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Benjamin J. Rabin (1896-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1945-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948-66.
Jewish.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
22, 1969 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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George Arthur Rathbun (1884-1958) —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dundee, Monroe
County, Mich., May 30,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 39th Circuit, 1930-53; resigned 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died February
16, 1958 (age 73 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Rathbun and Sarah A. (Prindle) Rathbun; married 1908 to Leila
M. Geddes. |
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John C. Rayson (b. 1949) —
of Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., March
29, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 90th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) —
of Tinley Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., August
23, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-77 (at-large 1965-67, 9th
District 1967-77).
Methodist.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of metastatic
melanoma, in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., January
8, 2001 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) —
also known as David A. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Pennsylvania Industrial
Accidents Commission, 1912-15; major in the U.S. Army during World
War I; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
10, 1953 (age 72 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Albert Lee Reeves (1873-1971) —
also known as Albert L. Reeves; Alburdah Lee
Reeves —
of Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., December
21, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1901-02;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1918; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1923-54;
took senior status 1954; senior judge, 1954-71.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Morton F. Plant Hospital,
Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
24, 1971 (age 97 years, 93
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Janet Reno (1938-2016) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 21,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S.
Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first
female U.S. attorney general; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2002.
Female.
Danish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Inducted, Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1993; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2000.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
7, 2016 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel J. Riesner (1902-1973) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1934;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate), 1968
(alternate).
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 7,
1973 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Palms Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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John Irving Rinaker (1830-1915) —
also known as John I. Rinaker —
of Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
1, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1872;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1884;
Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1895-97.
Died in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
15, 1915 (age 84 years, 75
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Carlinville, Ill.
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Stacy Joy Ritter (b. 1960) —
also known as Stacy J. Ritter —
of Parkland, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 96th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2008.
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Beryl D. Roberts (b. 1958) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
26, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1988;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 108th District, 1993-.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Bonny Kaslo Roberts (1907-1999) —
also known as B. K. Roberts —
of Florida.
Born in Sopchoppy, Wakulla
County, Fla., February
5, 1907.
Lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1949-76.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., August
4, 1999 (age 92 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Roberts and Florida (Morrison) Roberts; married to Mary
Newman. |
| | | The B.K. Roberts Main Classroom Building, at
Florida State University
College of Law, Tallahassee,
Florida, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Qualis vita, finis eta." / As
the quality of life is, so the end will be. |
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memorial |
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Grover C. Robinson III (c.1944-2000) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born about 1944.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; member
of Florida
state house of representatives, 1972-84.
Died in a helicopter
crash at Lake Manapouri, New
Zealand, March
28, 2000 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Edwin Rodham (b. 1950) —
also known as Hugh E. Rodham —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in 1950.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1994.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Dwight Laing Rogers (1886-1954) —
also known as Dwight L. Rogers —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born near Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., August
17, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1930-38; U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1945-54; died in office
1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sphinx;
Kiwanis.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
1, 1954 (age 68 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Walter Edward Rogers (1908-2001) —
also known as Walter Rogers —
of Pampa, Gray
County, Tex.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when
President John
F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a hospital
in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., May 31,
2001 (age 92 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Luis Rojas (b. 1953) —
of Florida.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
July
15, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 102nd District, 1989-.
Christian.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Thomas J. Rooney (b. 1970) —
also known as Tom Rooney —
of Tequesta, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
21, 1970.
Republican. Staff to U.S. Sen. Connie
Mack III; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 2009-13 (16th District 2009-13, 17th
District 2013).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Harry Rosen (born c.1936) —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born about 1936.
Lawyer; bank
director; mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1975-79; defeated, 1979.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1979.
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Paul L. Ross (1902-1978) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Linetz, Ukraine,
July
14, 1902.
Lawyer; American Labor candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948; vice-chair of New York
American Labor Party, 1949; American Labor candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1950.
Jewish.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., May 15,
1978 (age 75 years, 305
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Marco Rubio (b. 1971) —
of West Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., May 28,
1971.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 111th District, 2000-08; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 2007-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2011-.
Catholic;
later Evangelical
Christian. Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1890-1968) —
also known as Thomas J. Ryan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
10, 1968 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Tim Ryan (b. 1956) —
of Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dania (now Dania Beach), Broward
County, Fla., February
7, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 99th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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