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Phi Beta Kappa
Politician members
in New York

• Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) — also known as Morris Abram — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga., June 19, 1918. Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December 23, 1944, to Jane McGuire. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for nomination for U.S. Senator from New York, 1968; president of Brandeis University, 1968-70. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Urban League; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Died in a hospital at Geneva, Switzerland, March 16, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elliott Abramson (b. 1939) — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Bayside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 26, 1939. Son of Max Abramson and Kate (Heichman) Abramson; married 1964 to Rochelle Lattman. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Dean Alfange (1899-1989) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey, December 2, 1899. Married to Thalia Perry. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1941; American Labor candidate for Governor of New York, 1942. Greek ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Order of Ahepa; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Delta Epsilon. One of the founders of the Liberal Party of New York. Died, of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 24, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Sidney H. Asch (b. 1919) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., 1919. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1953-61; resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960. Jewish. Member, American Arbitration Association; Zionist Organization of America; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1961.
  
  
• Robert Gaylord Barnes (1914-1977) — of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., October 18, 1914. Son of George Emerson Barnes and Myrtle Kendall (Montague) Barnes; married, April 10, 1942, to Natalie Jane Stirling. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1964-66; manager of international government relations, Mobil Oil Corporation. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., October 24, 1977. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Bruce Barton (1886-1967) — also known as "Advertiser"; "The Advertising King"; "The Great Repealer" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Robbins, Scott County, Tenn., August 5, 1886. Son of Rev. William E. Barton and Esther Treat (Bushnell) Barton; married, October 2, 1913, to Esther M. Randall (died 1951). Republican. Author; newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided by Franklin Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican opponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940, 1944; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn (BBDO) advertising agency. Congregationalist. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 5, 1967. Interment at Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Herman Benjamin Baruch (1872-1953) — also known as Herman B. Baruch — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., April 28, 1872. Son of Simon Baruch and Belle (Wolfe) Baruch; married, February 5, 1908, to Rosemary Emetaz; married, October 22, 1949, to Anna Marie Baroness Mackay. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932, 1952; Presidential Elector for New York, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1945-47; Netherlands, 1947-49. Jewish. Member, American Arbitration Association; Kappa Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Wyandanch, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., March 15, 1953. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward Murray Bassett (1863-1948) — also known as Edward M. Bassett — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 7, 1863. Son of Charles R. Bassett and Elvira (Rogers) Bassett; married, May 14, 1890, to Annie R. Preston. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1903-05. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 7, 1948. Interment at Ashfield Plains Cemetery, Ashfield, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Gordon Knox Bell (b. 1871) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 19, 1871. Delegate to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1915. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) — also known as Augustus W. Bennet — of Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1897. Son of William Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet; married, October 19, 1929, to Maxine Layne. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47. Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died in Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., June 5, 1983. Cremated; ashes interred at Cedar Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Adolf Augustus Berle, Jr. (1895-1971) — also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 29, 1895. Son of Adolf Augustus Berle (born 1866; clergyman) and Augusta (Wright) Berle; married, December 17, 1927, to Beatrice Bend Bishop; father of Peter A. A. Berle. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist; law professor; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46. Congregationalist. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 17, 1971. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Adolf A. Berle: Latin America : Diplomacy and Reality (1962); American Economic Republic (1963); Power Without Property : A New Development in American Political Economy (1959); Navigating the Rapids, 1918-1971 (1973); Power (1969); Tides of Crisis : A Primer of Foreign Relations (1957); The Twentieth-Century Capitalist Revolution (1954); The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1933)
  • Books about Adolf A. Berle: Jordan A. Schwarz, Liberal : Adolf A. Berle and the Vision of an American Era
  
  
• Nathan Bijur (1862-1930) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1862. Son of Asher Bijur and Pauline (Sondheim) Bijur; married 1886 to Lilly Pronich. Republican. Lawyer; took part in railroad reorganizations and the creation of the Southern Railway; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-30; died in office 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1926-30; died in office 1930. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Society for International Law; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from pleurisy and empyema, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 8, 1930. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) — also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack Bingham — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 24, 1914. Son of Hiram Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham; brother of Hiram Bingham, Jr.; married 1939 to June Rossbach. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York state senate, 1958; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73, 22nd District 1973-83). Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 3, 1986. Interment at Bingham Family Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
  • See also Bingham family of Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Abel E. Blackmar (c.1859-1931) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y. Married 1888 to Adelle Marx. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated, 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, Interborough Rapid Transit Company, 1922-31. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 14, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Breckinridge Board, Jr. (b. 1931) — also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. — of Scotia, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Princeton, Gibson County, Ind., March 5, 1931. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; university professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1993.
  
  
• Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) — also known as Richard Bolling — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 17, 1916. Great-great-grandson of John Williams Walker; great-grandnephew of Percy Walker; son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling; married, June 7, 1945, to Barbara Stratton. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1991. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Walker family of Alabama
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Gerald Bress (b. 1908) — also known as David G. Bress — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 7, 1908. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1965-69. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1969.
  
  
• Jack E. Bronston (b. 1922) — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., January 10, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1959-78 (5th District 1959-65, 11th District 1966, 12th District 1967-78); defeated, 1956. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1978.
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., April 2, 1862. Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler; married 1887 to Susanna Edwards Schuyler (died 1903); married, March 5, 1907, to Kate La Montagne. Republican. University professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888; President of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920; co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not serve; blind in his later years. Episcopalian. Member, American Historical Association; American Philosophical Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died, of bronchio-pneumonia, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 7, 1947. Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  
  
• Charles Raymond Cameron (b. 1875) — also known as Charles R. Cameron — of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in York, Livingston County, N.Y., June 25, 1875. Son of John Cameron and Catherine (McDougall) Cameron. U.S. Consul in Tacna, 1919-20; Pernambuco, 1920-23; Tokyo, 1923-25; Sao Paulo, 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Sao Paulo, 1930-33; Havana, 1934-35; Tokyo, 1938. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (1858-1943) — also known as Aaron V. S. Cochrane — of Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., March 14, 1858. Nephew of Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick; son of Francis Cochrane and Barbara Cochrane; married, October 10, 1882, to Margaret M. Hawyer. Republican. Lawyer; Columbia County District Attorney, 1889-92; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1897-1901; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1902-28; resigned 1928; president, Farmers Bank of Hudson. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., September 7, 1943. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in St. Louis, Mo., December 22, 1869. Son of John Peck Colby and Frances (Bainbridge) Colby; married 1929 to Mrs. Joseph N. Ely. Lawyer; attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"); member of New York state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; among the founders of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912; Progressive candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920; U.S. Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner of Woodrow Wilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua County, N.Y., April 11, 1950. Interment at Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
  
  
• Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known as Charles W. Cole — of New York. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., February 8, 1906. U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64. Presbyterian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Economic Association; American Historical Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1978. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) — also known as W. Sterling Cole — of Bath, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Painted Post, Steuben County, N.Y., April 18, 1904. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45, 39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57). Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Nu. Died in Washington, D.C., March 15, 1987. Interment somewhere in Bath, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ronald E. Coleman (b. 1917) — of Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Roulette, Potter County, Pa., June 22, 1917. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1961-64. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Still living as of 1964.
  
  
• William Miller Collier (1867-1956) — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y., October 11, 1867. Son of Rev. Isaac H. Collier and Frances (Miller) Collier; married, September 13, 1893, to Frances Beardsley Ross. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president, George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Chi Psi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1956. Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
  
  
• George W. Cornell (b. 1896) — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state senate 31st District, 1959-64. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Gamma Delta. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born October 7, 1909. Great-grandson of Erastus Corning; nephew of Parker Corning; son of Edwin Corning. Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of New York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1964. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of cardio-pulmonary failure, in University Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 28, 1983. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • See also Corning family of New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Erastus Corning II: Paul Grondahl, Mayor Corning : Albany Icon, Albany Enigma
  
  
• Kenneth F. Cramer (b. 1894) — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., October 3, 1894. Son of Frank Henry Cramer and Stella Sophia (Brown) Cramer; married, January 3, 1920, to Ruth Rose Fuller. Republican. Coal business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1928-33; member of Connecticut state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936; general in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, American Legion; Purple Heart; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Griswold Crane (1877-1955) — also known as A. G. Crane — of Wyoming. Born in Davenport Center, Delaware County, N.Y., September 1, 1877. Republican. Secretary of state of Wyoming, 1947-51; Governor of Wyoming, 1949-51. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Kappa. Died August 21, 1955. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Frederick Morgan Davenport (1866-1956) — also known as Frederick M. Davenport — of Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., August 27, 1866. Son of David Davenport and Annie L. (Green) Davenport; married, January 2, 1899, to Edith Jefferson Andrus (daughter of John Emory Andrus). College professor; member of New York state senate 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of New York, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928; U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated (Republican), 1932, 1934. Member, American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1956. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John William Davis (1873-1955) — also known as John W. Davis — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 13, 1873. Son of John James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis; married, June 20, 1899, to Julia T. McDonald (died 1900); married, January 2, 1912, to Ellen G. Bassel (died 1943); first cousin of Cyrus Roberts Vance. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; candidate for President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 24, 1955. Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also Davis-Vance family of West Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Charles Desmond (b. 1887) — also known as Thomas C. Desmond — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., September 15, 1887. Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond; married, August 16, 1923, to Alice B. Curtis (who later married Hamilton Fish, Jr.). Republican. Engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1940; member of New York state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District 1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58). Episcopalian. Member, Grange; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Redmen; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888. Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of Allen Welsh Dulles. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1959. Died of cancer and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: Edward Corsi
  • See also Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• 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. Son of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van Hoosen) Ferrin. Newspaper reporter; magazine editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-30; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-38. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in a nursing home, in Marion County, W.Va., March 17, 1976. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  
  
• Edward Ridley Finch (b. 1873) — also known as Edward R. Finch — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 15, 1873. Son of Edward L. Finch and Annie Ridley (Crane) Finch; married, January 18, 1913, to Mary Livingston Delafield. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1902-04; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-34; appointed 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1933; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1935-40. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) — of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 16, 1948. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000, 2004. Female. Jewish. Member, League of Women Voters; National Organization for Women; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2004.
  
  
• George Frankenthaler (1886-1968) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 14, 1886. Son of Louis Frankenthaler and Mary (Strauss) Frankenthaler; married 1915 to Marion Hendricks (died 1961); brother of Alfred Frankenthaler; father-in-law of Richard Lewisohn, Jr.. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936, 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944; defeated, 1943 (Judiciary), 1944. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 10, 1968. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Frankenthaler family of New York
  
  
• Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) — also known as Louis J. Freeh — of New York. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 6, 1950. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001. Still living as of 2001.
  • Books by Louis J. Freeh: My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror (2006)
  
  
• Betty Friedan (1921-2006) — also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., February 4, 1921. Daughter of Harry Goldstein and Miriam (Horowitz) Goldstein; married, June 12, 1947, to Carl Friedan (divorced 1969). Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984. Female. Jewish and Russian ancestry. Member, National Organization for Women; Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to National Women's Hall of Fame. Died, of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., February 4, 2006. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books by Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique; The Second Stage; The Fountain of Age; Life So Far
  
  
• Robert Jackson Gamble (1851-1924) — also known as Robert J. Gamble — of Yankton, Yankton County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born near Akron, Genesee County, N.Y., February 7, 1851. Son of Robert Gamble and Jennie A. (Abernethy) Gamble; brother of John Rankin Gamble; married, March 26, 1884, to Carrie S. Osborn; father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1901-13. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., September 22, 1924. Interment at Yankton Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
  • See also Gamble family of South Dakota and New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Son of Joseph Charles Gannett and Maria (Brooks) Gannett; married 1920 to Caroline Werner. 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, Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa. Died December 3, 1957. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (b. 1877) — also known as Virginia C. Gildersleeve — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 3, 1877. Daughter of Henry Alger Gildersleeve and Virginia (Crocheron) Gildersleeve. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1920. Female. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 23, 1936. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District 1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984; candidate in primary for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1989. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Council on Foreign Relations; NAACP; B'nai B'rith; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2001.
  
  
• Frederick Winter Griffith (b. 1858) — also known as Frederick W. Griffith — of Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y. Born in Phelps town, Ontario County, N.Y., December 17, 1858. Father of Henry Watson Griffith. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Wayne County, 1900-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; member of New York state senate 42nd District, 1910-12. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John P. Gualtieri (b. 1903) — of Rome, Oneida County, N.Y.; Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., July 24, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Michael J. Larkin, 1929-37; Presidential Elector for New York, 1956; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1964. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James A. Hamilton (b. 1876) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 24, 1876. Democrat. School teacher; member of New York state senate 22nd District, 1915-16; secretary of state of New York, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928. Member, Delta Chi; Phi Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) — also known as Clarence E. Hancock — of Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., February 13, 1885. Son of Theodore E. Hancock and Martha B. (Connelly) Hancock; married, October 5, 1912, to Emily W. Shonk. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45, 36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Died in a hospital at Washington, D.C., January 3, 1948. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles A. Harwood (1880-1950) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1880. Son of Israel Harwood and Johanna Harwood; married 1915 to Alma H. Hendricks. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1910; U.S. District Judge for Canal Zone, 1937-38; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1941-46. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y., October 23, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Charles Montgomery Hathaway, Jr. (b. 1874) — also known as Charles M. Hathaway, Jr. — of Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Deposit, Delaware County, N.Y., March 31, 1874. Son of Charles Montgomery Hathaway and Eliza (Grant) Hathaway; married 1904 to Frances Elizabeth Warner (daughter of Adoniram Judson Warner). U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1911-13; Hull, 1914-17; Queenstown, 1917-20; Bombay, 1921-22; Dublin, 1922-24; U.S. Consul General in Dublin, 1924-27; Munich, 1927-38. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) — also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 29, 1919. Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian Archibald Herter; married, June 10, 1944, to Suzanne Clery (divorced 1963); married, August 18, 1963, to Susan Cable (divorced); married to Catherine Hooker. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company; law professor. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington, D.C., September 16, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• George Horton (b. 1859) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Washington, D.C. Born in Fairville (unknown county), N.Y., October 11, 1859. Son of Peter Davis Horton and Mary Sophia (Aiken) Horton; married 1909 to Catherine Sacopoulo. 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, 1924. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875-1955) — also known as Jessie W. Hughan — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 25, 1875. Daughter of Samuel Hughan and Margaret Hughan. Socialist. Candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1918; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1922 (16th District), 1924 (17th District), 1928 (15th District), 1934 (15th District); candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1926; candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1932. Female. Scottish, English, and French ancestry. Member, Alpha Omicron Pi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 10, 1955. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) — also known as George L. Ingalls — of Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Conn., June 7, 1914. Son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls; married, December 12, 1942, to Dorothy M. Joggerst. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65, 125th District 1966). Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees; Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Trustee of the New York Power Authority in 1967-90; in 1991, the powerhouse at the NYPA's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, in Schoharie County, was named for him. Died in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., April 10, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Raymond Vail Ingersoll (1875-1940) — also known as Raymond V. Ingersoll — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., April 3, 1875. Son of Andrew Jackson Ingersoll and Ellen (Vail) Ingersoll; married, September 29, 1908, to Marion Crary. Democrat. Lawyer; campaign manager for Alfred E. Smith, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1934-40; died in office 1940. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died, following surgery, in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 24, 1940. Interment at Friends Burying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) — also known as Irving M. Ives — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., January 24, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S. Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948, 1952, 1956; candidate for Governor of New York, 1954. Presbyterian. Member, Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi. Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., February 24, 1962. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., January 12, 1853. Son of Nimrod H. Johnson and Catherine C. (Underwood) Johnson; married, August 31, 1876, to Katharine McMahon. Author; poet; Editor, Century Magazine, 1909-13; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1920-21. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1937. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) — also known as Philip M. Kaiser — of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 12, 1913. Son of Morris Kazas and Temma (Sloven) Kazas; married, June 16, 1939, to Hannah Greeley. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; economist; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81. Ukrainian and Jewish ancestry. Member, American Political Science Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) — also known as Kenneth B. Keating — of Brighton, Monroe County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., May 18, 1900. Son of Thomas Mosgrove Keating and Louise (Barnard) Keating; married, April 11, 1928, to Louise DePuy. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952 (alternate), 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53, 38th District 1953-59); U.S. Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1969-72; Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 5, 1975. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• James Kent (1763-1847) — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Doansburg, Putnam County, N.Y., July 31, 1763. Married to Elizabeth Bailey. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1790-91, 1792-93, 1796-97 (Dutchess County 1790-91, 1792-93, New York County 1796-97); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1793; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1798. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Author of Commentaries on American Law, the first comprehensive treatment of the subject. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 12, 1847. Interment somewhere in Fishkill, N.Y. Kent County, Mich. is named for him.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known as Horatio C. King — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, December 22, 1837. Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C. Stebbins (died 1864); married 1866 to Esther A. Howard. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive candidate for New York state comptroller, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29, 1865. Died November 15, 1918. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., March 28, 1902. Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss) Lamont (died 1952); married, June 8, 1928, to Margaret Hayes Irish (c.1905-1977); married 1962 to Helen Lamb (died 1975); married 1986 to Beth Keehner; uncle of Ned Lamont. Author; lecturer; arrested on June 27, 1934, while picketing in support of a labor union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; president, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship; this organization and its leaders were investigated for subversion by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged in 1946 with contempt of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited him with contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted; pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent Socialist). Member, American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of heart failure, in Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., April 26, 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Levitt, Jr. (b. 1931) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1931. Son of Arthur Levitt. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964; chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1993-2001. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus), March 1, 1899. Son of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married 1922 to Pearl G. Spivak. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; American Labor candidate for borough president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office 1971. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Civil Liberties Union; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 4, 1971. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., October 20, 1903. Great-great-great-grandson of George Cabot; great-great-grandson of Elijah Hunt Mills; great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge; aunt of Constance Lodge (1872-1941) (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner); son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.; married, July 6, 1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (actress, ballet dancer) (brother of D. Chadwick Braggiotti); first cousin once removed of William Amory Gardner Minot; uncle of George Cabot Lodge. Republican. Lawyer; professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1965. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1985. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) — also known as Rowland B. Mahany — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 28, 1864. Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany. Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S. Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated, 1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924 (alternate), 1928. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., May 2, 1937. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Julius M. Mayer (1865-1925) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 5, 1865. Son of J. Daniel Mayer and Fannie M. (Marshuetz) Mayer. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908; New York state attorney general, 1905-06; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1912-21; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1921-24. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1925. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  
  
• George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known as George B. McClellan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany) of American parents, November 23, 1865. Great-grandson of Laban Marcy; son of George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan; married to Georgianna L. Heckscher. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896, 1900; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09;