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Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) —
also known as Franklin P. Randall —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., June 2,
1812.
School
teacher; lawyer; railroad
promoter; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-50; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1856;
mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 23,
1892 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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William Cox Redfield (1858-1932) —
also known as William C. Redfield —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 18,
1858.
Son of Charles Bailey Redfield and Mary (Wallace) Redfield.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1911-13; defeated
(National Democratic), 1896; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1913-19.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1932 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Jay E. Rice (1907-1988) —
of Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born July 19,
1907.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 30,
1988 (age 80 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gorham Rice (b. 1856) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
23, 1856.
Son of William A. Rice and Hannah (Seely) Rice.
Democrat. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1895-98; candidate
for mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1903; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1914.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Thomas Riggs, Jr. (1873-1945) —
of Alaska; Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
17, 1873.
Son of Thomas Riggs and Catherine Winter (Gilbert) Riggs.
Democrat. Lumber
business; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1945 (age 71 years, 91
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Son of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80; New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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James William Robertson —
also known as James Robertson —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Son of William Barr Robertson and Mary Hay (Stewart) Robertson.
Cartoonist;
laundry
owner; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1953-56.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1956.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt;
"F.D.R." —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
30, 1882.
Son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt
(1854-1941).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928;
contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were
paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of
New York, 1929-33; President
of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February
15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton
J. Cermak were shot
at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Served as president during the Depression and World War II. His
portrait appears on the U.S. dime
(ten
cent coin).
Died of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether
County, Ga., April 12,
1945 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara
(Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941); fourth cousin once removed of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); half-uncle of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; married, March 17,
1905, to Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt (niece of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne
Douglas Robinson); second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who
married William
Phillips); first cousin of Warren
Delano Robbins and Katharine
Price Collier St. George; father of James
Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Ross
T. McIntire — Milton
Lipson — W.
W. Howes — Bruce
Barton — Hamilton
Fish, Jr. — Joseph
W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Rexford
G. Tugwell — Raymond
Moley — Adolf
A. Berle — George
E. Allen — Lorence
E. Asman — Grenville
T. Emmet |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No
Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in
World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR
: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin
Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,
That
Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —
Jonas Klein, Beloved
Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of
Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles
Peters, Five
Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of
1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —
Steven Neal, Happy
Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence
of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — Karen
Bornemann Spies, Franklin
D. Roosevelt (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Franklin D.
Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's
Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great
Depression — John T. Flynn, The
Roosevelt Myth |
| | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Philip Roth, The
Plot Against America: A Novel |
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and
Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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William Albert Root (b. 1850) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., January
5, 1850.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1917; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1919, 1923; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) —
also known as Kenneth C. Royall —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., July 24,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., May 25,
1971 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Julian Sidney Rumsey (1823-1886) —
also known as Julian S. Rumsey; "The Father of Grain
Inspection" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1861-62.
Episcopalian.
Died April 20,
1886 (age 63 years, 17
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Pauline Morton Sabin (1887-1955) —
also known as Pauline M. Sabin; Pauline Morton;
Pauline Smith; Mrs. Charles H. Sabin; Mrs. Dwight F.
Davis —
of Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 23,
1887.
Daughter of Paul
Morton and Charlotte (Goodridge) Morton.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1924-28; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
A leader of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1955 (age 68 years, 248
days).
Interment somewhere
in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Clarence Sackmann (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles C. Sackmann —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
25, 1879.
Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1921-24; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1923-24; district
judge in Colorado, 1925-31.
Episcopalian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1946
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1912
to Elna A. Hug. |
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Katharine Price Collier St. George (1894-1983) —
also known as Katharine St. George; Katharine Delano Price
Collier —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England,
July
12, 1894.
Daughter of Price Collier and Katharine (Delano) Collier.
Republican. Executive vice-president and treasurer, St. George Coal
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944;
Parliamentarian, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-65 (29th District 1947-53,
28th District 1953-63, 27th District 1963-65).
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y., May 2,
1983 (age 88 years, 294
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo, N.Y.
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Harry D. Sanders (1874-1953) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Stafford, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
27, 1874.
Son of Edwin B. Sanders and Belle (Douglas) Sanders.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1915.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Stafford
Rural Cemetery, Stafford, N.Y.
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Rollin Brewster Sanford (1874-1957) —
also known as Rollin B. Sanford —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicholville, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 18,
1874.
Son of Henry T. Sanford and Louise (Brewster) Sanford.
Republican. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1908-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1915-21.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1957 (age 82 years, 363
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Kate Prentice Schley (1885-1970) —
also known as Kate deForest Prentice —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 23,
1885.
Daughter of William S. P. Prentice.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1944-49.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1970
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Montgomery Schuyler, Jr. (1877-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
2, 1877.
Son of Katherine Beeckman (Livingston) Schuyler (1842-1914) and
Montgomery Schuyler (1843-1914).
Author;
U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1904-06; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1913; Salvador, 1921-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
stockbroker;
banker.
Episcopalian.
Died November
1, 1955 (age 78 years, 60
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1873.
Son of Rev. William Jones Seabury and Alice Van Wyck (Beare) Seabury.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died May 7,
1958 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Charles Brown Sears (b. 1870) —
also known as Charles B. Sears —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
16, 1870.
Son of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1917-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1922-33; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears; married, October
20, 1896, to Florence A. Gilbert (died 1939); married, November
24, 1946, to Mary V. Hun. |
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Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) —
also known as "The Great Decliner" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Pompey Hill, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1810.
Son of Henry
Seymour.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1845; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1843; Governor of
New York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1868; Presidential Elector for New York, 1876.
Episcopalian.
Died in Deerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
12, 1886 (age 75 years, 257
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; grandson of Moses
Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; nephew of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857); son of Henry
Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour; first cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour and George
Seymour; second cousin of Edwin
Barber Morgan, Christopher
Morgan, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; married, May 31,
1835, to Mary Bleecker (1812-1886); third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherill Seymour; brother of Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893;
who married Roscoe
Conkling); first cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell and Morris
Woodruff Seymour; uncle of Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (1846-1931; who married Charles
Stebbins Fairchild); second cousin once removed of Norman
Alexander Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article |
| | | Books about Horatio Seymour: Stewart
Mitchell, Horatio
Seymour of New York |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Horatio Seymour, Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Son of John Forman Seymour (1814-1890) and Frances Antill (Tappan)
Seymour (1815-1860).
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Whitney North Seymour, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 7,
1923.
Son of Whitney North Seymour and Lola (Vickers) Seymour.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1966-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1970-73.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1976.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Francis E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Son of Francis
Edwin Shober and Josephine May (Wheat) Shober.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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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.
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
(age about
48 years).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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George Pratt Shultz (b. 1920) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
Son of Birl E. Shultz and Margaret Lennox (Pratt) Shultz.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1982-89.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Still living as of 2009.
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Searles G. Shultz (1897-1975) —
of Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 29,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1947-54; member
of New
York state senate 44th District, 1955-58.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died December
31, 1975 (age 78 years, 246
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Skaneateles, N.Y.
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Robert Simmons (b. 1943) —
also known as Rob Simmons —
of Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
11, 1943.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1991-2000; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 2001-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louise McIntosh Slaughter (b. 1929) —
also known as Louise M. Slaughter —
of Fairport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Harlan
County, Ky., August
14, 1929.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly, 1983; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1987-2003 (30th District 1987-93,
28th District 1993-2003).
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1876;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Episcopalian; later Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Suffered a debilitating attack
of vertigo, from which he never completely recovered, contracted
pneumonia,
and died, in the Dennis Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
18, 1900 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Stephen Dover Stephens (b. 1887) —
also known as Stephen D. Stephens —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born October
28, 1887.
Son of Stephen
D. Stephens, Jr..
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1915-16.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter W. Stokes (b. 1880) —
also known as W. W. Stokes —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., August
10, 1880.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate, 1933-52 (39th District 1933-44, 44th District
1945-52).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer;
Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron Steel
Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 27,
1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) —
also known as Gerry E. Studds —
of Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House staff during
the administration of President John
F. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Harrison
A. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen. Eugene
J. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District
1973-83, 10th District 1983-97).
Episcopalian. Gay.
First
openly gay member of Congress. Censured
by the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page ten years earlier.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in Boston Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 2006 (age 69 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) —
also known as Edwin F. Sweet —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
21, 1847.
Son of Sidney Sweet and Hannah (Redmond) Sweet.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1904-06; defeated, 1906; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., April 2,
1935 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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James Wadsworth Symington (b. 1927) —
also known as James W. Symington —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
28, 1927.
Son of William
Stuart Symington.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1969-77.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Fife Symington III (b. 1945) —
also known as Fife Symington III —
of Arizona.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
12, 1945.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; Governor of
Arizona, 1991-97; resigned 1997.
Episcopalian.
Convicted
on seven counts of fraud in
federal court, September 3, 1997; forced to
resign as governor; sentenced
to prison
and fined in
February 1998; his conviction was overturned on appeal in June 1999.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Taber (1880-1965) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 5,
1880.
Son of Franklin P. Taber and Mary (Parker) Taber.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1911-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1936;
chair
of Cayuga County Republican Party, 1920-24; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-63 (36th District 1923-45,
38th District 1945-53, 36th District 1953-63).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
22, 1965 (age 85 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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John Lindsley Tappin (1906-1964) —
also known as John L. Tappin —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
22, 1906.
Son of Lindsley Tappin and Elise Irving (Huntington) Tappin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Libya, 1954-58.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo., December
24, 1964 (age 58 years, 337
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Louise R. Tatosian —
also known as Louise Rohlfing —
of Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1950.
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Relatives:
Married to Alexander K. Tatosian. |
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Robert Lee Taylor (1912-1993) —
also known as Robert L. Taylor —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August 9,
1912.
Democrat. Mayor
of Salamanca, N.Y., 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Moose; Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Alpha
Zeta.
Died July 6,
1993 (age 80 years, 331
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Morris Sawyer Tremaine (1871-1941) —
also known as Morris S. Tremaine —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Dodge, Ford
County, Kan., February
27, 1871.
Son of Dr. William Scott Tremaine.
Democrat. Lumber
business; insurance
executive; New York
state comptroller, 1927-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Died October
12, 1941 (age 70 years, 227
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1898
to Maude Middledith. |
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Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1848-1923) —
of Mansourah, Egypt;
Cairo, Egypt;
Alexandria, Egypt;
Menton, France.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., September
24, 1848.
Son of William Hallam Tuck and Margaret Sprigg Bowie (Chew) Tuck.
Democrat. Lawyer;
judge, International Court of First Instance, Egypt, 1894-1908; judge
International Court of Appeals, 1908-11.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Menton, France,
April
14, 1923 (age 74 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Somerville Pinkney Tuck, Jr. (1891-1967) —
also known as S. Pinkney Tuck;
"Kippy" —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 31,
1891.
Son of Somerville
Pinkney Tuck and Emily Rosalie Snowden (Marshall) Tuck
(1858-1940).
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Alexandria, 1916-17; U.S. Consul in Alexandria, 1919-21; Samsun, 1921; Vladivostok, 1922-23; Geneva, 1924-28; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, 1946.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died, in the American Hospital,
Paris, France,
April
21, 1967 (age 75 years, 325
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) —
also known as William H. Vanderbilt —
of Portsmouth, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1901.
Son of Ellen (French) Vanderbilt and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
(1887-1915; horse breeder;died in the wreck of the Lusitania,
ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915).
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1928,
1936;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Died April 14,
1981 (age 79 years, 141
days).
Interment somewhere
in Williamstown, Mass.
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John Van Voorhis (b. 1897) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 14,
1897.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1937-54; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department,
1949; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1953; defeated, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Jermiah Wadsworth (1905-1984) —
also known as James J. Wadsworth —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. and Alice (Hay) Wadsworth.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1932-41; resigned 1941;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1965-69.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; United
World Federalists.
Died in 1984
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull and
Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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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.
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 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Henry N. Walker (1811-1886) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
30, 1811.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1844; Michigan
state attorney general, 1845-47.
Episcopalian.
Died February
24, 1886 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Malcolm Wallop (b. 1933) —
of Big Horn, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1933.
Republican. Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1969-72; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1973-76; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1977-95.
Episcopalian. Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles B. Ward —
of DeBruce, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 27,
1879.
Son of Elias Sayre Ward and Anna Dickerson (Bonnell) Ward.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Ivan Warner (1919-1994) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1958-60; member of
New
York state senate 27th District, 1961-65, 1967-68; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Lions.
Died, of cancer, at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1994
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., September
6, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lopez Watson (b. 1922) —
also known as James L. Watson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1955-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American
Legion; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1963.
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Albert Weed (1855-1938) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1855.
Son of Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed.
Republican. Carpenter;
druggist;
fire
insurance business; partner in a clothing
store; director, First National Bank of
Ticonderoga; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1895-96; postmaster.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., November
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Ida A. Stevens. |
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William Floyd Weld (b. 1945) —
also known as William F. Weld; Bill Weld —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 31,
1945.
Republican. Candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1978; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1981-86; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1991-97; resigned 1997; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) —
also known as Sumner Welles —
of Oxon Hill, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1892.
Son of Benjamin J. Welles (1857-1935) and Frances Wyeth (Swan) Welles
(1863-1911).
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1936,
1940;
U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died September
24, 1961 (age 68 years, 345
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Lee Wells —
also known as James L. Wells; "Father of the
Bronx" —
of West Farms, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in West Farms, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Son of James Wells and Maria Wells.
Republican. Real estate
business; auctioneer;
banker;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80, 1892 (Westchester County 1st District
1879, New York County 24th District 1880, 1892); candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1901; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1906; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912,
1920,
1924;
New York
state treasurer, 1915-20.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1883.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1930-33; Colombia, 1933-34.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1965
(age about
82 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936) —
of New York.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
19, 1858.
U.S.
Attorney General, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
26, 1936 (age 77 years, 129
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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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 (age 77 years, 286
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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George Henry Williams (1823-1910) —
also known as George H. Williams —
of Lee
County, Iowa; Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., March 23,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 1st District, 1847-52; justice of
Oregon territorial supreme court, 1853-57; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Marion County,
1857; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1865-71; U.S.
Attorney General, 1872-75; mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1902-05.
Episcopalian.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April 4,
1910 (age 87 years, 12
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Son of Herman Francis Willkie and Henrietta (Trisch) Willkie.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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Orme Wilson, Jr. (1885-1966) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
13, 1885.
Son of Marshall Orme Wilson and Caroline Schermerhorn (Astor) Wilson.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Prague, 1935; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, 1944-46.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1966
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Alice Borland. |
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Edwin Baruch Winans (1826-1894) —
also known as Edwin B. Winans —
of Hamburg Township, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Avon, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 16,
1826.
Son of John Winans and Eliza (Way) Winans.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County 1st
District, 1861-64; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; supervisor
of Hamburg Township, Michigan, 1872-74; probate judge in
Michigan, 1877-80; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1883-87; defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
Governor
of Michigan, 1891-92.
Episcopalian. German and
English
ancestry.
Died in Hamburg, Livingston
County, Mich., July 4,
1894 (age 68 years, 49
days).
Interment at Hamburg
Cemetery, Hamburg, Mich.
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John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) —
also known as John G. Winant —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
23, 1889.
Son of Frederick Winant and Jeanette L. (Gilbert) Winant.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917-18, 1923-24;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1921-22; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1925-27, 1931-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928,
1932;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1941-46.
Episcopalian.
Committed suicide,
November
3, 1947 (age 58 years, 253
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's School, Concord, N.H.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Son of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joshua Butler Wright (1877-1939) —
also known as J. Butler Wright —
of Wyoming.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
18, 1877.
Son of Louis Bogert Wright and Caroline Isabel (Richards) Wright.
Banker;
U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1927-30; Uruguay, 1930-34; Czechoslovakia, 1934-37; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1937-39, died in office 1939.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, December
4, 1939 (age 62 years, 47
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Bogert Wright and Caroline Isabel (Richards) Wright;
married, June 2,
1902, to Maude A. Wolfe; married, May 27,
1916, to Harriet Rodman Southerland. |
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John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) —
also known as John W. Wydler —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 9,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5th
District 1973-81); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 4,
1987 (age 63 years, 56
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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