| | 
Jacob P. Nathanson (1901-1986) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Russia,
February
21, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1927-33; defeated
in primary, 1933.
Jewish.
Charged
in 1930 with professional
misconduct by the Brooklyn Bar Association, over his handling of
a client's $500 bail payment; suspended
from the practice of law in 1931, and ordered to pay
restitution. Indicted
in October and November 1938 on charges
of forgery,
grand
larceny, and subornation
of perjury, over his involvement in fraudulent
bail bonds; pleaded
guilty to subornation
of perjury, and testified against other conspirators; disbarred
in 1939.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 2,
1986 (age 85 years, 9
days).
Interment somewhere
in Palm Beach County, Fla.
|
| |
Clarence William Nelson (b. 1942) —
also known as Bill Nelson —
of Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., September
29, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; legislative assistant to Gov. Reubin
Askew, 1971; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1979-91 (9th District 1979-83, 11th
District 1983-91); candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2001-; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Florida, 2020
(on behalf of Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala
D. Harris).
Presbyterian.
Flew on the space
shuttle Columbia in January 1986.
Still living as of 2020.
|
| |
Lenore Carrero Nesbitt (1932-2001) —
of Florida.
Born in 1932.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1983.
Female.
Inducted into Florida Women's Hall of Fame, 2001.
Died, of cancer,
2001
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Elliott Northcott (1869-1946) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
26, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1900-08; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1904-08; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1905-09,
1922-27; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1909-10; Nicaragua, 1911; Venezuela, 1911-13; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1927-39.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Arcadia, DeSoto
County, Fla., January
3, 1946 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
|
| |
David K. Oaks —
of Alger, Arenac
County, Mich.; Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1976;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1984.
Still living as of 2001.
|
| |
Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (1916-2001) —
also known as Stephen C. O'Connell —
of Florida.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
22, 1916.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1955-67; appointed 1955; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1966-67; first
Catholic to win a statewide election in Florida, 1956; president,
University of Florida, 1967-73.
Catholic.
Died, of cancer,
in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April
13, 2001 (age 85 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert Jr. (1909-1985) —
also known as Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.; Georgia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1909.
Lawyer; vice-president, Coca-Cola
Company; president, Minute
Maid Company; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1967-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Theta
Xi.
Died in 1985
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
|
 |
Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby (1867-1955) —
also known as Woodson R. Oglesby —
of Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., February
9, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1906; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1913-17; defeated,
1916.
Died in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
30, 1955 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Entombed at Eastern
Cemetery, Quitman, Ga.
|
| |
Thomas Ward Osborn (1836-1898) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1868; member of Florida
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1870-72.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1898 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
|
| |
Donald Lawrence O'Toole (1902-1964) —
also known as Donald L. O'Toole —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
1, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-53 (8th District 1937-45, 13th
District 1945-53); defeated, 1952, 1954, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., September
12, 1964 (age 62 years, 42
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
|
| |
Owen Hendricks Page Jr. (1915-1999) —
also known as Owen H. Page, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
11, 1915.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1949-52;
member of Georgia
state senate 1st District, 1955-56.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Hospice
Savannah, Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
8, 1999 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Greenwich Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
|
| |
Willis Lucullus Palmer (1854-1912) —
also known as W. L. Palmer —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born December
13, 1854.
Lawyer; president,
Hamilton College; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1891-93.
Died October
30, 1912 (age 57 years, 322
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of Jesse Alexander Palmer and Emily Geary (Cotton) Palmer; married to
Martha Bayne McAlister. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Vincent R. Panaro (1910-1998) —
of Ewing, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, October
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1956-64;
resigned 1964; mayor of
Ewing, N.J., 1958; Mercer
County Prosecutor.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach), Broward
County, Fla., September
6, 1998 (age 87 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.; Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
|
| |
Charles Breckinridge Parkhill (b. 1859) —
also known as Charles B. Parkhill —
of Florida.
Born in Leon
County, Fla., June 23,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate, 1888-90; circuit judge in Florida, 1904-05; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1905-11; appointed 1905.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of George W. Parkhill and Elizabeth (Bellamy) Parkhill; married 1884 to
Genevieve Perry; married, November
30, 1891, to Helen Wall. |
|
| |
Samuel Pasco (1834-1917) —
of Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in London, England,
June
28, 1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Florida
Democratic State Committee, 1872-80; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1876-88; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1880-90; Democratic Presidential
Elector for Florida, 1880;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1886-87; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1887; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1887-99; Democratic Presidential Elector
for Florida, 1909.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., March
13, 1917 (age 82 years, 258
days).
Interment at Roseland
Cemetery, Monticello, Fla.
|
| |
Giles Jared Patterson (b. 1885) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., October
19, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Chester County Democratic Party, 1913.
Episcopalian.
Member, Civitan;
Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
|
 |
Malcolm Rice Patterson (1861-1935) —
also known as Malcolm R. Patterson —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala., June 7,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; Shelby
County District Attorney, 1894-1900; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1901-06; resigned
1906; Governor of
Tennessee, 1907-11.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 8,
1935 (age 73 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tenn.
|
| |
William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) —
also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill
Bob" —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born, in a log
cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick
County, Va., January
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor
of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11.
Baptist.
French
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Charles Lewis Pedigo and Sarah Amanda (Taylor) Pedigo; married 1896 to Lena
Attaway. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Alexander Penelas (b. 1961) —
also known as Alex Penelas —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., December
18, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Miami-Dade County, Fla., 1996-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2004.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
|
 |
Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968
(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
speaker, 1944,
1988;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
|
| |
James Hardin Peterson (1894-1978) —
also known as J. Hardin Peterson —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
citrus
grower; Polk
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1933-51; chairman,
First State Bank of
Lakeland.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., March
28, 1978 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
|
| |
Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Vernon, 1902;
Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank
director.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps and Sarah Parker (Humphrey) Phelps;
married, October
19, 1881, to Leila Loomis Bill; married, March
28, 1900, to Elsie Edith Sykes; second cousin four times removed
of Jonathan
Ingersoll and Jared
Ingersoll; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles
Anthony Ingersoll. |
| | | Political families: Ingersoll
family of New Haven, Connecticut; Ingersoll
family of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Otis Grey Pike (1921-2014) —
also known as Otis G. Pike —
of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla.
Born in Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
31, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1961-79; defeated,
1958.
Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla., January
20, 2014 (age 92 years, 142
days).
Interment at Old Bethany Cemetery, Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y.
|
 |
Clarence Elwyn Pitts (1876-1928) —
also known as Clarence E. Pitts —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New Jersey, March
27, 1876.
Lawyer; New York Prohibition state chair, 1908-11; Prohibition
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1909, 1910, 1913;
Prohibition candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; Florida
Republican state chair, 1927.
Died in his law
office, Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., December
22, 1928 (age 52 years, 270
days).
Interment at Fernhill Memorial Gardens, Stuart, Fla.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Rev. Edwin Basil Pitts and Jennie Irene (Scouton) Pitts; married
1899 to
Pearle Stranahan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The National
Prohibitionist, June 11, 1908 |
|
| |
Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
|
| |
Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
24, 1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
|
|
|
