Karol Krajewski — of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Catholic. Still living as of 1999.
Francis J. Mahoney — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1943-57 (13th District 1943-44, 19th District
1945-54, 25th District 1955-57). Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus. Still living as of 1957.
Patrick Henry McCarren (c.1850-1909) — also known as
Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar
Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass. Married to Kate Hogan (died 1883). Democrat. Cooper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty
years. Died, from intestinal
degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
Matthew Francis McHugh (b. 1938) — also known as
Matthew F. McHugh; Matt McHugh — of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
6, 1938. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1975-93 (27th District 1975-83,
28th District 1983-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984.
Catholic. Still living as of 1998.
Patrick Joseph McMahon (born c.1883) — also known as
Patrick J. McMahon — of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y. Born in New York. Married 1907 to
Wilhelmina Hamberg. Democrat. Inspector of highways; Master
Workman of the Bronx Knights of Labor; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 34th District, 1913.
Catholic. Member, Eagles; Elks; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
Michael Robert McNulty (b. 1947) — also known as
Michael R. McNulty — of Green Island, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
16, 1947. Democrat. Green Island town supervisor, 1969-77 (at age
22, the youngest elected town supervisor in the history of New York
State); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
2000,
2004;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1974; member of New York
state assembly 106th District, 1983-88; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (23rd District 1989-93,
21st District 1993-2003). Catholic. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
Charles Francis Murphy (1858-1924) — also known as
Charles F. Murphy — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1858. Son of John M. Murphy; father-in-law of James
A. Foley. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1920.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall. Leader of Tammany Hall from 1902 to 1924. Died April 25,
1924. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
Lawrence Joseph O'Brien (b. 1930) — also known as
Lawrence J. O'Brien; Larry O'Brien — of Syosset,
Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 5,
1930. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean
conflict; candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1962; served
in the Peace Corps. Catholic. Still living as of 2002.
John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) — also known as
John L. O'Sullivan — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813. Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58. Episcopalian;
later Catholic. Cofounder and editor of The United States
Magazine
and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on
Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition
of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain
and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in
the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish
rule; as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried and
acquitted in March 1852. Died, of influenza
and the effects of an earlier stroke, in
a residential hotel in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1895. Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
