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Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) —
also known as Ernest R. Ackerman —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1863.
Son of James Harvey Ackerman.
Republican. President, Lawrence Portland
Cement Company; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1896;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908,
1916;
member of New Jersey
state board of education, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in
office 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union League.
He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Died, of heart
disease, in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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George Bethune Adams (1845-1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 3,
1845.
Son of Andrew W. Adams and Mary A. Adams.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1901-11;
died in office 1911.
Member, Union League.
Died in Hague, Warren
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 66 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Melville Agnew (b. 1878) —
also known as Arthur M. Agnew —
of Grantwood, Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1878.
Son of James Agnew and Maria (McGovern) Agnew.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1913-15; candidate for New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Son of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New
York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Emily D. Gruban. |
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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Son of Rev. William Arthur (1796-1875) and Malvina (Stone) Arthur
(1802-1869).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union League.
Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon
(1837-1880). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
A. Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Joseph M. Aspinwall (b. 1854) —
also known as Joseph Aspinall —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1888-89, 1891;
member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1892-93; Kings
County Judge, 1896; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) —
also known as Edward T. Bartlett —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 14,
1841.
Son of Dr. Levi Bartlett (physician) and Harriette Elizabeth
(Hopkins) Bartlett.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1891; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910.
French
and English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Union League.
Died, of heart
disease, in Albany Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 3,
1910 (age 68 years, 323
days).
Interment somewhere
in Skaneateles, N.Y.
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933, 1940; justice, New
York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Charles Goodwin Bennett (1863-1914) —
also known as Charles G. Bennett —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1863.
Son of George
C. Bennett.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1892; Secretary of the U.S. Senate, 1900.
Member, Union League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 25,
1914 (age 50 years, 165
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Son of Asahel Newton Bliss and Irene Borden (Luther) Bliss.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904.
English
ancestry. Member, Union League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss, Jr. (1874-1949) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 13,
1874.
Son of Cornelius
Newton Bliss (1833-1911) and Elizabeth Mary (Plummer) Bliss
(1837-1923).
Republican. Business
executive; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1916.
Member, Union League.
Died, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1949 (age 74 years, 357
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charles Grosvenor Bond (1877-1974) —
also known as Charles G. Bond —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 29,
1877.
Son of William W. Bond and Frances (Currier) Bond.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Union League.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., January
10, 1974 (age 96 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at West
Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
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Robert William Bonynge (1863-1939) —
also known as Robert W. Bonynge —
of Denver,
Colo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1863.
Son of Robert Bonynge and Susan (Burchell) Bonynge.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1893-94; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1904-09; defeated,
1900.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union League.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1939 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry Colvin Brewster (1845-1928) —
also known as Henry C. Brewster —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
7, 1845.
Son of Simon L. Brewster and Editha C. (Colvin) Brewster.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union League.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1928 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Originally entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896) —
also known as Benjamin H. Bristow —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., June 20,
1832.
Son of Francis
Marion Bristow and Emily E. (Helm) Bristow.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1863-65; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1866-70; law partner of John
M. Harlan, 1870; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1870-72; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union League.
Died, from appendicitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1896 (age 64 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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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. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book,
1919 |
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Son of George
Choate (1796-1880) and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence, Italy,
of American parents, April 23,
1856.
Son of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1905-26.
Member, Union League; American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Murray Hill Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1932 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment somewhere
in Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married, June 25,
1884, to Sarah M. Parker (died 1924); married, July 8,
1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell (c.1875-1938; killed in automobile
accident). |
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William Willets Cocks (1861-1932) —
also known as William W. Cocks; "The Quaker
Congressman" —
of Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 24,
1861.
Son of Isaac Hicks Cocks and Mary Titus (Willets) Cocks.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1901-02; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1904; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1905-11.
Quaker.
Member, Union League.
Died in Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 24,
1932 (age 70 years, 305
days).
Interment at Friends
Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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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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James G. Cutler (1848-1927) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 24,
1848.
Son of John N. Cutler and Mary E. (Goold) Cutler.
Republican. Architect;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1896;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1896;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1904-07.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union League.
Patented
the mail chute for tall buildings.
Died in 1927
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 23,
1834.
Son of Isaac Depew (1800-1869) and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew
(1810-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary of
state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French
Huguenot, Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, Union League; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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John Wilbur Dwight (1859-1928) —
also known as John W. Dwight —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 24,
1859.
Son of Jeremiah
Wilbur Dwight and Rebecca A. Dwight.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1888,
1892,
1900,
1904,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1902-13 (26th District 1902-03,
30th District 1903-13); president, Virginia Blue Ridge Railway,
1913-28.
Member, Union League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1928 (age 68 years, 240
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ellis P. Earle (b. 1860) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1860.
Republican. Member, New Jersey Board of Institutions and Agencies,
1918-22, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1924;
director, Chatham Phenix Bank and
Trust Company; director, Coronet Phosphate
Company; president, Georgia Peruvian Ochre Company; president,
Nipissing Mines
Company; director, Phillips Petroleum
Company.
Member, Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union League.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Joel Benedict Erhardt (born c.1838) —
also known as Joel B. Erhardt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa., about 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1888; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1889-91.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Union League; Sphinx.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Villiers Farwell (1825-1908) —
also known as John V. Farwell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 29,
1825.
Son of Henry Farwell and Nancy (Jackson) Farwell.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1864,
1908.
Member, Union League.
Died in 1908
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Ridley Finch (b. 1873) —
also known as Edward R. Finch —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1873.
Son of Edward L(ucius) Finch and Annie Ridley (Crane) Finch.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1902-04; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-34; appointed 1915;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1922-33; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1935-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Scott Graham (1850-1931) —
also known as George S. Graham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia
County District Attorney, 1880-98; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1892,
1916
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union League.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4,
1931 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Albert Harbison (b. 1874) —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1874.
Son of Samuel Pollock Harbison and Emma Jane (Boyd) Harbison.
Republican. Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866.
Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923).
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Wingate Hatch (1852-1924) —
also known as Edward W. Hatch —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Friendship, Allegany
County, N.Y., November
26, 1852.
Son of Capt. Jeremiah Hatch and Lucy Ann (Rigdon) Hatch.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1881-86; superior court judge in New
York, 1887-95; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1896-1903; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1900; law partner of Alton
B. Parker, 1905-12, and William
F. Sheehan, 1905-15.
Member, Union League.
Died in Friendship, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 1,
1924 (age 71 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hayward (1877-1944) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb., April 29,
1877.
Son of Monroe
Leland Hayward and Jennie (Pelton) Hayward.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Otoe
County Judge, 1901-02; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1907-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1908-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1921-25; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Union League.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1944 (age 67 years, 167
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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William V. Hodges (1878-1965) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Westville, Otsego
County, N.Y., July 6,
1878.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1924,
1928,
1932;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1924-28.
Member, Delta
Psi; Union League.
Died in Denver,
Colo., 1965
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives:
Married, December
3, 1902, to Mabel E. Gilluly (died 1925); married 1926 to
Catherine Lowndes. |
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April 11,
1862.
Son of Rev. David Charles Hughes and Mary Catherine (Connelly)
Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Union League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Frederick John Henry Kracke (1868-1954) —
also known as Frederick J. H. Kracke —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1868.
Son of Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke.
Republican. Produce
merchant; cemetery
monument business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1948,
1952;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1907, 1930; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grange;
Union League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1954 (age 86 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in West Eaton, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1890
to Florence Tayntor. |
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Charles Blakeslee Law (1872-1929) —
also known as Charles B. Law —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y., February
5, 1872.
Son of Eli B. Law and Mary Louisa (Payne) Law.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1905-11; state court
judge in New York, 1916; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Union League.
Died while swimming
(presumably drowned)
at his summer home on Kattskill Bay, near Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., September
15, 1929 (age 57 years, 222
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y.
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John Edgar Leaycraft (1849-1916) —
also known as J. Edgar Leaycraft —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 15,
1849.
Son of Anthony D. Leaycraft.
Republican. Real estate
business; New York State Tax Commissioner, 1899.
Methodist.
Member, Union League; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1916 (age 67 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) —
also known as Warren I. Lee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bartlett, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
5, 1874.
Son of Arthur D. Lee and Nettie (Isbell) Lee.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District
1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union League.
Died December
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Seth Low (1850-1916) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1850.
Son of Abiel Abbot Low (1811-1893) and Ellen Almira (Dow) Low
(1823-1850).
Republican. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85; president,
Columbia University, 1890-1900; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897, 1903; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League.
Died in Bedford Hills, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
17, 1916 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Clayton Riley Lusk (b. 1872) —
also known as Clayton R. Lusk —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., December
21, 1872.
Son of Samuel R. Lusk and Clara M. (Root) Lusk.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1919-24.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Anna Lee Mix. |
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Edward Mitchell (b. 1842) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 15,
1842.
Son of William Mitchell and Mary Penfold (Berrien) Mitchell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1880;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1883, 1886; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1889-94.
Member, Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Channing Moore (b. 1872) —
also known as T. Channing Moore —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1872.
Son of T. W. C. Moore.
Republican. Sales
manager; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1920-26,
1929.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Phi
Delta Theta; Union League; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) —
also known as Levi P. Morton —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., May 16,
1824.
Son of Rev. Daniel Oliver Morton and Lucretia (Parsons) Morton.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1879-81; U.S.
Minister to France, 1881-85; Vice
President of the United States, 1889-93; Governor of
New York, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1896.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Union League.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 16,
1920 (age 96 years, 0
days).
Interment at Rhinebeck
Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy, Jr. (c.1908-1985) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1908.
Son of Grayson
Mallet-Prevost Murphy and Maud (Donaldson) Murphy.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union League.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 13,
1985 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Charles O'Brien (1860-1927) —
also known as Edward C. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y., April 20,
1860.
Son of James O'Brien and Mary (Walsh) O'Brien.
U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1905-09; Uruguay, 1905-09.
Member, Union League.
Died in Montevideo, Uruguay,
June
21, 1927 (age 67 years, 62
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (1856-1940) —
also known as J. Van Vechten Olcott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1856.
Son of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union League.
Died June 1,
1940 (age 84 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Otis (1836-1898) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1836.
Son of James William Otis (1800-1869) and Martha (Church) Otis.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state senate 1st District, 1884-85.
Member, Union League.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22,
1898 (age 61 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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August V. Pappert (b. 1874) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
28, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1911-13.
German
ancestry. Member, Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Will H. Parry (1864-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1864.
Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran Shipbuilding
Co., 1900-15; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1917 (age 52 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Son of John E. Parsons (c.1830-1915) and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lenox
Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) —
of New York.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August 3,
1824.
Son of Harriet (Ray) Pelton and Joseph Kneeland Pelton (1801-1873).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1855-57.
Member, Union League; Freemasons.
Died in Wyoming, July 24,
1890 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mahaiwe
Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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Richard C. Perry (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1859.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1904-05.
Member, Union League; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May 4,
1897.
Son of Franz von Rottenburg (1845-1907) and Marian (Phelps) von
Rottenburg (1868-1922).
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Horace Porter (1837-1921) —
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April 15,
1837.
Son of David
Rittenhouse Porter.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for action at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; executive
secretary to Pres. Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; vice-president, Pullman Palace Car Co. (railroad
cars); president, New York West Shore & Buffalo Railroad;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1897-1905.
Member, Union League.
Died May 29,
1921 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Old
First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) —
also known as "T.R."; "Teddy";
"The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan
Hill"; "The Rough Rider";
"Trust-Buster"; "The Happy
Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1858.
Son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha (Bulloch)
Roosevelt (1835-1884).
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
New York, 1899-1901; Vice
President of the United States, 1901; President
of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union League.
Received the Medal
of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle
there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,
Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his
speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; nephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878)
and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884); brother of Anna L.
Roosevelt (1855-1931; who married William
Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923)); married, October
27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884); married, December
2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948); fourth cousin once
removed of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945); uncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962; who married
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); father of Alice
Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas
Longworth) and Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather-in-law of William
Floyd Weld. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Gifford
Pinchot — David
J. Leahy — William
Barnes, Jr. — Oliver
D. Burden — William
J. Youngs — George
B. Cortelyou — Mason
Mitchell — Frederic
MacMaster — John
Goodnow — William
Loeb, Jr. |
| | | Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Theodore
Bassett
— Theodore
R. McKeldin
— Theodore
R. Kupferman
— Theodore
Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
|
| | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carry
a big stick." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James
MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — H. W. Brands, T.R
: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore
Rex — Edmund Morris, The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The
Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt
the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,
1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet
on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James
Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Patricia O'Toole, When
Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White
House — Candice Millard, The
River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest
Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt
: His Mind in Action (out of print) |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Elihu Root (1845-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
15, 1845.
Son of Prof. Oren Root and Nancy Whitney (Buttrick) Root.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-85; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1899-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(Temporary
Chair), 1912;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1905-09; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1909-15; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union League; American
Society for International Law; American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1937 (age 91 years, 358
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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W. F. Rowland (1842-1883) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, May 10,
1842.
Son of Rev. James Rowland.
Coffee
importer; U.S. Consul in Nice, 1883, died in office 1883.
Member, Union League.
Died in Thun, Switzerland,
August
3, 1883 (age 41 years, 85
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Hubbell Seymour (b. 1855) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., October
30, 1855.
Son of Henry Edmund Seymour and Susan Katherine (Hubbell) Seymour.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1901-02.
Member, Union League; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Son of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Union League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield; married, November
2, 1898, to Edith Tod (granddaughter of David
Tod). |
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George R. Sheldon —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1900,
1916.
Member, Union League.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) —
also known as John R. Todd —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Rock
County, Wis., about 1868.
Son of Rev. James Doeg Todd and Susan (Webster) Todd.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction
and engineering
firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940.
Member, Union League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1945 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Brodhead Van Buren (1824-1889) —
also known as Thomas B. Van Buren —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clermont, Columbia
County, N.Y., June 20,
1824.
Son of Mary (Brodhead) Van Buren and Peter Van Buren (1802-1873).
Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1865; U.S.
Consul General in Kanagawa, 1874-85.
Member, Union League.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
13, 1889 (age 65 years, 115
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel B. H. Vance (c.1814-1890) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1814.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1874.
Member, Union League.
Died in Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
10, 1890 (age about 76
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union League; Skull and
Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Whitman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Sprague, New London
County, Conn., September
29, 1868.
Republican. New
York County District Attorney; Governor of
New York, 1915-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union League.
Died March 29,
1947 (age 78 years, 181
days).
Interment at Westlawn
Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Journalist;
advertising
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908.
Member, Union League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
Son of Clement Woodin.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of railroad
freight cars; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions;
Union League.
Died, from a throat
infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Son of Rev. Jeremiah Woodruff and Clarissa (Thompson) Woodruff.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English
ancestry. Member, Union League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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