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Jewish Politicians in North Carolina
(religion or ancestry)

Emanuel Joshua Evans (1907-1997) — also known as Emanuel J. Evans; E. J. Evans; "Mutt" — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., May 2, 1907. Democrat. President, United Department Stores; chairman, Cape Fear Feed Products; director, Wachovia Bank; trustee, Watts Hospital; mayor of Durham, N.C., 1951-63. Jewish. Member, Tau Epsilon Phi. Died February 8, 1997 (age 89 years, 282 days). Interment at Durham Hebrew Cemetery, Durham, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Evans and Sarah (Newmark) Evans; brother-in-law of Leon L. Schneider and Harold Lawrence Frankel; brother of Monroe E. Evans; married, June 19, 1928, to Sara Nachamson.   Political family: Evans family of North Carolina.   Epitaph: "The people's mayor."   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Monroe E. Evans — of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C. Mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1965. Jewish. Member, Tau Epsilon Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Brother of Emanuel Joshua Evans; married, May 9, 1937, to Mildred Dlugin.   Political family: Evans family of North Carolina.   Ian T. Kaplan (b. 1946) — also known as Ted Kaplan — of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C. Born in St. Leo's Hospital, Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., December 26, 1946. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1977-82; member of North Carolina state senate, 1985-94; defeated, 1994. Jewish. German and Russian ancestry. Still living as of 2003.   Harriss Newman (1897-1954) — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., October 2, 1897. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; member of North Carolina state senate 9th District, 1935; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; B'nai B'rith. Died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., February 22, 1954 (age 56 years, 143 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Newman and Rolinda (Jacobs) Newman; married to Rosalie Jacobi.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Max Warley Platzek (1854-1932) — also known as M. Warley Platzek — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., August 27, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-24. Jewish. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 21, 1932 (age 77 years, 329 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Platzek and Sarah Platzek.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Leon L. Schneider — of Gastonia, Gaston County, N.C. Mayor of Gastonia, N.C., 1956-57. Jewish. Member, Tau Epsilon Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Brother-in-law of Emanuel Joshua Evans and Harold Lawrence Frankel.   Political family: Evans family of North Carolina.   Alan L. Susman (b. 1930) — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in High Point, Guilford County, N.C., April 8, 1930. Democrat. Farmer; banker; member of West Virginia state senate 9th District, 1971-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; B'nai B'rith. Still living as of 1982.   Relatives: Son of B. L. Susman and Ann (Land) Susman; married, December 29, 1952, to Sally Matz.

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