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• Israel J. P. Adlerman (c.1879-1941) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930; Justice of City Court in the Bronx, 1933-41. Jewish. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 3, 1941. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
  
  
• Alexander John Arndt (1899-1979) — also known as Alex J. Arndt — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 26, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; business owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in 1979. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Boyd Avis (1875-1944) — of Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J. Born in Deerfield, Cumberland County, N.J., July 11, 1875. Son of John H. Avis and Sallie (Barker) Avis; married, September 27, 1899, to Minnie Genung Anderson (died). Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1902-05; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1904-05; member of New Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1928; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-44; died in office 1944. Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Foresters; Moose; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died January 21, 1944. Interment at Wenonah Cemetery, Woodbury, N.J.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) — also known as "Boardwalk Ike" — of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J.; Brigantine, Atlantic County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 5, 1870. Son of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach; married to Florence Scull (died 1904). Republican. Real estate business; lumber business; banker; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1912; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., September 5, 1956. Interment at Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• J. Henry Bacheller (1869-1939) — also known as Harry Bacheller — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 1, 1869. President, Fidelity Union Trust Co.; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1900-02; member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1903-05. Baptist. English, Scottish, and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart disease, in Newark, Essex County, N.J., December 12, 1939. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  
  
• John Carlyle Barbour (b. 1895) — also known as John C. Barbour — of Clifton, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Haledon, Passaic County, N.J., April 18, 1895. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1929-32; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1933-36. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Moose. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William J. Bartow (1832-1906) — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Independence, Warren County, N.J., October 26, 1832. Mayor of East Saginaw, Mich., 1860-61; Saginaw County Treasurer. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died November 14, 1906. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard Dewey Bensen (b. 1898) — also known as Richard D. Bensen — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Weehawken, Hudson County, N.J., March 20, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harlan Besson (b. 1887) — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., July 1, 1887. Son of Samuel Austin Besson and Arabella (Roseberry) Besson; married, May 14, 1913, to Addie Case. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis B. Blissard (b. 1913) — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Port Norris, Cumberland County, N.J., July 15, 1913. Son of David Corson Blissard and Bertha Mae (Haines) Blissard; married, July 15, 1945, to Frances E. Morgan. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; real estate developer; U.S. Attorney for Hawaii, 1954-61. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Jesters; Phi Delta Phi. Still living as of 1972.
  
  
• David Brearly (1741-1790) — of New Jersey. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., June 11, 1741. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1779-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1789-90; died in office 1790. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., August 16, 1790. Interment at St. Michael's Episcopal Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) — also known as David G. Burnet — of Texas. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., April 14, 1788. Grandson of William Burnet; nephew of Jacob Burnet. U.S. Consul in Galveston, 1832-35; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Liberty, 1835; President of the Texas Republic, 1836; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40. Member, Freemasons. Died December 5, 1870. Original interment and cenotaph at Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment to unknown location. Burnet County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Burnet family of New Jersey
  
  
• Gordon Canfield (1898-1972) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., April 15, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1941-61. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Hawthorne, Passaic County, N.J., June 20, 1972. Interment at Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) — also known as Clarence E. Case — of Somerville, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., September 24, 1877. Son of Philip Case and Amanda V. (Edwards) Case; married, January 29, 1913, to Anna Gist Rogers (died 1922); married, July 25, 1925, to Ruth Weldon Griggs. Republican. Lawyer; Somerset County Judge, 1910-13; member of New Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48. Christian Reformed. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Died in 1961. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter Angelo Cavicchia (1879-1967) — also known as Peter A. Cavicchia — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Italy, May 22, 1879. Son of Dominic Cavicchia and Maria Josephine (Lombardi) Cavicchia; married, December 15, 1909, to Annabella Auger (died 1936). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1931-37 (9th District 1931-33, 11th District 1933-37). Presbyterian. Italian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Sons of Italy. Died in 1967. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) — also known as James C. Cleveland — of New London, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., June 13, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81. Member, Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Rotary. Died in 1995. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alvah H. Cole (1884-1970) — of Highland Park, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Pleasant Run, Hunterdon County, N.J., 1884. Merchant; mayor of Highland Park, N.J., 1948-51. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Edison Lodge Nursing Home, Edison, Middlesex County, N.J., May 11, 1970. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
  
  
• Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) — also known as Royal S. Copeland — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 7, 1868. Son of Roscoe P. Copeland (1836-1933) and Frances J. (Holmes) Copeland; married, December 31, 1891, to Mary DePriest Ryan; married, July 15, 1908, to Frances Spalding. Democrat. Physician; university professor; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S. Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1936; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1937. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, American Public Health Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., June 17, 1938. Interment at Mahwah Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Francis B. Davis (b. 1878) — of Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., March 12, 1878. Married, March 28, 1913, to Martha Westcott. Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1917-22; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924, 1928; member of New Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1924-31. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Warren Davis (1867-1945) — also known as J. Warren Davis — of Salem, Salem County, N.J.; Lawrenceville, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C., March 4, 1867. Son of John S. Davis and Emmie Virginia (Sawyer) Davis; married, June 14, 1913, to Marguerite N. Gay. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1912-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1913-16; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1916-20; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1920-39. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Kappa Sigma. Died February 21, 1945. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) — of New Jersey. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., October 16, 1760. Son of Elias Dayton; distant relative of William Lewis Dayton. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1786-87, 1790; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1795-99; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1814-15. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Arrested in 1807 on charges of conspiring with Aaron Burr in treasonable projects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial. Died in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., October 9, 1824. Entombed at St. John's Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J.
  • See also Dayton family of New Jersey
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Louis Theodore DeRousse (1844-1921) — also known as Louis T. DeRousse — of Camden, Camden County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 29, 1844. Father-in-law of Charles Shimer Boyer. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; accountant; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1895-97; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1896. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 27, 1921. Interment at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
  
  
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges (b. 1875) — of Camden, Camden County, N.J.; Collingswood, Camden County, N.J. Born in Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pa., May 5, 1875. Son of John W. Donges and Rose (Renaud) Donges; married, October 1, 1921, to Lillian L. Mosebach. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1920-30; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1930-48; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1948-51. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Moose. Entombed in mausoleum at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
  
  
• Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) — also known as Richard A. Donnelly — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., March 4, 1841. Son of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A. Davidson (died 1872) and Susie Isabel Gold. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing merchant; mayor of Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; member of New Jersey state house of assembly; New Jersey state treasurer, 1895-1901. Irish and Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Died February 27, 1905. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Durand (1895-1978) — of Sea Girt, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J., March 9, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1930-31; member of New Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1933-38. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks. Died in 1978. Interment at Atlantic View Cemetery, Manasquan, N.J.
  
  
• Edwin Winfield Eden (1887-1953) — also known as Edwin W. Eden — of Highland Park, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., 1887. Mayor of Highland Park, N.J., 1928-30. Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons. Died in Highland Park, Middlesex County, N.J., September 1, 1953. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
  
  
• Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) — also known as Edward I. Edwards — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson County, N.J., December 1, 1863. Son of William W. Edwards and Emma J. (Nation) Edwards; brother of William D. Edwards; married, November 14, 1888, to Jule Blanche Smith (died 1928). Democrat. General contractor; banker; New Jersey state comptroller, 1911-17; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1919; Governor of New Jersey, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1923-29; defeated, 1928. Episcopalian. Welsh and English ancestry. Member, American Bankers Association; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Zeta Psi. Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths of those close to him, and his own poor health, he shot himself with a revolver, in his bed, and died, in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 26, 1931. Interment at Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Elisha Egbert (1806-1870) — of Indiana. Born in New Jersey, November 4, 1806. Probate judge in Indiana, 1833-38, 1848-52; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1832; common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1852-70. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., November 4, 1870. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Abram Isaac Elkus (1867-1947) — also known as Abram I. Elkus — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 6, 1867. Son of Isaac Elkus and Julia Elkus; married, April 15, 1896, to Gertrude R. Hess; father of Katharine Elkus White. Democrat. Lawyer; member, New York State Board of Regents, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1916-17; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1919-20; defeated, 1920. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in Red Bank, Monmouth County, N.J., October 15, 1947. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in South Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., January 3, 1734. Father of Margaret Evertson (1764-1837) (who married John Cotton Smith). Member of New York provincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Presbyterian. Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y., May 1, 1807. Interment at Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
  
  
• Frederick Samuel Fish (b. 1852) — also known as Frederick S. Fish — of Newark, Essex County, N.J.; South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 5, 1852. Son of Henry Clay Fish (D.D.) and Clara (Jones) Fish; married, June 16, 1887, to Grace A. Studebaker. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1884-85; member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1885-87; director and general counsel, Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company; president, Studebaker Vehicle Company; chairman, Studebaker Corporation. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Oramel B. Fuller (1858-1935) — of Ford River, Delta County, Mich. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 22, 1858. Married 1887 to Jennie L. Van Zalingen (died 1922). Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Delta District, 1893-98; member of Michigan state senate 30th District, 1901-04, 1907-08; injured in a fall at the entrance to his home, about 1905, and paralyzed; used a wheelchair for the rest of his life; Michigan state auditor general, 1909-32; defeated, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 4, 1935. Interment somewhere in Muskegon, Mich.
  
  
• Guy George Gabrielson (b. 1891) — also known as Guy G. Gabrielson — of Bernardsville, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa, May 22, 1891. Son of Frank August Gabrielson and Ida (Jansen) Gabrielson; married, February 5, 1918, to Cora M. Speer. Republican. Lawyer; president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines, Danville, Quebec; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1926-30; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1949-52. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918); father of James Rudolph Garfield. Republican. Lawyer; college professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881; died from the effects of the wound and treatment, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C. Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: William S. Maynard
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography; Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur
  
  
• Frederick W. Gnichtel (b. 1860) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., 1860. Married, August 15, 1888, to Caroline Collis Stevenson. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Trenton, N.J., 1906-08. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward Winthrop Gray (1870-1942) — also known as Edward W. Gray — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., August 18, 1870. Son of Edward Gray and Elizabeth (Beggs) Gray; married, September 29, 1898, to Altha R. Hay. Republican. Newspaper publisher; secretary of New Jersey Republican Party, 1908-13; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1915-19; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1918. Dutch Reformed. Member, Freemasons. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 10, 1942. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harry T. Hagaman (b. 1869) — of Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Toms River, Ocean County, N.J., June 2, 1869. Son of John Hagaman and Alica M. (Applegate) Hagaman; married, June 26, 1895, to Maude Walton. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1917-19; member of New Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1920-22. Methodist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Foresters; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Patriotic Order Sons of America; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Griffith Haight (1879-1942) — of Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, N.J., August 4, 1879. Son of John Tyler Haight and Mary Louise (Drummond) Haight; married, October 18, 1905, to Annie M. Crater. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1914-19; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1919-20. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died January 26, 1942. Interment at Freehold Cemetery, Freehold, N.J.
  
  
• Joshua C. Haines (b. 1868) — of Camden, Camden County, N.J. Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester County, N.J., July 1, 1868. Republican. Camden County Sheriff, 1914-17; member of New Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1918-20. Presbyterian. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Millet Hand (1902-1956) — also known as T. Millet Hand — of Cape May, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Cape May, Cape May County, N.J., July 7, 1902. Son of Albert Reeves Hand and Sarah (Millet) Hand; married, March 1, 1930, to Mary Mercer Worth (died); married, December 31, 1950, to Elizabeth Frost Spang. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; vice-chair of New Jersey Republican Party, 1941-44; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1945-56; died in office 1956. Member, Freemasons; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Cold Spring, Cape May County, N.J., December 26, 1956. Cremated; ashes interred at Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George B. Harper (b. 1918) — of Layton, Sussex County, N.J. Born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., December 5, 1918. Republican. Engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1972 (alternate); member of New Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1954-64. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Still living as of 1972.
  
  
• Reuben Locke Haskell (1878-1971) — also known as Reuben L. Haskell — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 5, 1878. Son of Robert B. Haskell and Monrovia (Grayson) Haskell; married, October 8, 1902, to Aleda C. Baylis. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1915-19; defeated, 1912; county judge in New York, 1920-25; candidate in primary for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1921. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows; Royal Arcanum; Delta Chi. Died in Westwood, Bergen County, N.J., October 2, 1971. Interment at Mt. Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) — of North Carolina. Born in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., January 23, 1730. Relative of Thomas Hewes. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1766-75, 1778-79; Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77, 1779; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 10, 1779. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Garret Augustus Hobart (1844-1899) — also known as Garret A. Hobart — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born near Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., June 3, 1844. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1873-76; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1877-82; Vice President of the United States, 1897-99; died in office 1899. Member, Freemasons. Died in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., November 21, 1899. Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) — also known as Harold G. Hoffman — of South Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in South Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., February 7, 1896. Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman; married, September 10, 1919, to Lillie Moss. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate business; banker; newspaper columnist and radio commentator; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of New Jersey, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Junior Order; Patriotic Order Sons of America; Royal Arcanum. Suspended in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system for an investigation of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written confession of embezzlement schemes was disclosed. Died, of a heart attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 4, 1954. Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Alfred Tilghman Holley (b. 1872) — also known as Alfred T. Holley — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., February 15, 1872. Son of Rev. Dr. William Welles Holley and Katherine Summer (Wyse) Holley; married, April 22, 1914, to Alice Beatrice Herbert. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; president, Holly & Smith, Inc., coal, hay, and grain merchants; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward Hoos (1850-1912) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Newied am Rhine, Germany, August 31, 1850. Democrat. Mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1897-1901. Member, Freemasons. Died October 24, 1912. Interment at Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  
  
• Sharpe James — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1980, 2000, 2004; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1986-2006; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1992. Black. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 2006.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• William Francis James (1873-1945) — also known as W. Frank James — of Hancock, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., May 23, 1873. Married 1904 to Jennie M. Mingey. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; real estate and insurance business; Houghton County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor of Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated, 1934, 1936. Methodist. Cornish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Eagles; Foresters; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees; Odd Fellows. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., November 17, 1945. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. (1893-1968) — also known as "The General" — of Highland Park, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., 1893. Mayor of Highland Park, N.J., 1920-22. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. President or Chairman of the Board, Johnson & Johnson, 1932-63. Died, in Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., January 30, 1968. Entombed in mausoleum at Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) — of Maplewood, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 1, 1870. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1901; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900-01; district judge in New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Lions; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• LeRoy W. Loder (b. 1883) — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., December 5, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1914-19; member of New Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1932-34; member of New Jersey Democratic State Committee, 1933. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles E. Loizeaux (b. 1889) — also known as Charlie Loizeaux — of Plainfield, Union County, N.J. Born in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, January 22, 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Plainfield, N.J., 1921; member of New Jersey state senate from Union County, 1933-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Junior Order; Redmen; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Clay Loudenslager (1852-1911) — also known as Henry C. Loudenslager — of Paulsboro, Gloucester County, N.J. Born in Mauricetown, Cumberland County, N.J., May 22, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1893-1911; died in office 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908. Member, Freemasons; Redmen. Died in Paulsboro, Gloucester County, N.J., August 12, 1911. Interment at Eglinton Cemetery, Clarksboro, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Madden (b. 1873) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Tuckahoe, Cape May County, N.J., July 10, 1873. Son of Thomas Burch Madden and Eleanor (Steelman) Madden; married to Minnie J. Mentzler. Democrat. Physician; mayor of Trenton, N.J., 1908-11. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• G. Herbert Mallett (c.1906-1999) — of Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J. Mayor of Rutherford, N.J., 1960-64; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1964-66. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, of a stroke, at Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, Bergen County, N.J., June 2, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) — also known as George B. McClellan; "Little Mac" — of New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 3, 1826. Son of George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz (Brinton) McClellan; married to Mary Ellen Marcy (granddaughter of Laban Marcy; daughter of Gen. Randolph Barnes Marcy (1812-1887)); father of George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940). Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for President of the United States, 1864; Governor of New Jersey, 1878-81. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died October 29, 1885. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  • See also Howe family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about George B. McClellan: Stephen W. Sears, George B. McClellan : The Young Napoleon
  
  
• Cornelius McCrelis (1883-1964) — of Highland Park, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., 1883. Mayor of Highland Park, N.J., 1922-24. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Highland Park, Middlesex County, N.J., May 10, 1964. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
  
  
• Peter Henry Meisel (c.1867-1939) — also known as Peter H. Meisel — of Springfield, Union County, N.J. Born in Germany. Republican. Contractor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Springfield, Union County, N.J., March 3, 1939. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Smith Monroe (b. 1854) — also known as James S. Monroe — of Ironwood, Gogebic County, Mich. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., December 29, 1854. Son of Peter Smith Monroe and Harriet (FitzGerald) Monroe; married, July 13, 1882, to Emma C. Mitchell. Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1901-10 (Gogebic District 1901-02, Gogebic County 1903-10); defeated, 1912. Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952) — also known as A. Harry Moore — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., July 3, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of New Jersey, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1952; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1935-38. Christian Reformed. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Foresters; Moose; Royal Arcanum; Delta Theta Phi. Died from a heart attack while driving his car along State Highway 29 in Somerset County, N.J., November 18, 1952. Interment at Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) — of Passaic, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Passaic, Passaic County, N.J., July 3, 1881. Son of Thomas Martin Moore and Sarah (Wickham) Moore; married 1931 to Lillian Ring. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1909-11; law professor; vice-chair of New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Zeta Psi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) — also known as Charles S. Mott; C. S. Mott — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 2, 1875. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of Michigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924, 1940; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Rotary. Vice-president of General Motors. Philanthropist; founder of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., February 18, 1973. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  
  
• William Augustus Newell (1817-1901) — also known as William A. Newell — of Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, September 5, 1817. Son of James H. Newell and Eliza D. Newell. Republican. Physician; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1847-51, 1865-67; defeated, 1866; Governor of New Jersey, 1857-60; defeated, 1877; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1864; Governor of Washington Territory, 1880-84. Member, Freemasons. Died in Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J., August 8, 1901. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Allentown, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Raymond J. Newman (c.1879-1928) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; accountant; mayor of Paterson, N.J., 1928; died in office 1928. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died June 13, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Archibald Ernest Olpp (1882-1949) — of West Hoboken (now part of Union City), Hudson County, N.J. Born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., May 12, 1882. Son of John Olpp and Matilda M. (Segel) Olpp; married, November 25, 1908, to Beatrice S. Seiple. Republican. Physician; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons. Died in 1949. Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) — also known as Kevin Park — of Edison, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in a hospital, Columbia, Howard County, Md., May 5, 1983. Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi (South Korean Ambassador to Senegal and Finland). Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson; presidential candidate. Christian. Korean ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2004.
  
  
• William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), December 24, 1745. Father-in-law of Stephen Van Rensselaer. Delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of New Jersey, 1790-93; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 9, 1806. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • See also VanRensselaer-Paterson family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about William Paterson: John E. O'Connor, William Paterson, Lawyer and Statesman, 1745-1806 (out of print)
  
  
• Randolph Perkins (1871-1936) — of Westfield, Union County, N.J.; Woodcliff Lake, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Dunellen, Middlesex County, N.J., November 30, 1871. Son of James H. Perkins and Elizabeth (Kelly) Perkins; married 1909 to Louise Tuttle Morris. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Westfield, N.J., 1905-06; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1905-07; chair of Bergen County Republican Party, 1911-16; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1921-36 (6th District 1921-33, 7th District 1933-36); died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in 1936. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry J. Pierson (b. 1872) — of Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa. Born in Lambertville, Hunterdon County, N.J., August 1, 1872. Republican. Paper manufacturer; banker; member of Pennsylvania state senate 17th District, 1933-40. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Clarke Pilgrim (b. 1874) — also known as Charles C. Pilgrim — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., September 6, 1874. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1915-16; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1916; member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1918-20. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., February 5, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1895-99; member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1899-1901; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-08; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1912-22. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died December 9, 1924. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Horace Griggs Prall (1881-1951) — also known as Horace G. Prall — of Lambertville, Hunterdon County, N.J. Born near Ringoes, Hunterdon County, N.J., March 6, 1881. First cousin thrice removed of John Manners. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1926-27; member of New Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1928-36. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows. Died in 1951. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Manners family of New Jersey
  
  
• Amos Henry Radcliffe (1870-1950) — also known as Amos H. Radcliffe — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 16, 1870. Republican. Blacksmith; ironworker; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1908-12; Passaic County Sheriff, 1912-15; mayor of Paterson, N.J., 1916-19; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1919-23. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died December 29, 1950. Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Rathbone Ramsey (1862-1933) — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Wyckoff, Bergen County, N.J., April 25, 1862. Son of John P. Ramsey and Martha (Rathbone) Ramsey; married, January 26, 1898, to Mary Evelyn Thompson (died 1898); married, January 10, 1906, to Alice Taylor Huyler. Republican. Lawyer; Bergen County Clerk, 1895-1910; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1917-21. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in 1933. Interment at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles C. Read (b. 1867) — of Ocean City, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., August 6, 1867. Republican. Hardware business; president, Ocean City National Bank; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1925-27; member of New Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1928-36; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Firman M. Reeves (b. 1877) — of Millville, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in Millville, Cumberland County, N.J., September 20, 1877. Republican. Pharmacist; real estate business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1918-19; member of New Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1920-27. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joshua S. Salmon (1846-1902) — of Boonton, Morris County, N.J. Born in Mt. Olive, Morris County, N.J., February 2, 1846. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1878; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office 1902. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Boonton, Morris County, N.J., May 6, 1902. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Boonton, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Nicholas Seger (1866-1940) — also known as George N. Seger — of Passaic, Passaic County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 4, 1866. Republican. Builder; mayor of Passaic, N.J., 1911-19; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1923-40 (7th District 1923-33, 8th District 1933-40); died in office 1940. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Royal Arcanum. Died August 26, 1940. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Stockton (1730-1781) — of New Jersey. Born near Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., October 1, 1730. Brother-in-law of Elias Boudinot; father of Richard Stockton (1764-1828); grandfather of Robert Field Stockton and Richard Stockton Field; great-grandfather of John Potter Stockton. Associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1774; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died February 28, 1781. Interment at Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  • See also Stockton family of New Jersey
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Edward Philip Stout (b. 1876) — also known as Edward P. Stout — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Kingswood Township, Hunterdon County, N.J., November 17, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1918; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1931-40. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard R. Stout (b. 1912) — of West Allenhurst, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, N.J., September 21, 1912. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1952-74; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1972. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Still living as of 1974.
  
  
• William Sulzer (1863-1941) — also known as "Plain Bill" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., March 18, 1863. Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer; married, January 7, 1908, to Clara Rodelheim; brother of Charles August Sulzer. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District 1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th District 1914); Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S. Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903, 10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1912; Governor of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914. Presbyterian. German and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Impeached and removed from office as governor, 1913. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., November 6, 1941. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
  • Cross-reference: Alexander S. Bacon
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Halstead Sutphin (1887-1972) — also known as William H. Sutphin — of Matawan, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Browntown, Middlesex County, N.J., August 30, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1931-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion;