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De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) —
also known as "Father of the Erie
Canal" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Napanoch, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 2,
1769.
Son of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 1812; Governor of
New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Member, Freemasons.
Chief advocate for the Erie Canal,
completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000
U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905.
Died, from heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George
Clinton; married, February
13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8,
1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who
married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)); brother of George
Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James
Graham Clinton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County,
Ill., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: DeWitt
C. Walker
— De
Witt C. Littlejohn
— DeWitt
C. Clark
— De
Witt C. Leach
— Dewitt
C. West
— John
DeWitt Clinton Atkins
— DeWitt
C. Wilson
— De
Witt Clinton Giddings
— DeWitt
C. Hough
— DeWitt
Clinton Cregier
— DeWitt
C. Hoyt
— DeWitt
Clinton Senter
— DeWitt
C. Allen
— DeWitt
C. Peck
— DeWitt
C. Richman
— DeWitt
C. Cram
— De
Witt C. Bolton
— DeWitt
C. Pond
— De
Witt C. Badger
— DeWitt
C. Dominick
— DeWitt
C. Becker
— De
Witt C. Flanagan
— DeWitt
C. Talmage
— DeWitt
C. Cole
— Dewitt
Clinton Chase
— De Witt
C. Poole, Jr.
— Dewitt
C. Chastain
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan
Cornog, The
Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,
1769-1828 |
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William Jay Gaynor (1848-1913) —
also known as William J. Gaynor —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1907; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913.
Shot
in the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, on
August 9, 1910. Died, from a heart
attack, on board the steamship
Baltic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
10, 1913 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) —
also known as C. Godfrey Gunther —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1822.
Son of Christian G. Gunther.
Democrat. Fur
merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1864-66; defeated, 1861; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1878; railroad
builder; hotel
owner.
German
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, probably of heart
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1885 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Ambrose Kingsland (1804-1878) —
of New York.
Born in 1804.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1851-53.
Died in 1878
(age about
74 years).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) —
also known as Jacob Westervelt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born January
20, 1800.
Shipbuilder;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1853-55; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1857.
Died February
21, 1879 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Horace Greeley (1811-1872) —
also known as "Old Honesty"; "Old White
Hat" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1811.
Son of Zaccheus Greeley (1782-1867) and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley
(1788-1855).
Founder and editor of the New York Tribune newspaper;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated
(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1860;
after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty for
Confederates; offered bail in May 1867 for Jefferson
Davis; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1866-70; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Died in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
29, 1872 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Zaccheus Greeley (1782-1867) and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley
(1788-1855); married, July 5,
1836, to Mary Y. Cheney (1811-1872); second cousin of Wallace
M. Greeley. |
| | | Greeley counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Horace
G. Snover
— Horace
G. Knowles
— Horace
Greeley Dawson, Jr.
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| | | Personal motto: "Go West, young
man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Horace Greeley: American
conflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of
America, 1860-1865 (1869) — Recollections
Of A Busy Life |
| | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.
Van Deusen, Horace
Greeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.
Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg, Spread
the truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,
Horace
Greeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross, Go
West Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision for
America — J. Parton, The
Life of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York
Tribune |
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Seth Low (1850-1916) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1850.
Son of Abiel Abbot Low (1811-1893) and Ellen Almira (Dow) Low
(1823-1850).
Republican. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85; president,
Columbia University, 1890-1900; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897, 1903; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died in Bedford Hills, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
17, 1916 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Andrew Hutchins Mickle (1805-1863) —
also known as Andrew H. Mickle —
of New York.
Born in New York, February
5, 1805.
Tobacco
merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1846-47.
Died January
25, 1863 (age 57 years, 354
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Harper (1795-1869) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 13,
1795.
One of the founders of Harper and Brothers, publishers;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1844-45.
Died March 27,
1869 (age 73 years, 348
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Son of John Hewitt (1777-1857) and Ann (Gurnee) Hewitt (1784-1870).
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought iron;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1876; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Edward Cooper (1824-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1824.
Son of Peter
Cooper.
Democrat. Early manufacturer of wrought iron;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860,
1876,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1879-80.
Died, of an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1905 (age 80 years, 122
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Martin Kalbfleisch (1804-1873) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Netherlands,
February
8, 1804.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1861-63, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1863-65.
Died February
12, 1873 (age 69 years, 4
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry George (1839-1897) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
2, 1839.
Candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886.
Author
of Progress and Poverty.
Died October
29, 1897 (age 58 years, 57
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860) —
Born in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
22, 1778.
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1838-41.
Said to have written the rhyme 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers'.
Died in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., April 6,
1860 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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George Hall (1795-1868) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1795.
Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1834, 1855-56.
Died in 1868
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830-1915) —
also known as Benjamin F. Tracy —
of Tioga
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., April 26,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1862; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1866-77; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1881-83; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1889-93; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1896;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1895 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Tioga
County, N.Y., August 6,
1915 (age 85 years, 102
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Charles Adolph Schieren (1842-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Schieren —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhein, Prussia,
February
28, 1842.
Republican. Tanning
business; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1894-95.
Died March 10,
1915 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Washington
County, N.C., April 1,
1850.
Republican. Manufacturer of axles;
owner of a brass
foundry; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died June 27,
1917 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) —
also known as David A. Boody; "Grand Old Man of
Brooklyn"; "Grand Old Man of Wall
Street" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, in a log
cabin built by his father, in Jackson, Waldo
County, Maine, August
13, 1837.
Son of David Boody and Lucretia Boody.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; stockbroker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; resigned 1891;
mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Cyrus P. Smith (1800-1877) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born April 5,
1800.
Whig. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1839-41; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1856-57.
Died February
13, 1877 (age 76 years, 314
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Townsend Harris (1804-1878) —
Born in 1804.
U.S. Minister to Japan, 1859.
Died in 1878
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Francis B. Stryker (1811-1892) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born December
10, 1811.
Whig. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1846-48.
Died January
12, 1892 (age 80 years, 33
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Watson Gerard III (1867-1951) —
also known as James W. Gerard —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
25, 1867.
Son of James Gerard and Jenny (Angel) Gerard.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1908-13; U.S. Ambassador to
Germany, 1913-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1944,
1948;
Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1929-32.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
6, 1951 (age 84 years, 12
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) —
also known as Samuel F. B. Morse —
of New York.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 27,
1791.
Son of Jedidiah Morse.
Artist;
inventor
of the telegraph;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1841; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1854.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1872 (age 80 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry Cruse Murphy (1810-1882) —
also known as Henry C. Murphy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 5,
1810.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1842; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843-45, 1847-49; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S. Minister
to Netherlands, 1857-61; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1862-73; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876.
Owner and editor of Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper.
Died December
1, 1882 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Johnson (1768-1852) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1768.
Whig. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County, 1808-10, 1840-41; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1837-38.
Died in 1852
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Edward Morse Shepard (1850-1911) —
also known as Edward M. Shepard —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1850.
Son of Lorenzo
Bingham Shepard.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Democratic Reform candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1901.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., July 28,
1911 (age 61 years, 5
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1901 |
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William Livingston (1723-1790) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
30, 1723.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1759-61; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; Governor of
New Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died July 25,
1790 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Originally entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood
Cemetery.
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Conklin Brush (1794-1870) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born March 8,
1794.
Whig. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1851-52.
Died July 4,
1870 (age 76 years, 118
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867) —
of Indiana.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., April 17,
1810.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-34, 1836-37; member of Indiana
state senate, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1843-45; Governor of
Indiana, 1849-57; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1857-61, 1865-67, died in office 1867; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1862-63.
Methodist.
Died in Berlin, Germany,
May
11, 1867 (age 57 years, 24
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Ward Hunter (1807-1900) —
also known as John W. Hunter —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., October
15, 1807.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1866-67; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1874-75.
Censured
by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1867 for the use of unparliamentary
language.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 16,
1900 (age 92 years, 183
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Daniel D. Whitney (1818-1914) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1818.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886-87.
Died in 1914
(age about
96 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Peter Cooper (1791-1883) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1791.
Manufacturer,
inventor,
philanthropist, creator of first
U.S. steam
locomotive; founder
of Cooper Union; Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1883 (age 92 years, 51
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) —
also known as Bronson M. Cutting —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Oakdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23,
1888.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in an airplane
crash, near Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo., May 6,
1935 (age 46 years, 317
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Dixon Hall Lewis (1802-1848) —
also known as Dixon H. Lewis —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Lowndesboro, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., August
10, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1829-44 (3rd District 1829-33, 4th
District 1833-41, at-large 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-44); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1844-48; died in office 1848.
He weighed as much as 500 pounds, and was probably the heaviest-ever
member of Congress.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1848 (age 46 years, 76
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Leon Abbett (1836-1894) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
8, 1836.
Son of Ezekiel Abbett and Sarah (Howell) Abbett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1865-66,
1869-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1872,
1876
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1892;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1875-77; Governor of
New Jersey, 1884-87, 1890-93; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1893-94; appointed
1893; died in office 1894.
Died, from diabetes
and other conditions, in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
4, 1894 (age 58 years, 57
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Robert Stockton Green (1831-1895) —
also known as Robert S. Green —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 25,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County Surrogate, 1862-67; common pleas court judge in New
Jersey, 1868-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1880,
1888
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1885-87; resigned
1887; Governor of
New Jersey, 1887-90; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1890-95; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1894-95.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 7,
1895 (age 64 years, 43
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Tom Loftin Johnson (1854-1911) —
also known as Tom L. Johnson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., July 18,
1854.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1891-95; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1901-09; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1904.
Died April 10,
1911 (age 56 years, 266
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Musgrave Calder (1869-1945) —
also known as William M. Calder —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 3,
1869.
Republican. Builder;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1905-15; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 3,
1945 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) —
also known as Samuel L. Mitchill —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., August
20, 1764.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98, 1809-10; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1801-04, 1810-13 (2nd District
1801-03, 3rd District 1803-04, 2nd District 1810-13); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1804-09.
Died September
7, 1831 (age 67 years, 18
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Joshua Sands (1757-1835) —
of New York.
Born in Cow Neck, Queens County (now part of Sands Point, Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., October
12, 1757.
Son of John Sands and Elizabwth (Cornwell) Sands.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Southern District, 1791-97; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1797-1801; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1803-05, 1825-27.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
13, 1835 (age 77 years, 336
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.; reinterment in 1852 at Green-Wood
Cemetery.
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Greene Carrier Bronson (1789-1863) —
also known as Greene C. Bronson —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
17, 1789.
Son of Oliver Bronson (1746-1815) and Sarah (Merrill) Bronson
(1754-1825).
Oneida
County Surrogate, 1819-21; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida and Oswego counties, 1821-22; New York
state attorney general, 1829-36; appointed 1829; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1836-47; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1847-51; resigned 1851; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1850-51; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1854.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
9, 1863 (age 73 years, 296
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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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.
Son of John Kean and Lucy (Halstead) Kean.
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;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died December
27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Alfred E. Steers (c.1861-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Son of Christopher Steers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; grocer; broom
manufacturer; real estate
business; magistrate; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1910-13; resigned 1913; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1948 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Samuel M. Blatchford (1820-1893) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1820.
Son of Julia (Mumford) Blatchford and Richard
Milford Blatchford.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1867-78; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1878-82; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-93; died in office 1893.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 7,
1893 (age 73 years, 120
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Lewis Griffiths (1855-1914) —
also known as John L. Griffiths —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1855.
Son of David G. Griffiths and Elizabeth (Hughes) Griffiths.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1889-93; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in London, 1909-14, died in office 1914.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
seizure, in London, England,
May
17, 1914 (age 58 years, 222
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851-1917) —
also known as Lloyd Bryce —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
20, 1851.
Son of Maj. Joseph Smith Bryce.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1887-89; editor,
North American Review magazine,
1889-96; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1911-13; Luxembourg, 1911-13.
Died in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1917 (age 65 years, 194
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889) —
also known as Samuel S. Cox; "Sunset
Cox" —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
30, 1824.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1857-65 (12th District 1857-63, 7th
District 1863-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1864;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1868,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1873-85, 1886-89 (6th
District 1869-73, 1873-85, 9th District 1885, 1886-89); died in
office 1889; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1885-86.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1889 (age 64 years, 345
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; statue at Tompkins
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913) —
also known as John B. Henderson —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., November
16, 1826.
Son of James Henderson and Jane (Dawson) Henderson.
Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1848-50, 1856-58; Presidential
Elector for Missouri, 1856,
1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-69; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1884.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 12,
1913 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Bird Sim Coler (1868-1941) —
also known as Bird S. Coler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
9, 1868.
Son of Cordelia Shipley (Sim) Coler (1827-1886) and William Nichols
Coler.
Democrat. Stockbroker;
banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1904;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1902; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1906-09; candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1918.
Died, in Caledonia Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 12,
1941 (age 72 years, 246
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Isaac Bell, Jr. (1846-1889) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1846.
Son of Isaac Bell.
Democrat. Cotton
broker; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1888.
Died, from complications of typhoid
fever, and pyaemia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1889 (age 42 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Bell; married 1878 to
Jeanette Gordon Bennett (daughter of James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872;
founder, New York Herald)). |
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Willard Bartlett (1846-1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
14, 1846.
Son of William Osborne Bartlett (prominent lawyer) and Agnes E. H.
(Willard) Bartlett.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Elihu
Root, 1869-83 and 1917-24; drama
critic; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1884-1906; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1906; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906-16; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1913-16.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
17, 1925 (age 78 years, 95
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Osborne Bartlett (prominent lawyer) and Agnes E. H.
(Willard) Bartlett; married, October
26, 1870, to Mary Fairbanks Buffum; brother of Franklin
Bartlett. |
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Montgomery Schuyler, Jr. (1877-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
2, 1877.
Son of Katherine Beeckman (Livingston) Schuyler (1842-1914) and
Montgomery Schuyler (1843-1914).
Author;
U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1904-06; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1913; Salvador, 1921-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
stockbroker;
banker.
Episcopalian.
Died November
1, 1955 (age 78 years, 60
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (1786-1862) —
also known as Churchill C. Cambreleng —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., October
24, 1786.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-39 (2nd District 1821-23, 3rd
District 1823-39); U.S. Minister to Russia, 1840-41; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 30,
1862 (age 75 years, 188
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) —
of Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y., December
7, 1822.
Son of Caleb
Lyon (1784?-?).
Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1851; resigned 1851; member of
New
York state senate 21st District, 1851; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1853-55; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1864-66.
In 1866, an audit
revealed that he had embezzled
$46,418 in federal funds intended for the Nez Perce Indians, but he
was never convicted.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
8, 1875 (age 52 years, 275
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Simon Boerum (1724-1775) —
of New York.
Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1724.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1761-75; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-75.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in New Lots (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., July 11,
1775 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Original interment at Dutch Reformed Burying
Ground (which no longer exists); reinterment in 1848 at
Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Richard Milford Blatchford (1798-1875) —
also known as Richard M. Blatchford —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 24,
1798.
Son of Samuel Blatchford and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1855; U.S.
Minister to Papal States, 1862; New York City Park Commissioner, 1872.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
4, 1875 (age 77 years, 133
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Drake Sloat (1781-1867) —
Born in Sloatsburg, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 6,
1781.
Commodore in U.S. Navy; claimed California for the United States on
July 7, 1846; Military
Governor of California, 1846.
Dutch
ancestry.
Two U.S. warships, and elementary schools in Sacramento and in San
Francisco, were named for
him.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
28, 1867 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; memorial monument at Presidio
of Monterey, Monterey, Calif.
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Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1829-1906) —
also known as Robert B. Roosevelt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 7,
1829.
Son of Cornelius Roosevelt (1794-1871) and Margaret (Barnhill)
Roosevelt (1799-1861).
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1871-73; U.S. Minister
to Netherlands, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892.
Died in Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 14,
1906 (age 76 years, 311
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Brooks (1810-1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
10, 1810.
Newspaper
publisher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1863-66, 1867-73 (6th
District 1849-53, 8th District 1863-66, 1867-73, 6th District 1873);
died in office 1873; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Censured
by the House in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier bribery
scandal.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1873 (age 62 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800-1874) —
also known as Dudley S. Gregory —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
5, 1800.
Banker;
mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1838-40, 1841-42, 1858-60; delegate to Whig
National Convention from New Jersey, 1839 (member, Balloting
Committee); U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1860;
director of railroad
companies.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
8, 1874 (age 74 years, 306
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Cloughen (c.1849-1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1849.
Contractor;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1909.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
27, 1911 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Father of Robert Cloughen (silver medallist at 1908
Olympics). |
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Charles Linnaeus Benedict (1824-1901) —
also known as Charles L. Benedict —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., March 2,
1824.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1862; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-97;
resigned 1897.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
8, 1901 (age 76 years, 312
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Nicholas Muller (1836-1917) —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Luxembourg,
November
15, 1836.
Democrat. Member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1875; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1877-81, 1883-87, 1899-1902 (5th
District 1877-81, 1883-85, 6th District 1885-87, 7th District
1899-1902); defeated, 1880; resigned 1901; candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1901.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
12, 1917 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 28,
1868.
Son of Charles H. Hapgood and Fanny Louise (Powers) Hapgood.
Lawyer;
editor, Collier's Weekly magazine,
1903-12; Harper's Weekly, 1913-16; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1919.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 29,
1937 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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George Nicholas Seger (1866-1940) —
also known as George N. Seger —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1866.
Republican. Builder;
mayor
of Passaic, N.J., 1911-19; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1923-40 (7th District 1923-33,
8th District 1933-40); died in office 1940.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died August
26, 1940 (age 74 years, 235
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry George, Jr. (1862-1916) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
3, 1862.
Son of Henry
George.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; Jeffersonian Democratic candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-15 (17th District 1911-13,
21st District 1913-15).
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1916 (age 54 years, 11
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) —
also known as Brockholst Livingston —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1757.
Son of William
Livingston.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1800-02; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1806-23.
Presbyterian.
Died March 18,
1823 (age 65 years, 113
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Gorham Parks (1794-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 27,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate for
Governor
of Maine, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1845-49.
Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1877 (age 83 years, 180
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Mortimer W. Byers (1877-1962) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1877.
Son of Thomas S. Byers and Isabella F. (Wardle) Byers.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-60;
took senior status 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 5,
1962 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Peter Sharpe (1777-1842) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1777.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1814-15, 1816-21; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1820-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821, 1823-25 (2nd District 1821,
3rd District 1823-25); defeated, 1824.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 3,
1842 (age 64 years, 236
days).
Original interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery.
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William Brown Maclay (1812-1882) —
also known as William B. Maclay —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 20,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1840-42; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1843-49, 1857-61 (4th District
1843-49, 5th District 1857-61).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1882 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Mills Ivins (1851-1915) —
also known as William M. Ivins —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., April 22,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1915 (age 64 years, 92
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) —
also known as Horatio C. King —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
22, 1837.
Son of Horatio
King and Anne (Collins) King.
Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for secretary of
state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received Medal
of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,
1865.
Died November
15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Humphrey (1811-1866) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
9, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-61, 1865-66 (2nd District
1859-61, 3rd District 1865-66); died in office 1866.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1866 (age 54 years, 250
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Briggs (1805-1869) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Broadalbin, Fulton
County, N.Y., May 6,
1805.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1859-61 (5th District
1849-53, 7th District 1859-61).
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1869 (age 64 years, 26
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1869) —
also known as Henry J. Raymond —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima town, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
24, 1820.
Son of Jarvis Raymond (1796-1868) and Lavinia (Brockway) Raymond
(1798-1878).
Republican. Newspaper
editor; founder of the New York Times; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1850-51, 1862;
Speaker
of the New York State Assembly, 1851, 1862; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1855-56; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1864-66; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1865-67.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1869 (age 49 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Lewis Beach (1835-1886) —
of Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 30,
1835.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1881-86 (14th District 1881-85,
15th District 1885-86); died in office 1886.
Died in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., August
10, 1886 (age 51 years, 133
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Robert McClellan (1806-1860) —
of New York.
Born in New York, October
2, 1806.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1837-39, 1841-43.
Died June 28,
1860 (age 53 years, 270
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Erigena Robinson (1814-1892) —
also known as William E. Robinson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), May 6,
1814.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1867-69, 1881-85 (3rd District
1867-69, 2nd District 1881-85).
Died in 1892
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894) —
also known as Henry W. Slocum —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, September
24, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1859; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1883-85 (3rd District
1869-73, at-large 1883-85); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892.
Died April 24,
1894 (age 66 years, 212
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Thomas James Creamer (1843-1914) —
also known as Thomas J. Creamer —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Garadice Lake, Ireland,
May
26, 1843.
Son of Francis Creamer and Anne (Dorsey) Creamer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1865-67, 1889 (New York County 10th District
1865-66, New York County 14th District 1867, 1889); member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-75, 1901-03 (7th District
1873-75, 8th District 1901-03).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1914 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Moses Fowler Odell (1818-1866) —
of New York.
Born in New York, February
24, 1818.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1861-65 (2nd District 1861-63, 3rd
District 1863-65).
Died, of cancer, in
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 13,
1866 (age 48 years, 109
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James I. Roosevelt (1795-1875) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1795.
Son of James Jacobus Roosevelt (1759-1840) and Maria (Van Schaack)
Roosevelt (1773-1845).
Democrat. Member of New York state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1841-43; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1859-61.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1875 (age 79 years, 112
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Francis Barretto Spinola (1821-1891) —
also known as Francis B. Spinola —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stony Brook, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 19,
1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1856, 1877, 1881, 1883 (Kings County 2nd District
1856, New York County 16th District 1877, 1881, 1883); member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 14,
1891 (age 70 years, 26
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Godfrey Schumaker (1826-1905) —
also known as John G. Schumaker —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1826.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1864;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1869-71, 1873-77; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1894.
Died in 1905
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Francis Henry Wilson (1844-1910) —
also known as Francis H. Wilson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Nebraska, February
11, 1844.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1895-97; resigned 1897.
Died September
25, 1910 (age 66 years, 226
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Almet Francis Jenks (1853-1924) —
also known as Almet F. Jenks —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 21,
1853.
Son of Grenville Tudor Jenks and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1900-20; candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1916.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in 1924
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Luther Bradish (1783-1863) —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Cummington, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1783.
Son of Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1828-30, 1836-38; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1838; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1837-42; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1842.
Died, in Ocean House hotel,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
30, 1863 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish; married 1814 to Helen
Elizabeth Gibbs; married 1839 to Mary
Eliza Hart. |
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John Brownson (d. 1865) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1823-30.
Died in South Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 23,
1865.
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Murray Mitchell (1858-1905) —
also known as John M. Mitchell —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1896-99; defeated,
1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Died in Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y., May 31,
1905 (age 47 years, 74
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Robinson Howe (1839-1914) —
also known as James R. Howe —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1839.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1902; Kings
County Register of Deeds, 1900-02; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Died in North Salem, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
21, 1914 (age 75 years, 237
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (1856-1940) —
also known as J. Van Vechten Olcott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1856.
Son of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died June 1,
1940 (age 84 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987) —
also known as Francis E. Dorn —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 18,
1911.
Son of J. J. Dorn and Adelaide (Leman) Dorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1941-42;
defeated, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1948, 1950; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Eagles; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer, in
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1987 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Abijah Mann, Jr. (1793-1868) —
of Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
24, 1793.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1828-30, 1838; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1833-37; candidate
for New York
state attorney general, 1855; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1856;
candidate for New York
state senate, 1857.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1868 (age 74 years, 348
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (1814-1889) —
of New York.
Born in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., March 29,
1814.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1874-81.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 14,
1889 (age 75 years, 16
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Dwight Townsend (1826-1899) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1826.
Son of Walter Wilmot Townsend.
Democrat. Sugar refining
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1864-65, 1871-73; telegraph
business.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1899 (age 73 years, 34
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry Bristow (1840-1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Michaels, Azores,
June
5, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1901-03; defeated,
1892 (2nd District), 1902 (6th District).
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
11, 1906 (age 66 years, 128
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Joseph Adams (1848-1919) —
also known as John J. Adams —
of New York.
Born in Douglas Town, New
Brunswick, September
16, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-87).
Died suddenly, of heart
disease (a year after suffering a stroke of
paralysis), in the Ansonia Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1919 (age 70 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Jerome Coombs (1833-1922) —
also known as William J. Coombs —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jordan, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
24, 1833.
Son of Charles Coombs and Mary (Wooleaver) Coombs.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1891-95 (3rd District 1891-93, 4th
District 1893-95).
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1922 (age 88 years, 19
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817-1864) —
of Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., December
5, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1845-49.
Died in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., December
4, 1864 (age 46 years, 365
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John M. Wood (1813-1864) —
of Maine.
Born in New York, November
17, 1813.
Republican. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1855-59.
Died December
24, 1864 (age 51 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Osborne Whitehouse (1817-1881) —
of New York.
Born in New Hampshire, July 19,
1817.
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1873-77.
Died August
24, 1881 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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George W. Baker (1863-1928) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
12, 1863.
Son of George Baker and Sarah (Randell) Baker.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1921.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Isabel C. Huggins. |
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John Lefferts (1785-1829) —
of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
17, 1785.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1813-15; member of New York
state senate, 1820-25 (Southern District 1820-22, 1st District
1823-25); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died September
18, 1829 (age 43 years, 275
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Robert Troup (1757-1832) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Morris
County, N.J., August
19, 1757.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1785-86; U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1796-98.
Columbia classmate and close friend of Alexander
Hamilton.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1832 (age 74 years, 148
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Porter (1787-1839) —
of New York.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 18,
1787.
Democrat. Member of New York state legislature, 1814; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1817-19.
Died February
7, 1839 (age 51 years, 295
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Joel Thompson (1760-1843) —
of Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
3, 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1797-98, 1802-04 (Albany County 1797-98, Chenango
County 1802-04); common pleas court judge in New York, 1799-1807;
county judge in New York, 1807-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1813-15.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
8, 1843 (age 82 years, 128
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Milnor (1773-1844) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, June 20,
1773.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1811-13.
Died April 8,
1844 (age 70 years, 293
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
10, 1847.
Son of William Osborne Bartlett (prominent lawyer).
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated
(Republican), 1896.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of a kidney
disorder, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 23,
1909 (age 61 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Harry Alfred Hanbury (1863-1940) —
also known as Harry A. Hanbury —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
January
1, 1863.
Republican. Founder of Hanbury Iron Works in
Brooklyn; candidate for New York
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1901-03; defeated,
1902.
Died in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., August
22, 1940 (age 77 years, 234
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Michael Joseph Hogan (1871-1940) —
also known as Michael J. Hogan —
of New York.
Born in New York, April 22,
1871.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Died May 7,
1940 (age 69 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Frederick William Rowe (1863-1946) —
also known as Frederick W. Rowe —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Wappingers Falls, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 10,
1863.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1915-21.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Died June 20,
1946 (age 83 years, 102
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) —
also known as Warren I. Lee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bartlett, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
5, 1874.
Son of Arthur D. Lee and Nettie (Isbell) Lee.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District
1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died December
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Brown Johnston (1882-1960) —
also known as John B. Johnston —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
July
10, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1919-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1928-52; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1935-52.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
11, 1960 (age 77 years, 185
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Starr Miller (1793-1854) —
also known as William S. Miller —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, August
22, 1793.
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1845-47.
Died November
9, 1854 (age 61 years, 79
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Thomas William Cumming (c.1814-1855) —
of New York.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., about 1814.
Democrat. Druggist; cloth
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1853-55.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1855 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Henry Hobart Haws (1809-1858) —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1809.
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1851-53.
Died January
27, 1858 (age about 48
years).
Original interment at St.
Stephen's Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1866 at
Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Thomas Richard Whitney (1807-1858) —
also known as Thomas R. Whitney —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1807.
Member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1855-57.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 12,
1858 (age 50 years, 345
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Michael Walsh (1810-1859) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland,
May 4,
1810.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1839, 1847-48, 1852; convicted
about 1845 for publication of a libel;
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1853-55.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 17,
1859 (age 48 years, 317
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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David Alexander Bokee (1805-1860) —
also known as David A. Bokee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1805.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1849-51.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 15,
1860 (age 54 years, 161
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Lot Clark (1788-1862) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., May 23,
1788.
Lawyer;
Chenango
County District Attorney, 1822-23, 1828-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1823-25; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County, 1846.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
18, 1862 (age 74 years, 209
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Isaac Clason Delaplaine (1817-1866) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1817.
U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1861-63.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1866 (age 48 years, 263
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Anson Herrick (1812-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
21, 1812.
Son of Ebenezer
Herrick.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1863-65.
Died February
6, 1868 (age 56 years, 16
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Bakersfield, Franklin
County, Vt., March 22,
1818.
Democrat. Delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1838; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1855-57; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1866.
Died in Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 9,
1869 (age 50 years, 352
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Francis Brockholst Cutting (1804-1870) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 6,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1853-55.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1870 (age 65 years, 324
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Wall (1800-1872) —
of Williamsburg (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 20,
1800.
Republican. Rope
manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Williamsburgh, N.Y., 1853; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1861-63.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 20,
1872 (age 72 years, 31
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Franklin Clark (1801-1874) —
of Maine.
Born in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, August 2,
1801.
Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1847-49.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
24, 1874 (age 73 years, 22
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Luther Cullen Carter (1805-1875) —
also known as Luther C. Carter —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bethel, Oxford
County, Maine, February
25, 1805.
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1859-61.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1875 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Son of Richard Tweed and Eliza (Magear) Tweed.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire
fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement
and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped;
captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in
prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 12,
1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Hardy (1835-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
September
10, 1835.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1861; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1881-85.
Died December
9, 1913 (age 78 years, 90
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Jesse Johnson (1842-1918) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Orford, Grafton
County, N.H.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., February
20, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1889-94; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-98; defeated, 1883.
Died, in the St. George Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1918 (age 76 years, 253
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah E. Russell and Mary A. Prichard. |
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Michael Cavanaugh (1823-1879) —
also known as James M. Cavanaugh —
of Chatfield, Fillmore
County, Minn.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 4,
1823.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1858-59; delegate to
Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1865; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1867-71.
Died October
30, 1879 (age 56 years, 118
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Teunis Garret Bergen (1806-1881) —
also known as Teunis G. Bergen —
of New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
6, 1806.
Democrat. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1865-67; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 24,
1881 (age 74 years, 200
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Philip Schuyler Crooke (1810-1881) —
also known as Philip S. Crooke —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 2,
1810.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1864; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1873-75.
Died in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 17,
1881 (age 71 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Hyatt Smith (1824-1886) —
also known as J. Hyatt Smith —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, April 10,
1824.
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1881-83.
Died December
7, 1886 (age 62 years, 241
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Demas Barnes (1827-1888) —
of New York.
Born in Gorham Township, Ontario
County, N.Y., April 4,
1827.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1867-69.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1888 (age 61 years, 27
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Abram Wakeman (1824-1889) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1824.
Son of Clara (Wakeman) Wakeman (1784-1850) and Jonathan Wakeman (died
1867).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1855-57; postmaster;
organized railroads
on Long Island, N.Y.
Died June 29,
1889 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Frederick Augustus Conkling (1816-1891) —
also known as Frederick A. Conkling —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
22, 1816.
Son of Alfred
Conkling.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1854, 1859-60 (New York County 13th District
1854, New York County 7th District 1859-60); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1861-63.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1891 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Stephen Tyng Hopkins (1849-1892) —
also known as Stephen T. Hopkins —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, March 25,
1849.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1887-89.
Died March 3,
1892 (age 42 years, 344
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Morgan Jones (1830-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in England,
February
26, 1830.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1865-67.
Died July 13,
1894 (age 64 years, 137
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Orlando Brunson Potter (1823-1894) —
of New York.
Born in Charlemont, Franklin
County, Mass., March 10,
1823.
Son of Sarah (Rice) Potter (1792-1865) and Samuel Potter (1794-1880).
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1883-85.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
2, 1894 (age 70 years, 298
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Hugh Graham (1835-1895) —
of New York.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), April 1,
1835.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1893-95.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 11,
1895 (age 60 years, 101
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Daniel Lawson (1816-1896) —
also known as John D. Lawson; "Sitting
Bull" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., February
18, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1868,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1873-75.
Died January
24, 1896 (age 79 years, 340
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Samuel Thomas Stranahan (1808-1898) —
also known as James S. T. Stranahan; "Father of
Prospect Park" —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., August
25, 1808.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1838; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1855-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860.
Died September
3, 1898 (age 90 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; statue at Prospect Park.
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Henry Clay Miner (1842-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, March 23,
1842.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1895-97.
Died February
22, 1900 (age 57 years, 336
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Anthony Eickhoff (1827-1901) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lippstadt, Westphalia (now Germany),
September
11, 1827.
Democrat. Founder or editor of several German-language newspapers,
in St. Louis, Mo., Dubuque, Iowa, and New York City; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1864; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877-79; New York City
Fire Commissioner, 1891-96.
German
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 1901 (age 74 years, 55
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Copeland Wallace (1856-1901) —
also known as William C. Wallace —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 21,
1856.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Died September
4, 1901 (age 45 years, 106
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Joseph Clifford Hendrix (1853-1904) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., May 25,
1853.
Democrat. Banker; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1893-95.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in 1904
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Stephen Van Culen White (1831-1913) —
also known as Stephen V. White —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in North Carolina, August 1,
1831.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1887-89.
Died January
18, 1913 (age 81 years, 170
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Son of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Dudley Selden (d. 1855) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Whig. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1831; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1833-34; delegate to
Whig National Convention from New York, 1839.
Died in Paris, France,
November
7, 1855.
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Bingham Shepard (1821-1856) —
also known as Lorenzo B. Shepard —
of New York.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., May 27,
1821.
Son of David Shepard.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1849-50; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1852,
1856;
New
York County District Attorney, 1854; New York City Corporation
Counsel, 1855-56.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1856 (age 35 years, 114
days).
Original interment at New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at
Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of David Shepard; married, July 5,
1842, to Lucy Morse; father of Edward
Morse Shepard. |
| | | Epitaph: "This monument Is erected by
the voluntary subscriptions of Citizens who valued him as a public
officer, of Associates and Clients Who trusted him as a Counsellor,
of Friends who loved him as a man, Just, generous and true, In all
the relations of Life." |
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Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) —
also known as Benjamin D. Silliman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
14, 1805.
Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868).
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County, 1838; delegate to Whig National
Convention from New York, 1839 (speaker); Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-66; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1872; Republican
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1873.
At the time of his death, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in New
York State, and the oldest graduate of Yale University.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
24, 1901 (age 95 years, 132
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Richard Young (1846-1935) —
of Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August 6,
1846.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1909-11.
Died in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 9,
1935 (age 88 years, 307
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry George Stebbins (1811-1881) —
of New York.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
15, 1811.
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1863-64.
Died December
6, 1881 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885) —
of San Fernando, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., March 1,
1809.
Banker;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1853-54.
Died, of a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1885 (age 76 years, 61
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Clarence Rice Slocum (1870-1912) —
also known as Clarence R. Slocum —
of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 22,
1870.
Son of Henry
Warner Slocum and Clara (Rice) Slocum (1830-1899).
Importer
and exporter; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1903-05; Weimar, 1905-06; Zittau, 1907-08; Fiume, 1908-12, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General in Boma, 1906.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Fiume, Hungary (now Rijeka, Croatia),
February
25, 1912 (age 41 years, 248
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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George Blinn Francis (1883-1967) —
of New York.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., August
12, 1883.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1917-19.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 20,
1967 (age 83 years, 281
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) —
also known as George A. Arkwright —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
19, 1888.
Son of George A. Arkwright and Mary Augusta (McKeever) Arkwright.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1950-58, 1962-64; appointed 1950; Justice
of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1954-62.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Son of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel.
Democrat. Engineer;
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River waterfront,
1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis,
in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Ella Louise Day. |
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Curtis Coe Bean (1828-1904) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H., January
4, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1867-68; member of Arizona
territorial senate, 1879; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1885-87; defeated, 1876,
1886.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
1, 1904 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 27,
1862.
Son of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs.
Democrat. Magazine
editor; author; playwright;
candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.
Died, from intestinal
cancer, in City Hospital,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., January
21, 1922 (age 59 years, 239
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, March 3,
1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, April 27,
1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. |
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John Quincy Adams (1848-1911) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Son of Harvey Adams and Nancy Dustin (Rowell) Adams.
Democrat. Real estate
business; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where Betsy
Ross is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1896.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1911 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Edward Held Wilson (1874-1942) —
also known as Edward H. Wilson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
24, 1874.
Son of Isaac Crawford 'Ike' Wilson (1846-1916) and Elvina P. Wilson
(died 1880).
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1940.
Died, of cancer, in
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
26, 1942 (age 68 years, 94
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Eva Capron (1874-1965). |
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Charles Hercules Ebbets (1859-1925) —
also known as Charles H. Ebbets; Charlie
Ebbets —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1859.
Architect;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1896; owner,
Brooklyn Dodgers professional
baseball team, 1902-25; the team's home stadium, Ebbets Field,
which he built in 1912, was named for
him.
Died, from heart
failure, April 18,
1925 (age 65 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Jasper W. Gilbert (1812-1898) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
15, 1812.
Lawyer;
Monroe
County District Attorney, 1840-45; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1866-82.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
10, 1898 (age 86 years, 26
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Samuel T. Maddox (1854-1916) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1854.
Son of Sarah T. (Bates) Maddox and Samuel
T. Maddox (1830-1876).
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-1913.
Died March 12,
1916 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Frederick H. E. Ebstein (1847-1916) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Militsch, Prussia (now Milicz, Poland),
April
21, 1847.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
8, 1916 (age 68 years, 293
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Jeanie V. Smith. |
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Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) —
also known as Henry R. Beekman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1845.
Son of William F. Beekman and Catharine A. Beekman.
Lawyer;
New York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York City
Board of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel,
1888-89; superior court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1900 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Isabella Lawrence. |
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Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1876;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Suffered a debilitating attack
of vertigo, from which he never completely recovered, contracted
pneumonia,
and died, in the Dennis Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
18, 1900 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Charles Willoughby Dayton (1846-1910) —
also known as Charles W. Dayton —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
3, 1846.
Son of Abraham C. Dayton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1881; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-10; defeated, 1901;
died in office 1910.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1910 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., October
3, 1876.
Son of William Henry Callaghan and Lucy (Fulbright) Callaghan.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1912-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;
defeated, 1929; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died October
12, 1952 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Russell Benedict (1859-1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1859.
Son of Seth Williston Benedict (1803-1869) and Anna Elizabeth
(Russell) Benedict.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1912-25.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
29, 1936 (age 77 years, 4
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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George Birch Abbott (1850-1908) —
also known as George B. Abbott —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 1850.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Abbott and Diancy (Pickering) Abbott.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kings
County Surrogate, 1889-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-08; died in office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from blood
poisoning, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
10, 1908 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson.
School
principal; author; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi
Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Son of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New
York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
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William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1868.
Son of William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds.
Republican. Builder;
real
estate developer; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1894-95; indicted
by a grand jury in August 1917 for perjury,
over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by the
city for a park; the grand jury alleged that he falsely
denied any personal
interest in the realty company which owned the property; also indicted
in October 1917, with three others, for conspiracy defraud
the city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments were
dismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial; village
president of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22; mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925; indicted
on May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, for misappropriating
city funds in connection with a bond issue; tried in
June 1924, convicted,
sentenced
to six months in the county
jail, and automatically removed from
office as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Division
reversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; the
indictment was dismissed in June 1927.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1931 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Guerrier. |
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Erastus Cornelius Benedict (1800-1880) —
also known as Erastus C. Benedict —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., March 19,
1800.
Son of Rev. Joel Tyler Benedict (1772-1833) and Currence (Wheeler)
Benedict.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1848, 1864 (New York County 13th District 1848,
New York County 7th District 1864); member, New York State Board of
Regents, 1855; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1872-73.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
22, 1880 (age 80 years, 217
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Frederick Seymour Gibbs (1845-1903) —
also known as Frederick S. Gibbs —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., March 22,
1845.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1884-85; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1889-90;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1896-1903; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Died in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
21, 1903 (age 58 years, 183
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Abraham Bogart Conger (1814-1887) —
also known as Abraham B. Conger —
of Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1814.
Son of John Smith Conger (1785-1860) and Sarah (Bogart) Conger
(1789-1858).
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1852-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1864.
Died May 24,
1887 (age 72 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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William Berri (1848-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
12, 1848.
Son of William Berri .
Republican. Carpet
merchant; printing
business; newspaper
publisher; officer or director of banks, electric
utilities, and the New York Telephone
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1916-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
In 1911, he was arraigned
on a charge of
criminal
libel over an article he published in his newspaper, brought by
three candidates for Supreme Court, Herbert
T. Ketcham, Patrick
E. Callahan, and William
Willett, Jr.; the case was withdrawn a few days later when the
other two candidates discovered that Willett had indeed (as Berri
charged) paid bribes for his nomination.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 19,
1917 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1869
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Charles Henry Cotton (1845-1938) —
also known as Charles H. Cotton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1845.
Son of William H. Cotton.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1899-1902,
1905; defeated, 1902.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 15,
1938 (age about 92
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Stephen M. Griswold —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1886-87.
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Daniel W. Tallmadge (c.1842-1894) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., about 1842.
School
teacher; member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80, 1888 (Kings County 9th District 1879,
Kings County 11th District 1880, Kings County 12th District 1888).
Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
15, 1894 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Seth Low Pierrepont (1884-1956) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1884.
Son of Henry Evelyn Pierrepont (1845-1911) and Ellen Almira (Low)
Pierrepont (1846-1884).
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1921-27; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1956 (age 71 years, 110
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Edward T. Backhouse (1806-1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1806.
Fruit
merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1851; president,
Kings County Fire
Insurance Company, 1861-84.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
28, 1884 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Jacques J. Stillwell (1827-1884) —
also known as J. J. Stillwell —
of Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1827.
Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1881-82.
While suffering from an overdose
of chloral hydrate, and fearing the onset of insanity, he shot himself,
and died several days later, in Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., December
14, 1884 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John C. Niglutsch (d. 1887) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Clerk at Castle Garden; organist;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1882.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, apparently while in a paranoid state, and died soon after,
in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1887.
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Henry J. Cullen, Jr. (1841-1892) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1869-70.
Episcopalian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1892 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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James Wilton Brooks (1854-1916) —
also known as J. Wilton Brooks —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 19,
1854.
Son of James
Brooks and Mary Louisa (Randolph) Brooks.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1883; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 6,
1916 (age 62 years, 78
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Alfred Ronald Conkling (1850-1917) —
also known as Alfred R. Conkling —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1850.
Son of Frederick
Augustus Conkling.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1892.
Committed
suicide by jumping to
his death from a fourth-story window, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1917 (age 66 years, 355
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Journalist;
advertising
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Michael J. Dady (c.1850-1921) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1850.
Republican. Contractor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1920.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Mary's Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 2,
1921 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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David Henry Ralston (1863-1930) —
also known as D. Harry Ralston —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
22, 1863.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904
(alternate), 1908
(alternate), 1924;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1907.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 4,
1930 (age 67 years, 72
days).
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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John Feitner —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908
(alternate), 1912
(alternate), 1916
(alternate), 1924.
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Augusta Schlegel. |
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Henry Hilton —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1864.
Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Thomas Peck Ochiltree (1837-1902) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., October
26, 1837.
Son of William
Beck Ochiltree.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1860;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1883-85.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., November
25, 1902 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Original interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; reinterment in 1903 at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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