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Raymond Joseph Daba (b. 1916) —
also known as Raymond J. Daba —
of Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
17, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; municipal judge in California, 1943; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1958-60.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Marco Daba and Josephine (Paillex) Daba; married, June 4,
1944, to Margaret B. Ohlson. |
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James R. Daly (b. 1890) —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 13,
1890.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Guaira, 1916-17; U.S. Consular Agent in Ciudad Bolivar, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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John Dalzell (1845-1927) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Swissvale, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-1913 (22nd District
1887-1903, 30th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
2, 1927 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Edwin Dannemeyer (1929-2019) —
also known as William E. Dannemeyer; Bill
Dannemeyer —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in South Gate, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
22, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1962-66, 1976-77; candidate for California
state senate, 1966; superior court judge in California, 1966-76;
U.S.
Representative from California 39th District, 1979-93.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Thousand Palms, Riverside
County, Calif., July 9,
2019 (age 89 years, 290
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Scott Edward Darling (b. 1949) —
of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
31, 1949.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1982.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives: Son
of Dick Darling and Marjorie Helen Darling. |
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Joseph Graham Davis Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Gray Davis —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
26, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
war; chief of staff for Gov. Jerry
Brown, 1974-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-87; California
state controller, 1987-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
1996
(delegation co-chair), 2000,
2004;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1995-99; Governor of
California, 1999-2003.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lloyd Davis (c.1915-2001) —
of South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., about 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1967-70.
Catholic.
Member, Sierra
Club.
On October 26, 1969, he stabbed
his wife, Mary Troja Davis, with a 9-inch butcher knife; she
recovered. Charged
with felony assault to commit murder;
tried
in 1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Years later, he
attributed the incident to a skin cancer drug.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 2001 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Edward Day (1914-1996) —
also known as J. Edward Day —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
11, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1961-63.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Implemented the ZIP code.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hunt Valley, Prince
George's County, Md., October
29, 1996 (age 82 years, 18
days).
Interment at Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Md.
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John M. Days (1831-1901) —
of Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Hull, England,
January
30, 1831.
Republican. Tailor;
lawyer; member of California
state assembly 21st District, 1867-69, 1871-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1868;
member of California
state senate 13th District, 1885; defeated, 1875.
Died in Summerland, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
16, 1901 (age 70 years, 320
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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John Jefferson DeHaven (1845-1913) —
also known as John J. DeHaven —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
12, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1867-69; member of California
state assembly 27th District, 1869-71; member of California
state senate, 1871-73; superior court judge in California,
1884-89; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1889-90; defeated,
1882; justice of
California state supreme court, 1890-95; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1897-1903.
Died in Yountville, Napa
County, Calif., January
26, 1913 (age 67 years, 320
days).
Interment at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Arthur K. Delaney (1841-1905) —
of Horicon, Dodge
County, Wis.; Mayville, Dodge
County, Wis.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Fort Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1869-70; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1881-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1885-87;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1888,
1892;
mayor
of Juneau, Alaska, 1900-01.
Died in Paso Robles, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., January
21, 1905 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Dempster (c.1879-1941) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1901-02; Supreme Secretary of the
Fraternal Brotherhood, an insurance
union; on February 1, 1917, when he was ousted
by the brotherhood's Supreme Council on grounds of insubordination,
he drew
a revolver and held the council at bay for ten minutes; after
being disarmed by a private detective, he was arrested
for disturbing the peace; candidate for California
state senate 31st District, 1920; member of California
state assembly, 1931-34 (57th District 1931-32, 61st District
1933-34); candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1932, 1933 (primary).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1941 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Warner. |
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William Denman (1872-1959) —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
7, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917; resigned
1917; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1935-57; took
senior status 1957.
Died March 9,
1959 (age 86 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Crawford Denson (1839-1917) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Nevada; San
Francisco, Calif.; Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Ursa, Adams
County, Ill., September
23, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in California 6th District,
1876-81; superior court judge in California, 1881-83; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1885-86; Ormsby County District
Attorney, 1886-88; director and general counsel, Pacific Coast Steel
Company.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif., July 26,
1917 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Dent (1823-1874) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 3,
1823.
Lawyer; circuit judge in California; elected 1850; candidate
for Governor of
Mississippi, 1869.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
22, 1874 (age 51 years, 19
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Jennifer DePalma (born c.1974) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1974.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Image source:
San Francisco Chronicle, October 18, 2004 |
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Gerald Desmond (1915-1964) —
also known as Jerry Desmond —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
12, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1956,
1960.
Died in 1964
(age about
49 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Courken George Deukmejian (b. 1928) —
also known as George Deukmejian;
"Duke" —
of California.
Born in Menands, Albany
County, N.Y., June 6,
1928.
Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1963-67; member of California
state senate, 1967-79; California
state attorney general, 1979-83; Governor of
California, 1983-91.
Episcopalian.
Member, Navy
League; American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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Marion De Vries (1865-1939) —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born near Woodbridge, San Joaquin
County, Calif., August
15, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1897-1900; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1900-10; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1910-21.
Died near Woodbridge, San Joaquin
County, Calif., September
11, 1939 (age 74 years, 27
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, San Joaquin County, Calif.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
injured during the war and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) —
also known as Julian C. Dixon —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
8, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93,
32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000;
chair, Rules Committee, chair, 1984.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a hospital
in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
8, 2000 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Henry Isidore Dockweiler (1893-1970) —
also known as Henry I. Dockweiler —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 9,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948.
Died in 1970
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Isidore Bernard Dockweiler (1867-1947) —
also known as Isidore B. Dockweiler —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1908,
1916
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1916-32; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1926.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in 1947
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Richard Donovan; Dick
Donovan —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, and died soon after, in a hospital
at Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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John Taylor Doolittle (b. 1950) —
also known as John T. Doolittle —
of Rocklin, Placer
County, Calif.; Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
30, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1981-90; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2009 (14th District 1991-93,
4th District 1993-2009).
Mormon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Vroman James Dorman (c.1909-1994) —
also known as Vroman J. Dorman —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Lemon Grove, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Parlier, Fresno
County, Calif., about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1944,
1952.
Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer,
in Lemon Grove, San Diego
County, Calif., January
14, 1994 (age about 85
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Roosevelt F. Dorn —
of Inglewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Checotah, McIntosh
County, Okla.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1980-97;
mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1997-; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; NAACP.
Still living as of 2006.
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John W. Dorsey (b. 1852) —
also known as J. W. Dorsey —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Harford
County, Md., June 4,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nevada, 1888;
member, Committee on Permanent Organization, 1876.
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde Gilman Doyle (1887-1963) —
also known as Clyde Doyle —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; South Gate, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 11,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1945-47, 1949-63 (18th District
1945-47, 1949-53, 23rd District 1953-63); defeated, 1946; died in
office 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1948,
1960.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Kiwanis.
Died of a heart
attack in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March
14, 1963 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Augustus Ducker (b. 1870) —
also known as Edward A. Ducker —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1905-10; district judge in Nevada 6th
District, 1911-18; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1918-31; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1929-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Ducker and Augusta (Woodward) Ducker; married,
March
30, 1903, to Dollie B. Guthrie. |
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Irving Bedell Dudley (1861-1911) —
also known as Irving B. Dudley —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, November
30, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1896; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1897-1907; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1907-11.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., November
27, 1911 (age 49 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Duer (1805-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1805.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1840-41; defeated, 1832; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul
in Valparaiso, 1851-53.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
25, 1879 (age 74 years, 92
days).
Interment at Silver
Mount Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Duer and Anna Bedford (Bunner) Duer; married to Lucy A. Chew;
nephew of William
Alexander Duer; grandson of William
Duer (1747-1799); great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; second great-grandson of James
Alexander; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Denning
Duer; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster, James
Parker, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Benjamin Cushing Duniway (1907-1986) —
also known as Benjamin C. Duniway —
Born in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
21, 1907.
Lawyer; Judge,
California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1959-61; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1961-76; took
senior status 1976.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
23, 1986 (age 78 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Boutwell Dunlap (1877-1930) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
14, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; historian;
nominated for U.S.
Representative from California 1st District 1904, but withdrew
before election; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in San
Francisco, Calif., 1909-30.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Delta
Chi; Society
of Colonial Wars; American
Political Science Association; American
Historical Association.
Died in his room at the Graystone Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., December
22, 1930 (age 53 years, 38
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William Dunlap and Sarah Jane (Robinson) Dunlap. |
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Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914) —
of Forrest City, St.
Francis County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.; Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
3, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1879-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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