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Samuel Ach (b. 1860) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, April 25,
1860.
Son of Jacob Ach and Jeannette (Goodman) Ach.
Republican. Hamilton
County Treasurer, 1927-29; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1928.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walton H. Bachrach (1904-1989) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1960-67.
Jewish. Member, Moose; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
17, 1989 (age 84 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gilbert Bettman (b. 1881) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
31, 1881.
Son of Louis Bettman and Rebecca (Bloom) Bettman.
Republican. Lawyer; Ohio
state attorney general, 1929-33; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1932.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Morton Cohen (1859-1949) —
also known as Alfred M. Cohen —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
19, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio, 1924,
1928;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1940.
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 9,
1949 (age 89 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Einstein (1842-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
18, 1842.
Son of Lamle 'Lewis' Einstein and Judith Einstein (1818-1883).
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1879-81; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1892; president, New River Mineral
Company; director, Alabama Mineral Land
Company; director, Raritan Woolen Mills;
trustee, Texas Pacific Land Trust.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1905 (age 62 years, 67
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Lee I. Fisher (b. 1951) —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 7,
1951.
Son of Stan Fisher and Elaine Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1981-82; member of Ohio state
senate, 1982-90; Ohio
state attorney general, 1991-95; defeated, 1994; Presidential
Elector for Ohio, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1998; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 2007-.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2010.
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Julius Fleischmann (1871-1925) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 8,
1871.
Republican. Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1900-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916.
Jewish.
Died February
5, 1925 (age 53 years, 242
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Emerich Burt Freed (1897-1955) —
also known as Emerich B. Freed —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
November
22, 1897.
Son of Nicholas Freed and Sarah (Benfield) Freed.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1933-41; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1941.
Jewish. Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died December
4, 1955 (age 58 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Freiberg (1823-1905) —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Neu Leiningen, Bavaria, Germany,
May 1,
1823.
Son of Sigmund Freiberg.
Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1873.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
7, 1905 (age 82 years, 220
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1856
to Duffie Workum. |
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Willis David Gradison, Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as Willis D. Gradison, Jr.; Bill
Gradison —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
28, 1928.
Republican. Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1975-93 (1st District 1975-83, 2nd
District 1983-93); resigned 1993; president, Health Insurance
Association of America.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Richard E. Guggenheim (1913-2006) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
5, 1913.
Son of Eli F. Guggenheim and Eva (Stransky) Guggenheim.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960
(alternate), 1968.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died June 18,
2006 (age 93 years, 164
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Simeon Moses Johnson (b. 1859) —
also known as Simeon M. Johnson —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born March 18,
1859.
Son of Frederick A. Johnson and Julia (Moses) Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920,
1928.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ron J. Klein (b. 1957) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 10,
1957.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1993-96; member of Florida
state senate, 1996-2006; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2007-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Saul Kornfeld (1876-1943) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Montreal, Quebec;
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Austria-Hungary,
February
12, 1876.
Son of Herman Kornfeld and Emilie (Gross) Kornfeld.
Rabbi;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1921-24.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Jack Martin (1908-1966) —
also known as I. Jack Martin —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Lawyer;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1958.
Jewish. Member, Order of the
Coif.
Died November
5, 1966 (age 58 years, 110
days).
Interment at United
Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert S. Marx (b. 1889) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
28, 1889.
Son of William S. Marx and Rose (Loewenstein) Marx.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; superior court
judge in Ohio, 1920-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1932.
Jewish. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) —
also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator
No"; "Headline Howard" —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 4,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; airport parking
lot and car
rental business; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio state
senate, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1952
(alternate), 1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 12,
2008 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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James Metzenbaum —
of Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1942; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1950.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Son of Arthur Samuel Newman and Theresa (Fetzer) Newman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American actor
and film
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad dressing
and other food
products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George Washington Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Son of Julius Ochs and Bertha (Levy) Ochs.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Historical Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of Julius Ochs and
Bertha (Levy) Ochs; brother of Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935; publisher,
New York Times); married to Bertie Gans (died 1913). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Benton Oppenheimer (b. 1878) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born March 1,
1878.
Son of Morris Oppenheimer and Rose (Kling) Oppenheimer.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Ohio, 1912-16.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Judith Vickers. |
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Theodore Albert Peyser (1873-1937) —
also known as Theodore A. Peyser —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
18, 1873.
Democrat. Insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Jewish.
Died in 1937
(age about
64 years).
Interment at United
Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. (1911-1992) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
3, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964,
1980
(alternate); Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died September
3, 1992 (age 81 years, 244
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (1880-1965) —
also known as Benjamin L. Rosenbloom; Ben L.
Rosenbloom —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1880.
Son of Morris Rosenbloom and Fanny (Cohen) Rosenbloom.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1921-25;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1924, 1934.
Jewish.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 22,
1965 (age 84 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Murray Seasongood (1878-1983) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1878.
Son of Alfred Seasongood and Emily Fechheimer Seasongood.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926-29.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
21, 1983 (age 104 years,
117 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Jerrold Shapp (1912-1994) —
also known as Milton Shapp —
of Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 25,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1972;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1971-79; defeated, 1966; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Jewish.
Died November
24, 1994 (age 82 years, 152
days).
Cremated.
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Gerald Norman Springer (b. 1944) —
also known as Jerry Springer; "Sultan of
Salaciousness" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in London, England,
February
13, 1944.
Democrat. Resigned
from Cincinnati city council in 1974 after admitting he paid
a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police
raid on a massage parlor; won back his council seat in 1975 and went
on to become mayor; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977-78; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1982; local television news
anchor; host of a raucus national television talk
show; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Jewish. Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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