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Arthur Judson Abbott (b. 1880) —
also known as Arthur J. Abbott —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March 30,
1880.
Son of Emery J. Abbott and Nancy S. (MacComb) Abbott.
Democrat. School teacher; newspaper
editor; mayor of
Oneida, N.Y., 1924-25, 1928-29; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gary Leonard Ackerman (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary L. Ackerman —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica Estates, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
19, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state senate 12th District, 1979-83; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (7th District 1983-93,
5th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 2009.
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Seth S. Allen (b. 1864) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Clinton
County, N.Y., October
20, 1864.
Son of Isaac C. Allen and Henrietta (Fuller) Allen.
School teacher; lawyer; Dry
candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1892
to Della Parsons. |
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Bradford Almy (b. 1845) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Enfield, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
10, 1845.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Tompkins
County Judge and Surrogate, 1898; mayor of
Ithaca, N.Y., 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hermes Luther Ames (1865-1920) —
also known as Hermes L. Ames; Henry Ames —
of Falconer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Carroll town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
28, 1865.
Son of Loretta Woodward (Tiller) Ames and Ezra Wales Ames
(1841-1920).
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; hay
dealer; milling
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1918-20; died
in office 1920.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Grange.
Died August
23, 1920 (age 54 years, 300
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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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus.
Republican. School teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil Company;
owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Robert Philo Anibal (1845-1908) —
also known as Robert P. Anibal —
of Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Benson, Hamilton
County, N.Y., February
22, 1845.
Son of Philo Anibal (1817-1878) and Mary (Orcutt) Anibal.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Hamilton
County Judge and Surrogate, 1872-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1896;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1901.
In May 1901, the Herkimer County District Attorney accused
him of offering a
bribe to a witness in
a criminal trial; Anibal denied this.
Died in Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
14, 1908 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, April 24,
1872, to Frances E. Van Arnam (1859-1929). |
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George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) —
also known as George A. Arkwright —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
19, 1888.
Son of George A. Arkwright and Mary Augusta (McKeever) Arkwright.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1950-58, 1962-64; appointed 1950; Justice
of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1954-62.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Vincent H. Auleta (1886-1961) —
also known as Vincenzo Auleta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1886.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1926-30;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1930.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, in University Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1961 (age 75 years, 176
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Anna J. Schoenherr. |
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Patricia Ellis Baker (b. 1938) —
also known as Patricia E. Baker; Patricia
Ellis —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Gaines, Orleans
County, N.Y., November
7, 1938.
Daughter of Charles Otis Ellis and Ruth (Winslow) Ellis.
Democrat. School teacher; college
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1960
to Roy John Baker. |
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Thomas M. Balliet (1852-1942) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 1,
1852.
Son of Nathan Balliet and Sarah Balliet.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; university
professor; dean, School of Education, New York University,
1904-19; Law Preservation candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1942 (age 89 years, 354
days).
Cremated.
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John T. Barnett (b. 1869) —
of Silverton, San Juan
County, Colo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Ouray
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 22,
1869.
Son of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett.
Democrat. School principal; newspaper
editor; lawyer; Ouray
County Attorney, 1898-1910; Colorado
state attorney general, 1909-10; secretary of
Colorado Democratic Party, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1913-20.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett; married, January
24, 1906, to Sue Sayre Nash (died 1911); married, March 7,
1917, to Myrtle Louise Emily Schlessiner. |
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Caleb Howard Baumes (1865-1937) —
also known as Caleb H. Baumes —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., March 31,
1865.
Son of Peter H. Baumes and Mary E. (Wiltsie) Baumes.
Republican. School teacher; bookkeeper;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1915;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1919-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Author of "Baumes Law" which provided for mandatory life sentences
for fourth felony offenders.
Died, of a heart
attack, on a New York Central train,
near Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
25, 1937 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Son of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (1831-1872; granddaughter of Myron Holly (prominent
abolitionist)). |
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Josiah Williams Begole (1815-1896) —
also known as Josiah W. Begole —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
20, 1815.
Son of William Begole and Eleanor Bowls Begole.
School teacher; farmer; Genesee
County Treasurer, 1856-64; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1871-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874, 1880; Governor of
Michigan, 1883-84; defeated (Fusion), 1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 5,
1896 (age 81 years, 137
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Fred Bennetts —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Socialist. School teacher; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Westchester County 5th District, 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Albert Betts (1853-1928) —
also known as James A. Betts —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Broadalbin, Fulton
County, N.Y., March 18,
1853.
Son of Isaiah Betts and Margaret A. (Hoes) Betts.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
president, Kingston Savings Bank;
vice-president, Kingston City Hospital;
trustee, Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1892-98; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1899-1911.
Baptist.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., May 8,
1928 (age 75 years, 51
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaiah Betts and Margaret A. (Hoes) Betts; married, October
16, 1884, to Frances M. Hill (died 1905); married 1908 to Olivia
Ann (Mathews) North. |
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Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) —
also known as Jerome H. Bishop —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Oxbow, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
3, 1846.
Son of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; founder, J.H. Bishop fur company
of Wyandotte, Mich.; rug and
coat
manufacturer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1908;
mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich..
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died May 22,
1928 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married 1867 to Jennie
Gray (died 1873); married 1876 to Ella M.
Clark (1856-1926). |
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William Washington Brunswick (b. 1872) —
also known as William W. Brunswick —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1872.
School teacher; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Barmen, 1907-09; Chemnitz, 1909-11; SAINT Etienne, 1914; U.S. Consul in La Rochelle, 1919-24; Niagara Falls, 1926-27; Barbados, 1929; Lisbon, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) —
also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones;
Mary Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., 1882.
Communist. School teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926;
used the pseudonym "Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration
to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired
from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the
English-language broadcasts of Radio
Moscow, 1937-45.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1945
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John A. Byrnes (c.1897-1963) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1897.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1926-36;
Justice, New York City Court, 1937-59; chief justice, 1943-57.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 24,
1963 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mae McSherry. |
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John Callahan (b. 1865) —
of Menasha, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Goldens Bridge, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
18, 1865.
Son of M. J. Callahan and Johanna (Walsh) Callahan.
School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1921-.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrin N. Carter (b. 1854) —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
22, 1854.
Son of Benajah Carter and Isabel (Cole) Carter.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Grundy
County Superintendent of Schools, 1880-82; Grundy
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-88; Cook
County Judge, 1894-1905; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1906-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, August 1,
1881, to Nettie J. Steven. |
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1919 |
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) —
also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman —
of Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., January
9, 1859.
Daughter of Lucius Lane and Maria (Clinton) Lane.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; president,
National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1900-04 (succeeding
Susan B. Anthony) and 1915-20; founder of the League of Women Voters;
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters.
Died, from a heart
attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 9,
1947 (age 88 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy;
school teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Robert Andrew Childs (1845-1915) —
also known as Robert A. Childs —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March 22,
1845.
Son of Rev. George Childs (died 1870) and Calista (Cochran) Childs
(died 1854).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
principal; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1884;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., December
19, 1915 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Bronswood
Cemetery, Hinsdale, Ill.
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August Claessens (1885-1954) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
1885.
School teacher; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1918-20, 1922;
expelled 1920; defeated, 1920 (New York County 17th District), 1922
(New York County 17th District), 1923 (New York County 17th
District), 1925 (Bronx County 4th District), 1937 (Kings County 4th
District), 1938 (Kings County 14th District), 1954 (Kings County 14th
District); delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York,
1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1924 (Socialist, 23rd District),
1928 (Socialist, 14th District), 1934 (Socialist, at-large), 1946
(Liberal, 10th District), 1948 (Liberal, 8th District), 1950
(Liberal, 8th District); American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1940.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
9, 1954 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) —
also known as W. Bourke Cockran —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
February
28, 1854.
Son of Martin Cockran and Harriet (Knight) Cockran.
School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23
(12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95,
1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died
in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892,
1904,
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1923 (age 69 years, 1
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Frank Comesky (b. 1858) —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
14, 1858.
Son of Owen Comesky and Ann (Magie) Comesky.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer; Rockland
County District Attorney, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1900.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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George M. Dallas Condon (1860-1933) —
also known as George M. Condon —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., December
27, 1860.
Republican. School teacher; dry goods
merchant; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1917-30 (4th District 1917-26, 5th District
1927-30); defeated in primary, 1930.
Died in 1933
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Grand
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) —
also known as George B. Cortelyou —
of Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1862.
Son of Peter Crolius Cortelyou, Jr. (1839-1873) and Rose (Seary)
Cortelyou (1840-1925).
Republican. School principal; confidential stenographer to
President Grover
Cleveland, 1895-96; Executive Clerk of the White House, 1896-98;
secretary to President William
McKinley, 1900-01; secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1901-03; financier;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903-04; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904-07; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1905-07; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1907-09; president, Consolidated Gas
Company, New York, 1909-35; director, New York Life
Insurance Company; first president, Edison Electric Institute,
1933.
Member, Union
League.
Died, following two heart
attacks, in Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
23, 1940 (age 78 years, 89
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Jerome Curran (1898-1958) —
also known as Thomas J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1898.
Son of Daniel J. Curran and Margaret Mary (Connors) Curran.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
chair
of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary of
state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military
Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 29,
1958 (age 59 years, 243
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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James Henry Davidson (1858-1918) —
also known as James H. Davidson —
of Green
Lake County, Wis.; Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Colchester, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1858.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Green
Lake County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1897-1913, 1917-18 (6th District
1897-1903, 8th District 1903-13, 6th District 1917-18); died in
office 1918.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 6,
1918 (age 60 years, 49
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Vincent J. DeSantis (b. 1926) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., 1926.
Republican. School teacher; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1994-97.
Member, American
Legion; United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1997.
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Michael Devereaux —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879-80; mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1890-92, 1896-98, 1907-08; candidate for
Michigan
state board of education, 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luren Dudley Dickinson (1859-1943) —
also known as Luren D. Dickinson —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., April 15,
1859.
Republican. School teacher and principal; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1905-08 (Eaton County
2nd District 1897-98, Eaton County 1905-08); member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1909-10; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1915-20, 1927-32, 1939; defeated, 1924,
1932, 1936; Governor of
Michigan, 1939-40; defeated, 1920, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Methodist.
English
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 22,
1943 (age 84 years, 7
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Sylvester A. Dineen (b. 1898) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
11, 1898.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1925-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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James L. Dixon —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Henry Dodds (1858-1940) —
also known as Francis H. Dodds —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born near Waddington, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 9,
1858.
Son of John Dodds and Catharine (Hoy) Dodds.
Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1909-13; defeated,
1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., December
23, 1940 (age 82 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Peter F. Dodds (b. 1849) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
4, 1849.
Son of John Dodds and Catharine (Hoy) Dodds.
School teacher; lawyer; law
partner of Isaac
A. Fancher, 1875-82; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1894-1917.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred J. Doherty (1856-1929) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in New York, May 1,
1856.
Republican. School teacher; hardware
business; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1901-06; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1907-19; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1908;
represented the Pullman railroad
car company as a lobbyist
in Michigan and other states; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Died September
24, 1929 (age 73 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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DeWitt C. Dominick —
of Walden, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Gallupville, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
coal
and lumber
dealer; feed
business; real estate
business; builder;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1925-30.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester Donaldson (b. 1862) —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., March 28,
1862.
School teacher and principal; engineer;
U.S. Consul in Managua, 1898-1905; Port Limon, 1905-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dorothea E. Donaldson —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1948,
1952;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1964.
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Edgar F. Down —
of Pleasant Ridge, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Brewerton, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Republican. School teacher and principal; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1947-48; defeated in primary, 1948.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan J. Dudley (b. 1853) —
of Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Newfield, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
27, 1853.
Republican. School teacher and principal; shingle
manufacturer; wholesale lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo County, 1897-1900;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonathan M. Dudley (1830-1893) —
of near Dixon, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., September
7, 1830.
School teacher; farmer;
member of California
state assembly 17th District, 1862-63; candidate for California
state senate, 1873; delegate to
California state constitutional convention, 1878.
Died in 1893
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Silveyville
Cemetery, Dixon, Calif.
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Vincent J. Dwyer —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; Independent candidate for New York
state assembly 26th District, 1986.
Still living as of 1986.
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John Joseph Eagan (1872-1956) —
also known as John J. Eagan —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., January
22, 1872.
Democrat. Stenographer;
school teacher and principal; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1913-21, 1923-25;
defeated, 1920.
Died in Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J., June 13,
1956 (age 84 years, 143
days).
Interment at Rosendale
Cemetery, Tillson, N.Y.
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Webster Edmunds —
of Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; insurance
and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1927-28.
Presbyterian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ron Ehrenreich (b. 1950) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in 1950.
Socialist. School teacher; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988.
Still living as of 1999.
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Eliot Lanze Engel (b. 1947) —
also known as Eliot L. Engel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
18, 1947.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972
(alternate), 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly 81st District, 1977-88; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (19th District 1989-93,
17th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2009.
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Hugh T. Farley —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Republican. School teacher; university
professor; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1977-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives:
Married to Sharon Rose. |
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Joe L. Farmer (born c.1938) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., about 1938.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 2003.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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George A. Farr (b. 1924) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1924.
Son of George Farr and Ruth (Townley) Farr.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school teacher and
principal; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1958; executive secretary, Gov. Orville
Freeman, 1959-60; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair,
1961-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 1967.
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James W. Feely —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1939-46, 1949-51.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Spencer Feld (1891-1987) —
also known as A. Spencer Feld —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
5, 1891.
Son of Joel Feld and Mary (Brown) Feld.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1925-26;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1927-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 24,
1987 (age 96 years, 78
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Son of Warren Torry Felt (1809-1872) and Cynthia Amelia (Stowell)
Felt (1812-1855).
Republican. School teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker;
Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1884;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) —
also known as Geraldine Ferraro —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., August
26, 1935.
Daughter of Dominick Ferraro and Antonetta (Corrieri) Ferraro.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(chair, Platform
Committee), 1996;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1984; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Inducted into the National Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 26,
2011 (age 75 years, 212
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) —
also known as Woodbridge N. Ferris; "The Big Rapids
Schoolmaster"; "The Good Grey
Governor" —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin near Spencer, Tioga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1853.
Son of John Ferris, Jr. and Estella (Reed) Ferris.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; founder and president,
Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate for
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big Rapids
Savings Bank; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Washington,
D.C., March 23,
1928 (age 75 years, 77
days).
Interment at Highland
View Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.
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M. Maldwin Fertig (b. 1887) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1887.
Son of Joseph Fertig and Celia (Siegel) Fertig.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1915-17, 1919 (New York County 34th District
1915-17, Bronx County 4th District 1919); defeated, 1917, 1919; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Edward Finegan (b. 1866) —
Born in West Fulton, Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1866.
School teacher; lawyer; bank
director; Pennsylvania
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-21.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward F. Fisher (b. 1870) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, Mich., October
31, 1870.
Republican. School teacher; physician;
surgeon for Amalgamated Copper Co. coal mines
in Wyoming; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate, 1924 (5th District), 1926 (21st District); member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 5th District,
1929-36, 1941-44; defeated, 1944, 1950; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936.
Burial
location unknown.
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Katheryn Vera Fitzgerald (b. 1902) —
also known as Katheryn Fitzgerald —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.; Pilot Knob, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1902.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1944; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Association of University Women.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) —
also known as Claude M. Fuess —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
12, 1885.
Son of Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess.
Republican. Instructor and headmaster, Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard G. Fuller —
of Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa; South Dakota.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
School teacher and principal; Hardin
County Superintendent of Schools, 1883-86; lawyer;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1889-94; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1894-1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maria Leonard. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Benjamin Glassberg —
of New York.
Born in Poland.
Socialist. School teacher; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milo Goodrich (1814-1881) —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in East Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
3, 1814.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; postmaster;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1871-73.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 15,
1881 (age 67 years, 102
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
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Rhoda Fox Graves (1877-1950) —
of Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Fowler town, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1925-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
member of New York
state senate, 1935-48 (34th District 1935-44, 39th District
1945-48).
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the
Eastern Star.
First
woman elected to the New York State Senate.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., January
25, 1950 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Gouverneur, N.Y.
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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.
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Lawton Thomas Hemans (1864-1916) —
also known as Lawton T. Hemans —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Collamer, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1864.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
mayor of Mason, Mich., 1891; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1901-04; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 14th District,
1907-08; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1908, 1910; chairman, Michigan Railroad Commission,
1911-16; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1911; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in a sanitarium
at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
17, 1916 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Merton W. Herrick (1834-1907) —
of St.
Croix County, Wis.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., November
19, 1834.
School teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
St.
Croix County Treasurer, 1867-72; lumber
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1881.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died March 24,
1907 (age 72 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Son of John Hewitt (1777-1857) and Ann (Gurnee) Hewitt (1784-1870).
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought iron;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1876; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Fox Holden (b. 1849) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.; Ludlowville, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., August
17, 1849.
Son of William Harrison Holden and Sarah (Walker) Holden.
Superintendent of schools; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred S. Hollowell (b. 1883) —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Milo, Yates
County, N.Y., January
18, 1883.
Republican. School principal; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1932-45; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1945-52.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank A. Hooker (1844-1911) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
16, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney; superintendent of schools; circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1878-92; appointed 1878; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1893-1911; died in office 1911; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1902-03.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 10,
1911 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) —
also known as Charles L. Hoover —
of Edgemont, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, January
11, 1872.
Son of Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover.
Superintendent of schools; botanist;
linguist;
divisional superintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09;
U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1909-12; Carlsbad, 1912-14; Prague, 1914-16; Sao Paulo, 1916-20; Danzig, 1922; Batavia, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, 1928-32.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 30,
1949 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Warren Joel Howard (b. 1876) —
also known as W. J. Howard —
of Roxbury, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Tully, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
22, 1876.
Republican. Physician;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Roxbury, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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William B. Hoyt (c.1938-1992) —
also known as Bill Hoyt —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1938.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972;
member of New York
state assembly 144th District, 1975-92; died in office 1992;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1989.
Suffered a heart
attack and collapsed, during an Assembly
session, in the State
Capitol Building, and died soon after in the Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 25,
1992 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Susan Curran. |
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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.
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James William Husted (1833-1892) —
also known as James W. Husted; "Bald
Eagle" —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
31, 1833.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1869-81, 1884-92 (Westchester County 3rd District
1869-78, Rockland County 1879-80, Westchester County 3rd District
1881, 1884-92); died in office 1892; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1886-87, 1890;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney
disease and heart
failure, in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
25, 1892 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Samson Inselbuch (b. 1903) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born October
13, 1903.
Son of Rabbi Elias Inselbuch.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Jewish.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerald David Jennings (b. 1948) —
also known as Gerald D. Jennings; Jerry
Jennings —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 31,
1948.
Democrat. School teacher; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1994-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1996,
2000,
2008;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 2002-06.
Still living as of 2010.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson.
School principal; author; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi
Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Sue W. Kelly (b. 1936) —
of Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
26, 1936.
Republican. School teacher; staff for U.S. Rep. Hamilton
Fish; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1995-.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Eugene James Keogh (1907-1989) —
also known as Eugene J. Keogh —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
30, 1907.
Son of James Preston Keogh and Elizabeth (Kehoe) Keogh.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1936; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-67 (9th District 1937-63, 11th
District 1963-67); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 26,
1989 (age 81 years, 269
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Laverne —
of Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1961-72 (52nd District 1961-65, 57th District 1966,
50th District 1967-72).
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1972.
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Algernon Lee (b. 1873) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, September
15, 1873.
Son of James Lee and Jane (Emmerson) Lee.
Socialist. School teacher; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1909; candidate
for Governor of
New York, 1916; delegate to Socialist National Convention from
New York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1920 (14th District), 1926 (13th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1922; candidate for New York
state senate, 1928 (14th District), 1930 (14th District), 1932
(17th District); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lee and Jane (Emmerson) Lee; married 1899 to Blanche
Knappen (died 1900); married 1907 to Dr.
Matilda Sinai. |
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Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Revisch, Hungary,
1884.
School teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the founders and
a vice-president
of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in
the union.
Member, Urban
League; American
Federation of Teachers.
Collapsed and died in a barber
shop, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1956 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Queens, N.Y.
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Albert Link (b. 1882) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Duffields, Jefferson
County, W.Va., May 4,
1882.
Son of John Luther Link (1857-1916) and Estelle May (Snader) Link
(1860-1914).
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1918-19;
defeated, 1919.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln R. Long (b. 1861) —
of New Kingston, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hancock town, Delaware
County, N.Y., February
3, 1861.
Republican. Farmer; stonecutter;
school principal; Methodist
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1919-23.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Macdonald (b. 1867) —
of St. Regis Falls, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Nova
Scotia, September
13, 1867.
Son of Alexander Macdonald and Catherine (MacAulay) Macdonald.
Republican. School principal; banker; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1908; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1910-15; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
New York State Conservation Commissioner, from 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, Chi Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rufus Mallory (1831-1914) —
of Oregon.
Born in Coventry, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
10, 1831.
Son of Samuel Mallory and Lucretia (Davis) Mallory.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1862, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1873-82.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April 30,
1914 (age 83 years, 110
days).
Cremated.
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Harry Ray Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Harry R. Marble —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in West Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 27,
1876.
Son of Harrison R. Marble and Sabra (Simmons) Marble.
Republican. School teacher; railroad
office employee; farmer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1934-50.
Universalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles K. Marlatt (b. 1861) —
of Troupsburg, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Troupsburg, Steuben
County, N.Y., March 3,
1861.
Republican. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1907-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Helen M. Marshall (b. 1929) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; East Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1929.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1975; member of New York
state assembly 35th District, 1983-91; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1992,
1996,
2000;
borough
president of Queens, New York, 2002-.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Anne Clark Martindell (b. 1914) —
also known as Anne Clark; Mrs. Jackson
Martindell —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1914.
Daughter of William Clark and Marjory (Blair) Clark.
Democrat. School teacher; vice-chair of
New Jersey Democratic Party, 1969-74; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1976; member of New Jersey
state senate 14th District, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1979-81; Western Samoa, 1979-81.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, League
of Women Voters.
Still living as of 1997.
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Edwyn E. Mason (born c.1916) —
of Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in De Peyster, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., about 1916.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-72 (Delaware County 1953-65, 124th District
1966, 113th District 1967-72); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Grange.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Melva Bettinger. |
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John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) —
also known as John C. C. Mayo —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in Johnson
County, Ky., September
16, 1864.
Democrat. School teacher; coal mining
baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in
Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1908,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease and peritonitis,
in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1914 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
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Francis J. McCaffrey, Jr. (b. 1902) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
9, 1902.
Son of Dr. Francis J. McCaffrey and Irene (Booth) McCaffrey.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1934-40;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1941; resigned 1941.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1932
to Katherine Agnes Hume. |
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Albert H. McGeehan (b. 1944) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., 1944.
School teacher; mayor of
Holland, Mich., 2002-07.
Still living as of 2007.
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Joseph V. McKee (1889-1956) —
also known as "Holy Joe" —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August 8,
1889.
School teacher; lawyer; author;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1918-23; municipal
judge in New York, 1924-26; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1932; defeated, 1932, 1933 (Recovery);
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1938.
Died January
28, 1956 (age 66 years, 173
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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William James McKone (1866-1928) —
also known as William J. McKone —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Montezuma, Cayuga
County, N.Y., August
23, 1866.
Son of Franklin McKone (c.1836-1870) and Mary C. (Bell) McKone
(1842-1907).
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1906-15.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
28, 1928 (age 62 years, 5
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Relatives:
Grandnephew of Samuel
Bell; son of Franklin McKone (c.1836-1870) and Mary C. (Bell)
McKone (1842-1907); married 1892 to Minnie
Townsend (1869-1937). |
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1911 |
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Wilson Messer (1876-1958) —
of Campbell town, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Campbell town, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
23, 1876.
Son of Martha (White) Messer (1844-1905) and Thomas Messer (died
1892).
Republican. School teacher; automobile
dealer; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1924-36;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in 1958
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 3,
1920, to Maude B. Woodcock (1867-1935). |
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Nathan Lewis Miller (1868-1953) —
also known as Nathan L. Miller —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Solon town, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
10, 1868.
Son of Samuel Miller and Almira (Russell) Miller.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; New York
state comptroller, 1901-03; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1903-13; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1904-13; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1913-15; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920;
Governor
of New York, 1921-22; defeated, 1922.
German
ancestry.
Died June 26,
1953 (age 84 years, 259
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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George E. Monroe —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1902-05.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Louise Nice (b. 1911) —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Grand Island, Erie
County, N.Y., October
22, 1911.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1956.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Lambda Theta.
Still living as of 1956.
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John W. O'Brien (1853-1895) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
13, 1853.
School principal; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1894.
Died in 1895
(age about
41 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. O'Keefe (1860-1936) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Wilson, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
28, 1860.
Son of Morris O'Keefe and Margaret (Roman) O'Keefe.
Republican. School principal; superintendent of
schools; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04, 1918; Saginaw city
corporation counsel, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1932
(alternate), 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died October
8, 1936 (age 75 years, 285
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Ida Catherine Callam (died 1909). |
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Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
13, 1922.
Democrat. School teacher; welder; social
worker; founder, in 1961, of ASPIRA, a non-profit organization
which promotes education and community for Puerto Rican and other
Latino youth; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967;
received the Medal
of Freedom, 1996; inducted into the Hunter College Hall of
Fame.
Female.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Lesbian.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
2002 (age 79 years, 253
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Lewis Patrie (b. 1869) —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1869.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1910-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar A. Pearsall (b. 1843) —
of Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., August
10, 1843.
Republican. School teacher; farmer; lumber
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1889-90, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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John G. Peck —
of Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1922-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Phillips (b. 1823) —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
18, 1823.
Son of Waterman Phillips and Rachel (Kinney) Phillips.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
farmer;
merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1873-74; president, Homer
National Bank.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1850
to Abby Rhodes (died 1896). |
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Charles S. Plank (b. 1863) —
of Waddington, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Rodman, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
27, 1863.
Son of Seymour S. Plank and Rosina (Mattoon) Plank.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1900-05.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social
worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Still living as of 1975.
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Charles G. Putney (b. 1866) —
of Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Lisbon, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
4, 1866.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1911-12.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Jessie A. Moore (died 1904). |
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John Francis Quinn (b. 1951) —
also known as Jack Quinn —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 13,
1951.
Republican. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1993-2003 (30th District 1993-2003,
27th District 2003).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Raines —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1871-78; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888
(speaker),
1892,
1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) —
also known as Franklin P. Randall —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., June 2,
1812.
School teacher; lawyer; railroad
promoter; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-50; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1856;
mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 23,
1892 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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John F. Reidy (b. 1893) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., August
23, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1924-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph M. Reilly (b. 1927) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 21,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1962-65; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-82 (11th District 1966, 7th District
1967-72, 14th District 1973-82).
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Mary Power. |
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Harrah Judson Reynolds (b. 1835) —
also known as Harrah J. Reynolds —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., September
30, 1835.
Son of Harrah Reynolds and Hannah White (Savage) Reynolds.
School principal; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1909.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Son of Samuel Rockwell and Johanna (Hunt) Rockwell.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) —
also known as Alice V. McSherry —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1894.
Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1943-46.
Female.
Member, Grange; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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James M. Rozan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Boruszyn, Poland.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1909-10, 1912-13.
Polish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph T. St. Lawrence (b. 1913) —
of Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August 9,
1913.
Democrat. School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Rockland County 1965, 105th District
1966, 94th District 1967-68).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Marguerite Clinton Downey. |
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Randall Neefus Saunders (b. 1868) —
also known as Randall N. Saunders —
of Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
26, 1868.
Son of Benjamin Saunders and Ann (Neefus) Saunders.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; Columbia
County School Commissioner; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1911; defeated, 1911;
superintendent of schools.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. (1828-1894) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born March 2,
1828.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer; Ulster
County Judge, 1864-72; member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1876-77; New York
state attorney general, 1878-79; defeated, 1879; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1887-90.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 9,
1894 (age 66 years, 38
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Jacob Schupler (b. 1909) —
also known as Philip J. Schupler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Austria,
February
28, 1909.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Son of Morris Shanker and Mamie Shanker.
Democrat. School teacher; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y.
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Florence Donald Shapiro (b. 1948) —
also known as Florence Shapiro —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 2,
1948.
Republican. School teacher; public
relations and advertising business; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 1990-92; member of Texas
state senate, 1993-2011 (2nd District 1993-95, 8th District
1995-2011).
Female.
Still living as of 2011.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Francis E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Son of Francis
Edwin Shober and Josephine May (Wheat) Shober.
Democrat. School teacher; minister; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Gladys Noon Spellman (1918-1988) —
also known as Gladys Blossom Noon —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1918.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1975-81.
Female.
Jewish.
Removed from Congress in February 1981 by House resolution, due to
incapacitating illness.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., June 19,
1988 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Toby Ann Stavisky —
also known as Toby A. Stavisky; Toby Ann
Goldhaar —
of Whitestone, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984,
2008;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 2000-.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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William Morey Stuart (b. 1883) —
also known as William M. Stuart —
of Canisteo, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cameron town, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 7,
1883.
Republican. School teacher; postmaster;
author;
member of New York
state assembly, 1937-52 (Steuben County 2nd District 1937-44,
Steuben County 1945-52).
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel W. Tallmadge (c.1842-1894) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., about 1842.
School teacher; member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80, 1888 (Kings County 9th District 1879,
Kings County 11th District 1880, Kings County 12th District 1888).
Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
15, 1894 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Anna Mary Tibbets —
also known as Anna Tibbets —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tibbets Hills (unknown
county), N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Asiba Tupahache —
Born in Long Island (unknown
county), N.Y.
School teacher; Peace and Freedom candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1992.
Female.
Matinecoc
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 1992.
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Albert Vann —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly 56th District, 1975-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988,
2000,
2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Edward Butterfield Vreeland (1856-1936) —
also known as Edward B. Vreeland —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1856.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (34th District 1899-1903,
37th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) —
also known as Adoniram J. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Wales, Erie
County, N.Y., January
13, 1834.
Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-81, 1883-87 (13th District
1879-81, 15th District 1883-85, 17th District 1885-87); defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
engaged in street
railway construction in Washington, D.C., and railroad
construction in Ohio.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
12, 1910 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Randi Weingarten (b. 1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
18, 1957.
Daughter of Gabriel Weingarten and Edith (Appelbaum) Weingarten.
Democrat. School teacher; president,
United Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
Presidential Elector for New York, 2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004-08.
Female.
Lesbian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harvey Weisenberg (born c.1934) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1934.
Democrat. Police
officer; school teacher; member of New York
state assembly 20th District, 1989-.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2001.
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Winfred E. Whittemore (1868-1947) —
of Estelline, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
22, 1868.
Son of Josephus W. Whittemore (1832-1889) and Lucy A. (Hoyt)
Whittemore (1844-1930).
Republican. School teacher; real
estate and insurance
business; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-08, 1913-14 (29th
District 1907-08, 59th District 1913-14); member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1915-18.
Died March 12,
1947 (age 79 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Estelline, S.Dak.
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Charles S. Witkowski (1907-1993) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 4,
1907.
School teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1957-61; defeated, 1961.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 89
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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