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1930.
Burial
location unknown.
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Evelyn West Hughan (1871-1947) —
also known as Evelyn W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March, 1871.
Daughter of Samuel Hughan (1837-1896) and Margaret (West) Hughan
(died 1921).
Socialist. Stenographer;
publishing executive; candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1928; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1933.
Female.
Scottish,
English,
and French
ancestry.
Died, in the Wood Nursing
Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1947 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Hurd (1832-1886) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandwich (unknown
county), Conn., 1832.
Bookbinder; paper bag
manufacturer; wheelbarrow
manufacturer; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1869.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1886
(age about
54 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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A. W. Josephson —
of New York.
Socialist. Printer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from New York, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Kingsbury (1837-1925) —
also known as George W. Kingsbury —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lee, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
16, 1837.
Son of Charles Backus Kingsbury (1802-1862) and Ruama (Barnes)
Kingsbury (1805-1893).
Republican. Printer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1863-67; Presidential Elector for
South Dakota, 1892;
member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1895-96; newspaper
editor.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1925 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Lanahan (b. 1871) —
of Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 28,
1871.
Democrat. Linotype operator; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1909.
Member, Eagles; Typographical
Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph James Little (1841-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
June
5, 1841.
Son of James Little.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
printer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died February
11, 1913 (age 71 years, 251
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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James Hilton Manning —
also known as James H. Manning —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. President, Weed Parsons Printing Company; president,
Albany Railway
Company (street railways); president, Hudson River Telephone
Company; president, National Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1890-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Ralph Rappé McKee —
also known as Ralph R. McKee —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot
County, Ohio.
Son of John D. McKee and Marian (Rappé) McKee.
Democrat. Publishing business; tea importing
business; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1912-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Nachtmann (1836-1886) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
September
29, 1836.
Printer; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1869-71, 1877.
Died, from bronchitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1886 (age 50 years, 69
days).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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David Joseph O'Connell (1868-1930) —
also known as David J. O'Connell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
25, 1868.
Son of James O'Connell and Mary O'Connell.
Democrat. Bookseller; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1919-21, 1923-30;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1930; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
29, 1930 (age 62 years, 4
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Luke O'Reilly (b. 1862) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
10, 1862.
Son of Luke O'Reilly and Margaret (Fitzpatrick) O'Reilly.
Democrat. Printer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1930-34; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver A. Quayle, Jr. (b. 1894) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 6,
1894.
Son of Oliver A. Quayle and Belle K. (Blampied) Quayle.
Democrat. President, Quayle & Son, bank note engravers; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1944.
Burial
location unknown.
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George F. Small —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Print cutter; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Newhall Taintor (1840-1920) —
also known as Charles N. Taintor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., November
28, 1840.
Son of Ralph
Smith Taintor and Phebe Higgins (Lord) Taintor (1814-1890).
Republican. Map and book publisher; New York Commissioner of
Emigration, 1881-89; New York City Police Justice, 1889-95; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1893; president,
United States Savings Bank,
1910-20.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 12,
1920 (age 79 years, 105
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Robert Lee Tudor (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert L. Tudor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1874.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
railway
station agent; publishing business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1913-17.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Interment at Tudor
Family Cemetery, Critz, Va.
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Clair Hiram Walbridge (1880-1970) —
also known as Clair H. Walbridge —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, July 15,
1880.
Son of Frank C. Walbridge (born 1854) and Rose M. Walbridge (born
1855).
Socialist. Linotype operator; newspaper
compositor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1932, 1933.
Died in November, 1970
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gilbert Wasserman —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Typesetter; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate, 1950 (17th District), 1954 (19th District);
American Labor candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1953.
Still living as of 1954.
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Herbert Moore Wicks (1889-1957) —
also known as Harry M. Wicks; Herbert
Moore —
Born in Arcola, Douglas
County, Ill., December
10, 1889.
Communist. Typesetter; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1918; founding member
Communist Party of America, 1919; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1924; Workers
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934; expelled from Communist
Party, 1937.
Not to be confused with the British Communist of the same name.
Died in 1957
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) —
also known as William H. Wiley —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1842.
Son of John Wiley and Elizabeth B. Wiley.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; engineer;
publisher of scientific works; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1925
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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