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Jewish Politicians in Maine
(religion or ancestry)

  Benjamin Louis Berman (1892-1967) — also known as Benjamin L. Berman — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, November 22, 1892. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1926; probate judge in Maine, 1929-33; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1945; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1948. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Bar Association; B'nai B'rith. Died in 1967 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Herman I. Berman and Bella (Markson) Berman.
  Harry Friedman (b. 1883) — of Grafton, Taylor County, W.Va. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, February 4, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Taylor County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West Virginia state senate 14th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941. Jewish. Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons; Elks; Moose. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Faibel Friedman and Fannie Friedman; married, January 17, 1923, to Florence Greensfelder.
  Abraham H. Rudman — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Superior court judge in Maine, 1934. Jewish. Burial location unknown.
  Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) — also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger; "Cap the Knife" — of San Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., August 18, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956 (alternate), 1960 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); California Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1981-87. Episcopalian. Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he was pardoned by President George Bush in 1992. Died, of kidney ailments and pneumonia, in Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, March 28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Step-son of Cerise (Carpenter) Weinberger; son of Herman Weinberger; married, August 12, 1942, to Jane Dalton.
  Epitaph: "Peace Through Strength"
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Books by Caspar Weinberger: Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon (1990) — In the Arena : A Memoir of the 20th Century, with Gretchen Roberts — Home of the Brave, with Wynton C. Hall — The Next War, with Peter Schweizer
  Fiction by Caspar Weinberger: Chain of Command, with Peter Schweizer
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