The Political Graveyard: Nassau County, N.Y.

Nassau County
New York

Nassau County information:

Population: 1,334,544 (2000); 1,287,348 (1990)
Land area 287 square miles.
County seat: Mineola
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Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Nassau County
Politicians who were born in Nassau County
Politicians who lived in Nassau County
Politicians who died in Nassau County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nassau County

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Nassau County

(not intended to be complete)

James P. Niemann (District Attorney, 1899) Lewis J. Smith (District Attorney, 1914-16) Elvin N. Edwards (District Attorney, 1926-31) Leonard W. Hall (Sheriff, 1929-31) Leonard W. Hall (County Surrogate, 1952-57) A. Holly Patterson (County Executive, 1953-61) Eugene H. Nickerson (County Executive, 1962-70) Angelo D. Roncallo (County Controller, 1968-72) Peter T. King (County Comptroller, 1981-93)

Politicians who were born in Nassau County

Cedarhurst, Long Island: Peter A. Peyser 1921
Glen Cove, Long Island: William L. Vaughan 1866 Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. 1922 John Leboutillier 1953
Great Neck, Long Island: James Ernest Truex 1913
Hempstead, Long Island: Henry Southard 1747 E. H. Harriman 1848
Lynbrook, Long Island: Donald R. Ackerson 1921
Manhasset, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: Denis O'Leary 1863
Mineola, Long Island: Gerry E. Studds 1937
Oceanside, Long Island: James D. Theberge 1930 Norman F. Lent 1931
Old Westbury, Long Island: William W. Cocks 1861
Oyster Bay, Long Island: Samuel Jones 1734 William W. Rose 1864 Theodore Roosevelt 1887 Leonard W. Hall 1900
Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: James W. Covert 1842
Port Washington, Long Island: William S. Hults, Jr. 1906
Rockville Centre, Long Island: George Willets Davison 1872 John D. Bennett 1911
Near Roslyn, Long Island: Ken Hechler 1914
Sea Cliff, Long Island: John J. Burns 1913
Uniondale, Long Island: A. Holly Patterson 1898
Valley Stream, Long Island: Raymond J. McGrath 1942
Westbury, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: Frederick C. Hicks 1872
Near Westbury, Long Island: Jotham Post, Jr. 1771
See also N.Y. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Nassau County

No city given:
- Lived in No city given, 1900-1909: Palmer J. Jones - William G. Miller - Felix Reifschneider
- Lived in No city given, 1910-1919: Henry A. Hollmann - William G. Miller - Elias Raff - Felix Reifschneider
- Lived in No city given, 1920-1929: John F. Crosby - George H. Gregory - George D. Horton - George H. Jackson - Robert J. Ludlam - Raymond Malone - Ralph Marion - George E. Mulry - William A. Simonson - Fontaine N. Tallaferro - Francis B. Taylor - Edward C. Watson - Rufus L. Weaver - George V. Williams
- Lived in No city given, 1930-1939: Thomas F. Barry - George C. Butler - John H. Esquirol - Thomas R. Fay - John F. Fitzpatrick - Rudolph S. Garypie - Andrew R. Kennedy - Arvo Mattson - Charles McLaughlin - Florence Mulford - Guido Rohn - Edwin M. Waring - Carleton H. Weidig - Anthony Zazzu
- Lived in No city given, 1940-1949: Ambrose Cort - Stanley Faulkner - John S. Fells - Erwin Greenberg - Michael E. Hanrahan - Leo B. Harkins - Herman J. Herbert, Jr. - Charles L. Kessler - Theodore M. Lay - Edward K. Lebohner - Dominic J. Massa - John B. McDonald - Benjamin Rubenstein - Abraham Schlissel - Edward H. Waring - George W. Waters, Jr. - Lawrence Wise - Leonard Zuckerberg
- Lived in No city given, 1950-1959: Charles W. Anderson - Vincent Baldizzone - Eastman Birkett - Eunice Bischof - Ray M. Brand - Irving Brick - Irving Cohen - Rose M. Cohen - Robert J. Connolly - Julius J. D'Amato - Andrew Demma - Irving E. Dickman - James W. Elder - Edwin J. Fehrenbach - Isabelle B. Friedman - David T. Gibbons - Gerald Grossman - Samuel Klotz - Allan Kornfeld - Joel L. Leef - Marx L. Lewis - William H. McCaffery, Jr. - William Merritt - Myrtle Munger - Jerome A. Perles - Paul Pincus - Rae Reiter - Peter P. Rocchio - Arthur Rosoff - John T. Rowan - Morris Sackman - Alfred F. Samenga - Benjamin Schaler - Paul Scheman - Bernard Sommer - Lawrence H. Strear - Anthony Sugameli
- Lived in No city given, 1960-1969: Francis B. A'Hearn - Joseph F. Beaudette - Donald E. Belfi - Jerome Benanti - Timothy P. Donohue, Jr. - Frank E. Englert, Jr. - Benjamin L. Feld - Arthur V. Graseck, Jr. - Louis A. Jaret - Julius B. Kamhi - Seymour H. Kligler - George L. Marks - Peter A. McCabe - Eugene J. McHugh - Patrick J. Murphy - John F. Nelson - Murray F. Rosenthal - Allan C. Samuels - John J. Sandhaas, Jr. - William F. Sandhoff - Julius Schwartz - William W. Seiffert - Arthur Sinnott - Walter B. Stevens - Daniel P. Sullivan - Vincent A. Suozzi - Thomas J. Taglianetti - Michael J. Wallace - Francis M. Wells
- Lived in No city given, 1970-1979: Donald E. Belfi
- Lived in No city given, 1980-1989: Donald E. Belfi - Evelyn Derenze - Francis H. Gilroy - Fred Greenbaum - John P. Hagan - Jerome Jainchill - Elizabeth M. McPartland - Ted M. Rosen
- Lived in No city given, 1990-1999: Donald E. Belfi
- Lived in No city given, 2000-2009: Donald E. Belfi
Albertson, Long Island: Angelo F. Orazio
Atlantic Beach, Long Island: Thomas A. McWhinney
Baldwin, Long Island: Sherwin E. Allen - Thomas F. Dougherty - Linda M. Feldman - Joan M. Flatley - Justin V. Judd - Elsa Marthen - Charles J. O'Shea - Benedict F. Romano
Bellmore, Long Island: Cathyann Mooney - Herbert Sachs
Cedarhurst, Long Island: Palmer D. Farrington - William A. Hazard - Cortland A. Johnson - Bernard S. Meyer
East Meadow, Long Island: Edward J. Speno
East Merrick, Long Island: Elaine B. Horowitz
East Norwich, Long Island: Don M. Mankiewicz - Richard T. Mayes
East Rockaway, Long Island: Edward S. Betts - Irene C. Davison - Norman F. Lent - Charles L. Phipps
East Williston, Long Island: Maureen C. O'Connell
Elmont, Long Island: Anthony Barbiero
Farmingdale, Long Island: Howard T. Hogan - Elizabeth A. Ward
Floral Park, Long Island: Corey B. Bearak - Raymond I. Bundrick - Louis A. Buttner - John L. Childs - George J. Farrell, Jr. - Frederick H. Heidtmann - Harold P. Herman - Edward P. Larkin - Walter D. Lawrence - William N. Lewis - John McNeill - Max Schachtman - Mortimer S. Weis
Franklin Square, Long Island: George H. Madison - Joseph F. McKnight - Anthony Salvati - Kenneth Sunshine
Freeport, Long Island: Smith Cox - John F. DeLorme - Alvin Dorfman - Robert L. Doxsee - Elvin N. Edwards - Clinton M. Flint - Samuel D. Gerber - William F. Glacken - Marianela Jordan - Patrick James Kelly - Francine Mintz - Robert E. Patterson - Cyril C. Ryan - W. Irving Vanderpool - Worden E. Winne - David L. Zielenziger
Freeport, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: George Wallace
Garden City, Long Island: David Barnett - William R. Brennan, Jr. - Arnold Brown - Webster J. Caye, Jr. - H. Clinton Corwin - Thomas J. Cuff - Ralph L. Custer - John R. Dunne - George S. Emory - Kemp Hannon - John P. Hubbell - George R. Murdock - W. Gordon Murphy - John C. Norris - Walter H. Page - Donald A. Petrie - Charles G. Reinhart, Jr. - Robert J. Rohan - Vincent J. Walsh - LeRoy J. Weed - William J. White - Margery Wright - John W. Wydler
Glen Cove, Long Island: Arthur Aitkenhead - John Birdsall - James E. Burns - Aaron B. Cohen - Franklin A. Coles - James T. Hallinan - David S. Hill, Jr. - Robert F. Kennedy - Chuck Schorr Lesnick - Harold F. Mason - Luke A. Mercadante - Joseph W. Muldoon - Joseph M. Reilly - H. Bogart Seaman - William H. Seaman - Horace K. T. Sherwood - Joseph A. Stanco - Joseph A. Suozzi - Thomas R. Suozzi - John B. C. Tappen
Glen Head, Long Island: Jeanne R. Aronson - Rocco Campanaro - Henry U. Harris - Townsend Scudder
Great Neck, Long Island: James V. Auditore - Klaus Bornemann - Mindy Bornemann - Sol C. Chaikin - Thomas L. Collins - Mordecai Dancis - Thomas P. DiNapoli - Raye Garfinkle - Bertram Harnett - Nathan S. Jonas - Jonathan S. Kaiman - Kim Kaiman - Madge Kaplan - John A. King - Irwin J. Landes - Joseph Liff - May W. Newburger - Charles Phillips - Donald Shaffer - Arthur Susswein - David L. Zielenziger - Robert Zimmerman
Great Neck Station, Long Island: Thomas B. Maloney
Hempstead, Long Island: Kevan Abrahams - Ernest A. Ashdown - Ethel Bedford - August Belmont - Nathan L. H. Bennett - William H. Brown - W. Taylor Chamberlin - Myrtle Crawford - Thomas J. Cuff - George M. Estabrook - Robert W. Garrett - Dorothy L. Goosby - William O. Gulde - Wayne Hall - Earlene Hooper - Milton Jonas - Herbert Mirschel - Natalie Murtari - A. Holly Patterson - Lorraine Phinn - Lewis J. Smith - Margery Wright
Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: Philip J. A. Harper - Nathaniel Lawrence - Thomas Fortune Ryan
Hewlett, Long Island: Jeffery Bloom - Steven P. Bloom - Edward P. Larkin
Hewlett Harbor, Long Island: Frances Boehm
Hicksville, Long Island: Ernest F. Francke - Edward J. Giannelli - Martin Ginsberg - Marc Herbst - Edward J. Morris
Inwood, Long Island: George W. Doughty
Island Park, Long Island: Alfonse M. D'Amato - Armand P. D'Amato - Penelope D'Amato
Jericho, Long Island: Lathrop Brown - David B. Roosevelt
Kings Point, Long Island: Robert S. Benjamin
Lawrence, Long Island: Carol Berman - Palmer D. Farrington - Ferdinand I. Haber - Sol Handwerker - Abner Levine - Lidie McWhinney - Thomas A. McWhinney - Michael H. Reich - Herbert H. Segerman - J. Russel Sprague
Levittown, Long Island: Francis P. McCloskey - Kathleen Murray - Bert Speer - Leonard W. Tuft
Locust Valley, Long Island: Paul Bonynge - Carl Breuer - Townsend P. Cock - Catherine W. Crocker - Frank L. Crocker - John W. Davis - F. Trubee Davison - David Dows - Robert Lovett - Richard C. Patterson, Jr. - Susanne Seperson
Long Beach, Long Island: Michael Berlin - Joseph F. Carlino - William J. Dalton - Louis F. Edwards - Jerome B. Fleischman - Frank Frankel - Charles Gold - Robert I. Kleiner - Philip B. Kohut - Arthur J. Kremer - Allard Lowenstein - Don M. Mankiewicz - Edward McCarthy - Edwin J. McCarthy - Theodore Ornstein - William H. Reynolds - Jacqueline Richman - Pearl Weill - Harvey Weisenberg
Lynbrook, Long Island: Robert D. Barra - Frank J. Becker - Gregory R. Becker - David Gold - Fred A. Greis - Frank A. Gulotta - Jerome R. McDougal, Jr. - James P. Niemann - Mario Pittoni - Frederick W. Reihl - William K. Ross - Howard G. Wilson - Jeremiah Wood
Malverne, Long Island: Francis T. Pullman
Manhasset, Long Island: Frank F. Adel - John H. Dair - Norman F. Penny - Ralph Pulitzer - Carl T. Sigman - Henry Root Stern - Sol Wachtler - John Hay Whitney
Massapequa, Long Island: Jeanne Angiulo - Patrick W. Doherty - Roberta Edelman - Steven Labriola - Edwin R. Lynde - C. Bruce Pearsall - Angelo D. Roncallo - Peter J. Schmitt - Katharine Smith
Massapequa Park, Long Island: John W. Anderson - Samuel M. Barnhart - Peter F. Colleran
Merrick, Long Island: Joseph M. Baird - Eunice Carreau - Rene A. Carreau - Marvin D. Cristenfeld - Thomas S. Gulotta - Norman J. Levy - Thomas J. Portela - Betty G. Schlein - Peggy Ann Weinstein
Mineola, Long Island: Paul Bonynge - Claire A. Brown - Joseph F. Carlino - George J. Farrell, Jr. - Stanley Harwood - Philip N. King - Philip N. Krug - Carolyn McCarthy - Lawrence W. McKeown - William D. Meisser - Joseph Nohowec - Norman F. Penny - Abe Seldin - Anthony Smolenski - Eli Wager - Clifford N. Williams - Thomas H. Wilson
Mineola, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: Samuel V. Searing
Muttontown, Long Island: Ralph J. Marino
New Hyde Park, Long Island: Marcus G. Christ - Sharon Commissiong - Clinton G. Martin - Anne Weiland
North Massapequa, Long Island: Carole A. Barnett - Melvin C. Brenner
North Valley Stream, Long Island: Thomas W. Alfano
Oceanside, Long Island: Linda Sherrie Drucker - Barbara Spadanuda
Old Bethpage, Long Island: David Sidikman - Lewis J. Yevoli
Old Westbury, Long Island: William W. Cocks - William L. Pfeiffer
Oyster Bay, Long Island: Mrs. L. G. Cumming - Henry M. Curran - David R. Floyd-Jones - Edward Floyd-Jones - Leonard W. Hall - Ralph J. Marino - Thomas H. O'Keefe - Edward Robinson, Jr. - Angelo D. Roncallo - Theodore Roosevelt - Percy D. Stoddart
Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: Samuel Jones - Solomon S. Townsend - Samuel Youngs
Plainview, Long Island: Michael N. Petito - Michael Polansky - Thomas Stivala
Plandome, Long Island: John F. X. O'Malley - Genesta M. Strong
Plandome Manor, Long Island: Vivian Burnett
Port Washington, Long Island: Morton Bahr - Vincent R. Balletta, Jr. - Frederick C. Hicks - Bettie F. Holmes - William S. Hults, Jr. - Craig Johnson - Samuel Kaplan - Jan Pierce
Rockville Centre, Long Island: Daniel G. Albert - Horace L. Allen - John A. Anderson - Carlos Avery - Edgar T. Beamish - Earl J. Bennett - John D. Bennett - George R. Brennan - Eleanor Chandler - Sanford A. Davison - Walter J. Halliday - Francis G. Hooley - W. Harry Lister - Salvatore A. Milone - Thomas E. Morrissey, Jr. - Lorraine Phinn - Morris Schneider - Dean G. Skelos - John S. Thorp - John S. Thorp, Jr. - Edwin W. Wallace
Roosevelt, Long Island: Peter J. Byrne - Cherry Anne Huskins
Roslyn, Long Island: Leonard Davis - Steven B. Derounian - Helen Getler - Eugene H. Nickerson - Thomas T. Pierce - Diana Centrella Prevete - Stephen Taber
Roslyn Estates, Long Island: Delores Ehrlich - Mel Ehrlich
Roslyn Harbor, Long Island: Helen Getler - Eugene H. Nickerson
Roslyn Heights, Long Island: Joseph Calderon - Hazel N. Dukes - Allen C. Miller - Michael J. Tully, Jr.
Sea Cliff, Long Island: John J. Burns - Isabel R. Dodd - Milton Lipson - James Ernest Truex - Zelma-Jean Zurer
Seaford, Long Island: Bradley Angel - Samuel J. Cole - Peter T. King - George A. Murphy - Joan G. O'Shaughnessy - Henry A. Rigali - Jennie A. Wanzer
Seaford, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: George L. Weeks
Syosset, Long Island: Ruth J. Brown - Lansdell Christie - John F. English - Harold Fertig - Lawrence J. O'Brien - Charles E. Russel
Uniondale, Long Island: Joseph M. Margiotta
Valley Stream, Long Island: James V. Auditore - Harold Berger - Robert M. Blakeman - Judith Guise - Henry K. Hendrickson - Raymond J. McGrath - Stephen C. McInnis - John McKenna - Thomas Metcalfe - Ferdinand A. Perissi - Henry Waldinger
Wantagh, Long Island: William M. Cameron - Gemma C. de Leon - John Garvey - Frederick E. Parola - Bernard M. Rodin
West Hempstead, Long Island: Marilyn Cooper - John G. Herrmann - Mary F. Murphy - Rener H. Reed - Sinita Walker
West Massapequa, Long Island: Arthur A. Snyder
Westbury, Long Island: Robert L. Bacon - Virginia M. Bacon - Roger H. Corbin - Donna Ferrara - William H. Greene - F. Lansing Hunter - William V. Hussey - John E. Kingston - George B. Knipfing - Joan B. Lang - Alicia R. O'Connor - Evelyn Roth - Joan P. Schmutz - Beekman Winthrop - Henry Rogers Winthrop
Williston Park, Long Island: Charles Kerrigan
Woodmere, Long Island: Emanuel Austern - Harold Bobroff - Karen S. Burstein - Clarence Dickson - Harold Forma - Clarence G. Galston - Barbara P. Kaplan - Bernard S. Meyer - Stanley Rabinowitz - William Willett, Jr.
See also N.Y. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Nassau County

Atlantic Beach, Long Island: Thomas A. McWhinney 1933
Baldwin, Long Island: George W. Loft 1943
Bayville, Long Island: Daniel O'Reilly 1911
Bellmore, Long Island: Harry H. Dale 1935
East Rockaway, Long Island: Andrew Nicholas Petersen 1952
Flower Hill, Long Island: Michael J. Tully, Jr. 1997
Garden City, Long Island: Frederick E. Crane 1947 John Esposito 1997
Glen Cove, Long Island: Ruth Baker Pratt 1965 James T. Hallinan 1969 Leonard W. Hall 1979
Hempstead, Long Island: Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont 1908 Walter H. Jaycox 1927 A. Holly Patterson 1980
Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island: Nathaniel Lawrence 1797 Philip J. A. Harper 1896
Inwood, Long Island: Sidney S. Hein 1972
Lake Success, Long Island: Robert L. Bacon 1938
Lawrence, Long Island: Russell Sage 1906
Locust Valley, Long Island: Paul Bonynge 1937
Lynbrook, Long Island: Frank J. Becker 1981
Manhasset, Long Island: Frank F. Adel 1967 James C. Sheridan 1983 Meade H. Esposito 1993 Angelo C. Petromelis 1994
Massapequa, Long Island: Peter Joseph Brennan 1996
Mineola, Long Island: Martin W. Littleton 1934
New Hyde Park, Long Island: Max Schachtman 1972 Sol C. Chaikin 1991
Oceanside, Long Island: Clarence H. Neal, Jr. 1957
Old Westbury, Long Island: William W. Cocks 1932 Frank X. Altimari 1998
Oyster Bay, Long Island: Theodore Roosevelt 1919
Plandome Heights, Long Island: Genesta M. Strong 1972
Near Port Washington, Long Island: Solomon R. Guggenheim 1949
Rockville Centre, Long Island: Jeremiah Eaton Cary 1888 Carlos Avery 1930 Harold W. Worzel 1950 John F. Carew 1951 Thomas E. Morrissey, Jr. 1975 John F. English 1987 Mario Pittoni 1997 Ralph J. Marino 2002
Roslyn, Long Island: Thomas Taber II 1862 George J. Balbach 1996 Rosemary R. Gunning 1997 Murray Schwartz 2001
Sea Cliff, Long Island: Milton Lipson 2003
South Oyster Bay, Long Island: John Brownson 1865
Syosset, Long Island: William D. Mitchell 1955
See also N.Y. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nassau County

Near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island Memorial Cemetery
East Norwich, Long Island Unknown location
Elmont, Long Island Beth-David Cemetery
Elmont, Long Island Maimonides Cemetery
Garden City, Long Island Holy Rood Cemetery
Glen Cove, Long Island Locust Valley Cemetery
Glen Cove, Long Island Pratt Mausoleum
Hempstead, Long Island Greenfield Cemetery
Laurel Hollow, Long Island Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church
Locust Valley, Long Island Locust Valley Cemetery
Manhasset, Long Island Christ Church Cemetery
Massapequa, Long Island Floyd-Jones Cemetery
Oyster Bay, Long Island Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Port Washington, Long Island Nassau Knolls Cemetery
Roslyn, Long Island Roslyn Cemetery
Westbury, Long Island Friends Cemetery
Westbury, Long Island Quaker Cemetery

Memorial Cemetery
Near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

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. Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
- Books about Henry L. Stimson: Godfrey Hodgson, The Colonel : The Life and Wars of Henry Stimson, 1867-1950; David F. Schmitz, Henry L. Stimson : The First Wise Man
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 C. Cortelyou, Jr. and Rose (Seary) Cortelyou; married, September 15, 1888, to Lily Morris Hinds. Republican. 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 Co., New York, 1909-35. Died, following two heart attacks, in Huntington Bay, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., October 23, 1940. Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
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; married, December 11, 1895, to Helen Beall (1873-1940). 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. Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
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. Great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin Tracy; grandson of Frederic René Coudert; son of Frederic R. Coudert (c.1871-1955) and Alice T. (Wilmerding) Coudert; married 1923 to Mary K. Callery (sculptor; divorced 1931); married 1931 to Paula Murray. 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. Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
- See also Coudert-Tracy family of New York
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.

Unknown Location
East Norwich, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

James Hinds (1833-1868) — of Arkansas. Born near Salem, Washington County, N.Y., December 5, 1833. Republican. U.S. Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1868; died in office 1868. Shot and killed by George A. Clark, who was drunk at the time, near Indian Bay, Monroe County, Ark., October 22, 1868. Interment somewhere; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- See also: congressional biography.

Beth-David Cemetery
Elmont, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923-1983) — also known as Benjamin S. Rosenthal — of New York. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 8, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1962-83 (6th District 1962-63, 8th District 1963-83, 7th District 1983); died in office 1983. Jewish. Died in Washington, D.C., January 4, 1983. Interment at Beth-David Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Maimonides Cemetery
Elmont, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Albert Berger Rossdale (1878-1968) — also known as Albert B. Rossdale — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 23, 1878. Son of Herman Rossdale and Betty (Berger) Rossdale. Republican. Postal worker; jeweler; U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924. Jewish. Died in Eastchester, Westchester County, N.Y., April 17, 1968. Interment at Maimonides Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Holy Rood Cemetery
Garden City, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

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. Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Stanislaus Thorp — also known as John S. Thorp — of Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Father of John Stanislaus Thorp, Jr.. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936 (alternate), 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952 (alternate); chair of Nassau County Democratic Party, 1939-42; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1944. Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.
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. Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.

Locust Valley Cemetery
Glen Cove, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

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; married, June 20, 1899, to Julia T. McDonald (died 1900); married, January 2, 1912, to Ellen G. Bassel (died 1943); first cousin of Cyrus Roberts Vance. 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. Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery.
- See also Davis-Vance family of West Virginia
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.

Pratt Mausoleum
Glen Cove, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Ruth Baker Pratt (1877-1965) — also known as Ruth Sears Baker; Mrs. John T. Pratt — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ware, Hampshire County, Mass., August 24, 1877. Daughter of Edwin Howard Baker; married, January 6, 1903, to John Teele Pratt (1873-1927). Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1929-33; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1929-43; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., August 23, 1965. Interment at Pratt Mausoleum.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.

Greenfield Cemetery
Hempstead, Long Island, Nassau County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Daniel F. Tiemann — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Nephew by marriage of Peter Cooper. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1858-60; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1872-73. Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
- See also Cooper family of New York
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. Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
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. Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
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. Died, following a heart attack, in Hempsted General Hospital, Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 20, 1980. Interment at Greenfield Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article.

Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church
Laurel Hollow, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

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; married, May 10, 1934, to Gladys Dowsey. 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. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., June 2, 1979. Interment at Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.

Locust Valley Cemetery
Locust Valley, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. (1900-1949) — 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. Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery.
- See also: NNDB dossier.
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. Married 1954 to Ethel Bernstein. 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. Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery.

Christ Church Cemetery
Manhasset, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

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. Grandson of John Milton Hay and William Collins Whitney; son of Payne Whitney and Helen (Hay) Whitney; married, March 1, 1942, to Betsey Cushing Roosevelt (1908-1998) (ex-wife of James Roosevelt). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier; publisher of the New York Herald Tribune newspaper; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61. Died in 1982. Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: Wikipedia article.

Floyd-Jones Cemetery
Massapequa, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

David Richard Floyd-Jones (1813-1871) — also known as David R. Floyd-Jones — of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born April 6, 1813. Member of New York state senate 1st District, 1844-47; member of New York state assembly from Queens County, 1857; secretary of state of New York, 1860-61; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1863-64. Died January 8, 1871. Interment at Floyd-Jones Cemetery.

Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Oyster Bay, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

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. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 27, 1858. Great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch; nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt; son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884); married, October 27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (died 1884); married, December 2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow; 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)) and Corinne Robinson Alsop; father of Alice Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas Longworth) and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.; granduncle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and John DeKoven Alsop; great-grandfather-in-law of William Floyd Weld. 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. Interment at Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are named for him.
- Cross-reference: Gifford Pinchot; David J. Leahy; William Barnes, Jr.; Oliver D. Burden; William J. Youngs
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
- 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)
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. 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.

Nassau Knolls Cemetery
Port Washington, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John E. Kingston (1920-1996) — also known as Jack Kingston — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in 1920. Republican. Member of New York state assembly, 1960-74 (Nassau County 3rd District 1960-65, 16th District 1966, 17th District 1967-72, 15th District 1973-74); district judge in New York, 1990-94; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1995. Died May 5, 1996. Interment at Nassau Knolls Cemetery.

Roslyn Cemetery
Roslyn, Long Island, Nassau County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

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. Interment at Roslyn Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.

Friends Cemetery
Westbury, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

William Willets Cocks (1861-1932) — also known as William W. Cocks — 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 H. Cocks and Mary T. (Willets) Cocks; married, July 24, 1901, to Caroline R. Hicks (died 1901); brother of Frederick Cocks Hicks. 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. Died in Old Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., May 24, 1932. Interment at Friends Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Thomas Taber II (1785-1862) — of New York. Born in Dover, Dutchess County, N.Y., May 19, 1785. Father of Stephen Taber. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1826; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1828-29. Died in Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., March 21, 1862. Interment at Friends Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Politicians formerly buried here:

Benjamin Albertson Willis (1840-1886) — of New York. Born in New York, 1840. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1875-79. Died in 1886. Original interment at Friends Cemetery; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
- See also: congressional biography.

Quaker Cemetery
Westbury, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Frederick Cocks Hicks (1872-1925) — also known as Frederick C. Hicks; Frederick Hicks Cocks — of Port Washington, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Westbury, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1872. Brother of William Willets Cocks. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1915-23; defeated, 1912. Quaker. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in 1925. Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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