Josiah Cohen (b. 1840) — of Allegheny
County, Pa. Born in Plymouth, Cornwall, England,
November
29, 1840. Son of Henry Cohen and Rose Cohen; married, January
28, 1868, to Carrie Naumberg. Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Allegheny County Republican Party, 1882; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1884;
orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1901-07; common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1907-29. Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith. Among the founders
of the Union of American Hebrew Hebrew Congregations (denominational
body, now the Union for Reform Judaism); also a founder,
in 1875, of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Burial
location unknown.
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (1856-1929) — also known as
Henry M. Goldfogle — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 23,
1856. Son of Mayer Goldfogle. Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1888-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-15, 1919-21 (9th District
1901-13, 12th District 1913-15, 1919-21); defeated, 1920. Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith. Died June 1,
1929. Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
Alberto Gutman (b. 1959) — also known as Al
Gutman — of Florida. Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, January
4, 1959. Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; member of Florida
state senate 34th District, 1992-99. Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
B'nai B'rith; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Theta Kappa. In 1999, he was indicted,
along with his wife and 23 others, on charges of Medicaid
fraud and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to felony conspiracy charges
that he helped set up home health care companies that never did any
legitimate business, got names of purported patients from voter
lists, and received over $800,000 in Medicare payments; resigned
from the Florida Senate as part of the plea bargain; sentenced
in 2000 to five years in prison,
fined,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 1999.
