The Political Graveyard: Mack-Wadsworth family of New York

Mack-Wadsworth family of New York

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Norman Edward Mack (1858-1932) — also known as Norman E. Mack — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in West Williams, Ontario, July 24, 1858. Married, December 22, 1891, to Harriet B. Taggart; father of Norma Mack (who married George Wadsworth II). Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892 (alternate), 1896, 1900, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1900-30; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1908; New York Democratic state chair, 1911-12. Died December 26, 1932. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
Harriet Taggart Mack — also known as Harriet Mack; Harriet B. Taggart — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Married, December 22, 1891, to Norman Edward Mack; mother of Norma Mack (who married George Wadsworth II). Democrat. Presidential Elector for New York, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944. Female. Burial location unknown.
George Wadsworth II (1893-1958) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., April 3, 1893. Son of Henry Cowles Wadsworth and Mabel (Miller) Wadsworth; married, May 21, 1921, to Dorothy Maynard Lasell (died 1928); married, May 1, 1936, to Norma Mack (died 1946) (daughter of Norman Edward Mack and Harriet Taggart Mack). Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Nantes, 1917-19; Constantinople, 1919-20; Sofia, 1920; Alexandria, 1920-21; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1922-24, 1928-31; U.S. Consul General in Bucharest, 1935; Jerusalem, 1936-40; Damascus, 1942-44; Beirut, 1942-44; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Syria, 1942-44; Lebanon, 1942-44; U.S. Minister to Lebanon, 1944-47; Syria, 1944-47; Iraq, 1946-48; Yemen, 1953-57; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1948-52; Czechoslovakia, 1952-53; Saudi Arabia, 1953-58. Presbyterian. Member, Alpha Delta Phi. Died in 1958. Burial location unknown.

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