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George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) —
also known as George A. Arkwright —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
19, 1888.
Son of George A. Arkwright and Mary Augusta (McKeever) Arkwright.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1950-58, 1962-64; appointed 1950; Justice
of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1954-62.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Vincent R. Balletta, Jr. (1927-1996) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 7,
1927.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 18th District, 1967-70.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Lions; Sons of
Italy; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died October
15, 1996 (age 69 years, 100
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maria Sottosanti. |
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer, in
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan L. Holt. |
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William George Clark (1924-2001) —
also known as William G. Clark —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-59; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1961-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1968; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1976-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets; American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died in Skokie, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 2001 (age 77 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Edward T. Corcoran (c.1894-1937) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Mechanicville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., about 1894.
Son of Dominic Corcoran.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District 1937,
but died before taking office.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Legion; Elks;
Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Rockefeller Institute hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1937 (age about 43
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret M. McCosker. |
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Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987) —
also known as Francis E. Dorn —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 18,
1911.
Son of J. J. Dorn and Adelaide (Leman) Dorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1941-42;
defeated, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1948, 1950; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild; Eagles; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer, in
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1987 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James W. Feely —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1939-46, 1949-51.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William F. Hagarty (1877-1950) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 30,
1877.
Son of Cornelius E. Hagarty and Julia A. (Leary) Hagarty.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, board of managers, Holy Family Hospital;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-47; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1927-47.
Catholic.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
30, 1950 (age 72 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1942
to Mary E. McGrath. |
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Walter Aloysius Lynch (1894-1957) —
also known as Walter A. Lynch —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Son of Joseph B. Lynch and Katherine (Joyce) Lynch.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-51 (22nd District 1940-45,
23rd District 1945-51); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950; New York
Democratic state chair, 1953; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-57; died in office 1957.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild; Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
10, 1957 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Susan Bieke Neilson (1956-2006) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
27, 1956.
Daughter of Ronald Bieke and Sheila Bieke.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1991-2005; appointed 1991; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 2005-06; died in
office 2006.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Soroptimists;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Catholic Lawyers Society.
Died, of pulmonary
failure due to myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 2006 (age 49 years, 151
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman car
porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
black magistrate, 1936, and first
black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 30,
1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Stanislaus Thorp, Jr. (b. 1925) —
also known as John S. Thorp, Jr. —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
29, 1925.
Son of John
Stanislaus Thorp.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Nassau County 6th District 1965, 14th
District 1966, 13th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-75); county
judge in New York; superior court judge in New York.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions;
Catholic Lawyers Guild; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Still living as of 1975.
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Relatives:
Married to Dolores Hartig. |
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