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Adolph Abeles (1817-1855) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Petchau, Bohemia (now Czechia),
April
3, 1817.
Merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1850.
Jewish.
On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis to
Jefferson City, Mo., he was drowned
when the bridge over the Gasconade River collapsed,
sending the train into
the water, near Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo., November
1, 1855 (age 38 years, 212
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Moses Alexander (1853-1932) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Obrigheim, Bavaria, Germany,
November
13, 1853.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1887-88; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1897-99, 1901-03; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1924,
1928;
Governor
of Idaho, 1915-19; defeated, 1908, 1922.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
4, 1932 (age 78 years, 52
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Max Asotsky (1889-1947) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
19, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; druggist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 3rd District,
1923-40.
Jewish.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
30, 1947 (age 58 years, 195
days).
Interment at Sheffield Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Richard L. Berkley (b. 1931) —
also known as Richard L. Berkowitz —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born June 29,
1931.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1964
(alternate), 1968;
mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1979-91.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2020.
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Michael Henry de Young (1849-1925) —
also known as M. H. de Young —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
30, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; in 1879, his brother Charles de Young (1846-1880),
then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, shot and wounded San
Francisco mayor Isaac
S. Kalloch; a few months later, Charles was shot to death in his
office by the mayor's son; on November 19, 1884, he was shot and
seriously wounded by Adolph
B. Spreckels, who had been angered by an article in the
Chronicle; Spreckels, who pleaded temporary insanity, was
tried and found not guilty; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1888,
1892,
1908,
1920.
Catholic.
Jewish ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
15, 1925 (age 75 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Bryna Franklin (born c.1932) —
of Tel Aviv, Israel;
Jerusalem, Israel.
Born in Missouri, about 1932.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Democrats
Abroad, 1992,
1996.
Female.
Jewish.
Appeared in a 2012 television ad sponsored by the Republican Jewish
Coalition, annoucing her support for Mitt Romney in that year's
election.
Still living as of 2012.
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Joseph H. Goldenhersh (1914-1992) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
2, 1914.
Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1964-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1970-87.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke
following heart
surgery, March
11, 1992 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Beth
Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, Ladue, Mo.
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Eric Robert Greitens (b. 1974) —
also known as Eric Greitens —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
10, 1974.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; Governor of
Missouri, 2017-18; resigned 2018.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Henry A. Guinzburg (b. 1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
11, 1856.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1896.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Guinzburg and Caroline (Kuh) Guinzburg; married, November
18, 1896, to Leonie B. Kleinert. |
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Daniel Hamburg (b. 1948) —
also known as Dan Hamburg —
of Ukiah, Mendocino
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1948.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Moses Hartmann (b. 1872) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1919-37.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ignatz Hartmann and Anna (Kohn) Hartmann; married, November
16, 1898, to Carrie A. Schooler. |
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Chic Hecht (1928-2006) —
also known as Mayer Jacob Hecht —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., November
30, 1928.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1983-89; defeated, 1988; U.S. Ambassador to
Bahamas, 1989-93.
Jewish.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., May 15,
2006 (age 77 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip M. Klutznick (1907-1999) —
of Park Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 9,
1907.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died August
14, 1999 (age 92 years, 36
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Linda Lingle (b. 1953) —
of Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 4,
1953.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Governor of
Hawaii, 2002-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 2008
(delegation chair).
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) —
Born in Hungary,
April
10, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri state legislature, 1869; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 31st District, 1875;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1885-86.
Jewish.
Died aboard his
yacht in the harbor of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1911 (age 64 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Harry C. Raiffie (1908-1968) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
12, 1908.
Democrat. Vending
machine business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1953-67.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1968
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery, University City, Mo.
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Kenneth Joel Rothman (b. 1935) —
also known as Kenneth J. Rothman —
of University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
11, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1963-80; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1981-85.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Mu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1993.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai
B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March
29, 1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Sachs and Flora (Weil) Sachs. |
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Samuel Sale (1854-1937) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
29, 1854.
Rabbi;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896 ; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., May 19,
1937 (age 82 years, 202
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Maurice Schechter (1904-2001) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 27,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 5th District,
1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1961-76; defeated, 1956.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Missouri Baptist Medical
Center, Town and Country, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 2001 (age 96 years, 218
days).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery No. 2, Creve Coeur, Mo.
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Samuel Schulman (1864-1955) —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
February
14, 1864.
Republican. Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Jewish.
Coined the phrase "melting pot" as a term for the assimilation of
immigrants to the United States, in a 1907 sermon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1955 (age 91 years, 261
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope; married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell. |
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article |
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Samuel Winfield (1897-1975) —
also known as Sam Winfield; Samuel
Weinfield —
of Opa-Locka, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
3, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; served in the
U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1959; resigned 1959.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March
30, 1975 (age 77 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Richland, Mo.
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Shelley Winters (1920-2006) —
also known as Shirley Schrift —
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
18, 1920.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish. Austrian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Rehabilitation
Centre of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
14, 2006 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jonas Schrift and Rose (Winter) Schrift; married, January
1, 1942, to Mack Paul Mayer; married, April
28, 1952, to Vittorio Gassman; married, January
14, 2006, to Gerry DeFord; married, May 4,
1957, to Anthony
Franciosa. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved mother, grandmother,
and actress." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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