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  Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) — also known as Charles B. Alexander — of Tuxedo Park, Orange County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 6, 1849. Democrat. Lawyer; director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad, the Hocking Valley Railroad, and several banks; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916 (alternate), 1920; member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27. Presbyterian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; American Bar Association. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander; married, April 26, 1887, to Harriet Crocker (daughter of Charles Crocker); father of Mary Alexander (who married Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965)) and Harriet Crocker Alexander (who married Winthrop Williams Aldrich); grandfather of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse; great-grandfather of Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955).
  Political families: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York; Crocker-Whitehouse family of Sacramento, California (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Henry Hersey Andrew (b. 1858) — also known as Henry H. Andrew — of Union, Monroe County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April, 1858. Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer; candidate for West Virginia state senate 8th District, 1898. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Albion Andrew and Eliza (Hersey) Andrew; brother of John Forrester Andrew; married, January 16, 1891, to Mary Raynard Garrettson; second cousin thrice removed of Timothy Pickering; third cousin thrice removed of Luther Lawrence, Abbott Lawrence and John Prescott Bigelow; fourth cousin once removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Upham family; Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish family of Adel, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  George Keyser Angle (1864-1932) — also known as George K. Angle; G. K. Angle — of Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.; Easton, Northampton County, Pa.; Silver City, Grant County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in New Jersey, 1864. Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1912; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Member, American Legion; American Medical Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Epsilon. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., May 8, 1932 (age about 67 years). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Angle and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Kiser) Angle.
  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 from Passaic County, 1929-32; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1933-36. Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons; Shriners; Junior Order; Moose; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William J. Barbour and Anna Barbour.
  Franklin Haywood Berry (1904-1975) — also known as Franklin H. Berry — of Toms River, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Manahawkin, Ocean County, N.J., May 15, 1904. Lawyer; bank director; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Ocean County, 1947. Member, Kiwanis; Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Toms River, Ocean County, N.J., June 16, 1975 (age 71 years, 32 days). Interment at Beach Avenue Cemetery, Manahawkin, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Willits Berry and Jessie (Haywood) Berry.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  J. W. Rufus Besson (c.1871-1936) — of Hudson County, N.J.; Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J. Born about 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04; district judge in New Jersey, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1920. French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died, following a series of apoplectic strokes, in Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J., January 12, 1936 (age about 65 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of Harlan Besson.
  Jonathan Hunt Blackwell (1841-1919) — also known as Jonathan H. Blackwell — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Hopewell, Mercer County, N.J., December 20, 1841. Democrat. Merchant; member of New Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1875-77; New Jersey state treasurer, 1885; appointed 1885. English ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died in 1919 (age about 77 years). Interment at First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Blackwell and Francenia (Hunt) Blackwell; married, October 5, 1865, to Susan Weart.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Shimer Boyer (1869-1936) — also known as Charles S. Boyer — of Camden, Camden County, N.J.; Moorestown, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., May 23, 1869. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Moorestown, Burlington County, N.J., November 10, 1936 (age 67 years, 171 days). Interment at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Louis Theodore DeRousse.
  Albert Comstock (b. 1881) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., April 27, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1925-27. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Comstock (died 1881); married, June 10, 1910, to Hetty Baum.
Royal S. Copeland 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. Homeopathic 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 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1936; candidate in Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1937. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees; Knights of Pythias; Elks; American Public Health Association. Died in Washington, D.C., June 17, 1938 (age 69 years, 222 days). Interment at Mahwah Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Roscoe Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland; married, December 31, 1891, to Mary DePriest Ryan; married, July 15, 1908, to Frances Spalding; nephew of Joseph Tarr Copeland.
  Political family: Copeland family.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Elias Osborn Doremus (1831-1907) — also known as Elias O. Doremus — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., January 17, 1831. Builder; bank director; insurance executive; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1873-74. Presbyterian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Died in East Orange, Essex County, N.J., May 13, 1907 (age 76 years, 116 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Cornelius Doremus and Julia A. (Osborn) Doremus; married 1855 to Harriet Peck.
  Charles Edison (1890-1969) — of West Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 3, 1890. Democrat. U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1940; Governor of New Jersey, 1941-44. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Psi; Newcomen Society. Died, of heart failure, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 31, 1969 (age 78 years, 362 days). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Alva Edison and Mina (Miller) Edison; married, March 27, 1918, to Carolyn Hawkins.
  Cross-reference: Sido L. Ridolfi
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Harvey Johnson Ely (1891-1942) — also known as William H. J. Ely — of Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., September 18, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New Jersey, 1924-29; member of New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1932 (alternate), 1940; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large; elected 1933; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1938. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Lions; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., March 2, 1942 (age 50 years, 165 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Addison Ely and Emily Jane (Johnson) Ely; married, April 30, 1917, to Mary Rogers; second cousin of Joseph Buell Ely.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Guy Leverne Fake (1879-1957) — also known as Guy L. Fake — of Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y., November 15, 1879. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08; district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Gamma Delta; Freemasons; Elks; Junior Order; United Spanish War Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., September 23, 1957 (age 77 years, 312 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Milton Elwood Fake and Mary Louise (Cook) Fake; married to Grace Elizabeth Mucklow; first cousin of Kenneth Hearn Fake.
  Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) — also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Lynn Winterdale — of Maryland; Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, N.J., June 11, 1888. Stenographer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16, 1919-22; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in San Salvador, 1922-24; Hong Kong, 1924-25, 1925-28; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1928-30; Chefoo, 1930-31; Amoy, 1931-33; Stockholm, as of 1938-40; Niagara Falls, as of 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curaçao, as of 1947. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died July 8, 1952 (age 64 years, 27 days). Interment at Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
  Relatives: Step-son of George L. Franklin; son of Charles Winterdale and Jenny (Jones) Winterdale; married, June 11, 1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976) — also known as Guy G. Gabrielson — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Bernardsville, Somerset County, N.J.; Ambler, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa, May 22, 1891. Republican. Lawyer; president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines, Danville, Quebec; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1926-29; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1944-52; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1949-52; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Union League. Died in Point Pleasant, Ocean County, N.J., May 1, 1976 (age 84 years, 345 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank August Gabrielson and Ida (Jansen) Gabrielson; married, February 5, 1918, to Cora M. Speer.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) — of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent County, R.I. Born in Cranford, Union County, N.J., September 7, 1896. Republican. Paper box manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944, 1948, 1952 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1956; Rhode Island Republican state chair, 1946-49. Presbyterian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene; married, September 15, 1922, to Anne Buckley.
  Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) — also known as Albert W. Hawkes — of Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 20, 1878. Republican. Business executive; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis; Sons of the American Revolution; Newcomen Society; Union League. Died in Palm Desert, Riverside County, Calif., May 9, 1971 (age 92 years, 170 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Moses A. Hawkes and Louise Restieaux (Starrett) Hawkes; married, May 15, 1901, to Frances Olive Whitfield; father of Albert Whitfield Hawkes.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) — also known as David J. Hill — of Lewisburg, Union County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., June 10, 1850. Historian; president, Bucknell University, 1879-88; president, University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Historical Association; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in 1932 (age about 82 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Daniel T. Hill and Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hill; married, June 3, 1886, to Juliet Lewis Packer.
  Cross-reference: Thomas Burke
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  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. 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; Elks; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Dr. William Welles Holley and Katherine Summer (Wyse) Holley; married, April 22, 1914, to Alice Beatrice Herbert.
  Charles P. Hutchinson (b. 1887) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., October 17, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; Mercer County Clerk, 1928-45; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1945-47; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County, 1947. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Barton B. Hutchinson; married to Laura D. Reading.
  Frederick C. Hyer (b. 1874) — of Union County, N.J. Born in Rahway, Union County, N.J., December 10, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; candidate for New Jersey state senate from Union County, 1908. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Elks; Royal Arcanum; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Spencer Hyer and Jane (Young) Hyer; married, January 12, 1898, to Edith Cook.
  Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) — also known as Francis Hallett Johnson — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 26, 1888. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Psi. Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 11, 1968 (age 79 years, 259 days). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Augustus Johnson and Frances Valeda 'Fannie' (Matthews) Johnson; married, May 20, 1920, to Katherine Elizabeth Steward (niece of Robert Livingston Beeckman); father of Hallett Johnson, Jr. (son-in-law of Jay Cooke).
  Political family: Cooke family of Ohio and Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Edward Lawrence Katzenbach (1878-1934) — also known as Edward L. Katzenbach — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., October 21, 1878. Lawyer; counsel for banks and paper companies; New Jersey state attorney general, 1924-29. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., December 18, 1934 (age 56 years, 58 days). Interment at Ewing Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Snowden Katzenbach and Augusta Susan (Mushbach) Katzenbach; brother of Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr.; married, November 7, 1911, to Marie Louise Hunt Hilson; father of Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach; uncle of Frank Snowden Katzenbach III; third great-grandnephew of John Imlay; first cousin four times removed of James Henderson Imlay.
  Political family: Katzenbach family of New Jersey.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Thomas Kays (1878-1958) — also known as Henry T. Kays — of Newton, Sussex County, N.J. Born in Newton, Sussex County, N.J., September 29, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Sussex County Freeholder, 1910-11; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1913-15; member of New Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1919-24; resigned 1924; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1924-35; vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1935-47; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Sussex County, 1947. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Died July 26, 1958 (age 79 years, 300 days). Interment at Newton Cemetery, Newton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas M. Kays and Marielle (Ryerson) Kays; married to Katherine Van Blarcom; great-grandson of Thomas Cox Ryerson.
  Epitaph: "Senator / Judge of Court of Errors and Appeals / A Vice Chancellor / of the State of New Jersey / Superior Court Judge."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) — also known as Hamilton F. Kean — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in Union Township, Union County, N.J., February 27, 1862. Republican. Banker; farmer; chair of Union County Republican Party, 1900; member of New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Freemasons. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303 days). Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brother of John Kean (1852-1914); married, January 12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father of Robert Winthrop Kean; grandfather of Thomas Howard Kean; great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); great-grandfather of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; great-grandnephew of Philip Peter Livingston; second great-grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; third great-grandson of James Alexander; third great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; first cousin four times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson, Philip P. Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Henry Cruger and Henry Rutgers; third cousin once removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip DePeyster and James Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, John Jacob Astor III, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston and Brockholst Livingston.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John N. Klein (b. 1862) — of Belleville, Essex County, N.J. Born in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa., April 24, 1862. Republican. Druggist; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912. Christian Reformed. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Royal Arcanum; Modern Woodmen of America; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David G. Klein and Maria (Pott) Klein; married 1890 to Elizabeth Gephart.
  Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) — also known as Edward T. Moore — of Passaic, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Passaic, Passaic County, N.J., July 3, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1909-10; law professor; vice-chair of New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Zeta Psi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Martin Moore and Sarah (Wickham) Moore; married 1931 to Lillian Ring.
Franklin Murphy Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 3, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; varnish manufacturer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1885; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896 (Convention Vice-President), 1900, 1904; Governor of New Jersey, 1902-05; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1904-12; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 24, 1920 (age 74 years, 52 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.; statue erected 1925 at Weequhaic Park, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Father of Helen M. Murphy (who married William Burnet Kinney).
  Political family: Kinney-Murphy family of Newark, New Jersey.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901
  Charles Wolcott Parker (1862-1948) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., October 22, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1898-1903; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1903-07; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1907-47. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., January 23, 1948 (age 85 years, 93 days). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Cortlandt Parker and Elisabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker; brother of Richard Wayne Parker; married, November 22, 1893, to Emily Fuller; grandson of James Parker; second great-grandnephew of Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; third great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; third great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay and Frederick Jay; third cousin once removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay and William Jay; third cousin thrice removed of John Adams Taintor, William Alfred Buckingham and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and James Adams Ekin; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II, Philip N. Schuyler, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton and John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known as Phelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Bonn, Germany, May 4, 1897. Member of New York state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District 1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1948 (alternate); member of New York state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1956, 1960, 1964 (alternate); delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Psi Upsilon; Urban League; Elks; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Society of Colonial Wars; Union League; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J., June 10, 1981 (age 84 years, 37 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Franz von Rottenburg and Marian (Phelps) von Rottenburg; nephew of Sheffield Phelps; grandson of William Walter Phelps; great-grandnephew of Norman A. Phelps; third great-grandnephew of Noah Phelps; first cousin once removed of Harold Sheffield Van Buren and Mabel Thorp Boardman; first cousin four times removed of Elisha Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Hiram Bidwell Case; second cousin thrice removed of John Smith Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Amos Pettibone, Jesse Hoyt and George Smith Catlin; eighth great-grandson of Thomas Welles.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Henry Cooper Pitney (1827-1911) — also known as Henry C. Pitney — Born in Mendham Township, Morris County, N.J., January 19, 1827. Lawyer; bank director; vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1889-1907. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died January 10, 1911 (age 83 years, 356 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Lucetta (Cooper) Pitney and Mahlon Pitney (1795-1863); married, April 7, 1853, to Sarah Louise Halsted; father of Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924); great-grandfather of James Duncan Pitney; second cousin once removed of Aaron Pitney.
  Political family: Pitney family of New Jersey.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Schultz Schweiker (1926-2015) — also known as Richard S. Schweiker — of Worcester, Montgomery County, Pa.; Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., June 1, 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952 (alternate), 1956 (alternate), 1972; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1961-69; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1969-81; U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1981-83. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; Sons of the American Revolution; Lions; Kiwanis; American Legion. Died, from complications of an infection, in AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Pomona, Atlantic County, N.J., July 31, 2015 (age 89 years, 60 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Thomas Whitaker Trenchard (1863-1942) — also known as Thomas W. Trenchard — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Centerton, Salem County, N.J., December 13, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1889; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; county judge in New Jersey, 1899-1906; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1906-41. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution. In 1935, sentenced Bruno Richard Hauptmann to death for the kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., July 23, 1942 (age 78 years, 222 days). Interment at Bridgeton Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of William B. Trenchard and Anna M. (Golder) Trenchard; married, October 18, 1891, to Harriet Manning.
  David S. Van Alstyne Jr. (b. 1897) — of Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., January 3, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment banker; stockbroker; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1943; member of New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944, 1948, 1952 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1968; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County, 1947; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Presbyterian. Dutch ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne; married, October 20, 1923, to Janet Graham.
  Garrett Dorset Wall Vroom (b. 1843) — also known as Garrett D. W. Vroom — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., December 17, 1843. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876, 1888 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); mayor of Trenton, N.J., 1881-84. Dutch and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Dumont Vroom Jr.; grandson of Garret Dorset Wall.
  Political family: Wall-Vroom family of Trenton, New Jersey.
  George C. Warren Jr. (b. 1877) — of Summit, Union County, N.J. Born in Barnegat, Ocean County, N.J., October 15, 1877. Republican. Stockbroker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936. Methodist. Member, Sons of the Revolution; American Forestry Association; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George C. Warren and Sarah M. (Cranmer) Warren.
  John Van Buren Wicoff (1878-1952) — also known as John V. B. Wicoff — of Cranbury, Middlesex County, N.J.; Plainsboro, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Plainsboro, Middlesex County, N.J., June 9, 1878. Republican. Lawyer; president, Broad Street National Bank of Trenton; president, Trenton Bone Fertilizer Company; candidate for New Jersey state senate, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944. Presbyterian. Dutch ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Rotary. Died February 25, 1952 (age 73 years, 261 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Wicoff and Catherine Lucretia (Britton) Wicoff; married, June 8, 1904, to Lavinia Ely Applegate; first cousin of C. Raymond Wicoff.
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