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Elmer F. Quinn (b. 1894) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1894.
Democrat. Confidential secretary to Judge and Tammany leader George
W. Olvany; lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1926-52 (12th District 1926-44, 18th District
1945-52).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Anthony Quinn (1904-1974) —
also known as Peter A. Quinn —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1904.
Son of Patrick Francis Quinn and Margaret Agnes (Manning) Quinn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1936-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; municipal judge in New York, 1949-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-74.
Catholic.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
23, 1974 (age 70 years, 227
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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William Francis Quinn (1919-2006) —
also known as William Quinn —
of Hawaii.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 31,
1919.
Son of Charles Quinn and Elizabeth Quinn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for Hawaii
territorial senate, 1956; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1957-59; Governor of
Hawaii, 1959-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 1960;
president, Dole Pineapple
Company, 1965-72; Presidential Elector for Hawaii, 1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1976.
Catholic.
Died, two months after breaking his hip in a fall, in
Kahala Nui retirement
community, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
28, 2006 (age 87 years, 28
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed to have been deliberately
poisoned
at a banquet during the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, near
Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Maxwell M. Rabb (b. 1910) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of Solomon Rabb and Rose (Kostick) Rabb.
Republican. Lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair
Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin J. Rabin (1896-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1945-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948-69; died in office 1969.
Jewish.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
22, 1969 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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Samuel Rabin —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 8th District, 1945-54; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1955-60, 1968 (10th District 1955-60,
11th District 1968); judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1974.
Still living as of 1974.
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Edmund Patrick Radwan (1911-1959) —
also known as Edmund P. Radwan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
22, 1911.
Athletic
coach; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New York
state senate 54th District, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1951-59 (43rd District 1951-53,
41st District 1953-59); defeated (New Deal), 1941.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 47 years, 350
days).
Interment at St.
Stanislaus Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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John J. Rafferty (b. 1896) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 17,
1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1931-35; mayor
of Middlesex, N.J., 1933; chair of
Middlesex County Democratic Party, 1934; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1935-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1948.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Reena Raggi (b. 1951) —
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., 1951.
Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thomas
E. Fairchild, 1976-77; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1986; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1987-2002;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 2002-.
Female.
Still living as of 2006.
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George Raines —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1871-78; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888
(speaker),
1892,
1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Raines (1840-1909) —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 6,
1840.
Son of Rev. John Raines.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1881-82, 1885; member of New York
state senate, 1886-89, 1895-1909 (28th District 1886-89, 26th
District 1895, 42nd District 1896-1909); U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1889-93; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908
(alternate).
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
16, 1909 (age 69 years, 224
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Gilbert Ramirez —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 50th District, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Manuel Ramos (b. 1917) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Puerto Rico, November
23, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 79th District, 1967-72.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 1972.
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Jose Ramos Lopes (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bayamón, Bayamón
Municipio, Puerto Rico, December
2, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1959-67 (New York County 14th District 1959-65,
75th District 1966, 70th District 1967).
Catholic.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives:
Married to Aida Cartagena. |
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William Rand, Jr. (b. 1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1926.
Son of William Rand and Barbara (Burr) Rand.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1964.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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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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Charles Bernard Rangel (b. 1930) —
also known as Charles B. Rangel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 11,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 72nd District, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-2003 (18th District 1971-73,
19th District 1973-83, 16th District 1983-93, 15th District
1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Oscar Rathbun (1803-1870) —
also known as George Rathbun —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipioville, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1843-47.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
5, 1870 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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George Washington Ray (1844-1925) —
also known as George W. Ray —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Otselic, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
3, 1844.
Son of Asher Minor Ray and Melissa P. (Gray) Ray.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; director, Norwich Furniture
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-85, 1891-1902 (21st District
1883-85, 26th District 1891-1902); U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1902-08.
Baptist.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Redmen.
Died in 1925
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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Leo Frederick Rayfiel (1888-1978) —
also known as Leo F. Rayfiel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1939-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1945-47.
Jewish.
Died in Wayne, Passaic
County, N.J., November
18, 1978 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Wellwood
Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edward R. Rayher (1883-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Hartsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
20, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1921-22.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 12,
1958 (age 74 years, 265
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Read (1881-1962) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 28,
1881.
Son of Thomas Read and Jane (Davidson) Read.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,
1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
defeated, 1932;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Congregationalist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, March 20,
1915, to Ethel K. White. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual,
1939 |
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Heman J. Redfield (1788-1877) —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
27, 1788.
Son of Peleg Redfield (1762-1852) and Mary (Judd) Redfield
(1765-1844).
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; Genesee
County District Attorney, 1821; postmaster;
member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1823-25; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853-57.
Died in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., July 22,
1877 (age 88 years, 207
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Warren Redlich (b. 1966) —
Born in Long Island (unknown
county), N.Y., 1966.
Son of Allen Redlich and Rita Redlich.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 2004.
Still living as of 2005.
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Daniel Alden Reed (1875-1959) —
also known as Daniel A. Reed —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheridan, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
15, 1875.
Son of Anson William Reed and Alfreda Reed.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1919-59 (43rd District 1919-45,
45th District 1945-53, 43rd District 1953-59); died in office 1959.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Chi; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 157
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Cemetery, Sheridan, N.Y.
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George Leffingwell Reed (b. 1885) —
also known as George L. Reed —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
4, 1885.
Son of George Edward Reed and Ella Frances (Leffingwell) Reed.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1933-36.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Helen R. Moorhead. |
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed.
Democrat. Lawyer; counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1935-38; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Tapping Reeve (1744-1823) —
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
1, 1744.
Son of Abner Reeve (1708-1798) and Deborah (Topping) Reeve
(1717-1759).
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1792; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1798-1815.
Founder
of the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the U.S.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
13, 1823 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Henry Augustus Reeves (1832-1916) —
also known as Henry A. Reeves —
of New York.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
7, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1869-71; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1887; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888.
Died in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 4,
1916 (age 83 years, 88
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robert A. Regan (b. 1957) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born February
4, 1957.
Republican. Lawyer; counsel to N.Y. State Sen. Ronald
B. Stafford, 1993; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1998-.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Married to Amy Bartlett. |
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Willard Placide Reid (b. 1862) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 24,
1862.
Son of John R. Reid and Angie (Davis) Reid.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1896-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1891
to Ada Kitching. |
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John F. Reidy (b. 1893) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., August
23, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1924-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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William N. Reidy —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1949-52.
Still living as of 1952.
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Elias Gerson Reiger (1892-1931) —
also known as E. Gerson Reiger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer; social
worker; candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922.
Died, of tuberculosis,
1931
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Augusta Reiger. |
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Michael Kieran Reilly (1869-1944) —
also known as Michael K. Reilly —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Empire, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 15,
1869.
Son of Michael Reilly and Margaret (Phelan) Reilly.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1908,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1913-17, 1930-39;
defeated, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Elks; Moose.
Died October
14, 1944 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Paul C. Reuss (b. 1906) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 27,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1948; Judge of
New York Court of Claims, 1961-64.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Bronson Reynolds (b. 1861) —
also known as James B. Reynolds —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March 17,
1861.
Son of William T. Reynolds and Sarah M. (Painter) Reynolds.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary to New York Mayor Seth
Low, 1902-03; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1898
to Florence Blanchard Dike. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, January 1902 |
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John Hazard Reynolds (1819-1875) —
also known as John H. Reynolds —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Moriah, Essex
County, N.Y., January
21, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1859-61.
Died in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
24, 1875 (age 56 years, 246
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Samuel Allen Rice (1828-1864) —
also known as Samuel A. Rice —
of Mahaska
County, Iowa.
Born in Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
27, 1828.
Lawyer; Iowa
state attorney general, 1856-61; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Mortally
wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, and died at
Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, July 6,
1864 (age 36 years, 161
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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Adelbert P. Rich (b. 1860) —
of Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 16,
1860.
Son of Frank Rich and Frances (Pitty) Rich.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1887-93; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1890, 1904-29; Justice of
the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1904, 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Walter Rich (b. 1863) —
also known as Warren W. Rich —
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., September
18, 1863.
Lawyer; U.S. Consular Agent in Salina Cruz, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Salina Cruz, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ransom Lloyd Richardson (1873-1959) —
also known as Ransom L. Richardson —
of Fillmore, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., January
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1912-13.
Died in Fillmore, Allegany
County, N.Y., March 11,
1959 (age 86 years, 45
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Fillmore, N.Y.
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Harold Riegelman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
19, 1892.
Son of Isaac Riegelman and Bertha (Meyer) Riegelman.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1922; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward J. Riegelmann (1869-1941) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1869.
Son of Frederick Riegelmann and Margaret Riegelmann.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 4th District, 1908; Kings
County Sheriff, 1916-17; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1918-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1925-39.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
16, 1941 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard J. Riordan (b. 1930) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 1,
1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1993-2001; candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 2002.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leon RisCassi (b. 1908) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Olivebridge, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 29,
1908.
Son of Louis RisCassi and Adeline RisCassi.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1941-46.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis E. Rivers (born c.1893) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1930; City
Court Judge, 1943.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gaston Ahi Robbins (1858-1902) —
also known as Gaston A. Robbins —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., September
26, 1858.
Son of Julius Alexander Robbins (1830-1864).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1893-96, 1899-1900.
Died in New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1902 (age 43 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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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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John Glover Roberts, Jr. (b. 1955) —
also known as John Roberts —
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
27, 1955.
Son of John Glover Roberts, Sr. (1928-2008) and Rosemary (Podrasky)
Roberts.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2003-05; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 2005-.
Catholic.
Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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Fred B. Robertson (1871-1959) —
also known as Fred Robertson —
of Atwood, Rawlins
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Craigsville, Orange
County, N.Y., July 2,
1871.
Son of John M. Robertson and Nancy J. (Haley) Robertson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Rawlins
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-03; member of Kansas
state senate 39th District, 1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1924;
Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1924-28.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., November
1, 1959 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 15,
1900, to Luella Jane Hotchkiss (1875-1937). |
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William Henry Robertson (1823-1898) —
also known as William H. Robertson —
of Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 1823.
Son of Henry Robertson (died 1881).
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1849-50;
member of New York
state senate, 1854-55, 1872-81, 1888-91 (7th District 1854-55,
9th District 1872-79, 12th District 1880-81, 1888-91); Westchester
County Judge, 1856-67; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1867-69; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
6, 1898 (age 75 years, 57
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bedford, N.Y.
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James R. Robinson (b. 1885) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 27,
1885.
Son of Rev. James R. Robinson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1923-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elsie L. Williams. |
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John J. Robinson (b. 1888) —
of Centerport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 10,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1913.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Son of Samuel Rockwell and Johanna (Hunt) Rockwell.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Martin Rodell —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-71 (Queens County 10th District 1965, 28th
District 1966, 21st District 1967-71).
Member, Jewish
War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 1971.
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Relatives:
Married to Sonya Bilmes. |
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Adolph Julius Rodenbeck (1862-1960) —
also known as Adolph J. Rodenbeck —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1862.
Son of Charles T. Rodenbeck and Fredericka C. Rodenbeck.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1899-1901; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1902-03; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1903-16; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1916-32.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
98 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901 |
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Eugene Rodriguez —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Julius Edward Roehr (b. 1860) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 6,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1896;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 8th District, 1897-1903.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) —
also known as William P. Rogers —
Born in Norfolk, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 23,
1913.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1957-61; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1973.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
2, 2001 (age 87 years, 193
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Angelo Dominic Roncallo (b. 1927) —
also known as Angelo D. Roncallo —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 28,
1927.
Son of Anthony Roncallo and Connie (Prochilo) Roncallo.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; Nassau
County Controller, 1968-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1973-75.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Sons of
Italy; Elks.
Still living as of 1998.
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Adam L. Roof (1810-1885) —
of Lyons, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in New York, February
22, 1810.
Lawyer; surveyor;
Ionia
County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia District, 1845; member
of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1849-50.
Died January
26, 1885 (age 74 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lyons
Township Cemetery, Lyons, Mich.
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John James Rooney (1903-1975) —
also known as John J. Rooney —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
29, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1952
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1944-74 (4th District 1944-45, 12th
District 1945-53, 14th District 1953-74).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1975 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914-1988) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Campobello, New
Brunswick, August
17, 1914.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1949-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1954; Liberal candidate for Governor of
New York, 1966.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
17, 1988 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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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; half-first cousin of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; 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; brother of James
Roosevelt and Elliott
Roosevelt; married, June 30,
1937, to Ethel du Pont (1916-1965; divorced 1949; first cousin
twice removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont); married, August
31, 1949, to Suzanne Perrin (divorced 1970); married, July 1,
1970, to Felicia (Schiff) Warburg Sarnoff (granddaughter of Felix
Moritz Warburg); married, May 6,
1977, to Patricia Louise Oakes; married 1984 to Linda
McKay Stevenson Weicker. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article |
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Elihu Root (1845-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
15, 1845.
Son of Prof. Oren Root and Nancy Whitney (Buttrick) Root.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-85; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1899-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(Temporary
Chair), 1912;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1905-09; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1909-15; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union
League; American
Society for International Law; American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1937 (age 91 years, 358
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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Erastus Root (1773-1846) —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hebron, Windham County (now Tolland
County), Conn., March 16,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1798-99, 1800-02, 1817-21,
1826-28, 1830; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1827-28, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1803-05, 1809-11, 1815-17, 1831-33
(14th District 1803-05, 12th District 1809-11, 8th District 1815-17,
11th District 1831-33); defeated, 1838; member of New York
state senate, 1811-15, 1840-43 (Middle District 1811-15, 3rd
District 1840-43); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1823-24; defeated, 1824.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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Alexander I. Rorke (d. 1967) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Lawyer; orator;
as assistant district attorney for New York County, 1916-21, he
prosecuted many cases against left wing political and labor union
leaders; Judiciary candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in French Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1967.
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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Otto A. Rosalsky (b. 1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1873.
Son of Solomon Rosalsky and Yetta (Weinberg) Rosalsky.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904;
general sessions court judge
in New York, 1905-28.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ely Rosenberg (b. 1876) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1876.
Son of Louis Rosenberg and Fannie (Kroner) Rosenberg.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1898; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916;
candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1924.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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S. William Rosenberg (b. 1916) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Brighton, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 16,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1961-72 (Monroe County 2nd District 1961-65,
145th District 1966, 132nd District 1967-72).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Elks.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Daitz. |
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William Rosenblatt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1945-70.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973) —
also known as Samuel I. Rosenman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
13, 1896.
Son of Solomon Rosenman and Ethel (Paler) Rosenman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1922-26; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-43; resigned 1943;
special counsel to presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry
Truman, 1943-46.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1973
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ben Rosenthal (1898-1953) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1898.
Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1935-40; municipal judge in California, 1940.
Jewish.
Died in 1953
(age about
55 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923-1983) —
also known as Benjamin S. Rosenthal —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 8,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1962-83 (6th District 1962-63, 8th
District 1963-83, 7th District 1983); died in office 1983.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1983 (age 59 years, 210
days).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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David Ross (1920-1997) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Zeradov, Poland,
November
28, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1951-53; resigned
1953; state court judge in New York, 1969-79, 1979-97.
Died of leukemia,
at Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
25, 1997 (age 76 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William McAllister Ross (b. 1850) —
also known as William M. Ross —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Maine, Broome
County, N.Y., July 12,
1850.
Son of Alexander Ross and Mary (Wilson) Ross.
Republican. Lawyer; Onondaga
County Judge, 1894-1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1915-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1880
to Jessie A. Johnson. |
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V. Henry Rothschild II (1908-1991) —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1908.
Son of Victor Sidney Rothschild and Lily (Sulzberger) Rothschild.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York, 1956;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1959.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1991 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George H. Rowe —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1918-22.
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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Robert Edward Rubin (b. 1938) —
also known as Robert Rubin —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
29, 1938.
Son of Alexander Rubin and Sylvia (Seiderman) Rubin.
Lawyer; economist;
investment
banker; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1995-99.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Roy H. Rudd —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Son of Stephen
Andrew Rudd.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1937-44; member
of New
York state senate 9th District, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Ruger (born c.1875) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1875.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1923-24;
defeated, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Howard Ruger (1833-1907) —
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., April 2,
1833.
Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Georgia, 1868; superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1871-76.
Died June 3,
1907 (age 74 years, 62
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Lawrence M. Rulison (b. 1917) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 2,
1917.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1946-58 (Onondaga County 3rd District 1946-54,
Onondaga County 1st District 1955-58); member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1959-64.
Still living as of 1964.
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Thomas J. Runfola —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1951-58; defeated,
1958.
Still living as of 1958.
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Charles E. Russell (b. 1868) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Saugerties, Ulster
County, N.Y., October
21, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1919-20, 1923-24, 1926-29; resigned
1929.
Member, Delta
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Ward Russell (1879-1967) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Yates
County, N.Y., 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1920; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1952-53, 1958-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1967
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Son of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; general attorney, Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago Railroad;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucio F. Russo —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1953-74 (Richmond County 2nd District 1953-65,
64th District 1966, 58th District 1967-72, 60th District 1973-74).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Eagles; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1974.
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Relatives:
Married to Tina Iarossi. |
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John Rutherfurd (1760-1840) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
20, 1760.
Son of Walter Rutherfurd (1723-1804) and Mary (Alexander) Parker
Rutherfurd (1724-1801).
Lawyer; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1789;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1789-90; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1791-98.
Died in Bergen
County, N.J., February
23, 1840 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Entombed at Christ
Church Cemetery, Belleville, N.J.
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Nelson Ruttenberg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter H. Ruvolo (c.1895-1943) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
about 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1938; member of
New
York state senate, 1939; resigned 1939; municipal judge in New
York, 1940-43.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Lutheran Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
27, 1943 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Catherine E. Foran. |
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Thomas Ryan (1837-1914) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
25, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Shawnee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-73; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1877-89 (3rd District 1877-85, 4th
District 1885-89); resigned 1889; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1889-93.
Died in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., April 5,
1914 (age 76 years, 131
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1890-1968) —
also known as Thomas J. Ryan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1890.
Son of John L. Ryan and Mary Belle (Tracy) Ryan.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
10, 1968 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William Fitts Ryan (1922-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., June 28,
1922.
Son of Bernard
Ryan, Sr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1961-72; died in
office 1972; candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1968.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
First
member of the U.S. House to speak out against the Vietnam War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1972 (age 50 years, 81
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Church Cemetery, Croom, Md.
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