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German ancestry Politicians in Louisiana

Martin Behrman (1864-1926) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 14, 1864. Democrat. Delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1921; Louisiana state auditor, 1904-05; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1904-20, 1925-26; defeated, 1920; died in office 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1908, 1912, 1916 (member, Credentials Committee), 1924; Louisiana Democratic state chair, 1925. German and Jewish ancestry. Died, of heart disease, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., January 12, 1926 (age 61 years, 90 days). Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of Henry Behrman and Frederica Behrman; married 1887 to Julia Collins.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Martin Behrman (built 1944 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1965) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Martin Behrman: Martin Behrman of New Orleans : Memoirs of a City Boss   Image source: Library of Congress   John Depinet (b. 1855) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., November 14, 1855. Republican. Erie County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896; mayor of Erie, Pa., 1899-1901. French and German ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Michael Depinet and Mary (Ehret) Depinet; married, October 2, 1882, to Jessie Densmore.   Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) — also known as "Commodore" — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., October 13, 1877. Republican. Engineer; president, Jahncke Dry Docks, New Orleans; U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy, 1929-33; named a Commodore in 1931, and a Rear Admiral in the naval reserve in 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1932, 1936 (alternate). Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Expelled from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a strong stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games. Died in Pass Christian, Harrison County, Miss., November 16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34 days). Entombed at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of Frederick 'Fritz' Jahncke and Margaret (Lee) Jahncke; brother of Walter Frederick Jahncke; married, June 1, 1907, to Cora Van Voorhis 'Mimi' Stanton (granddaughter of Edwin McMasters Stanton).   Political family: Jahncke-Stanton family of New Orleans, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Walter Frederick Jahncke (1880-1947) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., August 27, 1880. Building supplies business; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1910-12; Honorary Vice-Consul for Norway in New Orleans, La., 1935; Honorary Consul for Norway in New Orleans, La., 1947. German ancestry. Died near Covington, St. Tammany Parish, La., July 21, 1947 (age 66 years, 328 days). Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of Frederick 'Fritz' Jahncke and Margaret (Lee) Jahncke; brother of Ernest Lee Jahncke; married, January 2, 1906, to Emily Malvina Kenig Grant.   Political family: Jahncke-Stanton family of New Orleans, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Morris Marks — of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La. Born in Germany. Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Louisiana, 1879; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1880. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Alex Salomon (1865-1935) — of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, La. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 14, 1865. Republican. Postmaster at Plaquemine, La., 1901-03; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1908, 1912 (alternate). Alsatian ancestry. Died in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, La., October 27, 1935 (age 70 years, 286 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Nephtali Salomon and Rachelle (Bloom) Salomon; married to Felicite Honore.

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