Selected officials of Queens County

(not intended to be complete)

Garret J. Garretson (School Commissioner, 1873-75) Garret J. Garretson (County Surrogate, 1880) Garret J. Garretson (County Judge, 1886-96) John B. Merrill (District Attorney, 1900) Joseph H. DeBragga (Sheriff, 1901) James T. Hallinan (District Attorney, 1930-31) William F. Brunner (Sheriff, 1935-36) Maurice A. FitzGerald (Sheriff, 1937-41)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Queens County

• Private or family graveyards
• Queens Unknown location
• Queens Jamaica Cemetery
• Queens Knollwood Cemetery
• Queens Linden Hill Cemetery
• Queens Lutheran Cemetery
• Queens Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
• Queens Prospect Cemetery
• Queens St. George's Cemetery
• Queens Salem Fields Cemetery
• Astoria, Queens Lawrence Cemetery
• East Elmhurst, Queens St. Michael's Cemetery
• Flushing, Queens Cedar Grove Cemetery
• Flushing, Queens Flushing Cemetery
• Flushing, Queens Mt. Hebron Cemetery
• Flushing, Queens Mount St. Mary's Cemetery
• Glendale, Queens Beth Olom Cemetery
• Glendale, Queens Mt. Carmel Cemetery
• Glendale, Queens Mt. Neboh Cemetery
• Jamaica, Queens Grace Church Cemetery
• Kew Gardens, Queens Maple Grove Cemetery
• Long Island City, Queens Calvary Cemetery
• Maspeth, Queens Mt. Olivet Cemetery
• Maspeth, Queens Mt. Zion Cemetery
• Middle Village, Queens Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery
• Middle Village, Queens St. John's Cemetery
• Newtown, Queens Dutch Reformed Cemetery
• Newtown, Queens Presbyterian Cemetery
• Ozone Park, Queens Bayside Cemetery
• Ozone Park, Queens Mochom Shalom Cemetery
• Ridgewood, Queens Beth El Cemetery
• Ridgewood, Queens Mt. Judah Cemetery
• Ridgewood, Queens Union Field Cemetery
• St. Albans, Queens Montefiore Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791-1861) — of New York. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., February 28, 1791. Cousin of Effingham Lawrence. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1833-34; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1834-37. Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., February 20, 1861. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Thomas Lawrence (1788-1859) — of New York. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 7, 1788. Brother of Samuel Lawrence. U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1847-49. Died October 25, 1859. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Revisch, Hungary, 1884. School teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the founders and a vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in the union. Member, Urban League. Collapsed and died in a barber shop, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 7, 1956. Interment somewhere.
  
  
• Arthur J. W. Hilly (d. 1968) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 9, 1968. Interment somewhere.
  
  

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• Melancton Smith (1744-1798) — of New York County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., May 7, 1744. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1785-87; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1791-92. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 29, 1798. Interment at Jamaica Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Jack Alter (c.1928-2007) — of Fort Lee, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance business; mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., 1992-2007; nominated, but died before the election 2007; died in office 2007. Jewish. Died in Englewood Hospital, Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., August 27, 2007. Interment at Knollwood Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) — also known as Jacob K. Javits — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 18, 1904. Son of Morris Javits and Ida (Littman) Javits; married, November 30, 1947, to Marion Ann Borris. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54; New York state attorney general, 1955-57; U.S. Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated (Liberal), 1980; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956, 1960, 1964. Jewish. Member, United World Federalists; American Legion; Amvets; Jewish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983. Died, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., March 7, 1986. Interment at Linden Hill Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Jean McKee
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books by Jacob K. Javits: Javits: The Autobiography of a Public Man (1981)
  
  
• Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Killed in the wreck of the steamboat Seawanhaka, which burned and sank in the East River, June 28, 1880. Interment at Linden Hill Cemetery.
  
  

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• John Herman George Vehslage (1842-1904) — also known as John H. G. Vehslage — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1842. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1894; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1897-99. Died in 1904. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Kissel (1864-1938) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 31, 1864. Republican. Member of New York state senate 9th District, 1909-10; candidate in primary for New York state comptroller, 1918; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Died October 3, 1938. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Alexander Bicks (1901-1963) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Russia, March 17, 1901. Son of Michael Bicks and Sarah (Thomas) Bicks; married, December 25, 1924, to Henrietta Isaacson. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1954-63; died in office 1963. Jewish. Died, in University Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 9, 1963. Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) — of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., November 19, 1913. Son of Anna (Swanton) Halpern and Ralph Halpern; married, December 27, 1959, to Barbara Margaret Olsen; first cousin once removed of Stephen Joshua Solarz. Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising business; candidate for New York state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1937; member of New York state senate, 1941-54 (2nd District 1941-44, 4th District 1945-54); U.S. Representative from New York, 1959-73 (4th District 1959-63, 6th District 1963-73); Presidential Elector for New York, 1972. Jewish. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; B'nai B'rith; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose. Died from complications of pneumonia, at Southampton Hospital, Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., January 10, 1997. Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
  • See also Halpern-Solarz family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ralph Halpern (1890-1975) — of Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 1, 1890. Father of Seymour Halpern; granduncle of Stephen Joshua Solarz. Republican. Traveling salesman; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1920-21; defeated, 1921, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936 (alternate), 1940, 1948 (alternate), 1956 (alternate), 1960 (alternate), 1972; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1936, 1961. Jewish. Died in Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., October 5, 1975. Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
  • See also Halpern-Solarz family of New York
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Egbert Benson (1746-1833) — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Red Hook, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 21, 1746. Son of Robert Benson (1715-1762) and Cathrine (Van Borsum) Benson (1718-1794). Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1777-81, 1787-88; New York state attorney general, 1777-78; appointed 1777; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1784-88; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S. Representative from New York, 1789-93, 1813 (3rd District 1789-93, 2nd District 1813); Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1794-1801; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1801-02. Died in Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 24, 1833. Interment at Prospect Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) — also known as L. Bradford Prince — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 3, 1840. Son of William R. Prince and Charlotte G. (Collins) Prince; married, November 17, 1881, to Mary Catherine Beardsley. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868, 1876; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1871-75; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1876-77; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1878-82; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1882, 1884; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1889-93; member New Mexico territorial council, 1909; delegate to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1911. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons. Died in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., December 22, 1922. Interment at St. George's Cemetery.
  
  

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• Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born August 12, 1844. Republican. Delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900, 1904. Jewish. Died March 4, 1923. Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery.
  
  
• Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861-1949) — of New York. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 2, 1861. Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim; married 1895 to Irene Rothschild (aunt of V. Henry Rothschild II); brother of Simon Guggenheim; uncle of Meyer Robert Guggenheim and Harry Frank Guggenheim. Republican. Mining, smelting, and railroad executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924. Jewish. Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Died near Port Washington, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., November 3, 1949. Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery.
  • See also Guggenheim-Morton family of New York
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Jonathan Lawrence (1737-1812) — of Newtown, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1737. Merchant; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1776-77; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1777-83. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 4, 1812. Interment at Lawrence Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Peter A. Leininger (d. 1937) — of Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married to Kate Smith (died 1924). Real estate and insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1917-23; defeated (Independent Fusion), 1923. Member, Elks. While fixing a broken pane in a window at his home, fell to his death in the back yard, in Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 21, 1937. Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
  
  

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• August Claessens (1885-1954) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in 1885. Married 1912 to Hilda Goldstein; married to Anna Glassman. School teacher; member of New York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1918-20, 1922; expelled 1920; defeated, 1920 (New York County 17th District), 1922 (New York County 17th District), 1923 (New York County 17th District), 1925 (Bronx County 4th District), 1938 (Kings County 14th District), 1954 (Kings County 14th District); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1924 (Socialist, 23rd District), 1928 (Socialist, 14th District), 1934 (Socialist, at-large), 1946 (Liberal, 10th District), 1948 (Liberal, 8th District), 1950 (Liberal, 8th District); American Labor candidate for New York state senate 11th District, 1940. Expelled from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty, along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920. Died, following a heart attack, at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 9, 1954. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Lemuel Ely Quigg (1863-1919) — also known as Lemuel E. Quigg — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Chestertown, Kent County, Md., February 12, 1863. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1894-99; defeated, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900, 1904; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1915. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., July 1, 1919. Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Birdsall Jackson (1797-1881) — also known as Thomas B. Jackson — of Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1797. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Queens County, 1833-35; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1837-41. Died in 1881. Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frederic Storm (1844-1935) — of Bayside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Alsace, France, July 2, 1844. Republican. Delegate to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1894; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1896; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1901-03; defeated, 1902. Died June 9, 1935. Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) — also known as Elmer E. Studley — of Raton, Colfax County, N.M.; Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born near East Ashford, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., September 24, 1869. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New Mexico territorial House of Representatives, 1907; U.S. Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35. Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 6, 1942. Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Weightman Valk (1806-1879) — of New York. Born in South Carolina, 1806. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1855-57. Died in 1879. Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Watson Lawrence (1800-1888) — also known as John W. Lawrence — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., 1800. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Queens County, 1841-42; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1845-47. Died December 20, 1888. Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George J. Balbach (c.1910-1996) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1961-86. Catholic. Member, Rotary. Died, at St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 15, 1996. Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
  
  

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• Murray Irwin Gurfein (1907-1979) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 17, 1907. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1971; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1974-79; died in office 1979. Died December 16, 1979. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  
  
• William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) — also known as William I. Sirovich — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in York, York County, Pa., March 18, 1882. Son of Jacob Sirovich and Rose (Weinstock) Sirovich. Physician; playwright; Independence League candidate for New York state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples Hospital, 1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated (Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of a heart attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 17, 1939. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nathan David Perlman (1887-1952) — also known as Nathan D. Perlman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Poland, August 2, 1887. Son of Victor Perlman and Rachael Perlman; married, June 20, 1917, to Florence S. Bierman. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1915-17; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1920-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928 (alternate), 1932; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Jewish. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 29, 1952. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob H. Gilbert (1920-1981) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., June 17, 1920. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1951-54; member of New York state senate 27th District, 1955-60; U.S. Representative from New York, 1960-71 (23rd District 1960-63, 22nd District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Jewish. Member, Zionist Organization of America; B'nai B'rith; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Lions. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 27, 1981. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harry Kopp (1881-1943) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Russia, February 27, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1910-12; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916. Jewish. Died, of cancer, in a hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October, 1943. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  
  
• Samuel Fassler (c.1889-1958) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Chernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine). Married to Ruth Schlanger. Democrat. President, Fassler Iron Works; New York City Commissioner of Buildings, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940. Jewish. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1958. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  
  
• Herman Weinkrantz (1908-1969) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Lodz, Poland, April 15, 1908. American Labor candidate for New York state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1937; American Labor candidate for New York state senate 23rd District, 1940; legal aide to New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, 1952-59; criminal court judge, 1959-69. Jewish. Died April 4, 1969. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  
  
• Abraham Axler — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1930, 1931. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
  
  

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• Maurice E. Connolly (1881-1935) — of Corona, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Corona, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., 1881. Son of Maurice Connolly and Mary Jane Connolly; married to Helen M. Connell; father of Helen F. Connolly (daughter-in-law of Leander B. Faber). Democrat. Lawyer; borough president of Queens, New York, 1911-28; resigned 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916, 1924; resigned as borough president in April, 1928 during an investigation of a sewer graft scandal; convicted in October 1928 of conspiracy to defraud the city; sentenced to one year in prison and fined $500; following an unsuccessful appeal, he served the prison sentence in 1930-31. Irish ancestry. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., November 24, 1935. Interment at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery.
  
  
• William Bernard Barry (1902-1946) — also known as William B. Barry — of St. Albans, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in County Mayo, Ireland, July 21, 1902. Son of Thomas J. Barry and Catherine J. (Hennelly) Barry; married, February 7, 1934, to Emily B. La Mude. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-46 (2nd District 1935-45, 4th District 1945-46); died in office 1946. Catholic. Member, Elks. Died, from pneumonia, in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1946. Interment at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Matthew Joseph Merritt (1895-1946) — also known as Matthew J. Merritt — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1895. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York at-large, 1935-45. Died in 1946. Interment at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Denis O'Leary (1863-1943) — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 22, 1863. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1913-15; candidate in primary for borough president of Queens, New York, 1921. Died in 1943. Interment at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James A. Roe (1896-1967) — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 9, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of Queens County Democratic Party, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1945-47; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1945; Justice of New York Supreme Court 11th District; elected 1963. Died in Hollywood, Broward County, Fla., April 22, 1967. Interment at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James T. Hallinan (1889-1969) — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; Queens County District Attorney, 1930-31; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1932-60 (2nd District 1932-48, 10th District 1948-60); Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1955-60. Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died in Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4, 1969. Interment at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery.
  
  

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• Edwin Einstein (1842-1905) — of New York. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 18, 1842. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1879-81; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1892. Jewish. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 24, 1905. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938) — also known as Benjamin N. Cardozo — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 24, 1870. Son of Albert Cardozo and Rebecca Washington (Nathan) Cardozo (died 1879). Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1914-17; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-26; chief judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932-38. Jewish. Suffered a heart attack in 1937, and a stroke in early 1938, and died a few months later, in Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., July 9, 1938. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Benjamin Cardozo: The Nature of the Judicial Process
  • Books about Benjamin Cardozo: Andrew L. Kaufman, Cardozo; Richard A. Posner, Cardozo : A Study in Reputation; Richard Polenberg, The World of Benjamin Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process
  
  
• Abram Isaac Elkus (1867-1947) — also known as Abram I. Elkus — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 6, 1867. Son of Isaac Elkus and Julia Elkus; married, April 15, 1896, to Gertrude R. Hess; father of Katharine Elkus White. Democrat. Lawyer; member, New York State Board of Regents, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1916-17; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1919-20; defeated, 1920. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in Red Bank, Monmouth County, N.J., October 15, 1947. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery.
  
  
• Nathan Bijur (1862-1930) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1862. Son of Asher Bijur and Pauline (Sondheim) Bijur; married 1886 to Lilly Pronich. Republican. Lawyer; took part in railroad reorganizations and the creation of the Southern Railway; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-30; died in office 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1926-30; died in office 1930. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Society for International Law; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from pleurisy and empyema, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 8, 1930. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery.
  
  
• Mordecai M. Noah (1785-1851) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1785. Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Riga, 1811-13; Tunis, 1813-15. Jewish. Died in 1851. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

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• Bella Savitzky Abzug (1920-1998) — also known as Bella S. Abzug; Bella Savitzky; "Battlin' Bella"; "Mother Courage"; "Bellicose Bella" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., July 24, 1920. Daughter of Emanuel Savitzky and Esther Savitzky; married, June 4, 1944, to Martin Abzug. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1971-77 (19th District 1971-73, 20th District 1973-77); defeated, 1978, 1986; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1996; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1976; candidate in primary for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1977; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1993. Female. Jewish. Died of complications from heart surgery, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 31, 1998. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Abe Stark (1894-1972) — also known as "Mr. Brooklyn" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 28, 1894. Democrat. Clothier; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1962-70; defeated (Republican), 1949; resigned 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Jewish. Russian ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Famed among Brooklyn Dodgers fans for his longtime, conspicious advertising sign (for his clothing business) below the scoreboard at Ebbets Field, which promised a free suit to players who batted the ball there: "HIT SIGN, WIN SUIT". Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., July 2, 1972. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  
• Meyer London (1871-1926) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Kalvaria, Russia, December 29, 1871. Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1891; became a citizen in 1896; lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911, 1925 (Socialist); U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1915-19, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Jewish. Struck by a car as he was crossing First Avenue, near Eighteenth Street, in Manhattan, and died soon after at Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., June 6, 1926. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Z. Medalie (c.1884-1946) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920, 1936, 1944; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1931-33; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1932; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1945-46; died in office 1946. Jewish. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 5, 1946. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  
• Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1936) — also known as Abraham I. Shiplacoff — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Province of Chernigov, Russia, December 25, 1877. Socialist. Member of New York state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18; defeated, 1922; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1926 (10th District), 1928 (10th District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9th District). Jewish. Died, of an infection secondary to kidney stones, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February, 1936. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  
• Hilda Goldstein Claessens (c.1890-1932) — also known as Hilda G. Claessens; Hilda Goldstein — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Russia. Married 1912 to August Claessens. Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1928 (13th District), 1930 (16th District). Female. Died, of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 10, 1932. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  
• Louis J. Jacobson (1882-1963) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pa., April 12, 1882. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 11th District, 1928. Died December 7, 1963. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  
• Julius Halpern (c.1859-1928) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Russia. Socialist. Physician; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1920; candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1921. Jewish. Member, American Medical Association. Died, of cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 24, 1928. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  
• Harry Rogoff (d. 1971) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for New York state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1919; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1926. Died in 1971. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  

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• Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) — also known as Manny Celler — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 6, 1888. Son of Henry H. Celler and Josephine (Müller) Celler; married, June 30, 1914, to Stella B. Baar (died 1966). Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45, 15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964. Jewish. Member, United World Federalists; Freemasons; B'nai B'rith; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died, from pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 15, 1981. Interment at Mt. Neboh Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Wolfe Cohen (1874-1940) — also known as William W. Cohen — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 6, 1874. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1927-29. Jewish. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 12, 1940. Interment at Mt. Neboh Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Clarence G. Galston (1876-1964) — of Woodmere, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 18, 1876. Son of Sigmund Galston and Linda (Mainster) Galston; married, February 5, 1906, to Estelle Elkus. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1929. Jewish. Died January 22, 1964. Interment at Mt. Neboh Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Rufus King (1755-1827) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, March 24, 1755. Married 1786 to Mary Alsop (daughter of John Alsop); half-brother of Cyrus King; father of John Alsop King and James Gore King; grandfather of Rufus King (1814-1876). Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President of the United States, 1816. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died April 29, 1827. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery.
  • See also King family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Nicholas Ware (1769-1824) — of Georgia. Born in Caroline County, Va., 1769. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1808-11, 1814-15; mayor of Augusta, Ga., 1819-21; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1821-24; died in office 1824. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 7, 1824. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Cunningham McCormick (1832-1901) — also known as Richard C. McCormick — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 23, 1832. Son-in-law of Allen Granberry Thurman. Republican. Secretary of Arizona Territory, 1863-66; Governor of Arizona Territory, 1866-69; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1869-75; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1880; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1895-97. Died in Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., June 2, 1901. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery.
  • See also McCormick-Thurman-Dun family of Ohio
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Alsop King (1788-1867) — also known as John A. King — of Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 3, 1788. Son of Rufus King (1755-1827); brother of James Gore King; uncle of Rufus King (1814-1876). Member of New York state assembly from Queens County, 1818-21, 1832, 1838, 1840; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1823; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1849-51; Governor of New York, 1857-59. Died in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 7, 1867. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery.
  • See also King family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• James Gore King (1791-1853) — of New Jersey. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 8, 1791. Son of Rufus King (1755-1827); brother of John Alsop King; uncle of Rufus King (1814-1876). U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1849-51. Died October 3, 1853. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery.
  • See also King family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) — of New York. Born in New York, 1810. Son of Stephen Van Rensselaer. U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43. Died in 1864. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery.
  • See also VanRensselaer-Paterson family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• James Henry Cassidy (1869-1926) — also known as James H. Cassidy — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 28, 1869. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1910. Died in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 23, 1926. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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• Robert Ferdinand Wagner, Jr. (1910-1991) — also known as Robert F. Wagner, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 20, 1910. Son of Robert Ferdinand Wagner; married to Susan Edwards (died 1964); married 1965 to Barbara Joan Cavanagh (divorced 1971); married 1975 to Phyllis Fraser Cerf. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1938-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948 (alternate), 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972 (alternate); borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1950-53; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1954-65; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1956; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1967; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1968-69. Catholic. Member, Elks; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died of heart failure in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1991. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Herman Weinkrantz
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) — also known as Alfred E. Smith; Al Smith; "The Happy Warrior"; "The Brown Derby" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 30, 1873. Son of Alfred Emanuel Smith and Catherine (Mulvihill) Smith; married, May 6, 1900, to Catherine A. Dunn. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1904-15; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1920, 1932, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915; Governor of New York, 1919-21, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920, 1932; candidate for President of the United States, 1928; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Catholic. Irish, German, and Italian ancestry. Died October 4, 1944. Interment at Calvary Cemetery; statue at Alfred E. Smith Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Raymond V. Ingersoll
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Alfred E. Smith: Robert A. Slayton, Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith; Christopher M. Finan, Alfred E. Smith : The Happy Warrior
  
  
• Thomas A. Ledwith (1840-1898) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1840. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1863; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1870; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1874-75. Died of cirrhosis of the liver and Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 1, 1898. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• James O'Brien (1841-1907) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ireland, March 13, 1841. Member of New York state senate 7th District, 1872-73; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1873; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1879-81. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., March 5, 1907. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877-1953) — also known as Robert F. Wagner — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Nastatten, Hessen-Nassau, Germany, June 8, 1877. Father of Robert Ferdinand Wagner, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1905, 1907-08 (New York County 30th District 1905, New York County 22nd District 1907-08); member of New York state senate 16th District, 1909-18; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1928 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1944; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1913-14; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-26; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1924-26; U.S. Senator from New York, 1927-49; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1938. Catholic. Member, Elks; Phi Sigma Kappa. Introduced Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, Railway Pension Law, and other social and economic legislation in the U.S. Senate. On July 18, 1934, he while touring port facilities in Oregon during a labor dispute, he and his party were fired on (ten shots) by guards. Died May 4, 1953. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Joseph Force Crater; Maurice Bloch
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Randall Roberts (1830-1897) — also known as William R. Roberts — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in County Cork, Ireland, February 6, 1830. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1871-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1885-89. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 9, 1897. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank L. Dowling (c.1865-1919) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1894; borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1918-19; died in office 1919. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 27, 1919. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• James Aloysius O'Gorman (1860-1943) — also known as James A. O'Gorman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 5, 1860. Son of Thomas O'Gorman and Ellen (Callan) O'Gorman; married, January 2, 1884, to Anne M. Leslie; father of May O'Gorman (who married Dudley Field Malone). Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in New York, 1893-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1912, 1916; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-11; U.S. Senator from New York, 1911-17. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Tammany Hall. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 17, 1943. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Mario Joseph Cariello (1907-1985) — also known as Mario J. Cariello — of Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 23, 1907. Married to Lee Pallante. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1936-41; municipal judge in New York, 1941-63; borough president of Queens, New York, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1969-77. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Order of Ahepa. Died, of cancer, in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 9, 1985. Entombed at Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• Christopher Daniel Sullivan (1870-1942) — also known as Christopher D. Sullivan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 14, 1870. Married to Nell Donohue (died 1910). Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state senate, 1907-16 (13th District 1907-08, 11th District 1909-16); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1940; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1917-41. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, of a heart attack, in his office at the Second Assembly District Tammany Club, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 3, 1942. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Daniel Joseph Riordan (1870-1923) — also known as Daniel J. Riordan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 7, 1870. Son of Michael Riordan and Margaret (Horrigan) Riordan; married, June 28, 1899, to Edith M. Caldwell. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; U.S. Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1906-23 (8th District 1899-1901, 1906-13, 11th District 1913-23); died in office 1923; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in 1923. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Joseph Boylan (1878-1938) — also known as John J. Boylan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 20, 1878. Son of Patrick Boylan and Elizabeth (McElroy) Boylan. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1910-12; member of New York state senate, 1913-22 (15th District 1913-18, 13th District 1919-22); U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Redmen. Died, in French Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 5, 1938. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Francis Carew (1873-1951) — also known as John F. Carew — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 16, 1873. Nephew of Thomas Francis Magner. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1924, 1928; U.S. Representative from New York, 1913-29 (17th District 1913-19, 18th District 1919-29); resigned 1929; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1929-43. Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 10, 1951. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Joseph Delaney (1901-1987) — also known as James J. Delaney — of Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 19, 1901. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1945-47, 1949-79 (6th District 1945-47, 1949-53, 7th District 1953-63, 9th District 1963-79); defeated, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952, 1960 (alternate), 1964 (alternate). Died in Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J., May 24, 1987. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Clifford E. Wilson
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Martin John Kennedy (1892-1955) — also known as Martin J. Kennedy — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 29, 1892. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; vice-president, Federal Rope Company; member of New York state senate 18th District, 1924-30; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1930-45. Catholic. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Knights of Columbus. Died October 27, 1955. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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