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Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950) —
also known as Henry L. Stimson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1867.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
New York, 1910; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1911-13, 1940-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1929-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
20, 1950 (age 83 years, 29
days).
Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
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George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) —
also known as George B. Cortelyou —
of Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1862.
Son of Peter Crolius Cortelyou, Jr. (1839-1873) and Rose (Seary)
Cortelyou (1840-1925).
Republican. School
principal; confidential stenographer to President Grover
Cleveland, 1895-96; Executive Clerk of the White House, 1896-98;
secretary to President William
McKinley, 1900-01; secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1901-03; financier;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903-04; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904-07; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1905-07; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1907-09; president, Consolidated Gas
Company, New York, 1909-35; director, New York Life
Insurance Company; first president, Edison Electric Institute,
1933.
Member, Union
League.
Died, following two heart
attacks, in Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
23, 1940 (age 78 years, 89
days).
Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
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Frederic René Coudert, Jr. (1898-1972) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1898.
Son of Frederic R. Coudert (c.1871-1955) and Alice T. (Wilmerding)
Coudert.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
member of New York
state senate, 1939-46 (17th District 1939-44, 20th District
1945-46); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1947-59; campaign
chair for William
F. Buckley, Jr.'s campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1965.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1972 (age 74 years, 14
days).
Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
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Percy D. Stoddart (c.1892-1957) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1938-57 (2nd District 1938-48, 10th
District 1948-57); died in office 1957.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Died, in Community Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 19,
1957 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April 13,
1873.
Son of John
James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1900;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 24,
1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery.
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Leonard Wood Hall (1900-1979) —
also known as Leonard W. Hall —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
2, 1900.
Son of Franklyn H. Hall and Mary A. Hall.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1927-28, 1934-38;
Nassau
County Sheriff, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1939-52 (1st District 1939-45, 2nd
District 1945-52); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
Nassau
County Surrogate, 1952-57; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1953-57; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1972;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 2,
1979 (age 78 years, 243
days).
Interment at Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church.
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Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. (1900-1949) —
also known as Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
22, 1900.
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1944-45; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1945-46.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
31, 1949 (age 49 years, 9
days).
Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery.
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Ralph John Marino (1928-2002) —
also known as Ralph J. Marino;
"Mumbles" —
of Muttontown, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
2, 1928.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1969-95; resigned 1995.
Died, from tongue
cancer, in Mercy Medical
Center, Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 6,
2002 (age 74 years, 94
days).
Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1954
to Ethel Bernstein. |
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John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) —
also known as Jock Whitney —
of Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
17, 1904.
Son of Payne Whitney and Helen (Hay) Whitney.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald
Tribune newspaper,
1961-66.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died February
8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175
days).
Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Son of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy'
(Noyes) Burdick (1813-1901).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper
editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes)
Burdick (1813-1901); married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis
(1837-1916). |
| | | Epitaph: "Physician and
Friend." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Politicians buried
here: |
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) —
also known as "T.R."; "Teddy";
"The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan
Hill"; "The Rough Rider";
"Trust-Buster"; "The Happy
Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1858.
Son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha (Bulloch)
Roosevelt (1835-1884).
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
New York, 1899-1901; Vice
President of the United States, 1901; President
of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Received the Medal
of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle
there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,
Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his
speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71
days).
Interment at Youngs Memorial Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; nephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878)
and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884); brother of Anna L.
Roosevelt (1855-1931; who married William
Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923)); married, October
27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884); married, December
2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948); fourth cousin once
removed of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945); uncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962; who married
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); father of Alice
Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas
Longworth) and Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather-in-law of William
Floyd Weld. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Gifford
Pinchot — David
J. Leahy — William
Barnes, Jr. — Oliver
D. Burden — William
J. Youngs — George
B. Cortelyou — Mason
Mitchell — Frederic
MacMaster — John
Goodnow — William
Loeb, Jr. |
| | | Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Theodore
Bassett
— Theodore
R. McKeldin
— Theodore
R. Kupferman
— Theodore
Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
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| | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carry
a big stick." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James
MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — H. W. Brands, T.R
: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore
Rex — Edmund Morris, The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The
Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt
the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,
1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet
on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James
Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Patricia O'Toole, When
Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White
House — Candice Millard, The
River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest
Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt
: His Mind in Action (out of print) |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Samuel Youngs (born c.1813) —
of Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Aurora, Esmeralda
County, Nev.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., about 1813.
Member of New York
state assembly from Queens County, 1843-44; city council member,
Sacramento, Calif.; member of Nevada
territorial legislature, 1862; delegate to
Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863; Esmeralda
County Commissioner.
Interment at Youngs Memorial Cemetery.
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Stephen Taber (1821-1886) —
of Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Dover, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 7,
1821.
Son of Thomas
Taber II.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1860-61; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1865-69.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 23,
1886 (age 65 years, 47
days).
Interment at Roslyn Cemetery.
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Vivian Burnett (1876-1937) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Plandome Manor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Paris, France,
April
5, 1876.
Son of Swan Moses Burnett (1847-1906) and Frances Eliza (Hodgson)
Burnett (1854-1924).
Newspaper
reporter; author; editor; music
composer; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Scientist.
Model for the title character in his mother's book, Little Lord
Fauntleroy.
While sailing his
yawl, Delight III, he helped rescue people from an
overturned sailboat, and then collapsed and died, probably of a heart
attack, on Long Island
Sound, July 25,
1937 (age 61 years, 111
days).
Interment at Roslyn Cemetery.
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Daniel Fawcett Tiemann (1805-1899) —
also known as Daniel F. Tiemann —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
9, 1805.
Son of I. Anthony Tiemann.
Paint
manufacturer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1858-60; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1872-73.
Died June 29,
1899 (age 94 years, 171
days).
Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
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Alfred M. Wood (1825-1895) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born April 19,
1825.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1864-65.
Died July 28,
1895 (age 70 years, 100
days).
Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
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John Alexander Searing (1805-1876) —
also known as John A. Searing —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1805.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Queens County, 1854; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1857-59.
Died in 1876
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
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John Davison Bennett (1911-2005) —
also known as John D. Bennett —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21,
1911.
Son of Earl Bennett (1878-1965) and Edna (Davison) Bennett
(1887-1982).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1938-44; member
of New
York state senate 2nd District, 1945-53; Nassau
County Surrogate Court Judge, 1953-78; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
1, 2005 (age 93 years, 225
days).
Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
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Archibald Holly Patterson (1898-1980) —
also known as A. Holly Patterson; "Mr.
Republican" —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Uniondale, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 31,
1898.
Son of Archibald G. Patterson.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Nassau
County Executive, 1953-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hempsted General Hospital,
Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1980 (age 82 years, 112
days).
Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
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William Joseph Casey (1913-1987) —
also known as William J. Casey —
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 13,
1913.
Lawyer;
chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1971-73; U.S. Director of Central
Intelligence, 1981-87.
Died May 6,
1987 (age 74 years, 54
days).
Interment at Cemetery of the Holy Rood.
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John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) —
also known as John W. Wydler —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 9,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5th
District 1973-81); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 4,
1987 (age 63 years, 56
days).
Interment at Cemetery of the Holy Rood.
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John Stanislaus Thorp —
also known as John S. Thorp —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate); chair of
Nassau County Democratic Party, 1939-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1944.
Interment at Cemetery of the Holy Rood.
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James C. Sheridan (1896-1983) —
also known as Jim Sheridan —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
14, 1896.
Democrat. Chair of
Queens County Democratic Party, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1936.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1983 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Cemetery of the Holy Rood.
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William Willets Cocks (1861-1932) —
also known as William W. Cocks; "The Quaker
Congressman" —
of Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 24,
1861.
Son of Isaac Hicks Cocks and Mary Titus (Willets) Cocks.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1901-02; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1904; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1905-11.
Quaker.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 24,
1932 (age 70 years, 305
days).
Interment at Friends Cemetery.
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Thomas Taber II (1785-1862) —
of New York.
Born in Dover, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 19,
1785.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1826; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1828-29.
Died in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 21,
1862 (age 76 years, 306
days).
Interment at Friends Cemetery.
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Benjamin Albertson Willis (1840-1886) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1840.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1875-79.
Died in 1886
(age about
46 years).
Original interment at Friends Cemetery; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer, in
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan L. Holt. |
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Henry M. Curran (1918-1993) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., January
2, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; deputy
sheriff; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1961-65; member of New York
state senate, 1966-70 (4th District 1966, 3rd District 1967-70);
chair, New York State Harness Racing Commission, 1970-75.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died, in North Shore University Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 13,
1993 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Rita Rothmann. |
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James E. Smith (d. 1935) —
also known as "The Stormy Petrel" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Phenix, West Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Son of Edward Smith and Bridget (Moynihan) Smith.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1899-1902;
assistant district attorney, New York County, 1910-22.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1935.
Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Smith and Bridget (Moynihan) Smith; married to Sarah Quinn
(daughter of John
Quinn). |
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