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Jerry Edwin Abramson (b. 1946) —
also known as Jerry E. Abramson; "Mayor for
Life" —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born September
12, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1986-98, 2003-11; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1996;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 2011-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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David Aronberg (1893-1967) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
3, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
real
estate business; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1952-55, 1960-64.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., February
11, 1967 (age 73 years, 314
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) —
also known as Louis D. Brandeis —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1856.
Lawyer;
law clerk to Justice Horace
Gray, 1879-80; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
5, 1941 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at University
of Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis; brother of
Fannie Brandeis (who married Charles
Nagel) and Alfred Brandeis (brother-in-law of Walter
M. Taussig); married, March
23, 1891, to Alice Goldmark. |
| | | Political family: Taussig
family of St. Louis, Missouri. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dean
Acheson — James
M. Landis — Calvert
Magruder |
| | | Brandeis University,
in Waltham,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The Louis D. Brandeis School
of Law, in Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Louis D. Brandeis: Lewis J.
Paper, Brandeis:
An Intimate Biography of One of America's Truly Great Supreme Court
Justices — Stephen W. Baskerville, Of
Laws and Limitations : An Intellectual Portrait of Louis Dembitz
Brandeis — Philippa Strum, Louis
D. Brandeis: Justice for the People — Robert A. Burt,
Two
Jewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land |
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Lawrence S. Grauman (b. 1897) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 3,
1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1940;
common pleas court judge in Kentucky, 1950-55.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Phil J. Grauman and Dora (Hirsch) Grauman; married, June 30,
1931, to Katherine H. Heine. |
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Herman Gilbert Handmaker (1903-1964) —
also known as Herman G. Handmaker —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 23,
1903.
Lawyer;
law
professor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-33.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1964 (age 60 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Handmaker and Agnes (Jacobstein) Handmaker; married, December
6, 1932, to Esther Marie Jacobson. |
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Edward Hilpp —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884.
Jewish. German
ancestry.
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of George Huttel. |
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Benjamin Franklin Jonas (1834-1911) —
also known as Benjamin F. Jonas —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Williamsport, Johnson
County, Ky., July 19,
1834.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1865, 1876-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1868,
1884;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1879-85; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1880.
Jewish.
Died December
21, 1911 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Interment at Dispersed
of Judah Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Samuel Sale (1854-1937) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
29, 1854.
Rabbi;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896 ; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., May 19,
1937 (age 82 years, 202
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Allan M. Steinberg —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 32nd District, 1987.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1987.
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Richard Weisenberger (1938-1995) —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., April
18, 1938.
Democrat. Candidate for Kentucky
state senate 1st District.
Jewish.
Died July 29,
1995 (age 57 years, 102
days).
Interment somewhere
in Graves County, Ky.
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John A. Yarmuth (b. 1947) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
4, 1947.
Democrat. Staff member, U.S. Sen. Marlow
Cook, 1971-75; writer; television
journalist; stockbroker;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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