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Matthew John Kane (1863-1924) —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., November
28, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-23; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1909-12.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
2, 1924 (age 60 years, 35
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Jacob Joseph Kaplan (b. 1889) —
also known as Jacob J. Kaplan —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Kaplan and Sarah (Chaizen) Kaplan; married, April
17, 1912, to Annie Sabin Levenson. |
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Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-1992) —
also known as Irving R. Kaufman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 24,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1949-61; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-87.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died February
1, 1992 (age 81 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Kaufman and Rose (Spielberg) Kaufman; married, June 23,
1936, to Helen Ruth Rosenberg. |
| | | Cross-reference: Leonard
B. Sand |
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Samuel Hamilton Kaufman (1893-1960) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died May 5,
1960 (age 66 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maimonides
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John F. Kavanagh (b. 1890) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
8, 1890.
Republican. Private secretary to Dwight
W. Morrow, 1909-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1923 (Kings County 12th District), 1928 (Richmond
County 1st District).
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Kavanagh and Margaret (Fox) Kavanagh; married, September
26, 1931, to Dolores Wertenberger. |
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Judith S. Kaye (b. 1938) —
of New York.
Born in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
4, 1938.
Judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1983; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1993-.
Female.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2014.
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Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) —
also known as Kenneth B. Keating —
of Brighton, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 18,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53,
38th District 1953-59); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; U.S.
Ambassador to India, 1969-72; Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; Eagles;
Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1975 (age 74 years, 352
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Abraham Lincoln Kellogg (1860-1946) —
also known as Abraham L. Kellogg —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Croton (now Treadwell), Delaware
County, N.Y., May 1,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1894;
county judge in New York, 1908-17; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1918-30.
Presbyterian
or Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
25, 1946 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Entombed at Glenwood
Cemetery, Oneonta, N.Y.
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Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) —
also known as Frank B. Kellogg —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., December
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Cushman
K. Davis; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1904,
1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1904-12; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; U.S. Ambassador
to Great Britain, 1923-25; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1925-29; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1929.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
21, 1937 (age 80 years, 364
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Augustus Kellogg (1865-1929) —
also known as Joseph A. Kellogg —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., May 13,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1911; appointed 1911;
defeated, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); New York
Democratic state chair, 1918-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hospital
at Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., September
8, 1929 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Fort Edward, N.Y.
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Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy;
"R.F.K." —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
On June 5, 1968, while running
for president, having just won the California presidential primary,
was shot and
mortally
wounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel,
and died the next day in in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1968 (age 42 years, 199
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, June 17,
1950, to Ethel Skakel; father of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II and Kerry Kennedy (who married Andrew
Mark Cuomo); uncle of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Altman — John
Bartlow Martin — Frank
Mankiewicz — Paul
Schrade |
| | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
(opened 1935, renamed 2001), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur
M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert
Kennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas, Robert
Kennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo, In
His Own Right — Thurston Clarke, The
Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired
America — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Some
of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Bill
Eppridge, A
Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties |
| | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:
Allen Roberts, Robert
Francis Kennedy: Biography of a Compulsive
Politician — Victor Lasky, RFK:
Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The
Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
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Eugene James Keogh (1907-1989) —
also known as Eugene J. Keogh —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
30, 1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1936; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-67 (9th District 1937-63, 11th
District 1963-67); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 26,
1989 (age 81 years, 269
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Robert Charles Killough Jr. (1906-1961) —
also known as Robert C. Killough, Jr. —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., November
8, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
exempted from military service because childhood polio resulted in atrophy
of lower leg muscles and feet, though he learned to walk almost
normally using orthopedic shoes; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1930; Assistant
Commissioner for Professional Education, New York State Education
Department.
Presbyterian.
Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association.
Died, of cancer,
in Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y., November
14, 1961 (age 55 years, 6
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert C. Killough and Anna E. (Iverson) Killough; married, April 3,
1937, to Margaret Agnes Casey. |
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Edward R. Koch (b. 1881) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1923, 1924 (primary);
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1933-51; appointed 1933.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel S. Koenig (1872-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
7, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
secretary
of state of New York, 1909-10; defeated, 1910; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1911-33; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1930; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
17, 1955 (age 82 years, 191
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Quentin Lewis Kopp (b. 1928) —
also known as Quentin L. Kopp —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1928.
Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979; member of California
state senate, 1986-98; superior court judge in California,
1999-2004.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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G. Oliver Koppell (b. 1940) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
15, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1970-94 (84th District 1970-82, 80th District
1983-92, 81st District 1993-94); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984,
1996;
New
York state attorney general, 1994; appointed 1994; member City
Council, New York City, from 2002.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Paul Christopher Lambert (b. 1928) —
also known as Paul C. Lambert —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
14, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1984-89; U.S. Ambassador to
Ecuador, 1990-92.
Christian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
1849-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Archibald A. Lee (b. 1881) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1881.
Lawyer;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1914; Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1938; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907 to
Florence Hughes. |
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Noble Wishard Lee (1896-1978) —
also known as Noble W. Lee —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
27, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1938; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District; elected 1940.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; National
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
8, 1978 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Louis J. Lefkowitz (1904-1996) —
also known as "The People's Lawyer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;
municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
New
York state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1961.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Bar Association; American
Jewish Congress; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1996 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Lefkowitz and Mollie (Isaacs) Lefkowitz; married, June 14,
1931, to Helen Schwimmer. |
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Irving Lehman (1876-1945) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909-23; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1924-39; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1940-45.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
22, 1945 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Norman Frederick Lent Jr. (1931-2012) —
also known as Norman F. Lent —
of East Rockaway, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oceanside, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
23, 1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
confidential law secretary to Justice Thomas
P. Farley, 1960-62; member of New York
state senate, 1963-70 (2nd District 1963-65, 6th District 1966,
7th District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-93 (5th District 1971-73, 4th
District 1973-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, from cancer,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 11,
2012 (age 81 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
March
1, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
American Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932
(Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office
1971.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married 1922 to Pearl
G. Spivak. |
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Edmund H. Lewis (1884-1972) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
30, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1930-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1933-40; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1953-54.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association.
Died July 31,
1972 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Boyd Lindemer (1921-2020) —
also known as Lawrence B. Lindemer —
of Stockbridge, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
21, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1951-52; defeated in primary, 1952; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1957-61; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1957-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964
(alternate); candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1966; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1969-75; defeated, 1968; appointed
1969; resigned 1975; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1975-76; appointed 1975; defeated,
1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, in the Silver Maples Hospice,
Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 21,
2020 (age 98 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Vliet Lindsay (1921-2000) —
also known as John V. Lindsay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1959-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1966-73; defeated in Republican primary,
1969; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and pneumonia,
in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
19, 2000 (age 79 years, 25
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Francis V. D. Lloyd (b. 1896) —
of Ridgefield Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1896.
Lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey 5th District, 1930-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Austin Lloyd and Grace Morris (Van Duyne) Lloyd; married to
Evelyn M. Roth. |
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Bevis Longstreth (b. 1934) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
29, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1981-84.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Bevis Longstreth and Mary Agnes (Shiras) Longstreth;
married, August
10, 1963, to Clara St. John. |
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George Henry Lowe (b. 1939) —
also known as George H. Lowe —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 1,
1939.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1978-82.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of John Elmer Lowe and Mary Catherine (Mullin) Lowe; married, June 5,
1965, to Barbara Ann Blewitt. |
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James Monroe Lown Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as James M. Lown, Jr. —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., May 16,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1918-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) —
also known as J. Edward Lumbard —
of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took
senior status 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 3,
1999 (age 97 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married,
September
4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter. |
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 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
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); 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 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Almon W. Lytle (b. 1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., September
26, 1876.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta
Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Lytle and Inez M. (Young) Lytle; married 1906 to Kate
L. Sudds. |
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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1905-11; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for
the 7th Circuit, 1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1911-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1929-30; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40; took
senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, in his room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas James Mackell (1914-1992) —
also known as Thomas J. Mackell —
of Rego Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 19,
1914.
Democrat. Police
detective; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1955-66 (9th District 1955-65, 14th District 1966);
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1960,
1964;
Queens
County District Attorney, 1967-73.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar Association.
Resigned
as District Attorney in 1973, following his indictment
on charges of hindering
prosecution in a get-rich-quick scheme; he was tried and
convicted in 1974, but the verdict was reversed on appeal.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Douglaston Manor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
27, 1992 (age 77 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Ann (Keating) Mackell and Peter Francis Mackell; married 1939 to
Dorothea R. Lang. |
| | | Epitaph: "Loving Husband, Father and
Poppie." |
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memorial |
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Walter J. Mahoney (1908-1982) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
10, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1937-64 (48th District 1937-44, 53rd District
1945-54, 55th District 1955-64); delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Exchange
Club; American Bar Association; Elks.
Died in 1982
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) —
also known as Walter R. Mansfield —
of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81; took
senior status 1981.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, of a stroke,
in Christchurch, New
Zealand, January
8, 1987 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Manton (1932-2006) —
of Woodside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1985-99 (9th District 1985-93, 7th
District 1993-99); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Catholic
War Veterans.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Calvary Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 22,
2006 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John J. Marchi (1921-2009) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 20,
1921.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1957-2006 (19th District 1957-65, 26th District
1966, 23rd District 1967-72, 24th District 1973-2006); candidate for
borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1961; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969, 1973.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Lucca, Italy,
April
25, 2009 (age 87 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hudson Snowden Marshall (1870-1931) —
also known as H. Snowden Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
15, 1870.
Lawyer;
law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, George
Gordon Battle, and James
A. O'Gorman; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1913-17; in
1915-16, U.S. Rep. Frank
Buchanan (who was at the time being indicted by a federal grand
jury) introduced impeachment
resolutions against Marshall; the charges, including malfeasance
in the handling of past cases, were investigated
by a House Judiciary subcommittee, which held hearings in New York,
and inquired into the proceedings of the grand jury which had
indicted Rep. Buchanan; Marshall wrote a critical letter to the
subcommittee, impugning its motives; based on this letter, the full
House voted to find him in contempt
of Congress, and ordered his
arrest; on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the
authority of the House to punish for contempt extended only to
actions which directly interfered with its proceedings.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1931 (age 61 years, 134
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Thurgood Marshall Jr. (b. 1956) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996;
assistant to Pres. Bill
Clinton, 1997-2001.
African
and Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2007.
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Edwyn E. Mason (born c.1916) —
of Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in De Peyster, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., about 1916.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-72 (Delaware County 1953-65, 124th District
1966, 113th District 1967-72); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Grange.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Melva
Bettinger. |
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner Chemical
Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks;
American Bar Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Agnes
E. Warner. |
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Sharon J. Mauhs (1901-1964) —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon Springs, Schoharie
County, N.Y., October
27, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Schoharie
County District Attorney, 1926-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (27th District), 1944 (30th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964
(alternate); member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1949-52; chair of
Schoharie County Democratic Party, 1955; New York State
Conservation Commissioner, 1956-58.
Member, American Bar Association; Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., October
7, 1964 (age 62 years, 346
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mitchell May (1870-1961) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1899-1901; secretary
of state of New York, 1913-14; defeated, 1914; county judge in
New York, 1916-21; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-40.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
24, 1961 (age 90 years, 257
days).
Interment at Ocean
View Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Julius Marshuetz Mayer (1865-1925) —
also known as Julius M. Mayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1865.
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; resigned
1924.
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 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Walter G. McGahan —
of Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1955-58; defeated, 1958.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks;
American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Raymond Medina (1888-1990) —
also known as Harold R. Medina —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
16, 1888.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1947-51; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1951-58; took
senior status 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
14, 1990 (age 102 years,
26 days).
Interment at Westhampton
Cemetery, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y.
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Hunter Meighan —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1951-59;
member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1960-64.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873-1944) —
also known as Charles D. Millard —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
1, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1920-37; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1931-37; resigned
1937; Westchester
County Surrogate, 1937-43.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Psi
Upsilon.
Fearing that he was losing his mind, he jumped
from the north end of the Henry Hudson Bridge, and fell 150
feet to his death on the rocks below, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
11, 1944 (age 71 years, 10
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Roger Jeffrey Miner (1934-2012) —
also known as Roger J. Miner —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., April
14, 1934.
Columbia
County District Attorney, 1968-75; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1976-81; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1981-85; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1985-97; took
senior status 1997.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
18, 2012 (age 77 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) —
also known as John N. Mitchell —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
15, 1913.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1969-72.
Member, American Bar Association.
A central figure in the Watergate scandal.
Indicted
in 1973, along with Maurice
Stans, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried
and acquitted. Convicted
in February 1975 of conspiracy, obstruction
of justice and perjury,
over his role in the Watergate
break-in, and sentenced
to two and a half to eight years in prison;
served 19 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died later the same day, at George Washington
University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1988 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1938-46 (New York County 10th District 1938-44,
New York County 1st District 1945-46); member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1947-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of pneumonia
at New York
Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1996 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salisbury
Cemetery, Salisbury, Conn.
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Charles Damon Newton (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles D. Newton —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Birdsall, Allegany
County, N.Y., May 25,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 43rd District, 1915-18; New York
state attorney general, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Newton and Polly A. (Brundage) Newton; married, August
10, 1887, to Nellie E. Durfee. |
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Olin Tracy Nye (b. 1874) —
also known as Olin T. Nye —
of Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born near Beaver Dams, Schuyler
County, N.Y., March
13, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Schuyler
County District Attorney, 1897; member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1901-04; defeated, 1899,
1927 (Independent); county judge in New York, 1906-17.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of E. M. W. Nye. |
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John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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John Patrick O'Brien (1873-1951) —
also known as John P. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
1, 1873.
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 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; district judge in New York, 1893-99; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker;
member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-11; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1911-17.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1943 (age 83 years, 12
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John F. O'Keefe (1860-1936) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Wilson, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
28, 1860.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04, 1918; Saginaw city
corporation counsel, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1932
(alternate), 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died October
8, 1936 (age 75 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris O'Keefe and Margaret (Roman) O'Keefe; married 1894 to Ida
Catherine Callam. |
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Richard Lawrence Ottinger (b. 1929) —
also known as Richard Ottinger —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, January
27, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-71, 1975-85 (25th District
1965-71, 24th District 1975-83, 20th District 1983-85); defeated,
1972; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980;
law
professor.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2013.
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Frank Joseph Pagliaro Jr. (b. 1940) —
also known as Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
10, 1940.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1970; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1970-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Burlingame, Calif., 1988-89, 1992-93.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Sigma
Nu; Lions.
Still living as of 1993.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Joseph Pagliaro and Edith (Bennett) Pagliaro; married 1969 to Bonnie
Kay Dickason. |
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Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) —
also known as Alton B. Parker; "Parker the
Silent" —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Esopus, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., May 14,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1877-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1908,
1912
(Temporary
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker);
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1885-97; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1897-1904; resigned 1904;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1904; law partner of William
F. Sheehan and Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-12.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in
his automobile through Central Park, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1926 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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John Gibson Parkhurst (1824-1906) —
also known as John G. Parkhurst —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida Castle, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
17, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; insurance
business; Branch
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1860
(Convention
Secretary), 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1868; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1872; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1888-89; postmaster at Coldwater,
Mich., 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; American Bar Association.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 6,
1906 (age 82 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Parkhurst and Sally (Gibson) Parkhurst; married 1852 to Amelia
Noyes; married 1863 to Josie
B. Reeves; married 1874 to
Frances J. (Roberts) Fiske. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: History and Biographical
Record of Branch County (1906) |
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Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) —
also known as Robert P. Patterson —
of Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
12, 1891.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1945-47.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; American
Legion.
Killed, along with 22 other passengers and crew, and seven people on
the ground, in a plane
crash during rain and
heavy fog, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
22, 1952 (age 60 years, 344
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Amos Jenkins Peaslee II (1887-1969) —
also known as Amos J. Peaslee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., March
24, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1953-56.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Upsilon; Kiwanis.
Died in 1969
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mickleton
Meeting Graveyard, Mickleton, N.J.
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; director,
Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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N. Taylor Phillips (b. 1868) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1868.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1898-1900;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Jewish.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Warren Pierce (b. 1924) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1924.
Served 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, 1981-90.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Pirnie (1903-1982) —
of New York.
Born in Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y., April
16, 1903.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-73 (34th District 1959-63,
32nd District 1963-73).
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y., June 12,
1982 (age 79 years, 57
days).
Interment at Pulaski
Cemetery, Pulaski, N.Y.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Cuthbert Winfred Pound (b. 1864) —
also known as Cuthbert W. Pound —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 20,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law
professor; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1915-32; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound. |
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George C. Pratt (b. 1928) —
of New York.
Born May 22,
1928.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1976; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1982-93.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1997.
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Joseph Meyer Proskauer (1877-1971) —
also known as Joseph M. Proskauer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
campaign manager for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, 1918-22; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923-30; appointed 1923;
resigned 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court 1st Department, 1927-30.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
10, 1971 (age 94 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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