Selected officials of Bronx County

(not intended to be complete)

Joseph I. Berry (Coroner, 1902-05) James V. Ganly (County Clerk, 1914-17) Francis Martin (District Attorney, 1914-20) James F. Donnelly (Sheriff, 1918-21) Joseph M. Callahan (County Clerk, 1918-21) Edward J. Glennon (District Attorney, 1920-23) Edward J. Flynn (Sheriff, 1922-25) John E. McGeehan (District Attorney, 1924-29) Louis A. Schoffel (County Register, 1925-32) Lester W. Patterson (Sheriff, 1926-29) Charles B. McLaughlin (District Attorney, 1930-33) Lester W. Patterson (County Clerk, 1930-33) Herman M. Albert (County Register, 1933-41) Samuel Foley (District Attorney, 1933-50) John J. Hanley (Sheriff, 1934-37) Nicholas J. Eberhard (County Clerk, 1934-37) George B. DeLuca (District Attorney, 1950-54) David M. Potts (County Surrogate, 1951-53) Daniel V. Sullivan (District Attorney, 1955-59) Isidore Dollinger (District Attorney, 1960-68) Burton B. Roberts (District Attorney, 1968-72) Mario Merola (District Attorney, 1973-87) Paul Gentile (District Attorney, 1987-88) Robert T. Johnson (District Attorney, 1989-)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bronx County

• Bronx Corpus Christi Monastery
• Bronx St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard
• Bronx St. Paul's Churchyard
• Bronx St. Raymond's Cemetery
• Bronx Woodlawn Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• John Daniel Crimmins (1844-1917) — also known as John D. Crimmins — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 18, 1844. Contractor; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1912 (alternate); National Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Philanthropist. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 9, 1917. Entombed at Corpus Christi Monastery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Lewis Morris (1726-1798) — of New York. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., April 8, 1726. Half-brother of Gouverneur Morris; uncle of Lewis Richard Morris; great-great-grandfather of John Kean; ancestor of Hamilton Fish, Jr.. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1777-78, 1780-81, 1783-90. Died January 22, 1798. Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Morrisania, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 31, 1752. Half-brother of Lewis Morris; uncle of Lewis Richard Morris; relative of Wymberley DeRenne Coerr. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister to France, 1792-94; U.S. Senator from New York, 1800-03. Episcopalian. Died November 6, 1816. Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Gouverneur Morris: Richard Brookhiser, Gentleman Revolutionary : Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution; William Adams, Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Philip Pell, Jr. (1753-1811) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y., July 7, 1753. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1779-81, 1783-86; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1788-89. Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y., May 1, 1811. Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Joshua Sands (1757-1835) — of New York. Born in Sands Point, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., October 12, 1757. Member of New York state senate Southern District, 1791-97; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1803-05, 1825-27. Died September 13, 1835. Original interment at St. Paul's Churchyard; reinterment in 1852 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Patrick F. Egan (1841-1919) — of Nebraska. Born in County Longford, Ireland, 1841. U.S. Minister to Chile, 1889-93. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., September 30, 1919. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  
  
• James Vincent Ganly (1878-1923) — also known as James V. Ganly — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 13, 1878. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1907; Bronx County Clerk, 1914-17; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1919-21, 1923; defeated, 1920; died in office 1923. Died in an automobile accident in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 7, 1923. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George William Loft (1865-1943) — also known as George W. Loft — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 6, 1865. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1913-17 (15th District 1913-15, 13th District 1915-17); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940. Died in Baldwin, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., November 6, 1943. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 28, 1895. Son of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien. Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig Preserving Company; insurance broker; member of New York state senate 19th District, 1923-38. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Redmen. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, September 14, 1938. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  
  
• John E. McGeehan (1880-1968) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 17, 1880. Democrat. Bronx County District Attorney, 1924-29; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-50. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 17, 1968. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Arthur H. Murphy (d. 1922) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Democrat. Chair of Bronx County Democratic Party, 1913-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916, 1920; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1920. Died February 6, 1922. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  
  
• Mary A. Parker (d. 1960) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944. Female. Died in 1960. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  
  
• Philip J. Kearns — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas F. McAvoy — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916. Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
  
  

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• Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., April 11, 1862. Son of David Charles Hughes and Mary Catherine (Connelly) Hughes; married, December 5, 1888, to Antoinette Carter; father of Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.; grandfather of Henry Stuart Hughes. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; Governor of New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President of the United States, 1916; U.S. Secretary of State, 1921-25. Baptist. Welsh ancestry. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., August 27, 1948. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: John F. Ahearn; Louis F. Haffen
  • See also Hughes family of Massachusetts
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books by Charles Evans Hughes: The Supreme Court of the United States: Its Foundation Methods and Achievements; Pan American Peace Plans (1929)
  • Books about Charles Evans Hughes: Dexter Perkins, Charles Evans Hughes (out of print); Merlo J. Pusey, Charles Evans Hughes
  
  
• Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) — also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little Flower" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 11, 1882. Son of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea Almerigotti; married, February 28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District 1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920, 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate); mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929. Episcopalian. Italian and Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., is named for him. Died of pancreatic cancer, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 20, 1947. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Vito Marcantonio
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. Paul Jeffers, The Napoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia; Thomas Kessner, Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York (out of print); Mervyn D. Kaufman, Fiorello LaGuardia (out of print); Alyn Brodsky, The Great Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New York
  
  
• William F. Havemeyer (1804-1874) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1804. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1845-46, 1848-49, 1873-74. Died in 1874. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) — of New York. Born in 1879. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of George V. Mullan, 1902-13; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1913; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated in primary, 1917. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Killed in a plane crash during World War I military training, in Louisiana, July 6, 1918. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849-1918) — also known as Robert A. Van Wyck — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 20, 1849. Married to Kate E. Hertle. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in Paris, France, November 30, 1918. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795-1858) — also known as Benjamin F. Butler — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook Landing, Columbia County, N.Y., December 17, 1795. Descendant of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658; English military leader and politician); son of Medad Butler and Hannah (Tylee) Butler; married 1818 to Harriet Allen. Lawyer; Albany County District Attorney, 1821-24; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1828; U.S. Attorney General, 1833-38; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1838-41, 1845-48; Presidential Elector for New York, 1844. Presbyterian. Died in Paris, France, November 8, 1858. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William L. Strong (1827-1900) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1827. Republican. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1895-97. Died in 1900. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932) — Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., November 28, 1864. Son of Rev. Joseph Fithian Garrison and Elizabeth Vanarsdale (Grant) Garrison; brother of Charles Grant Garrison; married, June 30, 1900, to Margaret Hildeburn. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of War, 1913-16; resigned 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Sea Bright, Monmouth County, N.J., October 19, 1932. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Daniel Scott Lamont (1851-1905) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born February 9, 1851. U.S. Secretary of War, 1893-97. Died July 23, 1905. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896) — also known as Benjamin H. Bristow — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elkton, Todd County, Ky., June 20, 1832. Son of Francis Marion Bristow and Emily E. (Helm) Bristow; married, November 21, 1854, to Abbie S. Briscoe; father of Nancy 'Nannie' Bristow (1858-1913) (who married Eben Sumner Draper (1858-1914)); grandfather of Eben Sumner Draper (1893-?). Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky state senate, 1863-65; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1866-70; law partner of John M. Harlan, 1870; U.S. Solicitor General, 1870-72; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1876. Member, American Bar Association; Union League. Died, from appendicitis, in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 22, 1896. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Draper-Bristow family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Thomas F. Gilroy (1840-1911) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ireland, June 3, 1840. Democrat. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1893-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from apoplexy, in Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., 1911. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Alfred Clark Chapin (1848-1936) — also known as Alfred C. Chapin — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in South Hadley, Hampshire County, Mass., March 8, 1848. Son of Ephraim Chapin and Josephine Jerusha (Clark) Chapin; married, February 20, 1884, to Grace Stebbins (c.1863-1908); married, January 6, 1913, to Charlotte (Storrs) Montant; father of Grace Chapin (who married Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1888-1991)); grandfather of Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1926-1996). Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1882-83; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1883; New York state comptroller, 1884-87; mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888-91; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891-92. Member, Alpha Delta Phi. Died in Montreal, Quebec, October 2, 1936. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) — also known as William C. Whitney — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Conway, Franklin County, Mass., July 5, 1841. Grandfather of John Hay Whitney. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894. Died, following appendicitis surgery, in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 2, 1904. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 25, 1872. Son of Isidor Straus and Ida (Blum) Straus; nephew of Oscar Solomon Straus; married, November 20, 1895, to Irma S. Nathan; first cousin of Nathan Straus, Jr.; uncle of Stuart Scheftel; first cousin once removed of R. Peter Straus. President, R. H. Macy & Co. department stores; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1933-36. Jewish. Member, Sphinx. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., October 4, 1936. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  
  
• Augustus Schell (1812-1884) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., 1812. Brother of Richard Schell. Democrat. Lawyer; director or trustee of several railroad companies; New York Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1856, 1860, 1876; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1857-61; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1872; candidate for New York state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1878. German and Dutch ancestry. Died, from complications of Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 27, 1884. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) — also known as Cornelius N. Bliss — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., January 26, 1833. Son of Asahel Newton Bliss and Irene Borden (Luther) Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Bliss; married, March 30, 1859, to Elizabeth Mary Plummer (1837-1923); father of Cornelius Newton Bliss, Jr.. Republican. Dry goods merchant; banker; New York Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900, 1904. English ancestry. Member, Union League. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 9, 1911. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Bliss family of New York
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Butler Ogden (1805-1877) — also known as William B. Ogden — of Delaware County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Walton, Delaware County, N.Y., June 15, 1805. Member of New York state assembly from Delaware County, 1835; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1837-38. Died August 3, 1877. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902-1954) — also known as Vito Marcantonio — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., December 10, 1902. Son of Samuel Marcantonio and Angelina (De Dobitis) Marcantonio; married, May 20, 1925, to Miriam A. Sanders. Lawyer; campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Fiorello H. LaGuardia, 1924-32; U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-37, 1939-51 (20th District 1935-37, 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51); defeated, 1936, 1950; American Labor candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1949; New York American Labor Party state chair, 1949. Catholic. Member, United World Federalists; American Civil Liberties Union. Fell dead, after coming up the subway stairs, on Broadway by City Hall Park, New York, New York County, N.Y., August 9, 1954. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Paul Morton (1857-1911) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 22, 1857. Son of Julius Sterling Morton; father of Caroline Morton (who married Harry Frank Guggenheim) and Pauline Morton Sabin. Republican. U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904. Episcopalian. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 19, 1911. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Guggenheim-Morton family of New York
  
  
• James Warren Nye (1814-1876) — also known as James W. Nye — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Carson City, Nev. Born in DeRuyter, Madison County, N.Y., June 10, 1814. Republican. County judge in New York, 1844-51; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1848; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1860; Governor of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1864-73; member of Republican National Committee from Nevada, 1870-. Died in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., December 25, 1876. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Nye County, Nev. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905) — also known as Edward O. Wolcott — of Denver, Colo.; Walhurst (unknown county), Colo. Born in Massachusetts, 1848. Republican. Member of Colorado state legislature; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1904. Died in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1905. Cremated; ashes interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Watson Webb (1802-1884) — also known as J. Watson Webb — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1802. Republican. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Austria, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856 (Speaker); U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1861-69. Died in 1884. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) — also known as William A. Clark — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born near Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., January 8, 1839. Son of John Clark and Mary (Andrews) Clark; married 1869 to Kate L. Stauffer (died 1893); married, May 25, 1901, to Anna E. La Chapelle. Democrat. Banker; mine owner; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1899-1907; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1904. Member, Freemasons. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 2, 1925. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Clark County, Nev. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 30, 1867. Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim; brother of Solomon R. Guggenheim; married, November 24, 1898, to Olga H. Hirsh; uncle of Meyer Robert Guggenheim and Harry Frank Guggenheim. Republican. Mining and smelting business; Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1904; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican National Committee from Colorado, 1912. Jewish. Died November 2, 1941. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Guggenheim-Morton family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) — also known as Charles U. Bay — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 5, 1888. Son of Jens Christopher Bay and Marie (Hauan) Bay; married 1942 to Josephine Holt Perfect. Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers; founder, Bay Petroleum Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director, First National Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53. Episcopalian. Norwegian ancestry. Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 31, 1955. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Martin Wiley Littleton (1872-1934) — also known as Martin W. Littleton — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born near Kingston, Roane County, Tenn., February 12, 1872. Son of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Hannah (Ingraham) Littleton; married, December 1, 1896, to Maude Elizabeth Wilson. Democrat. Lawyer; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1911-13. Died in Mineola, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., December 19, 1934. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Samuel Rossiter Betts (1787-1868) — of New York. Born in Richmond, Berkshire County, Mass., June 8, 1787. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1815-17; circuit judge in New York, 1823-26; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1826-67; resigned 1867. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 2, 1868. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile.
  
  
• George Scott Graham (1850-1931) — also known as George S. Graham — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 13, 1850. Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia County District Attorney, 1880-98; law professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1892, 1916 (alternate), 1924; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in office 1931. Died in Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4, 1931. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. (1889-1950) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1889. Son of Charles Evans Hughes and Antoinette (Carter) Hughes; married to Marjory Bruce Stuart; father of Henry Stuart Hughes. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General, 1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance Company. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, following surgery for a brain tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1950. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Hughes family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx County), N.Y., June 17, 1871. Son of John A. Bruckner and Katharine (Schmidt) Bruckner; married, November 17, 1904, to Helen Zobel (c.1879-1930). Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages; director, Milton Realty Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1924, 1932 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned 1917; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Elks. In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for his removal as Borough President. The Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx is named for him. Died, from chronic nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., April 14, 1942. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (1863-1946) — also known as Benjamin L. Fairchild — of Pelham, Westchester County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Sweden, Monroe County, N.Y., January 5, 1863. Son of Benjamin Fairchild and Calista (Schaeffer) Fairchild; married, February 28, 1893, to Anna E. Crumbie (died 1902); married, April 21, 1922, to Elinor Gardiner Parsons. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1895-97, 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27 (16th District 1895-97, 24th District 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27); defeated, 1896 (Independent, 16th District), 1918 (24th District), 1922 (24th District), 1926 (24th District), 1928 (24th District), 1930 (24th District). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y., October 25, 1946. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elijah Ward (1816-1882) — of New York. Born in New York, 1816. Nephew of Aaron Ward. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1857-59, 1861-65, 1875-77 (7th District 1857-59, 1861-63, 6th District 1863-65, 8th District 1875-77). Died in 1882. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Royal Hurlburt Weller (1881-1929) — also known as Royal H. Weller — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 2, 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1923-29; died in office 1929; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 1, 1929. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Louis F. Haffen (1854-1935) — of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y., November 6, 1854. Son of Mathias Haffen and Catherine (Hayes) Haffen; married 1886 to Caroline Kurz. Democrat. Civil engineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93; commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx), 1893-98; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from office by Gov. Charles Evans Hughes over maladministration charges, 1909; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930. Catholic. German and Irish ancestry. Member, Royal Arcanum; Tammany Hall. Haffen Park, Bronx, is named for him. Died, from arteriosclerosis, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., December 25, 1935. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• James Coats Auchincloss (1885-1976) — also known as James C. Auchincloss — of Rumson, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 19, 1885. Son of Edgar Stirling Auchincloss and Maria (Sloan) Auchincloss; married 1909 to Lee F. Alexander; married, November 18, 1960, to Vera Rogers Brown. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1943-65. Died in Alexandria, Va., October 2, 1976. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Michael Kieran Reilly (1869-1944) — also known as Michael K. Reilly — of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Born in Empire, Fond du Lac County, Wis., July 15, 1869. Son of Michael Reilly and Margaret (Phelan) Reilly. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908, 1924; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1913-17, 1930-39; defeated, 1924; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1928. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Columbus; Elks; Moose; Foresters. Died October 14, 1944. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frederick Morgan Davenport (1866-1956) — also known as Frederick M. Davenport — of Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., August 27, 1866. Son of David Davenport and Annie L. (Green) Davenport; married, January 2, 1899, to Edith Jefferson Andrus (daughter of John Emory Andrus). College professor; member of New York state senate 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of New York, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928; U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated (Republican), 1932, 1934. Member, American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1956. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870) — of Columbia County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1799. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1826, 1830; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1833-37, 1839-41. Died in 1870. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (1848-1904) — also known as Ashbel P. Fitch — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Mooers, Clinton County, N.Y., October 8, 1848. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1887-93 (13th District 1887-93, 15th District 1893); resigned 1893; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 4, 1904. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Clark Baldwin III (1897-1957) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 11, 1897. Son of Joseph Clark Baldwin and Fanny (Taylor) Baldwin; married, December 5, 1923, to Marthe Guillon-Verne (niece of Jules Verne (1828-1905; author)). Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper reporter; business executive; member of New York state senate 17th District, 1935-36; defeated (Republican), 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1938; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1941-47; defeated (American Labor), 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 27, 1957. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Burrill Low (1836-1912) — also known as Philip B. Low — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass., May 6, 1836. Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1895-99; defeated, 1898. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 23, 1912. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Waldo Hutchins (1822-1891) — of Kings County, N.Y.; Kingsbridge, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Windham County, Conn., September 30, 1822. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1852; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1879-85. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 8, 1891. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Joseph Lanzetta (1894-1956) — also known as James J. Lanzetta — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., December 21, 1894. U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1933-35, 1937-39; defeated, 1934 (Law Preservation), 1938 (Democratic), 1940 (Democratic); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940; state court judge in New York, 1948. Died October 27, 1956. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Horace Francis Clark (1815-1873) — also known as Horace F. Clark — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Southbury, New Haven County, Conn., November 29, 1815. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1857-61. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 19, 1873. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Albertson Willis (1840-1886) — of New York. Born in New York, 1840. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1875-79. Died in 1886. Original interment at Friends Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) — of Richmond, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Windsor, Windsor County, Vt., July 26, 1840. Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell; married, November 13, 1873, to Emma Clara Averill (daughter of John Thomas Averill). Republican. U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1876; founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp Co., Atlas Paper Co., Duluth Iron Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth, 1889-1895. Episcopalian. Died in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., April 27, 1922. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Averill family of Minnesota
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Bussing Haskin (1821-1895) — of Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., August 27, 1821. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1857-61. Died September 18, 1895. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson Rogers (1828-1900) — also known as Andrew J. Rogers — of Newton, Sussex County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1828. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1863-67. Died in 1900. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) — also known as C. W. Buckley — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Unadilla, Otsego County, N.Y., February 18, 1835. Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker; insurance business; mining business; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge in Alabama, 1874-78; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1896, 1900. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., December 4, 1906. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Wheeler (1823-1906) — of New York. Born in Connecticut, 1823. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1853-57. Died in 1906. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William McAdoo (1853-1930) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Ireland, October 25, 1853. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William Gibbs McAdoo (no relation); member of New Jersey state legislature, 1882; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1883-91. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 7, 1930. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry John Seaman (1805-1861) — also known as Henry J. Seaman — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Marshland (now Greenridge), Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., April 16, 1805. U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1845-47. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., May 3, 1861. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Underhill (1795-1866) — of New York. Born in New York, 1795. U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1849-51. Died in 1866. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert William Bonynge (1863-1939) — also known as Robert W. Bonynge — of Denver, Colo.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 8, 1863. Son of Robert Bonynge and Susan (Burchell) Bonynge; married 1886 to Mary Alida Riblet (died 1937). Republican. Lawyer; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1893-94; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1896; U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1904-09; defeated, 1900. Member, American Bar Association; Union League. Died, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 22, 1939. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Earle Dodge (1805-1883) — also known as William E. Dodge — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., September 4, 1805. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1865-67. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 9, 1883. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Dodge County, Ga. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887) — of New York. Born in New York, 1804. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1851-53; state court judge in New York, 1857. Died in 1887. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Henry Adams (1824-1902) — also known as Charles H. Adams — of Cohoes, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., April 10, 1824. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1858; mayor of Cohoes, N.Y., 1870-72; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872; member of New York state senate 13th District, 1872-73; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1875-77; defeated, 1876. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 15, 1902. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Ausburn Birdsall (c.1814-1903) — of Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Otsego, Otsego County, N.Y. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1847-49. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 10, 1903. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James George Donovan (1898-1987) — also known as James G. Donovan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., December 15, 1898. Member of New York state senate 16th District, 1943; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1951-57; defeated (Republican), 1956. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 6, 1987. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1858. Son of August Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont; brother of Perry Belmont and August Belmont (1853-1924); married 1882 to Sarah Swan 'Sally' Whiting (divorced); married 1896 to Alva Erskine (Smith) Vanderbilt (1853-1933; donor to woman's suffrage campaigns) (grandaunt by marriage of William Henry Vanderbilt III). Democrat. Financier; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1901-03. Member, Freemasons. Died of infections following surgery for appendicitis, in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10, 1908. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Hervey Chittenden Calkin (1828-1913) — of New York. Born in Malden, Ulster County, N.Y., March 23, 1828. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1869-71. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., April 20, 1913. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) — also known as P. Henry Dugro — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 2, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; hotelier; member of New York state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; superior court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 1, 1920. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Samuel McMillan (1850-1924) — of Lake Mahopac, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Dromore, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), August 6, 1850. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1907-09. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 6, 1924. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Cyrus Chace Miller (c.1867-1956) — also known as Cyrus C. Miller — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y. Son of Jacob F. Miller. Lawyer; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1910-13. Died, in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1956. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph Rowan (1870-1930) — of New York. Born in New York, 1870. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1919-21. Died in 1930. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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; 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. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Robert Moses (1888-1981) — also known as "The Great Builder" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 18, 1888. Son of Emanuel Moses and Isabella C. Moses; married, August 15, 1915, to Mary Louise Sims. Republican. Secretary of state of New York, 1927-28; candidate for Governor of New York, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936; as head of multiple state and city agencies, led the building of dozens of major projects, including highways, bridges, parks, and public housing. Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of heart disease, in West Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 29, 1981. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Village Hall Grounds, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Robert Moses: Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York; Hugh Brogan, All Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J. Daley
  
  
• De Witt Clinton Flanagan (1870-1946) — also known as De Witt C. Flanagan — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in New York, 1870. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1902-03; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1904. Died in 1946. Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Cornelius Newton Bliss, Jr. (1874-1949) — also known as Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 13, 1874. Son of Cornelius Newton Bliss and Elizabeth Mary (Plummer) Bliss (1837-1923); married 1906 to Zaidee C. Cobb. Republican. Business executive; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916 (alternate), 1924, 1928; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1916. Member, Union League. Died, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1949. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Bliss family of New York
  
  
• George Landon Ingraham (1847-1931) — also known as George L. Ingraham — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 1, 1847. Son of Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1804-1881) and Mary (Landon) Ingraham; married 1873 to Georgina Lent; father of Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1874-1934). Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Alton B. Parker, Edward W. Hatch, William F. Sheehan (1916-17), and Alfred R. Page (1923-25); superior court judge in New York, 1883-91; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1891-1915; appointed 1891; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1896-1915. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 24, 1931. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Ingraham family of New York
  
  
• Francis Martin (c.1878-1947) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Democrat. Bronx County District Attorney, 1914-20; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1921-45; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1933-45. Catholic. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., June 1, 1947. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Jesse Sherwood Cooper, Jr. (1899-1971) — of Delaware. Born near Dover, Kent County, Del., 1899. Democrat. Delaware state auditor, 1927; Delaware state treasurer, 1945. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. In 1950, quietly helped Sen. John J. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, but his role was not disclosed until after his death. The Jesse S. Cooper Building in Dover, Del. was named for him by the state of Delaware in 1971. Died in 1971. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Alonzo Bell (d. 1906) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior; member of New York state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1895; candidate for borough president of Bronx, New York, 1897. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 10, 1906. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Irwin Untermyer (b. 1886) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 2, 1886. Son of Samuel Untermyer. Democrat. Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-45; defeated, 1919; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1940-45. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Douglas H. Grieve (c.1881-1951) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Republican. Engineer; candidate for New York state senate 21st District, 1928; candidate for borough president of Bronx, New York, 1937. Protestant. Died, in Westchester Square Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 13, 1951. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1804-1881) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1804. Married to Mary Hart Landon; father of George Landon Ingraham; grandfather of Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1874-1934). Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1857-74. Died December 12, 1881. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Ingraham family of New York
  
  
• Peter August Hatting (1867-1933) — also known as Peter A. Hatting — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 15, 1867. Married to Rose L. Magee (died 1937). Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-33; died in office 1933. German ancestry. Died, from diabetes and osteomyelitis and complications from the amputation of his left leg, in Post-Graduate Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 28, 1933. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1874-1934) — also known as Phoenix Ingraham — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 23, 1874. Grandson of Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1804-1881); son of George Landon Ingraham. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-34; died in office 1934. Member, Freemasons; Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; Tammany Hall. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 30, 1934. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Ingraham family of New York
  
  
• Clarence J. Shearn — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Independence League candidate for Governor of New York, 1908; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916; defeated, 1911. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Paul M. Crandell (c.1877-1935) — of New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Lawyer; mayor of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1934-35; appointed 1934; nominated, but died before the election 1935; died in office 1935. After completing a speech at a meeting of the New Rochelle Teachers Club, at Albert Leonard Junior High School, suffered a heart attack and died, from coronary thrombosis, in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., October 23, 1935. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Fred A. Potts — of Hunterdon County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1874-76. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Hamilton Fish Potter (1901-1978) — also known as Hamilton F. Potter — of Smithtown Branch, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Westchester County, N.Y., July 29, 1901. Republican. Accountant; member of New York state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1929-36; Presidential Elector for New York, 1972. Died in 1978. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Guy Van Amrige (1868-1936) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1868. Son of Howard Van Amrige (died 1915; Dean of Columbia College). Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; magistrate. Member, Society of Colonial Wars. Died, of appendicitis, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 3, 1936. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Lynchburg, Va., March 2, 1858. Father of Irwin Untermyer. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1932, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1938. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association. Died March 16, 1940. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) — also known as Henry W. Taft — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 27, 1859. Grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft; brother of William Howard Taft; married, March 28, 1883, to Julia Walbridge Smith (died 1942); father of Walbridge S. Taft; uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; granduncle of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft, Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Lawyer; counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director, Central Savings Bank of New York; trustee, Mutual Life Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924. Member, American Bar Association; Skull and Bones; Psi Upsilon. Tripped and fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as a result, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 11, 1945. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Taft family of Ohio
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) — also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman — of Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wis., January 9, 1859. Daughter of Lucius Lane and Maria (Clinton) Lane; married, February 12, 1885, to Leo Chapman (died 1886); married, June 10, 1890, to George Catt (died 1905). School teacher; superintendent of schools; president, National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and 1915-20; founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Died, from a heart attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., March 9, 1947. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Generoso Pope (1891-1950) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born April 1, 1891. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940 (alternate). Publisher of Il Progresso, the largest-circulation Italian-language newspaper in the U.S. His son, Generoso Pope Jr., was the creator of the National Enquirer. Died April 28, 1950. Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1950) — also known as Mary Stillman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 4, 1874. Daughter of Thomas Edgar Stillman and Elizabeth (Greenman) Stillman; married, November 15, 1904, to Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940; financier, son of co-founder of Standard Oil). Philanthropist; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 6, 1950. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Elsie Cryder Woodward (1883-1981) — also known as Elsie C. Woodward; Elizabeth Ogden Cryder; Mrs. William Woodward — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1883. Third cousin once removed of Joseph Rodman West; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Corbit and William Webb, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Preston Lea; daughter of Duncan Cryder (1843-1913; tea importer) and Elizabeth (Ogden) Cryder (died 1915); married, October 24, 1904, to William Woodward (1876-1953; banker; owner and breeder of race horses); fourth cousin of Elizabeth Roberts Canby (who married Edward Green Bradford); grandmother of William Woodward III. Philanthropist; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 13, 1981. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Phelps-Lea family
  
  
• William Woodward III (1944-1999) — also known as Woody Woodward — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born July 24, 1944. Third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Rodman West; grandson of Elsie Cryder Woodward; son of Ann Eden (Crowell) Woodward (1915-1975) and William 'Billy' Woodward (1920-1955). Democrat. Newspaper reporter; magazine publisher; candidate for New York state senate 26th District, 1978. Jumped from the kitchen window of his apartment, and fell to his death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 2, 1999. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Phelps-Lea family
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Salvatore Ninfo — of New York. Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1922. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Otterberg, Germany, February 6, 1845. Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus; married, July 12, 1871, to Ida Blum; brother of Oscar Solomon Straus; father of Jesse Isidor Straus; uncle of Nathan Straus, Jr.; grandfather of Stuart Scheftel; granduncle of R. Peter Straus. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95. Jewish. One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New York. Perished in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, in the North Atlantic Ocean, April 15, 1912; his body was subsequently recovered. Originally entombed at Beth-El Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; later interred at Woodlawn Cemetery; memorial monument at Straus Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872