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• John Quincy Adams (1848-1911) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lancaster, Coos County, N.H., October 26, 1848. Descendant of Samuel Adams; son of Harvey Adams and Nancy Dustin (Rowell) Adams; married, October 26, 1870, to Marie Adèle Negrin. Democrat. Real estate business; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where Betsy Ross is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1896. Methodist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died, of Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 14, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• William E. Adams (b. 1922) — of Tonawanda, Erie County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Knightstown, Henry County, Ind., December 25, 1922. Married to Jacquela Devlin. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of New York state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District 1967-70). Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Sigma Nu. Still living as of 1970.
  
  
• William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) — also known as William C. Adamson — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga. Born in Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga., August 13, 1854. Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson; married, January 29, 1885, to Minna Reese (died 1912); married, January 1, 1917, to Ellen (Zellars) Camp. Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1892; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1892; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum. Died, of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 3, 1929. Interment at City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Myron Dale Albro (b. 1897) — also known as Myron D. Albro — of Lounsberry, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Cortland County, N.Y., January 2, 1897. Son of Wells G. Albro and Nellie J. (Feint) Albro; married 1919 to Marguerite M. Shalter. Republican. Dairy farmer; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1938-52; director, Nichols National Bank. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons; Elks. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Howard N. Allen (b. 1873) — of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y., February 21, 1873. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1923-44. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ray Allen (b. 1860) — of Kenmore, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Pavilion, Genesee County, N.Y., March 22, 1860. Son of Daniel Allen and Laverna (Cheney) Allen; married, December 20, 1885, to Bessie J. Bond (died 1888); married, July 2, 1895, to Sarah E. Martin (died 1914); married, December 20, 1919, to Mabel E. Crabbe. Republican. Railway passenger agent; ordained minister; missionary; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) — also known as Howard W. Ameli — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 12, 1881. Son of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August 10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Abner C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of Union Veterans; Freemasons; Delta Chi. Died, in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 29, 1959. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) — also known as Robert B. Anderson — of Texas. Born in Burleson, Johnson County, Tex., June 4, 1910. Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie" Anderson; married, April 10, 1935, to Ollie Mae Rawlins (died 1987). School teacher; lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal of Freedom in 1955; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Delta Phi. Pleaded guilty in 1987 to charges of evading taxes by illegally operating an offshore bank; sentenced to jail, house arrest, and probation; disbarred in 1988. Died, of complications from surgery on cancer of the esophagus, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 14, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Harlan P. Andrews (b. 1837) — of Cuyler town, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Fabius town, Onondaga County, N.Y., October 12, 1837. Son of James Andrews (b. 1796) and Esther (Clough) Andrews (b. 1799); married, December 4, 1861, to Phoebe B. Brown; married to Marian Bogardus. Republican. Dairy farmer; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1885. Baptist; later Methodist. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) — also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire Strap-Hanger" — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Pleasantville, Westchester County, N.Y., February 16, 1841. Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus; married, June 23, 1869, to Julia M. Dyckman (died 1909); father of Edith Jefferson Andrus (who married Frederick Morgan Davenport). Republican. School teacher; pharmaceutical manufacturer; investor in real estate, mining claims, and the Standard Oil Company; owned considerable stock in railroads and utilities; director, New York Life Insurance Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical Co.; director, National Fuel Gas Co.; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904 (alternate), 1908; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13. Methodist. Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work. Died, of pneumonia, in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., December 26, 1934. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Elihu Anthony (1818-1905) — of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Calif. Born in Greenfield, Saratoga County, N.Y., November 30, 1818. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist minister; member of California state assembly 6th District, 1880-81. Methodist. Came overland to California in 1847. First postmaster of Santa Cruz; started the first foundry there; built the first wharf; founded the first Protestant church. Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Calif., August 15, 1905. Interment at Oddfellows Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
  
  
• Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) — also known as Harry H. Atwell — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., December 14, 1877. Son of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to Katherine Anna Schaeberle. Democrat. Engineer; university professor; Washtenaw County Surveyor; Washtenaw County Clerk, 1933-34. Methodist. Member, American Arbitration Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Barbara Jean Bachle (b. 1952) — also known as Barbara J. Bachle — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., January 7, 1952. Daughter of Joseph Fred Bachle and Miriam (Graybill) Bachle. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972. Female. Methodist. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• John Harris Baker (1832-1915) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Parma town, Monroe County, N.Y., February 28, 1832. Brother of Lucien Baker; father of Francis Elisha Baker. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1863; U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902. Methodist. Died in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 21, 1915. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
  • See also Baker family of Indiana
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Arthur J. Baldwin (b. 1868) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., August 26, 1868. Son of Eben R. Baldwin and Caroline (West) Baldwin; married, June 18, 1892, to Frances Smiley. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928, 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Francis Everett Baldwin (b. 1856) — also known as Francis E. Baldwin — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Otego, Otsego County, N.Y., August 30, 1856. Son of John J. Baldwin and Sally M. (Beardslee) Baldwin; married, May 7, 1882, to Anna E. Grandin. Lawyer; manufacturer; New York Prohibition state chair, 1889-93; Prohibition candidate for Governor of New York, 1894; Prohibition candidate for New York state attorney general, 1910; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1914; Prohibition candidate for judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1920. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. President, National Total Abstinence League. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Anthony Barbiero (b. 1915) — of Elmont, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 15, 1915. Married to Lydia Pappalardi. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1955-64. Methodist. Italian ancestry. Member, Lions. Still living as of 1964.
  
  
• Horace Thomas Barnaby (1823-1917) — also known as Horace T. Barnaby — of Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y., April 26, 1823. Married 1844 to Lydia Ann Wilson; married to Sophia Jane Abbey; father of Horace Thomas Barnaby, Jr.. Republican. Gratiot County Clerk, 1861-62; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1869-72; bishop. Methodist. Died in Gaines Township, Kent County, Mich., February 27, 1917. Interment somewhere in Gaines, Mich.
  
  
• Edward M. Bartholomew — of Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1978-85. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 1985.
  
  
• Caleb Howard Baumes (1865-1937) — also known as Caleb H. Baumes — of Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Bethlehem, Albany County, N.Y., March 31, 1865. Son of Peter H. Baumes and Mary E. (Wiltsie) Baumes; married, March 17, 1883, to Carrie S. Ten Eyck. Republican. School teacher; bookkeeper; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1909-13; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1915; member of New York state senate 27th District, 1919-30; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1930. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Author of "Baumes Law" which provided for mandatory life sentences for fourth felony offenders. Died, of a heart attack, on a New York Central train, near Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., September 25, 1937. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
  
  
• Alexander G. Baxter (b. 1859) — of Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, N.Y., November 6, 1859. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; undertaker; restaurant owner; member of New York state senate 32nd District, 1931-34. Methodist. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) — also known as William R. Bayes — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, July 29, 1876. Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September 7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. Republican. Lawyer; president, Kings Highway Savings Bank; president, Brooklyn National Life Insurance Co.; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933, 1940; justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Union League; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., November 28, 1964. Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
  
  
• John D. Bennett (b. 1911) — of Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21, 1911. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1938-44; member of New York state senate 2nd District, 1945-53. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Still living as of 1953.
  
  
• Leo Allen Bergholz (b. 1857) — of New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., November 10, 1857. Son of William Rudolph Otto Bergholz (c.1833-1901) and Mary (Lyon) Bergholz (c.1837-1926). Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Chinkiang, 1883-87; U.S. Consul in Erzerum, 1896-1903; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1905; Beirut, 1905-06; Canton, 1906, 1919-21; Kingston, 1912; Winnipeg, 1913; Dresden, 1913-17; Seoul, 1918-19. Methodist. German ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Aaron Thomas Bliss (1837-1906) — also known as Aaron T. Bliss — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Peterboro, Madison County, N.Y., May 22, 1837. Son of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss; brother of Lyman Warren Bliss; married, March 31, 1868, to Allaseba Morey Phelps. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber business; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1883; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1889-91; defeated, 1890; Governor of Michigan, 1901-04. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., September 16, 1906. Entombed at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Thomas C. Brown (b. 1870) — of Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born near Deseronto, Ontario, April 21, 1870. Married 1899 to Harriet Beecher Humphrey. Republican. General contractor; member of New York state senate 32nd District, 1925-30. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1904-1996) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Peru, Nemaha County, Neb., February 20, 1904. Son of Herbert Brownell and Mary A. (Miller) Brownell; married, June 16, 1934, to Doris A. McCarter. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936, 1944, 1948; campaign manager, Thomas E. Dewey for Governor of New York and President; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Attorney General, 1953-57. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi. Died of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1996. Burial location unknown.
  • Books by Herbert Brownell: Advising Ike : The Memoirs of Attorney General Herbert Brownell (1993)
  
  
• John H. Buhrmaster (b. 1876) — of Scotia, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Auriesville, Montgomery County, N.Y., March 27, 1876. Married, May 1, 1901, to Cora May Ward. Republican. Grocer; coal, feed, and building supply business; director and vice-president, Glenville Bank; member of New York state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1932-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard Harvey Cain (1825-1887) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Greenbrier County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 12, 1825. Republican. Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; member of South Carolina state senate, 1868-72; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1873-75, 1877-79 (at-large 1873-75, 2nd District 1877-79). Black. Methodist. Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880-87. Died in Washington, D.C., January 18, 1887. Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) — also known as C. Pope Caldwell — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born near Bastrop, Bastrop County, Tex., June 18, 1875. Son of Charles G. Caldwell and Mary (Hill) Caldwell; married, July 20, 1907, to Frances Morrison. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in primary for borough president of Queens, New York, 1925. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 31, 1940. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alburtis Alanson Carley (b. 1833) — also known as Alburtis A. Carley — of Marathon, Cortland County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Marathon, Cortland County, N.Y., January 6, 1833. Son of Alanson Carley and Sally (Courtright) Carley; married, October 22, 1884, to Anna B. Friter. Republican. Dry goods merchant; manufacturer of barrel staves; director, First National Bank of Cortland; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1881-82; chair of Cortland County Republican Party, 1886-90. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Carpenter (1815-1891) — Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., April 19, 1815. Son of Clement Carpenter and Sarah (Gilmore) Carpenter; married 1834 to Tibza Pease (1812-1839); married 1840 to Mary L. Ellis (died 1848); married 1848 to Hepsibeth Worth (died 1910). Republican. Real estate business; banker; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1861-71. Methodist. Died in Mt. Dora, Lake County, Fla., December 22, 1891. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Howard Chase (b. 1879) — also known as James H. Chase — of Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Ledyard town, Cayuga County, N.Y., September 20, 1879. Grandson of Sanford Gifford; married 1906 to Grace M. Crispell (died 1936). Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County, 1939-46. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Fleming Duncan Cheshire (1849-1922) — also known as Fleming D. Cheshire — Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 4, 1849. Merchant; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, 1878; U.S. Consul General in Mukden, 1904-06; Canton, 1914-16. Methodist. Died June 13, 1922. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) — also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St. Hill — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 30, 1924. Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill; married, October 8, 1949, to Conrad Chisholm (divorced 1977); married, November 26, 1977, to Arthur Hardwick, Jr. (1916-1986). Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980. Female. Black. Methodist. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; League of Women Voters; NAACP; National Organization for Women; Urban League; Delta Sigma Theta. Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Fla., January 1, 2005. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) — also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 13, 1892. Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt; married, December 21, 1918, to Ralph Edwin Church. Republican. Psychologist; U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964. Female. Methodist. Member, League of Women Voters; American Association of University Women; American Legion Auxiliary; Zonta; Beta Sigma Phi; Delta Kappa Gamma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died May 26, 1990. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter F. Clayton (b. 1865) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1865. Republican. Architect; builder; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1921-25. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Leigh Colvin (1880-1959) — also known as D. Leigh Colvin — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio, January 28, 1880. Son of David Taylor Colvin and Maria (Larkin) Colvin; married, September 19, 1906, to Mamie White. Candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1916 (Prohibition), 1932 (Law Preservation); Prohibition candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1917; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1920; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1922; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1926-32; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1936. Methodist. Member, Alpha Tau Omega. Died, from uremia, in Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y., September 7, 1959. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) — also known as Royal S. Copeland — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 7, 1868. Son of Roscoe P. Copeland (1836-1933) and Frances J. (Holmes) Copeland; married, December 31, 1891, to Mary DePriest Ryan; married, July 15, 1908, to Frances Spalding. Democrat. Physician; university professor; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S. Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1936; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1937. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, American Public Health Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., June 17, 1938. Interment at Mahwah Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward O. Davies (b. 1869) — of Ilion, Herkimer County, N.Y. Born in Bridgewater town, Herkimer County, N.Y., November 24, 1869. Republican. Laundry owner; member of New York state assembly from Herkimer County, 1917-20, 1932-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Luren Dudley Dickinson (1859-1943) — also known as Luren D. Dickinson — of Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Niagara County, N.Y., April 15, 1859. Married 1888 to Zora D. Cooley. Republican. School teacher and principal; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1905-08 (Eaton County 2nd District 1897-98, Eaton County 1905-08); member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1909-10; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1915-20, 1927-32, 1939; defeated, 1924, 1932, 1936; Governor of Michigan, 1939-40; defeated, 1920, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Methodist. English and Irish ancestry. Member, Grange; Knights of Pythias. Died April 22, 1943. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• D. Clinton Dominick III (b. 1918) — of near Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., June 4, 1918. Grandson of DeWitt C. Dominick. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of New York Republican State Committee; member of New York state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1955-58; member of New York state senate, 1959-70 (33rd District 1959-65, 42nd District 1966, 37th District 1967-70). Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Still living as of 1970.
  
  
• Agnes C. L. Donohugh (b. 1876) — also known as Agnes Crawford Leaycraft — of White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 25, 1876. Daughter of John Edgar Leaycraft; married, June 14, 1906, to Rev. Thomas Smith Donohugh (1875-1961). Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Joseph Downey (b. 1949) — also known as Thomas J. Downey — of West Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Amityville, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Ozone Park, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 28, 1949. Son of Norma Rita Morgillo Downey. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972, 1984; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1975-93; defeated, 1992. Methodist. Member, Sons of Italy; Sigma Alpha Mu. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Samuel Edsall (c.1804-1865) — of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind. Born in Orange County, N.Y. Member of Indiana state senate, 1853. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind., 1865. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Few (1748-1828) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Maryland, June 8, 1748. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia, 1796-99; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1801-05. Methodist. Died in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now part of Beacon), Dutchess County, N.Y., July 16, 1828. Original interment at Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Floyd Harold Flake (b. 1945) — also known as Floyd H. Flake — of Rosedale, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 30, 1945. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1987-97; resigned 1997. Black. Methodist. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) — also known as Arthur S. Flemming — of Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.; Eugene, Lane County, Ore. Born in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., June 12, 1905. Republican. U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61. Methodist. Died of acute renal failure, at a retirement home in Alexandria, Va., September 7, 1996. Interment at Montrepose Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
  
  
• Lyman Judson Gage (1836-1927) — also known as Lyman J. Gage — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Born in DeRuyter, Madison County, N.Y., June 28, 1836. Son of Eli A. Gage and Mary (Judson) Gage; married 1864 to Sarah Etheridge (died 1874); married, June 7, 1887, to Cornelia Washburn; married, November 25, 1909, to Frances Ada Ballou. Bank president; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1897-1902. Methodist. Member, American Bankers Association. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., January 26, 1927. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Walter C. Gifford (b. 1829) — of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Born in Busti town, Chautauqua County, N.Y., May 8, 1829. Son of Gideon Gifford and Millicent (Cornell) Gifford; married, March 18, 1852, to Eliza C. Robertson. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1891-92. Methodist. Member, Grange. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent General" — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, April 27, 1822. Married, August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927. Died of throat cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 23, 1885. Interment at General Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y. Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Horace Porter; Ayres Phillips Merrill
  • See also Grant family of New York and Ohio
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean Edward Smith, Grant; Frank J. Scaturro, President Grant Reconsidered; William S. McFeely, Grant : A Biography; William S. McFeely, Ulysses S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator, Writer; Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865; Brooks D. Simpson, Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868; James S. Brisbin, The campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of print); Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses S. Grant; Michael Korda, Ulysses S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero; Edward H. Bonekemper, A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius; Harry J. Maihafer, The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana
  • Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  • Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant Comes East; Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory
  
  
• Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) — also known as Ralph W. Gwinn — of Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., March 29, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated, 1940, 1942. Methodist or Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons; Phi Kappa Psi. Died of a heart attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 27, 1962. Interment at Pawling Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Rhodes Hanley (b. 1876) — also known as Joe R. Hanley — of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming County, N.Y. Born in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, May 30, 1876. Son of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October 31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; ordained minister; member of New York state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932 (alternate), 1944, 1948; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1943-; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1950. Presbyterian or Methodist. Member, American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) — also known as Philip J. A. Harper — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y. Born October 21, 1824. Son of James Harper; married, June 30, 1846, to Harriet Mead (1825-1856); married, June 29, 1858, to Augusta M. Thorne (died 1911). Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers; village president of Hempstead, New York. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, from heart and kidney trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1896. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Melchert Helmer (1802-1876) — of Indiana. Born in Little Falls, Herkimer County, N.Y., April 20, 1802. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1837-39, 1851-52; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51. Methodist. Died June 13, 1876. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Merton W. Herrick (1834-1907) — of St. Croix County, Wis. Born in Orleans County, N.Y., November 19, 1834. Married, March 23, 1859, to Lois E. Willard. School teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; St. Croix County Treasurer, 1867-72; lumber business; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1881. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died March 24, 1907. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (1896-1971) — also known as Bourke B. Hickenlooper — of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Born in Blockton, Taylor County, Iowa, July 21, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1934-38; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1939-43; Governor of Iowa, 1943-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1944, 1952, 1956, 1960; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1945-69. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows. Died in Shelter Island, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., September 4, 1971. Interment at Cedar Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) — also known as Harold G. Hoffman — of South Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in South Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., February 7, 1896. Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman; married, September 10, 1919, to Lillie Moss. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate business; banker; newspaper columnist and radio commentator; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of New Jersey, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Junior Order; Patriotic Order Sons of America; Royal Arcanum. Suspended in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system for an investigation of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written confession of embezzlement schemes was disclosed. Died, of a heart attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 4, 1954. Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (1865-1938) — also known as Wilford B. Hoggatt — of Alaska. Born in Paoli, Orange County, Ind., September 11, 1865. Governor of Alaska District, 1906-09. Methodist. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 26, 1938. Interment somewhere in Utica, N.Y.
  
  
• Marvin James Howard (b. 1879) — also known as Marvin J. Howard — of South Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham County, Vt. Born in Bouckville, Madison County, N.Y., January 23, 1879. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives from Londonderry, 1910. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Mastick Hyde (1877-1947) — also known as Arthur M. Hyde — of Princeton, Mercer County, Mo.; Trenton, Grundy County, Mo. Born in Princeton, Mercer County, Mo., July 12, 1877. Son of Ira Barnes Hyde and Caroline E. (Mastick) Hyde; married, October 19, 1904, to Hortense Cullers (brother of Charles Horace Cullers); brother of Laurance Mastick Hyde. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of Missouri, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Delta Upsilon. Died, following cancer surgery, in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 17, 1947. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
  • See also Hyde family of Missouri
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Fred Vail Johnson (b. 1873) — also known as Fred V. Johnson — of Somerset, Windham County, Vt. Born in Pleasantville, Westchester County, N.Y., May 12, 1873. Republican. Lumberman; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Somerset, 1904, 1910. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) — of Maplewood, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 1, 1870. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1901; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900-01; district judge in New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Lions; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clarence Evans Kilburn (1893-1975) — also known as Clarence E. Kilburn — of Malone, Franklin County, N.Y. Born in Malone, Franklin County, N.Y., April 13, 1893. Son of Frederick D. Kilburn and Clara (Berry) Kilburn; married, August 16, 1917, to Anne Crooks. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York, 1940-65 (31st District 1940-45, 34th District 1945-53, 33rd District 1953-63, 31st District 1963-65). Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Psi Upsilon. Died May 20, 1975. Cremated; ashes interred at Morningside Cemetery, Malone, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Stallham W. LaDu (b. 1823) — of Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Dutchess County, N.Y., February 28, 1823. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1881-84 (Montcalm County 1881-82, Montcalm County 2nd District 1883-84). Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Edgar Leaycraft (1849-1916) — also known as J. Edgar Leaycraft — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 15, 1849. Son of Anthony D. Leaycraft; married, November 25, 1874, to Caroline Crawford (1847-1921); father of Agnes C. L. Donohugh. Republican. Real estate business; New York State Tax Commissioner, 1899. Methodist. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Union League. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 3, 1916. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry W. Lengyel (b. 1920) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Antwerp, Jefferson County, N.Y. 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; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 1964.
  
  
• Norman Frederick Lent, Jr. (b. 1931) — also known as Norman F. Lent — of East Rockaway, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Oceanside, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., March 23, 1931. Son of Norman Frederick Lent and Ellen (Bain) Lent; married, August 16, 1956, to Nancy Lou Budlong (divorced). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1963-70 (2nd District 1963-65, 6th District 1966, 7th District 1967-70); U.S. Representative from New York, 1971-93 (5th District 1971-73, 4th District 1973-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1972. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• 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. Son of Charles Chadwick Lewis and Rhoda Ann (Willard) Lewis; married, January 2, 1886, to Adaline Louise Moody (died 1894); married, November 8, 1899, to Eva J. Gates. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1894; New York state attorney general, 1917-18; appointed 1917; candidate in primary for Governor of New York, 1918. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lincoln R. Long (b. 1861) — of New Kingston, Delaware County, N.Y. Born in Hancock town, Delaware County, N.Y., February 3, 1861. Republican. Farmer; stonecutter; school principal; Methodist minister; member of New York state assembly from Delaware County, 1919-23. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Hollis Irving Loveland (b. 1880) — also known as Hollis I. Loveland — of Rutland, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Wevertown, Warren County, N.Y., October 7, 1880. Republican. Member of Vermont state senate from Rutland County, 1941-47. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Evelyn J. Lynn (b. 1930) — of Volusia County, Fla. Born in Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., February 2, 1930. Republican. Member of Florida state house of representatives 27th District, 1995-. Female. Methodist. Member, American Association of University Women; Phi Delta Kappa. Still living as of 1999.
  
  
• 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. Son of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon; married to Marie Wright. Minister; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1906. Black. Methodist. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons. Died in 1938. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles P. McClelland (b. 1854) — of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Scotland, December 19, 1854. Son of William McClelland and Nicholas (Paul) McClelland; married, September 6, 1879, to Meta Jenette Babcock. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1885-86, 1891; member of New York state senate, 1892-93, 1903; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1903-36. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Alexander McIntosh (1833-1912) — of Barnsville, Bourbon County, Kan. Born in Grant, Herkimer County, N.Y., March 18, 1833. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas state legislature, 1866-67. Methodist. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in 1912. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Near Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kan.
  
  
• William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as "Idol of Ohio" — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843. Married, January 25, 1871, to Ida Saxton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Prather Fletcher. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888; Governor of Ohio, 1892-96; President of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill from about 1928 until 1946. Shot by Leon Czolgosz, at a reception in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 14, 1901. Interment at McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio. McKinley County, N.M. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Albert Halstead
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, The Presidency of William McKinley; Kevin Phillips, William McKinley; H. Wayne Morgan, William McKinley and His America
  
  
• William James McKone (1866-1928) — also known as William J. McKone — of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Montezuma, Cayuga County, N.Y., August 23, 1866. Grandnephew of Samuel Bell; son of Franklin McKone (c.1836-1870) and Mary C. (Bell) McKone (1842-1907); married 1892 to Minnie Townsend (1869-1937). Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; member of Michigan state board of education, 1906-15. Methodist. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Foresters; Royal Arcanum. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 28, 1928. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
  
  
• Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) — also known as Paul V. McNutt — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., July 19, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Indiana, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau Kappa Alpha. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., March 24, 1955. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Hunter Meighan — of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, N.Y. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1951-59; member of New York state senate 30th District, 1960-64. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1964.
  
  
• Sherman Moreland (b. 1870) — of Van Etten, Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Van Etten town, Chemung County, N.Y., October 22, 1870. Son of Chauncey Moreland and Elizabeth (Simpson) Moreland. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Chemung County, 1903-07. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harry K. Morton (b. 1905) — of Hornell, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Hornell, Steuben County, N.Y., October 14, 1905. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1953-58 (48th District 1953-54, 49th District 1955-58). Methodist. Member, Grange; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Mosher (1822-1889) — of Michigan. Born in Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y., January 2, 1822. Farmer; miller; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Hillsdale County 1st District, 1863-64, 1877-80; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1884; Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1886. Methodist. Died May 14, 1889. Interment at Mosherville Cemetery, Mosherville, Mich.
  
  
• Robert Jan Mrazek (b. 1945) — also known as Robert J. Mrazek — of Centerport, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., November 6, 1945. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1983-93. Methodist. Czech ancestry. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr. (1886-1966) — also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Omaha, D