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Morris Atlas (b. 1926) —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
25, 1926.
Son of Sam Atlas and Bertha (Cohen) Atlas.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
director, McAllen General Hospital,
Texas Commerce Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968,
1972;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1968-80.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Relatives:
Married 1947
to Rita Wilner. |
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Charles Louis Brachfield (1871-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Brachfield —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
10, 1871.
Son of Benjamin Brachfield and Henrietta 'Yetta' Brachfield.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate 8th District, 1903-06; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1916;
Rusk
County Judge.
Jewish.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., June 6,
1947 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987) —
also known as Wilbur J. Cohen —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 10,
1913.
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-69.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Leading expert on Social Security.
Died in a hotel room
in Seoul, South
Korea, May 17,
1987 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Tex.
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Martin Daneman —
of Texas.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Presidential
Elector for Texas, 1996.
Jewish. Member, National Rifle
Association; Disabled
American Veterans.
Still living as of 2001.
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Jonas Martin Frost (b. 1942) —
also known as Martin Frost —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 24th District, 1979-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2009.
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Irving Loeb Goldberg (1906-1995) —
also known as Irving L. Goldberg —
Born in Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex., June 29,
1906.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-95.
Jewish.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
11, 1995 (age 88 years, 227
days).
Interment at Emanu-El
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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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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Isaac Herbert Kempner —
also known as Isaac H. Kempner —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Son of Harris Kempner.
Mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1917-19.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Henrietta Blum. |
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Adrian Levy (b. 1895) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., October
29, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1935-39.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 11,
1927.
Son of Emil Mosbacher and Gertrude (Schwartz) Mosbacher.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank;
director, New York Life
Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish; later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
12, 1912.
Son of Paul Mosk and Minna (Perl) Mosk.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
California, 1943-58; California
state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of
California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died
in office 2001.
Jewish. Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 19,
2001 (age 88 years, 280
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol
Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
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Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973) —
also known as Samuel I. Rosenman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
13, 1896.
Son of Solomon Rosenman and Ethel (Paler) Rosenman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1922-26; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-43; resigned 1943;
special counsel to presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry
Truman, 1943-46.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1973
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morris Schreiber (1901-1951) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New York, October
3, 1901.
Son of Sarah (Karten) Schreiber (1873-1933) and Max Schreiber
(1875-1950).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; customs
inspector; laundry and dry
cleaning business; jeweler;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1947; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 2,
1951 (age 49 years, 242
days).
Interment at Beth
Jacob Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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