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Dwight B. La Du (b. 1876) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Buren, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1876.
Democrat. Engineer;
New
York state engineer and surveyor, 1923-24; defeated, 1918, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Sears La Du and Julia L. (Warner) La Du. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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William Henry Ladue —
also known as William H. Ladue —
of Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1892.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914 (14th District), 1932
(20th District); major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. |
| | | Cross-reference: Vito
Marcantonio — Clendenin
Ryan |
| | | LaGuardia Airport,
in Queens,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. Paul
Jeffers, The
Napoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —
Thomas Kessner, Fiorello
H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York —
Mervyn D. Kaufman, Fiorello
LaGuardia — Alyn Brodsky, The
Great Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New
York |
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Clarence Lapham Lathrop (1872-1956) —
also known as Clarence L. Lathrop —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., June 23,
1872.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; organizer and manager, Angelica Telephone
Company; electrician;
railroad
signalman; railroad
claims agent; chair of
Allegany County Republican Party, 1932-48; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 44th District, 1938.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
30, 1956 (age 84 years, 68
days).
Interment at Angelica
Cemetery, Angelica, N.Y.
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Almet Reed Latson (b. 1860) —
also known as Almet R. Latson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) —
also known as Warren I. Lee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bartlett, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
5, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District
1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Union
League.
Died December
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Elderkin Leffingwell (1855-1927) —
also known as William E. Leffingwell —
of Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 10,
1855.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1909; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died October
12, 1927 (age 72 years, 94
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
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William Murray Leffingwell (1896-1983) —
also known as William M. Leffingwell —
of Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1896.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate
for New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1935, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died May 21,
1983 (age 86 years, 349
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Benjamin M. Leipner (b. 1903) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1937-38; member
of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1945-46; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1964.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Leipner and Annie Leipner. |
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Henry W. Lengyel (1920-1999) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
28, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
legislative counsel to State Senator Henry
A. Wise, 1955-58; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1958-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
26, 1999 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Leopold —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 26th District, 1904.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Levitt (1900-1980) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 28,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; New York
state comptroller, 1955-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1980
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Jefferson Levy (1881-1955) —
also known as Aaron J. Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1908-13;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
municipal judge in New York, 1913-23; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
21, 1955 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mokom
Sholom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Levy and Annie (Bernstein) Levy; married, March
10, 1903, to Libbie Finkelstein. |
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Jacob Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1909-12.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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DeVerne A. Lewis (1878-1944) —
of Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born June 8,
1878.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1926; postmaster at Canastota,
N.Y., 1935-43.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 25,
1944 (age 65 years, 352
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Vernon, N.Y.
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George Lewis (b. 1827) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., November
8, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County, 1873-74;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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George Lewis (b. 1875) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
18, 1875.
Democrat. Building
contractor; construction
superintendent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899 to Sophia
A. Silver. |
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Ladd J. Lewis Jr. (b. 1871) —
of Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., July 5,
1871.
Republican. Manufacturer;
founder, Lewis Knitting
Co.; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Merton Elmer Lewis (b. 1861) —
also known as Merton E. Lewis —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
10, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1894;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1897, 1899-1901;
member of New York
state senate 43rd District, 1902-06; New York
state attorney general, 1917-18; appointed 1917; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1918.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Chadwick Lewis and Rhoda Ann (Willard) Lewis; married, January
2, 1886, to Adaline Louise Moody; married, November
8, 1899, to Eva J. Gates. |
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Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90,
Dutchess County 1791-92); New York
state attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1792-1801; Governor of
New York, 1804-07; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 7,
1844 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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W. Irving Lewis (born c.1882) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., about 1882.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to Elsie
Walker. |
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Irving L'Hommedieu (1865-1931) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Shelby, Orleans
County, N.Y., January
12, 1865.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 45th District, 1903-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924;
chair
of Orleans County Republican Party, 1929.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 14,
1931 (age 66 years, 183
days).
Interment at Boxwood
Cemetery, Medina, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Wallace L'Hommedieu and Frances Marion (Berry) L'Hommedieu;
married to Christina Breed and Carolyn Elizabeth
Mitchell. |
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Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) —
also known as Leonard Madden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921; in March
1939, he was charged,
along with two others, over a stock
fraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;
meanwhile, in a separate case, he was indicted
in Broome County.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died, apparently of pneumonia,
while attempting to kill
himself with poison,
in his room at the Tudor Hotel
(where he had registered under the assumed name "Leonard Madden"),
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1939 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Light (b. 1855) —
also known as John H. Light —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., March
27, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Fairfield
County Treasurer, 1899-1906; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1901-02; common
pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1901-05; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1910-15; appointed 1910.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Belden Light and Ann (Keenan) Light; married, August
3, 1881, to Ida M. Lockwood. |
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Joseph James Little (1841-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
June
5, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; printer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
11, 1913 (age 71 years, 251
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Fidus Livermore (1811-1880) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Sangerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1843-44; candidate for mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1859; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1860,
1872;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1874, 1876.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 28,
1880 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Livermore and Melinda (Bassett) Livermore; married 1831 to
Caroline Sophia Lewis; married 1852 to Sarah
Eliza Lewis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
27, 1746.
Lawyer;
law partner of John
Jay; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, 1781-83; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1798; U.S. Minister to France, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
26, 1813 (age 66 years, 91
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;
brother of Alida Livingston (who married John
Armstrong Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan
Lewis) and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); married 1770 to Mary
Stevens (daughter of John
Stevens; sister of John
Stevens III); father of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who married
Edward
Philip Livingston (1779-1843)); uncle of Robert
Livingston Tillotson; grandson of Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); grandnephew of John
Livingston and Gilbert
Livingston; granduncle of John
Jacob Astor III; great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Robert
Livingston the Younger; great-grandnephew of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle of William
Waldorf Astor; second great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandfather of Robert
Reginald Livingston; second great-granduncle of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; ancestor *** of Robert
Livingston Beeckman; first cousin once removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer and James
Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin
Livingston; second cousin once removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston (1779-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William
Jay, Gerrit
Smith, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893) and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Winthrop Kean, Brockholst
Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of Thomas
Howard Kean, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; third cousin of Nicholas
Bayard and James
Parker; third cousin once removed of Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John
Sluyter Wirt and Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin of Peter
Gansevoort. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Livingston counties in Ky., La. and N.Y. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Otis Taft Locke (1842-1916) —
also known as O. T. Locke —
of Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., February
27, 1842.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1868;
postmaster at Tiffin,
Ohio, 1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, October
1, 1916 (age 74 years, 217
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Tiffin, Ohio.
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William H. Lockerby (b. 1859) —
of Branch
County, Mich.
Born in West Vienna, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
24, 1859.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1896; member
of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Clapp Lockwood (1877-1958) —
also known as Charles C. Lockwood —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
2, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1914; member of New York
state senate, 1915-22 (4th District 1915-18, 7th District
1919-22); law partner of Nathaniel
L. Goldstein during the 1920s; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1927-29; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1928; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-47.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
21, 1958 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Champney Loomis (1834-1905) —
also known as Henry C. Loomis —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Otto Township, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., March
16, 1834.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1896-98.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Elks; Redmen.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., October
14, 1905 (age 71 years, 212
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Bert Lord (1869-1939) —
of Afton, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Sanford, Broome
County, N.Y., December
4, 1869.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1915-21, 1924-30; member of
New
York state senate 40th District, 1930-34; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1935-39; died in
office 1939.
Member, Freemasons; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 24,
1939 (age 69 years, 171
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Afton, N.Y.
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William Lathrop Love (b. 1872) —
also known as William L. Love —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born July 27,
1872.
Democrat. Physician;
member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1923-32; defeated, 1932; candidate for
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph A. Loveland —
of Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1857; member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1858-59.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Abbot Augustus Low (1889-1963) —
also known as A. Augustus Low; Gus Low —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Sabattis, Hamilton
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
1, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Old Forge Electric
Company, 1928-37; president, Utica Gas and
Electric Company, 1934-36; executive vice-president, Brooklyn
Edison, and vice-president of its successor, Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, electric
utilities; chair of
Hamilton County Republican Party, 1930-55; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1963 (age 74 years, 115
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Hamilton County, N.Y.
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Alfred D. Lowe (b. 1850) —
of Depauville, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Clayton, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
26, 1850.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
director, Depauville Telephone
Exchange; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Lowe and Zilla (Atwood) Lowe; married, August
13, 1873, to Emma F. Smith. |
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Peter Lowe (1812-1891) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Neversink, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 24,
1812.
Hardware
merchant; druggist; village
president of Mason, Michigan, 1866-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 7,
1891 (age 78 years, 318
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Sherman James Lowell (b. 1858) —
also known as Sherman J. Lowell —
of Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Lamberton, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., May 28,
1858.
Republican. Member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Willoughby Lowell and Jane (Selleck) Lowell; married, November
27, 1889, to Martha Louisa Marsh. |
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Seymour Lowman (1868-1940) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung town, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
7, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1909-10; chair of
Chemung County Republican Party, 1910-34; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1919-24; defeated, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-33; president, Elmira Savings Bank,
1933; president, Lowman Construction
Corp.; president, U.S. Cut Flower
Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1940
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lowman and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman; married, September
9, 1893, to Katherine Harding 'Kate' Smith. |
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James Monroe Lown Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as James M. Lown, Jr. —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., May 16,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1918-22.
Member, Freemasons; Chi Psi;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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John M. Lupton (b. 1856) —
of Mattituck, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Mattituck, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
6, 1856.
Republican. Seed
grower; president, Long Island Seed Company; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1906-10.
Member, Freemasons; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Clayton Riley Lusk (1872-1959) —
also known as Clayton R. Lusk —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., December
21, 1872.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; law
partner of Rowland
L. Davis, 1902-15; member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1919-24.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Union
League; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., February
14, 1959 (age 86 years, 55
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Edwin Rogers Lynde (1901-1981) —
also known as Edwin R. Lynde —
of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
10, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1929-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carleton M. Lynde and Virginia (Rogers) Lynde; married, June 26,
1927, to Violet Panal. |
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Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Belize City, Belize,
October
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1903-10; Consul-General
for Liberia in Washington,
D.C., 1911-13.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon; married to Marie
Wright. |
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