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Norman Mark Aaronson (b. 1946) —
also known as Norman M. Aaronson —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
7, 1946.
Son of Isadore Aaronson and Betty (Brody) Aaronson.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972.
Jewish. Member, Common
Cause; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1968
to Carol Cutler. |
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Arnold Abbott (b. 1924) —
of Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1924.
Son of Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Jewish. Member, United
World Federalists; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976) —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 2,
1890.
Son of Able Ableman.
Democrat. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,
1924.
Jewish. Member, Rotary; Odd
Fellows.
Died in March, 1976
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Herbert Adler (1959-2011) —
also known as John H. Adler —
of Cherry Hill, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate, 1991-2008; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 2009-; defeated,
1990.
Jewish.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in connection with a staph
infection, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
2011 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March 13,
1908.
Son of Moses Annenberg and Sarah Annenberg.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Harry Bacharach (b. 1873) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1873.
Son of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach.
Postmaster;
mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1912, 1916-20, 1930-35.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) —
also known as "Boardwalk Ike" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Brigantine, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1870.
Son of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach.
Republican. Real estate
business; lumber
business; banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1912; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
5, 1956 (age 86 years, 244
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) —
of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
24, 1876.
Son of Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict.
Democrat. Metallurgist;
worked for copper mining
companies; inventor,
ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1920,
1928
(alternate).
Jewish. Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph Berky (1897-1945) —
also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 19,
1897.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Died, from meningitis
and tuberculosis,
in St. Mary's Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 17,
1945 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles S. Blondy (1905-1982) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
29, 1905.
Democrat. Constable; member of Michigan
state senate, 1941-64 (5th District 1941-54, 4th District
1955-64); defeated in primary, 1934, 1938; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich., January
28, 1982 (age 76 years, 364
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; implicated
in a judicial corruption
scandal in 1868, and resigned
from the bench.
Jewish. Portugese
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Earl Chudoff (1907-1993) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
15, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1941-48; served in the U.S. Coast
Guard during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1949-58; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952
(alternate), 1956;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1958-74.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 17,
1993 (age 85 years, 183
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Josiah Cohen (1840-1930) —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Cornwall, England,
November
29, 1840.
Son of Henry Cohen and Rose Cohen.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Allegheny County Republican Party, 1882; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1884;
orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1901-07; common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1907-29.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Among the founders
of the Union of American Hebrew Hebrew Congregations (denominational
body, now the Union for Reform Judaism); also a founder,
in 1875, of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
Died June 11,
1930 (age 89 years, 194
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Samuel G. Coppersmith (b. 1955) —
also known as Sam Coppersmith —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 22,
1955.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1993-95; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1996
(delegation chair).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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W. Louis Coppersmith (b. 1928) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., June 19,
1928.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 35th District, 1969-80.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Still living as of 1980.
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Warder Cresson —
of Pennsylvania.
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1844-56.
Quaker;
later Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joshua Eilberg (1921-2004) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1952-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1967-79; defeated,
1978.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Pleaded
guilty in federal court to conflict
of interest charges,
February 1979; sentenced
to five years probation
and fined
$10,000.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 24,
2004 (age 83 years, 41
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pa.
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Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
April
3, 1900.
Son of Samson Ellenbogen and Rose (Franzos) Ellenbogen.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66.
Jewish.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 4,
1985 (age 85 years, 92
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) —
also known as George J. Feldman —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69.
Jewish.
Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of
NASA as a civilian space agency.
Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing
Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Robert Filner (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Filner —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1942.
Son of Joseph H. Filner and Sarah F. Filner.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from California, 1993-2008 (50th District
1993-2003, 51st District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; Navy
League; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert Fineman (b. 1920) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1920.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1955-72; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1969-72; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 1972.
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Max Martin Fisher (b. 1908) —
of Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 15,
1908.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1964,
1988
(alternate).
Jewish.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Goetz (1903-1969) —
of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 24,
1903.
Son of Theodore Goetz and Fanny Goetz.
Democrat. Hollywood movie
producer and studio executive; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer, in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
15, 1969 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Benjamin Martin Golder (1891-1946) —
also known as Benjamin M. Golder —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., December
23, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917-25; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1946 (age 55 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Maurice H. Goldstein (1902-1991) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 25,
1902.
Son of Israel Goldstein and Rachel Goldstein.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 6th
District; elected 1954, 1960.
Jewish.
Died January
18, 1991 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Beth
Abraham Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Oscar Baylin Goodman (b. 1939) —
also known as Oscar B. Goodman —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1939.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1999-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2004.
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Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ukraine,
August
4, 1887.
Business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956.
Jewish. Member, American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim.
Republican. Mining and
smelting
business; Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1904;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861-1949) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
2, 1861.
Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim.
Republican. Mining, smelting, and
railroad
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924.
Jewish.
Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Died near Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Adolph Guttmacher (1861-1915) —
also known as Adolf Guttmacher —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jaraczewo, Silesia (now Poland),
January
7, 1861.
Son of Mannheim Guttmacher and Dorothea Guttmacher.
Democrat. Rabbi; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, aboard the
train Pennsylvania Limited, en route from Baltimore to
Chicago, near Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., January
17, 1915 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment at Baltimore
Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Son of David Julius and Elizabeth (Zamost) Julius.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper
Appeal to Reason; founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher
of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books";
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried and
convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish; later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days); possible suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death accidental.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ivan Itkin (b. 1936) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 29,
1936.
Son of Abraham Aaron Itkin and Eda (Kreger) Itkin.
Democrat. Nuclear
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1973-81;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1992,
1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996.
Jewish. Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Still living as of 1996.
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Harry Ellis Kalodner (1896-1977) —
also known as Harry E. Kalodner —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 28,
1896.
Son of David Kalodner and Ida (Miller) Kalodner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1936-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1938-46;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1946-69.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died March 15,
1977 (age 80 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David E. Kaufman (1883-1962) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., May 15,
1883.
Son of Marks Kaufman and Rachel (Foreman) Kaufman.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1928-29; Siam, 1930-33.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) —
also known as David S. Kaufman —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Boiling Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
18, 1813.
Democrat. Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office
1851.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1851 (age 37 years, 44
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) —
also known as Ted Kaufman —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 15,
1939.
Son of Manuel Kaufman and Helen (Carroll) Kaufman.
Democrat. Engineer;
administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Joe
Biden, 1976-95; college
professor; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009.
Irish,
Jewish, and Russian
ancestry.
Died in 2010
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Max D. Klein —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Rabbi; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1948.
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Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1900.
Democrat. Tobacco
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944,
1948.
Jewish.
While serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he
died, apparently of a heart
attack, in his hotel room
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1948 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Bussy. |
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Lewis Charles Levin (1808-1860) —
also known as Lewis C. Levin —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
10, 1808.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1845-51.
Jewish.
Died March 14,
1860 (age 51 years, 125
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Frederic Rand Mann (1903-1987) —
also known as Frederic R. Mann —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Gomel, Russia,
September
13, 1903.
Son of Oscar Mann and Fannie (Fradkin) Mann.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cardboard
box manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, 1967-69; philanthropist.
Jewish.
The Frederic R. Mann auditorium in Tel Aviv, Israel is named for
him.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (b. 1942) —
of Merion Station, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1942.
Democrat. Television
journalist; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1993-95;
defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2000,
2004
(alternate), 2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2011.
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Marc Lincoln Marks (b. 1927) —
also known as Marc L. Marks —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa., February
12, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Solicitor, 1960-68; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1977-83.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Sophie Masloff (b. 1917) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1917.
Democrat. Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1988-94; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 2004-08.
Female.
Jewish. Romanian
ancestry.
First
woman and first
Jewish mayor of Pittsburgh.
Still living as of 2008.
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Margaret Mayer (1883-1955) —
also known as Margaret Shenberg; Mrs. Louis B.
Mayer —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
3, 1883.
Daughter of Hyman Shenberg and Rachel Shenberg.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in 1955
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Maurice Mezvinsky (b. 1937) —
also known as Edward Mezvinsky —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, January
17, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Iowa state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1973-77; defeated, 1970,
1976; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1981-86.
Jewish. Ukrainian
ancestry.
Indicted
in March, 2001 on 56 federal fraud charges;
pleaded
guilty to 31, and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 2011.
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Edward Isaac Nathan (b. 1878) —
also known as Edward I. Nathan —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 10,
1878.
Son of Marcus Nathan.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Patras, 1907-09; Mersina, 1909-17; Vigo, 1917-21; Palermo, 1921-26; Santiago de Cuba, 1929; Monterrey, 1932.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Anne Nefsky. |
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Steven P. Perskie (b. 1945) —
of Margate, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
10, 1945.
Son of David
M. Perskie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 2nd District, 1972-76.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1976.
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Henry Myer Phillips (1811-1884) —
also known as Henry M. Phillips —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1811.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1857-59; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860.
Jewish.
Died in 1884
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jeanette F. Reibman (1916-2006) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., August
18, 1916.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1955-56, 1959-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1969-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1980.
Female.
Jewish.
Died March 11,
2006 (age 89 years, 205
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward G. Rendell (b. 1944) —
also known as Ed Rendell; "Fast Eddie";
"Mount Rendell" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1992-2000; defeated in primary, 1987;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of Pennsylvania; defeated, 1986; elected 2002.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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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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Victor Rosewater (b. 1871) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
13, 1871.
Son of Edward Rosewater and Leah (Colman) Rosewater.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1896-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1908-12; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1912.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert A. Rovner (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Rovner —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Feasterville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1943.
Lawyer;
talk
show host; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 6th District, 1971-74; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1986; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2008.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Son of Isaac Sack and Sarah Lee (Romansky) Sack.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leon Sacks (1902-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
7, 1902.
Son of Morris Sacks and Dora (Clayman) Sacks.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1937-43; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 11,
1972 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Shalom
Memorial Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Allyson Y. Schwartz (b. 1948) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
3, 1948.
Democrat. Social
worker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1991-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 2005-.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Oliver Selznick (1902-1965) —
also known as David O. Selznick; Oliver
Jeffries —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 10,
1902.
Son of Lewis J. Selznick (1870-1933; movie producer) and Florence A.
(Sachs) Selznick.
Republican. Movie
producer and Hollywood
studio head; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1944.
Jewish.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 22,
1965 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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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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William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) —
also known as William I. Sirovich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., March 18,
1882.
Son of Jacob Sirovich and Rose (Weinstock) Sirovich.
Physician;
playwright;
Independence League candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples Hospital,
1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated
(Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a heart
attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1939 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Arlen Specter (b. 1930) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., February
12, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1967; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Myer Strouse (1825-1878) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Oberstrau, Bavaria, Germany,
December
16, 1825.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1863-67.
Jewish.
Died February
11, 1878 (age 52 years, 57
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Cyrus L. Sulzberger (b. 1858) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1858.
Son of Leopold Sulzberger and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzberger.
Merchant;
philanthropist; Republican candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1903.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Toll (1907-1967) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kiev, Ukraine,
March
17, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1951-59; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-67 (6th District 1959-63,
4th District 1963-67).
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1967 (age 60 years, 131
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Memorial Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Cyril H. Wecht —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Democrat. Allegheny
County Coroner; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1982.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2002.
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Samuel Arthur Weiss (1902-1977) —
also known as Samuel A. Weiss —
of Glassport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Krotowocz, Poland,
April
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-46 (31st District 1941-43,
30th District 1943-45, 33rd District 1945-46); common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania, 1946.
Jewish. Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Lions; Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
1, 1977 (age 74 years, 292
days).
Interment at B'nai
Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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