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Politicians buried here:

• Julius M. Mayer (1865-1925) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 5, 1865. Son of J. Daniel Mayer and Fannie M. (Marshuetz) Mayer. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908; New York state attorney general, 1905-06; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1912-21; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1921-24. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1925. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
  
  
• Jacob Aaron Cantor (1854-1921) — also known as Jacob A. Cantor — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 6, 1854. Son of Henry Cantor and Hannah Cantor; married, August 8, 1888, to Julia (Lewenthal) Petshaw (died 1891); married, September 25, 1897, to Lydia Greenbaum. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1884; member of New York state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1885-87; member of New York state senate, 1888-98 (10th District 1888-93, 14th District 1894-95, 20th District 1896-98); borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1902-03; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1913-15; president, New York City Department of Taxes and Assessments, 1918-21. Jewish. Member, Freemasons. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 2, 1921. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Thomas Peck Ochiltree (1837-1902) — of Marshall, Harrison County, Tex. Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex., October 26, 1837. Son of William Beck Ochiltree. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1860; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Texas 7th District, 1883-85. Died in Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., November 25, 1902. Original interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; reinterment in 1903 at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• J. Sidney Bernstein (1877-1943) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born May 9, 1877. Son of Joseph Bernstein and Jeanette Bernstein; married, January 1, 1905, to Idalia Rosenblum. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1906; defeated, 1904; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1940-43. Jewish. Member, Tammany Hall; Redmen. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 9, 1943. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
  
  

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• Martin Charles Ansorge (1882-1967) — also known as Martin C. Ansorge — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., January 1, 1882. Son of Mark Perry Ansorge and Jennie (Bach) Ansorge. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1921-23; defeated, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1922; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1928. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Legion. Co-sponsor of the Edge-Ansorge bill to create the New York Port Authority. Represented Henry Ford in negotiations over his formal apology for anti-Semitic books and articles he had published. Died, in the Ansonia Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 4, 1967. Interment at Temple Israel Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) — also known as James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker; "Beau James"; "The Night Mayor" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 19, 1881. Son of William H. Walker; married to Janet Allen (divorced 1933); married, April 18, 1933, to Betty Compton (actress; divorced 1941). Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter; member of New York state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member of New York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District 1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928, 1932; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks. Resigned as mayor during an investigation of corruption in his administration. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 18, 1946. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Jimmy Walker: Gerald Leinwand, Mackerels in the Moonlight : Four Corrupt American Mayors
  
  
• John P. O'Brien (1873-1951) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., February 1, 1873. Son of Patrick O'Brien and Mary E. (Gibbons) O'Brien; married, October 6, 1908, to Helen E. C. Madigan. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1933; defeated, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Knights of Columbus; Elks; Tammany Hall. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 22, 1951. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Joseph V. McKee (1889-1956) — also known as "Holy Joe" — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born August 8, 1889. Married, November 27, 1918, to Cornelia Kraft. School teacher; lawyer; author; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1918-23; municipal judge in New York, 1924-26; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1932; defeated, 1932, 1933 (Recovery); elected (Wet) delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not serve. Died January 28, 1956. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• James Aloysius Farley (1888-1976) — also known as James A. Farley — of Stony Point, Rockland County, N.Y.; Haverstraw, Rockland County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Grassy Point, Rockland County, N.Y., May 30, 1888. Son of James Farley and Ellen (Goldrick) Farley; married to Elizabeth A. Finnegan. Democrat. Chair of Rockland County Democratic Party, 1919-29; member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1923; defeated, 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968; secretary of New York Democratic Party, 1928-30; New York Democratic state chair, 1930-44; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1932-40; U.S. Postmaster General, 1933-40; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Ancient Order of Hibernians; Eagles; Elks; Redmen; Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 9, 1976. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Spruille Braden (1894-1978) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson County, Mont., March 13, 1894. Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September 5, 1915, to Maria Humeres del Solar (died 1962); married 1964 to Verbena Williams Hebbard (died 1977). Mining engineer; financier; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Arbitration Association; Navy League; John Birch Society. Died, from a heart ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 10, 1978. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• J. Daniel Mahoney (d. 1996) — Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1986-96; died in office 1996. Co-founder of New York's Conservative Party in 1963. Died in 1996. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Anthony Buckley (1890-1967) — also known as Charles A. Buckley — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx County), N.Y., June 23, 1890. Married to Marie E. Cowan; father of Charles Anthony Buckley, Jr.. Democrat. Bricklayer; building contractor; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-65 (23rd District 1935-45, 25th District 1945-53, 24th District 1953-63, 23rd District 1963-65); chair of Bronx County Democratic Party, 1953-67. Irish ancestry. Died, of lung cancer, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 22, 1967. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) — also known as W. Bourke Cockran — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, February 28, 1854. Son of Martin Cockran and Harriet (Knight) Cockran; married, November 5, 1906, to Ann Ide (daughter of Henry Clay Ide). School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23 (12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95, 1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1920. Died in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1923. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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• Walter Aloysius Lynch (1894-1957) — also known as Walter A. Lynch — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y., July 7, 1894. Son of Joseph B. Lynch and Katherine (Joyce) Lynch; married to Claire R. Mitchell. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1938; U.S. Representative from New York, 1940-51 (22nd District 1940-45, 23rd District 1945-51); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952; candidate for Governor of New York, 1950; New York Democratic state chair, 1953; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-57; died in office 1957. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Bar Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild; Elks; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, from a heart attack, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 10, 1957. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• James Joseph Lyons (1890-1966) — also known as James J. Lyons — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1890. Married 1917 to Gertrude Rose O'Brien. Democrat. Delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1934-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956. Died, from complications of gall bladder surgery, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 7, 1966. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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• Thomas Vincent Learson (1912-1996) — also known as T. Vincent Learson — of Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Roslindale, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 26, 1912. Son of Richard J. Learson and Katharine E. (Goode) Learson; married, November 4, 1939, to Gladys Murray. Business executive; chief executive officer, IBM Corporation, from 1971; U.S. Ambassador to , 1975-77. Died in 1996. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Malcolm Wilson (1914-2000) — also known as Malcolm Wilson — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 26, 1914. Son of Charles Herbert Wilson. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1939-58 (Westchester County 5th District 1939-44, Westchester County 1st District 1945-58); served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1959-73; Governor of New York, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1984. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., March 13, 2000. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• George Murray Hulbert (1881-1950) — also known as G. Murray Hulbert — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., May 14, 1881. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1915-18; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1934-50; died in office 1950. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Bayport, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 26, 1950. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Andrew Gavagan (1892-1968) — also known as Joseph A. Gavagan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 20, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1923-29; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1929-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944-61. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in Bennington, Bennington County, Vt., October 18, 1968. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) — also known as Heywood Broun — of New York; Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 7, 1888. Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun; married 1917 to Ruth Hale (divorced 1933); married 1935 to Constance (Madison) Dooley (actress). Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1930. Catholic. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Sportswriter; columnist for New York newspapers; founder of the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president; expelled from Socialist Party in 1933. Died, of pneumonia, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 18, 1939. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  • Books by Heywood Broun: Collected Edition of Heywood Broun (1941); Christians only : a study in prejudice
  • Books about Heywood Broun: Richard O'Connor, Heywood Broun : A Biography
  
  
• William Beck Widnall (1906-1983) — also known as William B. Widnall — of Saddle River, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., March 17, 1906. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1946-50; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1950-74; defeated, 1974. Episcopalian. Died in Ridgewood, Bergen County, N.J., December 28, 1983. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael Joseph Kennedy (1897-1949) — also known as Michael J. Kennedy — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., October 25, 1897. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940; leader of New York County Democratic Party, 1942. Member, Tammany Hall. Killed in an airplane collision between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airliner and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, near Washington National Airport, Arlington, Arlington County, Va., November 1, 1949. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James H. Torrens (1874-1952) — of New York. Born in New York, 1874. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1944-47. Died in 1952. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Francis Burchill (1882-1955) — also known as Thomas F. Burchill — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 3, 1882. Son of John Burchill and Mary (Wholey) Burchill; brother of Joseph Burchill (killed in action, World War II); married to Margaret McMahon (c1884-1968). Democrat. Auctioneer; appraiser; insurance business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1920-24; member of New York state senate 13th District, 1925-38; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1943-45. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Elks. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Joseph Hospital, Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., March 26, 1955. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Martin Conboy (1878-1944) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 28, 1878. Son of Martin Conboy and Bridget (Harlow) Conboy; married, July 31, 1912, to Bertha L. Mason. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933-35. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 5, 1944. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Vincent L. Leibell (1883-1968) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 10, 1883. Father of Vincent L. Leibell III. U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1936. Died September 22, 1968. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Victor James Dowling (1866-1934) — also known as Victor J. Dowling — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 20, 1866. Son of Denis Dowling and Eliza Fierlants (Faider) Dowling; married, June 16, 1891, to Mary Agnes Ford (died 1920). Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of William Q. Titus, 1887-1901; member of New York state assembly, 1894; member of New York state senate 18th District, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905-31; resigned 1931; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1911-31. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall. Stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage in the office of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and died soon after, in Harbor Sanitarium, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 23, 1934. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Salvatore A. Cotillo (1886-1939) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Italy, November 19, 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1913, 1915-16; member of New York state senate, 1917-23 (20th District 1917-18, 18th District 1919-23); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-39; died in office 1939. Italian ancestry. Member, Sons of Italy. Died, following an operation for a chest tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 27, 1939. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Francis Connolly — of New York. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1922. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• John J. Donovan, Jr. (1913-1955) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 14, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1951-55 (24th District 1951-54, 26th District 1955); died in office 1955. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Federal Bar Association; Knights of Columbus; Delta Theta Phi. Died March 12, 1955. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• S. Samuel DiFalco (1906-1978) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Italy, July 26, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for New York state assembly, 1935; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1949-56; New York County Surrogate, 1957-76. Italian ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Indicted in May 1976, along with Justice Irving Saypol, on official misconduct charges, in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction commissions for Saypol's son; the charges were later dismissed. Indicted in February 1978 for criminal contempt, in connection with his statements to a grand jury, but died before trial. Died, from a heart attack, while dining with friends at the Columbus Club, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 28, 1978. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Lester W. Patterson (c.1893-1947) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Son of Lillian C. Patterson; married to Ethyle Lang. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1922-25; Bronx County Sheriff, 1926-29; Bronx County Clerk, 1930-33. Died November 15, 1947. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Harry M. Durning (d. 1958) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940 (alternate). Died November 9, 1958. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Gerard J. Muccigrosso (d. 1981) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1938; defeated (American Labor), 1938. Died February 12, 1981. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  
• Mortimer C. O'Brien (born c.1889) — of White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1913; candidate for mayor of White Plains, N.Y., 1935. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
  
  

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• Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1891-1967) — of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Wiccopee (unknown county), N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 11, 1891. Son of Henry Morgenthau; father of Robert Morris Morgenthau. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45. Jewish. Died February 6, 1967. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Mannheim, Germany, April 26, 1856. Son of Lazarus Morgenthau and Babette (Guggenheim) Morgenthau; married, May 10, 1883, to Josephine Sykes; father of Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; grandfather of Robert Morris Morgenthau. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1913-16; director, Underwood Typewriter Company; director, Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.; president, Herald Square Realty Company; director, Mt. Sinai Hospital. Jewish. Died following a cerebral hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 25, 1946. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  
  

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• Norton Prentiss Otis (1840-1905) — also known as Norton P. Otis — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Halifax, Windham County, Vt., March 18, 1840. Second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Alleyne Otis; third cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848); third cousin once removed of Oran Gray Otis, David Perry Otis and Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917); second cousin once removed of Asa H. Otis; son of Elisha Graves Otis (1811-1861) and Susan (Houghton) Otis (1811-1842); married 1877 to Lizzie A. Fahs; fourth cousin of Lauren Ford Otis; father of Charles Edwin Otis (son-in-law of J. Harvey Bell). Republican. Mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1880-82; defeated, 1886; member of New York state assembly, 1884; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1903-05; died in office 1905. Died in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., February 20, 1905. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
  • See also Otis family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Edward Fletcher Brush (c.1847-1927) — also known as Edward F. Brush — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Dublin, Ireland. Father of Walton Brush (U.S. Marine, killed in action in France, 1918). Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; mayor of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1892-94, 1904-07, 1918-19; defeated (Republican), 1901. Died, in a hospital in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 3, 1927. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
  
  

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• Stephen Ward — of Westchester County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1778-79; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1780-87. Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
  
  

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• John Quincy Underhill (1848-1907) — also known as John Q. Underhill — of New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1848. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1899-1901. Died in 1907. Interment at Beechwoods Cemetery.
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• William M. Bennett (1895-1978) — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y., April 19, 1895. Son of Martin J. Bennett and Mary (Marshall) Bennett. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936. Irish ancestry. Died in 1978. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  

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• Lucius Nathan Littauer (1859-1944) — also known as Lucius N. Littauer — of Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y. Born in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., January 20, 1859. Son of Nathan Littauer and Harriet (Sporborg) Littauer. Republican. Glove manufacturer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1897-1907 (22nd District 1897-1903, 25th District 1903-07); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1928. Jewish. Died March 2, 1944. Interment at Jewish Cemetery.
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• John Thompson Hoffman (1828-1888) — also known as John T. Hoffman — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester County, N.Y., January 10, 1828. Son of Adrian Kissam Hoffman (physician). Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1866-68; Governor of New York, 1869-72; defeated, 1866. Died, from heart disease, in Wiesbaden, Germany, March 24, 1888. Interment at Dale Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Aaron Ward (1790-1867) — of Mt. Pleasant, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1790. Uncle of Elijah Ward. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1825-29, 1831-37, 1841-43. Died in 1867. Interment at Dale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Brandreth — of Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester County, N.Y. Patent medicine manufacturer; member of New York state senate, 1850-51, 1858-59 (7th District 1850-51, 8th District 1858-59). Interment at Dale Cemetery.
  
  

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• Samuel Drake — of Westchester County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78, 1779-81, 1785-86, 1787-88. English ancestry. Interment at Old St. Peter's Churchyard.
  
  

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• Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1864-1945) — also known as J. Mayhew Wainwright — of Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 10, 1864. Son of John Howard Wainwright and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant) Wainwright; married, November 23, 1892, to Laura Wallace Buchanan. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New York state assembly, 1902-08 (Westchester County 2nd District 1902-06, Westchester County 4th District 1907-08); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; member of New York state senate 24th District, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1921-22; U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1923-31; director, Rye National Bank; trustee, St. Luke's Hospital. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Psi; American Bar Association. Died in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., June 3, 1945. Interment at Greenwood Union Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jared Valentine Peck (1816-1891) — also known as Jared V. Peck — of Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., September 21, 1816. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1848; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1853-55. Died in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., December 25, 1891. Interment at Greenwood Union Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Patrick Francis Eagan (1898-1967) — also known as Edward P. F. Eagan; Eddie Eagan — of Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Denver, Colo., April 26, 1898. Son of John William Eagan and Clara (Bartholomew) Eagan; married, October 1, 1927, to Margaret Colgate. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Won the gold medal as light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium; as member of a four-man bobsleigh team, won another gold medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948. Member, American Legion; Beta Theta Pi. Died, following a heart attack, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 14, 1967. Interment at Greenwood Union Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John Jay (1745-1829) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 12, 1745. Nephew by marriage of Robert Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston (1716-1778); son-in-law of William Livingston; first cousin by marriage of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston and Philip Livingston (1740-1810); married to the sister-in-law of John Cleves Symmes; brother-in-law of Henry Brockholst Livingston; father of Peter Augustus Jay and William Jay; grandfather of John Jay II. Lawyer; law partner of Robert R. Livingston; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76, 1778-79; state court judge in New York, 1777; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1779-82; received 9 electoral votes, 1789; received 5 electoral votes, 1796; received one electoral vote, 1800; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795; U.S. Secretary of State, 1790; Governor of New York, 1795-1801; defeated, 1792. Episcopalian. French ancestry. Died in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., May 17, 1829. Interment at Jay Family Cemetery. Jay County, Ind. is named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Judgepedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about John Jay: Walter Stahr, John Jay : Founding Father; Phil Webster, Can a Chief Justice Love God? The Life of John Jay
  
  
• John Jay II (1817-1894) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 23, 1817. Grandson of John Jay; son of William Jay. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1869-75; historian. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 5, 1894. Interment at Jay Family Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Jay (1789-1858) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 16, 1789. Son of John Jay; father of John Jay II. Lawyer; Westchester County Judge, 1820-42. Anti-slavery activist. Died in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., October 14, 1858. Interment at Jay Family Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) — also known as Herbert B. Shonk — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., October 28, 1881. Son of George Washington Shonk; married 1907 to Gertrude Knight (daughter of Erastus Cole Knight). Republican. Lawyer; oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a heart attack, in White Plains Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., 1930. Interment at St. James the Less Cemetery.
  • See also Shonk-Knight family of New York
  
  
• Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) — also known as Warren W. Cunningham — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., October 11, 1885. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Died November 10, 1953. Interment at St. James the Less Cemetery.
  
  

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• Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) — also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller; "Rocky" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, July 8, 1908. Grandson of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich; son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby (Aldrich) Rockefeller; nephew of Richard Steere Aldrich and Winthrop Williams Aldrich; married, June 23, 1930, to Mary Todhunter Clark (divorced); married, May 4, 1963, to Margaretta Fitler 'Happy' Murphy; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married Nina Underwood); brother of Winthrop Rockefeller; uncle of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964 (delegation chair); Governor of New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964, 1968; Vice President of the United States, 1974-77. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Pythias. Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Died, of a massive heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 26, 1979. Cremated; ashes interred at Pocantico Hills Estate.
  • Cross-reference: Stewart G. Anderson
  • See also Aldrich-Rockefeller-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Nelson A. Rockefeller: Cary Reich, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : Worlds to Conquer, 1908-1958 (out of print)
  
  

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• William Paulding, Jr. (1770-1854) — of New York. Born in Phillipsburgh (now Tarrytown), Westchester County, N.Y., March 7, 1770. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1811-13; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1825-26, 1827-29. Died in Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y., February 11, 1854. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) — also known as "Agate" — Born in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, October 27, 1837. Married, April 26, 1881, to Elizabeth Mills; uncle of Ella Spencer Reid (who married Ralph Chandler Harrison); father of Ogden Mills Reid (1882-1947; newspaper publisher); grandfather of Ogden Rogers Reid. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912. Died in London, England, December 15, 1912. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also Reid family of New York
  
  
• Carl Schurz (1829-1906) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; St. Louis, Mo.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany, March 2, 1829. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868 (Temporary Chair; Speaker); U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81. German ancestry. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 14, 1906. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; statue at Morningside Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis Trefousse, Carl Schurz: A Biography
  
  
• Walter S. Gurnee (1813-1903) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born March 9, 1813. Mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1851-53. Scottish ancestry. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 17, 1903. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  
  
• Washington Irving (1783-1859) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 3, 1783. Brother of Peter Irving and John Treat Irving. U.S. Minister to Spain, 1842-46. essayist; historian; author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories; elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y., November 28, 1859. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also Irving family of New York
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Washington Irving: George S. Hellman, Washington Irving Esquire : Ambassador at Large from the New World to the Old
  
  
• Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) — also known as R. Livingston Beeckman — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 15, 1866. Descendant of Robert Livingston, Philip Livingston and Robert R. Livingston; son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster) Beeckman; married, October 8, 1902, to Eleanor Thomas (died 1920); married 1923 to Edna (Marston) Burke; uncle of Katherine Steward (who married of Hallett C. Johnson). Republican. Stockbroker; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912, 1924; Governor of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1922. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of apparently of a heart attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 21, 1935. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Adam Badeau (1831-1895) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 29, 1831. Son of Nicholas Badeau. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General in London, 1870-81; Havana, 1882-84; author; historian. Died in Ridgewood, Bergen County, N.J., March 19, 1895. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873-1944) — also known as Charles D. Millard — of Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1873. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928; U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1931-37. Died in 1944. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Griggs Stahlnecker (1849-1902) — also known as William G. Stahlnecker — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., June 20, 1849. Son of Oliver Stahlnecker. Democrat. Mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1884-86; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1885-93. Died in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., March 26, 1902. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Harris Douglas (1853-1944) — also known as William H. Douglas — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 5, 1853. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York, 1901-05 (14th District 1901-03, 15th District 1903-05); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1912, 1916. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 27, 1944. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Adams Walker (1805-1861) — of New York. Born in New Hampshire, 1805. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1853-55. Died in 1861. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803-1877) — also known as Moses H. Grinnell — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Massachusetts, 1803. Brother of Joseph Grinnell. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856, 1868; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1869-70. Died in 1877. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nathaniel Holmes Odell (1828-1904) — also known as N. Holmes Odell — of Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Greenburgh, Westchester County, N.Y., October 10, 1828. Democrat. Steamboat business; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1860-61; banker; Westchester County Treasurer, 1867-75; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1875-77; real estate business; postmaster. Died in Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y., October 30, 1904. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Augustin William Ferrin (1875-1976) — also known as Augustin W. Ferrin — of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., September 1, 1875. Son of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van Hoosen) Ferrin. Newspaper reporter; magazine editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-30; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-38. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the Revolution. Died, in a nursing home, in Marion County, W.Va., March 17, 1976. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph W. Harper (1826-1886) — Born in 1826. Son of Fletcher Harper (died 1877); married to Ellen Urling Smith. U.S. Consul in Munich, 1880-86, died in office 1886. Died, of Bright's disease, in Munich (München), Germany, December 8, 1886. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles H. Delavan (c.1810-1892) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester County, N.Y. Cousin of Chauncey Mitchell Depew. Hardware business; insurance broker; U.S. Consul in Sydney, 1842-48; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in SAINT Thomas, 1849-50. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 9, 1892. Entombed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  
  
• Messmore Kendall — of New York. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York at-large, 1940. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
  
  

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• Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) — also known as Herbert H. Lehman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 28, 1878. Son of Mayer Lehman and Babette Lehman; brother of Irving Lehman; married 1910 to Edith Louise Altschul; father of Peter Lehman (killed on active duty in World War II); granduncle of Robert Morris Morgenthau, Orin Lehman and John Langeloth Loeb, Jr.. Democrat. Director, Consolidated Cotton Duck Co., Imperial Cotton Co., U.S. Cotton Duck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1929-32; Governor of New York, 1933-42; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Gamma Delta; Americans for Democratic Action. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 1974. Died December 5, 1963. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Nathan R. Sobel
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Frederick Evan Crane (1869-1947) — also known as Frederick E. Crane — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 2, 1869. Brother of Ida Elizabeth Crane (who married Edwin Louis Garvin). Republican. Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1902-06; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1917-34; chief judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1935-39. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., November 21, 1947. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855-1922) — of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, April 23, 1855. Son of Daniel Penfield and Sophia (Young) Penfield; married 1892 to Katharine Albert McMurdo Welles (died 1905); married 1908 to Anne (Weightman) Walker. Author; U.S. Vice Consul in London, 1885; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1893-97; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1893-97; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1913-17. Died June 19, 1922. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• John North Willys (1873-1935) — also known as John N. Willys — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., October 25, 1873. Republican. President of automobile manufacturing companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1930-32. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 26, 1935. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward Walter Curley (1873-1940) — also known as Edward W. Curley — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., May 23, 1873. Democrat. Builder; president, Stanley Hoist and Machine Company; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935-40; died in office 1940. Member, Eagles. Died, from a heart attack, while seriously ill from a throat ailment, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 6, 1940. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1875-1943) — also known as Caroline O'Day — of Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Georgia, 1875. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920 (alternate), 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936; U.S. Representative from New York at-large, 1935-43. Female. Died in 1943. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (1867-1939) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 5, 1867. Son of Jacob Ruppert and Anna (Gilig) Ruppert. Democrat. Brewer; president, Astoria Silk Mills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director, Yorkville Bank; director, Casualty Insurance Company of America; director, German Hospital; U.S. Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903, 16th District 1903-07). Catholic. Died in 1939. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) — also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire Strap-Hanger" — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Pleasantville, Westchester County, N.Y., February 16, 1841. Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus; step-son of Catherine Andrus (c.1821-1908); married, June 23, 1869, to Julia M. Dyckman (died 1909); father of Edith Jefferson Andrus (who married Frederick Morgan Davenport). Republican. School teacher; pharmaceutical manufacturer; investor in real estate, mining claims, and the Standard Oil Company; owned considerable stock in railroads and utilities; director, New York Life Insurance Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical Co.; director, National Fuel Gas Co.; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904 (alternate), 1908; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13. Methodist. Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work. Died, of pneumonia, in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., December 26, 1934. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William Lukens Ward (1856-1933) — also known as William L. Ward — of Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, 1856. Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1896; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1897-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1908; chair of Westchester County Republican Party, 1927-31. Died in 1933. Entombed in mausoleum at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Herbert Zelenko (1906-1979) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., March 16, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1955-63. Jewish. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 23, 1979. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Oscar William Swift (1869-1940) — also known as Oscar W. Swift — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1869. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1915-19. Died in 1940. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Douglas Mathewson (c.1870-1948) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married to Mary Dillingham. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1897; defeated, 1895; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1914-17; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 24, 1948. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph James Little (1841-1913) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bristol, England, June 5, 1841. Son of James Little; married 1866 to Josephine Robinson. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; printer; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1891-93. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Died February 11, 1913. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Herman August Metz (1867-1934) — also known as Herman A. Metz — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 19, 1867. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1922. Died in 1934. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Peter Moore Speer (1862-1933) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Oil City, Venango County, Pa., December 29, 1862. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1911-13. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 3, 1933. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Irving Taylor (1877-1946) — also known as Benjamin I. Taylor — of Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1877. Son of Maurice H. Taylor and Ella (Archer) Taylor; married to Harriet Tyler Bulkley. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1913-15. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Redmen; Royal Arcanum; Foresters. Died, in United Hospital, Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., September 5, 1946. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Curtis Arnoux Peters (c.1879-1933) — also known as Curtis A. Peters — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Father of Peter Arno (1904-1968; cartoonist). Democrat. Lawyer; campaign manager, Thomas C. T. Crain for Supreme Court, 1924; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-33; died in office 1933. Died, of tolsythemia vera, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 17, 1933. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) — also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1878. Son of Howard Murphy and Anita (Mallet-Prevost) Murphy; married, April 19, 1906, to Maud Donaldson; father of Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy, Jr.. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier; director, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, National Aviation Corporation; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 18, 1937. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) — also known as Henry R. Barrett — of White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., August 19, 1869. Nephew of William Henry Robertson; son of Joseph Barrett and Emma (Robertson) Barrett; married to Anna R. Parker (died 1914) and Elizabeth J. Endriss. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1932 (alternate). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks. Died, from a heart attack, in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., February 4, 1940. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• Harry Geist — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state senate 22nd District, 1926, 1928. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  
• Leslie Jay Tompkins — also known as Leslie J. Tompkins — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1905-06. Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
  
  

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• Sol Bloom (1870-1949) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., March 9, 1870. Son of Garrison Bloom and Sara Bloom; married 1897 to Evelyn Hechheimer (1876-1941). Democrat. Play producer; entertainment manager; songwriter; furniture business; real estate business; U.S. Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45, 20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Redmen. Died, from a heart attack, in the U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., March 7, 1949. Interment at Mt. Eden Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Caleb Tompkins (1759-1846) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1759. Brother of Daniel D. Tompkins. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1804-06; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1817-21. Died in 1846. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• Thomas Ewing (1829-1896) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan.; Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, August 7, 1829. Son of Thomas Ewing (1789-1871); married 1856 to Ellen E. Cox. Democrat. Private secretary to Pres. Zachary Taylor; lawyer; delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1858; chief justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1861-62; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Fairfield County, 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-81 (12th District 1877-79, 10th District 1879-81); candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1879. Struck by a Third Avenue cable car, and died soon after, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1896. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William W. Woodworth (1807-1873) — of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., March 16, 1807. Democrat. Dutchess County Judge, 1838; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1845-47; railroad builder; real estate business; banker; village president of Yonkers, New York, 1857-58. Died in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., February 13, 1873. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Thomas F. Larkin (c.1872-1928) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Democrat. Contractor; business partner of James J. Lynch; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1928; died in office 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928. Died, of apoplexy, while playing golf, at the 13th tee of the Briarcliff Lodge golf course, in Briarcliff Manor, Westchester County, N.Y., July 25, 1928. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
  
  

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