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Politician members in the District of Columbia

  Gary Leonard Ackerman (b. 1942) — also known as Gary L. Ackerman — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Jamaica Estates, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 19, 1942. Democrat. School teacher; member of New York state senate 12th District, 1979-83; U.S. Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (7th District 1983-93, 5th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984, 1988 (speaker), 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known as Ralph E. Becker — of Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 29, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77. Jewish; later Episcopalian. Lithuanian and Belarusian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Jewish War Veterans; American Legion; B'nai B'rith; American Jewish Committee. Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963. Died, from congestive heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., August 24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker; married to Ann Marie Watters; father of Ralph Elihu Becker Jr..
  Mount Becker, in the Merrick Mountains of Palmer Land, Antarctica, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
Simon Wolf Simon Wolf (b. 1836) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Himzweiler, Bavaria, Germany, October 28, 1836. Republican. Lawyer; District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds, 1869-78; insurance business; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1881-82. Jewish. German ancestry. Member, B'nai B'rith. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Wolf and Amalia Wolf.
  Image source: Men of Mark in America (1906)
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