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William Brooks Sorsby (1858-1912) —
also known as William B. Sorsby —
of Mississippi.
Born in Mississippi, 1858.
Republican. U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1902-08.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis in 1908, and died from complications, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 26,
1912 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935) —
also known as Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; Mrs. David
Dows —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born September
18, 1884.
Daughter of Isaiah Townsend Burden (1838-1913) and Evelyn Byrd
(Moale) Burden (1848-1916).
Republican. Member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934.
Female.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 30,
1935 (age 50 years, 315
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 28,
1868.
Son of Charles H. Hapgood and Fanny Louise (Powers) Hapgood.
Lawyer;
editor, Collier's Weekly magazine,
1903-12; Harper's Weekly, 1913-16; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1919.
Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 29,
1937 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas J. Hogan (d. 1938) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1929.
Died, from complications of stomach
ulcers, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
18, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 14,
1867.
Son of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise (Wilson) Farrand.
Physician;
anthropologist;
psychologist;
university
professor; president,
University of Colorado, 1914-19; chairman, Central Committee of the
American Red Cross, 1919-21; president,
Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Psychological Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1939 (age 72 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Ione Nicoll (d. 1940) —
also known as Ione Page —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Daughter of Howard Page and Mildred A. (Mitchell) Page (died 1937).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
One of the leaders of the Women's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform; bolted the Republican Party over the prohibition
issue in 1932.
Jumped
or fell
sixteen stories to her death, from her room at New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 9,
1940.
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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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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Martin Conboy (1878-1944) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
28, 1878.
Son of Martin Conboy and Bridget (Harlow) Conboy.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933-35.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1944 (age 65 years, 190
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892-1949) —
also known as Elinor F. Morgenthau; Elinor
Fatman —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1892.
Daughter of Morris Fatman and Settie (Lehman) Fatman.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a liver
ailment, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1949 (age 57 years, 214
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Lamar Hardy (1879-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 29,
1879.
Son of Capt. William Harris Hardy and Harriet 'Hattie' (Lott) Hardy.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Corporation Counsel, New York City, 1915-17; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1935-39.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1950 (age 71 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Marshall Field (1893-1956) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
28, 1893.
Son of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948.
Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Died, of brain
cancer, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1956 (age 63 years, 41
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field; married 1916 to Evelyn
Marshall; married 1930 to Audrey
(Janes) Coats; married 1936 to Ruth
(Pruyn) Phipps. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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Dean Mallory Stephens (1893-1961) —
also known as D. Mallory Stephens —
of Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Patterson, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
17, 1893.
Son of Henry B. Stephens (Putnam County sheriff) and Alice (Mallory)
Stephens.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1926-52; chair of
Putnam County Republican Party, 1939; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1961 (age 67 years, 25
days).
Interment at Maple
Avenue Cemetery, Patterson, N.Y.
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Edward S. Lentol (1909-1981) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
26, 1909.
Son of Joseph
Lentol.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1949-62; member
of New
York state senate, 1963-72 (18th District 1963-65, 20th District
1966, 14th District 1967-72); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1973-79.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1981 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) —
also known as William A. M. Burden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 8,
1906.
Son of Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden.
Analyst of aviation
industry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of Union
Texas Natural Gas Corporation; director, Allied Chemical
Co., Columbia Broadcasting
System, and Lockheed Aircraft;
president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S.
Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of heart
disease, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1984 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877; railroad
baron); son of Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden; married 1931 to
Margaret Livingston Partridge. |
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Charles Francis Darlington, Jr. (1904-1986) —
also known as Charles F. Darlington —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1904.
Son of Charles Francis Darlington and Letitia Craig (O'Neill)
Darlington.
Democrat. Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; oil
executive; U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, 1961-64.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, in New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 11,
1986 (age 81 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie"
Anderson.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Inzer B. Wyatt (1907-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., March 29,
1907.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1962-77.
Died, of pneumonia
and heart
failure, in New York Hospital-Cornell Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
17, 1990 (age 82 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hope Johnston. |
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Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990) —
also known as Lawrence F. O'Brien; Larry
O'Brien —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 17,
1917.
Son of Lawrence F. O'Brien, Sr. and Myra (Sweeney) O'Brien.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative
assistant to U.S. Rep. Foster
Furcolo, 1948-50; public
relations business; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1965-68; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1968-69, 1970-72; his office was
the target of the Watergate burglary, 1972; commissioner, National Basketball
Association, 1975-84.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died, of cancer, in
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1990 (age 73 years, 73
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Stuart Scheftel (c.1911-1994) —
of New York.
Born about 1911.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1942.
Died, following a heart
attack, at New York Hospital, New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1994 (age about 83
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) —
also known as Richard M. Nixon; "Tricky
Dick"; "Searchlight" —
of Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Yorba Linda, Orange
County, Calif., January
9, 1913.
Son of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952,
1956;
Vice
President of the United States, 1953-61; President
of the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for Governor of
California, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion.
Discredited by the Watergate scandal,
as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of
impeachment against him, over obstruction
of justice, abuse
of power, and contempt
of Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly
implicated
him in the Watergate
break-in; with impeachment certain, he resigned;
pardoned
in 1974 by President Gerald
R. Ford.
Died, from a stroke, at
New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1994 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967); married, June 21,
1940, to Thelma
Catherine Ryan; father of Julie Nixon (granddaughter-in-law of Dwight
David Eisenhower; daughter-in-law of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower). See Eisenhower-Nixon
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Maurice
H. Stans — John
H. Holdridge — Clark
MacGregor — Harry
L. Sears — Harry S.
Dent — Christian
A. Herter, Jr. — John
N. Mitchell — G.
Bradford Cook — Raymond
Moley — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Nils
A. Boe — Murray
M. Chotiner — Richard
Blumenthal |
| | | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's the
One!" |
| | | Epitaph: "The greatest honor history
can bestow is the title of peacemaker." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Richard M. Nixon: RN
: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) — Beyond
Peace (1994) — 1999:
Victory Without War (1988) — Leaders
(1982) — Memoirs —
Six
Crises (1962) — The
Challenges We Face (1960) — In
the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal
(1990) — No
More Vietnams (1985) — The
Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) — Real
Peace (1984) — The
Real War (1980) — Seize
The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World
(1992) |
| | | Books about Richard M. Nixon: Melvin
Small, The
Presidency of Richard Nixon — Joan Hoff, Nixon
Reconsidered — Jonathan Aitken, Nixon
: A Life — Garry Wills, Nixon
Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man — Thomas
Monsell, Nixon
on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in
Films, Television, Plays and Opera — Stephen E.
Ambrose, Nixon
: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 — Richard
Reeves, President
Nixon: Alone in the White House — Roger Morris, Richard
Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician —
Robert Mason, Richard
Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority — Jules
Witcover, Very
Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon
& Spiro Agnew |
| | | Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Lance Morrow,
The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power |
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George Wildman Ball (1909-1994) —
also known as George W. Ball —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
21, 1909.
Son of Amos Ball and Edna (Wildman) Ball.
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1968.
Died at New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1994 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1938-46 (New York County 10th District 1938-44,
New York County 1st District 1945-46); member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1947-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of pneumonia
at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1996 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salisbury
Cemetery, Salisbury, Conn.
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Nathan R. Sobel (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer;
counsel to Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman, 1937; County Court Judge; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1962-67; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1967;
appointed 1967; Kings
County Surrogate, 1969-76.
Died, from an adverse
reaction to medication, in New York Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 20,
1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) —
also known as Robert M. McKinney —
of New Mexico.
Born in Shattuck, Ellis
County, Okla., August
28, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was
used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper
for 52 years.
Died, of pneumonia,
at New York Hospital, New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
2001 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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