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William Osborne Dapping (1880-1969) —
also known as William O. Dapping —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; received a Pulitzer
Prize Special Citation in 1930, for the Auburn Citizen's
coverage of an inmate uprising at the Auburn prison; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936.
Universalist.
Member, Elks.
Died August
1, 1969 (age 89 years, 50
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Augustine Gallet Dauby (1795-1876) —
also known as Augustine G. Dauby —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass., December
17, 1795.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Utica,
N.Y., 1829-49.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
27, 1876 (age 80 years, 346
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander J. D'Auby and Anne (Sweeting) D'Auby; married, January
21, 1818, to Mary E. Parmelee. |
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John Clay Davies (1920-2002) —
also known as John C. Davies —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 1,
1920.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; public
relations business; U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, June 17,
2002 (age 82 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822-1907) —
also known as Bancroft Davis —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1822.
Lawyer;
newspaper correspondent; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1869; U.S.
Minister to Germany, 1874-77; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1878-82; official reporter, U.S. Supreme
Court, 1883.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1907 (age 84 years, 364
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) —
also known as Shelby Davis —
of New York.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1909.
Journalist; economist;
investment
banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., May 29,
1994 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Henry Dearing (b. 1883) —
also known as Walter H. Dearing —
of Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Neck, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., August
24, 1883.
Socialist. Newspaper reporter; candidate for New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1919, 1920,
1921, 1927, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1922, 1923, 1928,
1930, 1932, 1934; candidate for New York
state senate 24th District, 1924; candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1925, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles de Kay (b. 1848) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 25,
1848.
Literary and art editor, New York Times; U.S. Consul
General in Berlin, 1894-97.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George C. de Kay and Janet (Drake) de Kay; married to Edwalyn
Coffey. |
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George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) —
also known as George B. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; oil
producer; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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George E. Dennen (b. 1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1884.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper reporter; member of New York
state assembly, 1913, 1926-34 (Kings County 10th District 1913,
Kings County 4th District 1926-34).
Member, Typographical
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to May R.
Conklin. |
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Charles De Witt (1727-1787) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
15, 1727.
Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1781-85, 1787; died in office
1787; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1784.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
27, 1787 (age 60 years, 12
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y.
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Charles Gerrit De Witt (1789-1839) —
also known as Charles G. De Witt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenhill, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
7, 1789.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1829-31; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Central America, 1833-39.
Died on
board a river steamer on the Hudson River near Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., April
12, 1839 (age 49 years, 156
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y.
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Charles Monroe Dickinson (1842-1924) —
also known as Charles M. Dickinson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
15, 1842.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; poet; one
of the founders of the Associated Press news service, 1892; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; U.S. Consul General in Constantinople, 1897-1906; U.S. Consular Agent in Sofia, 1901-03; Progressive candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 3,
1924 (age 81 years, 231
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) —
also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs —
of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Sherman Square Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett)
Dobbs; married, June 7,
1884, to Mary Ready Ragland. |
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Joseph M. Doty (1820-1868) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Martinsburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., April, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Ogdensburg,
N.Y., 1845-47.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 19,
1868 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David E. Doyle —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; letter
carrier; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1935-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Knights
of Equity.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Thomas Jefferson Dryer (1808-1879) —
also known as Thomas J. Dryer —
of Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New York, 1808.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Multnomah County,
1857; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Hawaiian Islands, 1861-63.
Died in 1879
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robin Chandler Duke (1923-2016) —
also known as Grace Esther Tippett; Robin
Chandler —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
13, 1923.
Democrat. Model;
journalist; stockbroker;
U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 2000-01.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 2016 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Carolina Memorial Park, North Charleston, S.C.
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Dwight and Mary (Edwards) Dwight; married to Abigail
Alsop; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin of Aaron
Burr and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin five times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge and Greene
Carrier Bronson; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge and Elisha
Hunt Allen; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, William
Chapman Williston, William
Fessenden Allen, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Maurice
Lauchlin Wright, George
Landon Ingraham, George
Williston Nash, Charles
Dunsmore Millard, Franklin
Clark Pomeroy and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Morris
Woodruff, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frederick Shaw Easton Jr. —
also known as Frederick S. Easton, Jr. —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chair of
Lewis County Democratic Party, 1910; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1920; defeated, 1909.
Interment at Lowville
Rural Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Shaw Easton and Anna S. (House) Easton. |
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Frederick H. E. Ebstein (1847-1916) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Militsch, Prussia (now Milicz, Poland),
April
21, 1847.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; major in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
8, 1916 (age 68 years, 293
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Jeanie V. Smith. |
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper publisher; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Clement Stanislaus Edwards (b. 1869) —
also known as Clement S. Edwards —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1869.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1911-17; Santo Domingo, 1917-19; Paris, 1919-20; Frankfort, 1920; Hamburg, 1920; Kovno, 1921-24; Valencia, 1924-30; Bradford, 1930-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas D. Edwards (1847-1935) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Floyd, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
30, 1847.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Lead,
Dakota Territory, 1883-86; U.S. Consul in Ciudad Juarez, 1905-17; Cornwall, 1917-22.
Died in Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., August
3, 1935 (age 88 years, 95
days).
Interment at South Lead Cemetery, Lead, S.Dak.
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Anthony Eickhoff (1827-1901) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lippstadt, Westphalia (now Germany),
September
11, 1827.
Democrat. Founder or editor of several German-language
newspapers, in St. Louis, Mo., Dubuque, Iowa, and New York
City; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1864; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877-79; defeated,
1878; New York City Fire Commissioner, 1891-96.
German
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 1901 (age 74 years, 55
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907-1991) —
also known as Thomas H. Eliot —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 14,
1907.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944.
Unitarian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
14, 1991 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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J. Louis Engdahl (1884-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
11, 1884.
Writer
and editor for Socialist and Communist newspapers; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Workers), 1926 (Workers Communist);
Communist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930; Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1931.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Moscow, Russia,
November
21, 1932 (age 48 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Russell Errett (1817-1891) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1817.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1868-69; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1871-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1877-83.
Died in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 7,
1891 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Chartiers
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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George Winthrop Fairchild (1854-1924) —
also known as George W. Fairchild —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 6,
1854.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1907-19 (24th District 1907-13,
34th District 1913-19); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1916.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
31, 1924 (age 70 years, 239
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Oneonta, N.Y.
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Francis Frederick Fargo (1824-1891) —
also known as Francis F. Fargo; Frank
Fargo —
of California.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., April
27, 1824.
Newspaper publisher; member of California
state assembly 4th District, 1861-62.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
12, 1891 (age 66 years, 260
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853-1924) —
also known as J. Sloat Fassett —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
13, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Chemung
County District Attorney, 1879-80; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1880,
1892,
1904,
1908,
1916;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1884-91; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1888-92; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1891; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1891; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; banker; lumber
business.
Died in Vancouver, British
Columbia, April
21, 1924 (age 70 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett; married,
February
13, 1879, to Jennie L. Crocker (daughter of Edwin
Bryant Crocker; niece of Charles
Crocker); fourth cousin once removed of Zenas
Ferry Moody and Alfred
Clark Chapin. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Crocker-Whitehouse
family of Sacramento, California (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | The village
of Fassett,
Quebec, Canada, is named for
him. — Fassett Elementary
School, in Elmira,
New York, is named for
him. — Fassett Commons, a building
at Elmira College,
Elmira,
New York, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Jacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1965) was named for
him. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Theodore Sedgwick Fay (1807-1898) —
also known as Theodore S. Fay —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Massachusetts; Berlin, Germany.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1807.
Newspaper editor; novelist;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1853-61.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Berlin, Germany,
November
24, 1898 (age 91 years, 287
days).
Interment at Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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Henry James Feltus (1846-1926) —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
15, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Bloomington,
Ind., 1886-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., January
12, 1926 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Entombed at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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DeMyre S. Fero (1832-1916) —
also known as DeMyers S. Fero —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, July, 1832.
Auctioneer;
postmaster at Cobleskill,
N.Y., 1861-62; People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1892, 1894, 1896;
People's candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1893; newspaper editor; real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., May 19,
1916 (age 83 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Augustin William Ferrin (1875-1976) —
also known as Augustin W. Ferrin —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
1, 1875.
Newspaper reporter; magazine editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-29; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-40.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, in a nursing
home, in Marion
County, W.Va., March
17, 1976 (age 100 years,
198 days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van Hoosen)
Ferrin. |
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Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden (1813-1895) —
also known as C. B. H. Fessenden —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 17,
1813.
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County, 1842; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-61; newspaper editor; Bristol
County Sheriff, 1863-69.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
16, 1895 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Benjamin
Fessenden; married, June 21,
1842, to Sarah A. H. Fitch; nephew of Nathaniel
Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter
Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison
Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John
Milton Fessenden and Reuben
Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel
Otis, James
Deering Fessenden, Henry
Nichols Blake, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda
Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James
Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Rawson Taft, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Asa H.
Otis and Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Marshall Field (1893-1956) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
28, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948.
Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Died, of brain
cancer, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1956 (age 63 years, 41
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field; married 1916 to Evelyn
Marshall; married 1930 to Audrey
(Janes) Coats; married 1936 to Ruth
(Pruyn) Phipps. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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Hamilton Fish (b. 1951) —
of New York.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
5, 1951.
Democrat. Publisher of The Nation magazine, 1977-87;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1988 (primary, 20th District), 1994
(19th District).
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); brother of Alexa
Fish Ward; grandson of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); great-grandson of Alfred
Clark Chapin and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); great-grandnephew of Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902); second great-grandson of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third great-grandson of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833); third great-grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; fourth great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); fourth great-grandnephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; fifth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; sixth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and James
Alexander; sixth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); seventh great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant and Pieter
Van Brugh; seventh great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
de Peyster; first cousin thrice removed of John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin five times removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Robert Livingston, Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin seven times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); second cousin twice removed of Charles
Mann Hamilton and Robert
Winthrop Kean; second cousin five times removed of James
Jay, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Edward
Livingston, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Peter
Augustus Jay, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Howard Kean; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Arthur
Beebe Chapin; fourth cousin of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.. |
| | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Francis Durrell Flanders (1812-1881) —
also known as Francis D. Flanders —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
19, 1812.
Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1844; Franklin
County Clerk, 1853.
Died in Franklin
County, N.Y., January
27, 1881 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Gelston Floyd (1806-1881) —
also known as John G. Floyd —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Mastic, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
5, 1806.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1839-43, 1851-53 (17th District
1839-43, 1st District 1851-53); member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1848-49.
Died in Mastic, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
5, 1881 (age 75 years, 242
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Suffolk County, N.Y.
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Benjamin Folsom (b. 1847) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Folsomdale, Wyoming
County, N.Y., December
5, 1847.
Journalist; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Sheffield, 1886-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin R. Folsom and Mary (Rathbone) Folsom; married, October
11, 1893, to Ella Blanchard Howard. |
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Eugene Foster (1860-1928) —
of Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in Caroga town, Fulton
County, N.Y., August
8, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper editor; chair of
Gladwin County Republican Party, 1892-1928; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 28th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1909-12.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Foresters;
Woodmen.
Died, probably from heart
disease, in his office
at the Gladwin County Record newspaper, Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich., October
2, 1928 (age 68 years, 55
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, Mich.
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William Dudley Foulke (1848-1935) —
of Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
20, 1848.
Lawyer;
writer;
poet;
reformer and woman suffrage advocate; member of Indiana
state senate, 1883-86; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission,
1901-03; newspaper editor.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., May 30,
1935 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Foulke and Hannah (Shoemaker) Foulke; married to Mary
Taylor Reeves. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, May 1902 |
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Charles Spencer Francis (1853-1911) —
also known as Charles S. Francis —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., June 17,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Minister to
Greece, 1901-02; Romania, 1901-02; Serbia, 1901-02; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1906-10.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1911
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Morgan Francis (1823-1897) —
also known as John M. Francis —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in 1823.
Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1871-73; Portugal, 1882-84; Austria-Hungary, 1884-85; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894.
Died in 1897
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Clinton Frisbee (1801-1873) —
also known as Henry C. Frisbee —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., March
27, 1801.
Newspaper editor; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1845.
Died in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
9, 1873 (age 72 years, 227
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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Daniel Dodge Frisbie (1859-1931) —
also known as Daniel D. Frisbie —
of Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
30, 1859.
Newspaper publisher; insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1900-01, 1909-12; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1911.
Died in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., August
6, 1931 (age 71 years, 249
days).
Interment at Middleburgh
Cemetery, Middleburgh, N.Y.
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Frank Ernest Gannett (1876-1957) —
also known as Frank E. Gannett —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
15, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; founder of Gannett
newspaper chain; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1936; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1940;
Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1942.
Unitarian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Elks; Rotary.
Died December
3, 1957 (age 81 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Guy Patterson Gannett (1881-1954) —
also known as Guy P. Gannett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
27, 1881.
Republican. Publisher of newspapers and owner of radio
stations; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1916;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1917-18; member of Maine
state senate 7th District, 1919-20; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1920-28.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
24, 1954 (age 72 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Barent Gardenier (1776-1822) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 28,
1776.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1807-11 (7th District 1807-09, 5th
District 1809-11); district attorney, 1813-15; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
10, 1822 (age 45 years, 166
days).
Interment at Old
Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Seth Merrill Gates (1800-1877) —
also known as Seth M. Gates —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Winfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
10, 1800.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1832; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1839-43; Free Soil
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1848; lumber and
hardware
merchant; postmaster.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
24, 1877 (age 76 years, 318
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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James William Gazlay (1784-1874) —
also known as James W. Gazlay —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1784.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1823-25; newspaper
editor.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 8,
1874 (age 89 years, 320
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Henry George Jr. (1862-1916) —
of Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
3, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper work; Jeffersonian Democratic candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-15 (17th District 1911-13,
21st District 1913-15).
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1916 (age 54 years, 11
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed
in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August
2, 1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Robert Henry Gittins (1869-1957) —
also known as Robert H. Gittins —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Sloatsburg, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
14, 1869.
Democrat. Coal,
grain,
and lumber
dealer; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1911-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 40th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914; newspaper publisher; postmaster at Niagara
Falls, N.Y., 1916-20 (acting, 1916-17).
Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital,
Tuxedo, Orange
County, N.Y., December
25, 1957 (age 88 years, 11
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakwood
Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924) —
also known as Martin H. Glynn —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Valatie, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
27, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
owner and editor of Albany Times-Union newspaper; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1899-1901; defeated,
1900; New York
state comptroller, 1907-08; defeated, 1908; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1913; Governor of
New York, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1916
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1924.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
First
Catholic governor of New York State; brokered peace and independence
for Ireland in 1921.
Killed
himself, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
14, 1924 (age 53 years, 78
days).
Entombed at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Elnathan O'Meara Goodrich (1824-1881) —
also known as E. O'Meara Goodrich —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia Township, Bradford
County, Pa., June 23,
1824.
Newspaper publisher; Bradford
County Prothonotary, 1860-66; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1869-81;
died in office 1881.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., January
28, 1881 (age 56 years, 219
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Achsah (Parsons) Goodrich and Elisha Sheldon
Goodrich. |
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George Congdon Gorham (1832-1909) —
also known as George C. Gorham —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 5,
1832.
Newspaper editor; Union candidate for Governor of
California, 1867; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1868-.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1909 (age 76 years, 221
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) —
also known as Alfred L. M. Gottschalk —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Newspaper correspondent; sugar grower;
U.S. Consul in Callao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1905-06; Mexico City, 1906-08; , 1908-11; Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship
Cyclops, during World
War I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers who perished
when the ship sank, in
the North
Atlantic Ocean, March, 1918
(age 45
years, 0 days). The wreckage was never
found.
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Relatives: Son
of L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)
Gottschalk. |
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James Lorimer Graham (c.1832-1876) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1832.
Editor, Putnam's magazine; librarian;
U.S. Consul in Florence, 1869-76.
Died April
30, 1876 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Porta
a Pinti or English Cemetery, Firenze, Italy.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Burr Graham, Jr. and Marie Antoinette (McCoskry)
Graham. |
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Horace Greeley (1811-1872) —
also known as "Old Honesty"; "Old White
Hat" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1811.
Founder and editor of the New York Tribune newspaper;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated
(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1860;
after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty for
Confederates; offered bail in May 1867 for Jefferson
Davis; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1866-70; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
New
York state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Died in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
29, 1872 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue at City Hall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Herald Square, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married, July 5,
1836, to Mary Y. Cheney; second cousin of Wallace
M. Greeley. |
| | Cross-reference: Josiah
B. Grinnell |
| | Greeley counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | The city
of Greeley,
Colorado, is named for
him. — Horace Greeley High
School, in Chappaqua,
New York, is named for
him. — Mount
Horace Greeley, in Keweenaw
County, Michigan, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Horace Greeley (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was named for
him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: Horace
G. Snover
— Horace
G. Knowles
— Horace
Greeley Dawson, Jr.
|
| | Personal motto: "Go West, young
man." |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | Books by Horace Greeley: American
conflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of
America, 1860-1865 (1869) — Recollections
Of A Busy Life |
| | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.
Van Deusen, Horace
Greeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.
Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg, Spread
the truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,
Horace
Greeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross, Go
West Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision for
America — J. Parton, The
Life of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York
Tribune |
| | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Anthony Jerome Griffin (1866-1935) —
also known as Anthony J. Griffin;
"Altair" —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1911-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1918-35; died in
office 1935.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of heart
disease, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
13, 1935 (age 68 years, 287
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) —
also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr.
Alaska" —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; writer; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two
Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave
President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War.
Died of cancer in
Washington,
D.C., June 26,
1974 (age 87 years, 140
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Henry Anatole Grunwald (1922-2005) —
also known as Henry Grunwald; Heinz Anatol
Grunwald —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
December
3, 1922.
Editor-in-chief of Time magazine; U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1987-90.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 2005 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin F. Gue (1828-1904) —
of Scott
County, Iowa; Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Greene
County, N.Y., December
25, 1828.
Newspaper editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1858-62; member of Iowa
state senate, 1862-66; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1866-68.
Died in Polk
County, Iowa, June 4,
1904 (age 75 years, 162
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Guggenheim —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West End, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
23, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining and
smelting
business; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, of
Newsday, the daily newspaper of Long Island, New York.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer,
in Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1971 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian;
later Catholic.
English,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Hall (1814-1891) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hall —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Colorado.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., July 23,
1814.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1844; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1852-53; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1863-65.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1891 (age 77 years, 45
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Joseph Nelson Hallock (1861-1942) —
also known as Joseph N. Hallock —
of Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
16, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1899-1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1942
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Southold, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Hallock and Maria J. (Dickerson) Hallock; married to Ella
Boldry. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
19, 1913.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1937; member of
New
York state senate, 1941-54 (2nd District 1941-44, 4th District
1945-54); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-73 (4th District 1959-63, 6th
District 1963-73); defeated, 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died from complications of pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
10, 1997 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Laurens M. Hamilton —
of Sterlington, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Republican. Active in journalism and banking;
candidate for New York
state senate 24th District, 1932; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1934-37; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 6,
1808.
Whig. Lawyer; Lorain
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1894 (age 86 years, 140
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Walter Charles Hamm (1847-1922) —
also known as Walter C. Hamm —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
25, 1847.
Editorial writer for Philadelphia Press newspaper, 1883-1903;
U.S. Consul in Hull, 1903-11; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1914-19.
Died in 1922
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Richard Lockhart Hand (1839-1914) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., February
15, 1839.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1885, 1893.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law; Chi Psi.
Died October
7, 1914 (age 75 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
28, 1868.
Lawyer;
editor, Collier's Weekly magazine, 1903-12; Harper's Weekly,
1913-16; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1919.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
29, 1937 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil
engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister
to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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George W. Hartmann (b. 1904) —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1904.
Socialist. Editor, Social Frontier magazine; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of The Weekly
People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.), April 14,
1948 |
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Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1840-41; railroad
builder; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York City Police
Department; the New York Times called him "the brains of the
department.".
English
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1884 (age 74 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
29, 1863.
Newspaper publishing magnate; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1903-07; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1904;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905 (Municipal Ownership), 1909;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1906; Independence League candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910; movie
producer in 1915-21; the film
Citizen Kane is based on his life.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1951 (age 88 years, 107
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Anson Herrick (1812-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
21, 1812.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1863-65.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1868 (age 56 years, 16
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Elliot S. M. Hill (1820-1871) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
6, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1866-69.
Died September
29, 1871 (age 50 years, 297
days).
Interment somewhere in Troy, Pa.
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
23, 1877.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-55; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
English
ancestry.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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James W. Hine (b. 1846) —
of Lowell, Kent
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in West Meredith, Delaware
County, N.Y., 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1883.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
Republican. Colonel 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; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
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 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
18, 1872.
Democrat. Magazine editor and publisher; one of the founding
members of the NAACP, 1909; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1924; president,
Rollins College, 1925-49.
Member, NAACP.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., April
26, 1951 (age 78 years, 251
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Alphonso Alva Hopkins (1843-1918) —
also known as Alphonso A. Hopkins; A. H.
Linton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington Flats, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
27, 1843.
Editor, American Rural Home (weekly newspaper), 1871-84; lecturer;
university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1874 (30th District), 1876 (30th
District), 1878 (30th District), 1900 (29th District), 1912 (15th
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1875; Prohibition candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1879; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1882; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1914; Prohibition candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Baptist;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Cliffside, Bergen
County, N.J., September
25, 1918 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Horton (1859-1942) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairville, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
11, 1859.
U.S. Consul in Athens, 1893-98, 1905-06; Salonika, 1910-11; literary editor, Chicago Times-Herald
newspaper, 1899-1901; editor, literary supplement, Chicago
American newspaper, 1901-03; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1906-10; Smyrna, 1911-17, 1919-22; Budapest, 1923-24.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 5,
1942 (age 82 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Raymond Horton (1822-1894) —
also known as Thomas R. Horton —
of Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1855-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860.
Died in Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 26,
1894 (age 72 years, 0
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Fultonville, N.Y.
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Thomas Yardley Howe Jr. (1801-1860) —
also known as Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.; Thomas Yardley How
Jr. —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; president and treasurer of railroads;
inspector, Auburn Prison, 1834-38; Cayuga
County Surrogate, 1836-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1851-53; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1853.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1860 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ferdinand Augustus Hoyt (1880-1944) —
also known as Ferdinand A. Hoyt —
of Beacon, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
1, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1911; defeated,
1911; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1942.
Died in Beacon, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
8, 1944 (age 64 years, 342
days).
Interment at Milltown Cemetery, Brewster, N.Y.
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Lewis Morris Iddings (1850-1921) —
also known as Lewis M. Iddings —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rome, Italy.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
23, 1850.
Republican. Worked at New York Tribune and New York Evening
Post newspapers, 1876-91; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1905-10; representative of American Red Cross in Italy
during World War I; director, American War Relief Clearing House in
Italy.
Episcopalian.
Died December
26, 1921 (age 71 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis J. Iddings and Jane (Chesney) Iddings; married, October
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John Nathaniel Ingersoll (1817-1881) —
also known as John N. Ingersoll —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.; Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in North Castle town, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 4,
1817.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1849, 1869-70 (Chippewa County
1849, Shiawassee County 1st District 1869-70); member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1861-62; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868;
mayor of Corunna, Mich.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., May 13,
1881 (age 64 years, 9
days).
Interment at Pine
Tree Cemetery, Corunna, Mich.
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Orange Jacobs (1827-1914) —
of Jacksonville, Jackson
County, Ore.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 2,
1827.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1869-75; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1875-79; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1879-80; member
Washington territorial council, 1885-87; superior court judge in
Washington, 1896-1900.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 21,
1914 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Meyer Jacobstein (1880-1963) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1880.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1923-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Jewish.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April
18, 1963 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Amaziah Bailey James (1812-1883) —
also known as Amaziah B. James; A. B.
James —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Stephentown, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 1,
1812.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1854-76; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1877-81.
Died in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 6,
1883 (age 71 years, 5
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Henry M. James (b. 1885) —
also known as Harry M. James —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
18, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1926-30; defeated, 1930;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) —
also known as Thomas L. James —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
29, 1831.
Republican. Canal toll
collector; newspaper publisher; customs
inspector; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1873-81; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1881-82; bank
director; mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1896.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, following several strokes of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
11, 1916 (age 85 years, 166
days).
Entombed at Church
of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Eliot Janeway (1913-1993) —
also known as Eliot Jacobstein; "Calamity
Janeway" —
of Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
1, 1913.
Democrat. Economist;
economic advisor to Presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Lyndon
Johnson; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Redding, 1948;
newspaper columnist.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and heart
problems, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1993 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Reuben Jelliff (1854-1936) —
also known as Fred R. Jelliff —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., September
17, 1936 (age 81 years, 358
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Fletcher Gould Jelliff and Mary White (Wilcox) Jelliff; married,
February
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Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
12, 1853.
Author;
poet;
Editor, Century Magazine, 1909-13; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1920-21.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
14, 1937 (age 84 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ambrose Latting Jordan (1789-1865) —
also known as Ambrose L. Jordan —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., May 5,
1789.
Whig. Lawyer; Otsego
County Surrogate, 1815-18; Otsego
County District Attorney, 1818-20; newspaper editor;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1825; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1826-29; resigned 1829; in September
1845, during a trial, he and the opposing counsel (New York Attorney
General John
Van Buren) came to
blows in the courtroom; both were sentenced
to 24 hours in jail; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; New York
state attorney general, 1848-49.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 16,
1865 (age 76 years, 72
days).
Interment at Hudson
City Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.
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