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  Robert Adams (b. 1915) — also known as Bob Adams — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo. Born in Salem, Salem County, N.J., June 17, 1915. Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1952; member of Wyoming state house of representatives from Laramie County, 1957, 1965; member of Wyoming state senate, 1967. Presbyterian. Member, Elks. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) — also known as Charles B. Alexander — of Tuxedo Park, Orange County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 6, 1849. Democrat. Lawyer; director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad, the Hocking Valley Railroad, and several banks; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916 (alternate), 1920; member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27. Presbyterian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; American Bar Association. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander; married, April 26, 1887, to Harriet Crocker (daughter of Charles Crocker); father of Mary Alexander (who married Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965)) and Harriet Crocker Alexander (who married Winthrop Williams Aldrich); grandfather of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse; great-grandfather of Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955).
  Political families: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York; Crocker-Whitehouse family of Sacramento, California (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Jack Alter (1927-2007) — of Fort Lee, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., December 21, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance business; mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., 1992-2007; nominated, but died before the election 2007; died in office 2007. Jewish. Died in Englewood Hospital, Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., August 27, 2007 (age 79 years, 249 days). Interment at Knollwood Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
  Theodore Frank Appleby (1864-1924) — also known as T. Frank Appleby — of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 10, 1864. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896; mayor of Asbury Park, N.J., 1908-12; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart trouble, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., December 15, 1924 (age 60 years, 66 days). Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Frelinguysen Appleby and Margaret Susanna (Mount) Appleby; married, April 10, 1889, to Alice C. Hoffman; father of Stewart Hoffman Appleby.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  George Alexander Armstrong (1887-1970) — also known as George A. Armstrong — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., September 5, 1887. Insurance broker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Zurich, 1924-28; Nice, 1928-31; Monaco, 1929-31; U.S. Consul in Kingston, 1935-36; Colombo, 1937; Manchester, as of 1943. Episcopalian. Died in Neptune, Monmouth County, N.J., December 15, 1970 (age 83 years, 101 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Sinclair Armstrong and Lizzie Howard (Welsh) Armstrong; married, December 17, 1919, to Elizabeth Inglis.
  Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874-1945) — also known as Oscar L. Auf der Heide — of West New York, Hudson County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 8, 1874. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; director of several banks; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1907-10; mayor of West New York, N.J., 1914-17; Hudson County Freeholder, 1915-24; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1925-35 (11th District 1925-33, 14th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large; elected 1933; president, Elizabeth Brewing Co. Died in West New York, Hudson County, N.J., March 29, 1945 (age 70 years, 111 days). Interment at Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Carl F. Auf der Heide and Louise Auf der Heide; married, August 18, 1895, to May G. Andras.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Raymond E. Bowkley (1917-1965) — of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, N.J. Born in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa., December 9, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; prisoner of war in Germany; lawyer; insurance broker; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1952-61; member of New Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1962-65; died in office 1965. Member, American Legion; Moose; American Judicature Society; Elks. Died, from an infection, in University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 20, 1965 (age 47 years, 132 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Evelyn Tyrell.
  William H. Bright (b. 1863) — of Ocean City, Cape May County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Bridgehampton, Sanilac County, Mich., October 21, 1863. Real estate and insurance business; Cape May County Sheriff, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912 (alternate), 1920; chair of Cape May County Progressive Party, 1914; member of New Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1919-27. Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Alfred C. Brooks (c.1897-1947) — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Born in Rahway, Union County, N.J., about 1897. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1931-34. Died, in the Pine Acres Nursing Home, Madison, Morris County, N.J., July 18, 1947 (age about 50 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John R. Brooks; married to Irene Harriman.
  William John Browning (1850-1920) — also known as William J. Browning — of Camden, Camden County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., April 11, 1850. Republican. Dry goods merchant; postmaster at Camden, N.J., 1889-94; insurance business; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1911-20; died in office 1920. Died, from a heart attack, in the barber shop of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., March 24, 1920 (age 69 years, 348 days). Interment at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Cornelius V. Clickener — also known as C. V. Clickener — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J. Democrat. Director, Columbia Fire Insurance Co. of New York; mayor of Hoboken, N.J., 1855-57; defeated, 1857; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1857-59. Burial location unknown.
  Robert Clarkson Clothier (b. 1885) — also known as Robert C. Clothier — of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 8, 1885. Newspaper reporter; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; vice-president, Scott Company (industrial personnel consultants), 1918-23; Dean of Men, University of Pittsburgh, 1929-32; director, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company; president, Rutgers University, 1932; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex County, 1947. Christian Reformed. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier; married, June 24, 1916, to Nathalie Wilson; father of Arthur Clothier.
  Raymond James Donovan (1930-2021) — also known as Raymond J. Donovan — of Short Hills, Essex County, N.J. Born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., August 31, 1930. Insurance business; construction executive; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1981-85; in 1982, he was investigated by a federal special prosecutor over allegations of links to organized crime figures, but insufficient evidence was found for any prosecution; indicted in 1984 over alleged fraud on a subway construction project in the Bronx, New York City; resigned from the Cabinet; tried in 1987 and found not guilty; following his acquittal, he famously asked, "Which office do I go to, to get my reputation back?". Catholic. Died, from congestive heart failure, in New Vernon, Morris County, N.J., June 2, 2021 (age 90 years, 275 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Donovan and Eleanor Donovan; married 1957 to Catherine Sblendorio.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Elias Osborn Doremus (1831-1907) — also known as Elias O. Doremus — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., January 17, 1831. Builder; bank director; insurance executive; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1873-74. Presbyterian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Died in East Orange, Essex County, N.J., May 13, 1907 (age 76 years, 116 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Cornelius Doremus and Julia A. (Osborn) Doremus; married 1855 to Harriet Peck.
John F. Dryden John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) — also known as John F. Dryden — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Temple, Franklin County, Maine, August 7, 1839. Republican. Founder and president, Prudential Insurance Company of America; director, U.S. Steel Corporation; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1902-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904. Presbyterian. Died, from pneumonia two weeks after surgery to remove gallstones, in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 24, 1911 (age 72 years, 109 days). Entombed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Fairfield Dryden and Elizabeth (Butterfield) Dryden; married 1864 to Cynthia Jennings Fairchild; grandfather of John Dryden Kuser; great-grandfather of Anthony Dryden Marshall.
  Political family: Dryden-Marshall family of New York City, New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, March 1902
  Edward Dickinson Duffield (1871-1938) — also known as Edward D. Duffield — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., March 3, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1904-05; village president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1917; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920 (chair, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1936; president, Prudential Insurance Company, 1922-38; acting president, Princeton University, 1932-33; director, American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Suffered a stroke, and died the next day, in South Orange, Essex County, N.J., September 17, 1938 (age 67 years, 198 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield; married, April 21, 1897, to Josephine Reade Curtis; married 1916 to Barbara Freeman.
  Edgar H. Ellis (b. 1894) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., June 14, 1894. Republican. Insurance business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1926-28. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.
  Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890) — also known as Clinton B. Fisk — of Coldwater, Branch County, Mich.; New Jersey. Born in York, Livingston County, N.Y., December 8, 1828. Merchant; miller; banker; insurance business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1888. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 9, 1890 (age 61 years, 213 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Bigford e Fisk and Lydia (Aldrich) Fisk; married 1850 to Jeannette Crippen.
  Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, is named for him.  — Clinton B. Fisk Avenue, in Westerleigh, Staten Island, New York, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph H. Forsyth (b. 1879) — of Camden, Camden County, N.J. Born near Pemberton, Burlington County, N.J., May 30, 1879. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; member of New Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1927-28. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) — also known as Franklin W. Fort — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., March 30, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager, Eagle Fire Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank; chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker); candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1930. Presbyterian. Died in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., June 20, 1937 (age 57 years, 82 days). Interment at Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Franklin Fort and Charlotte Elizabeth (Stainsby) Fort; married, January 25, 1904, to Emita H. Ryan; grandnephew of George Franklin Fort.
  Political family: Fort family of Newark and Bloomfield, New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 30, 1848. Republican. Insurance executive; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 1, 1924 (age 75 years, 93 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Matilda Elizabeth (Griswold) Frelinghuysen and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; married, July 23, 1902, to Estelle Burnet Kinney; uncle of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; granduncle of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Davis Lodge, Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; great-grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); great-granduncle of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; second cousin of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) — also known as Joseph S. Frelinghuysen — of Raritan, Somerset County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Raritan, Somerset County, N.J., March 12, 1869. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; fire insurance business; insurance underwriter; member of New Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1906-11; defeated, 1902; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1917-23; defeated, 1922, 1928, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1944; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Dutch ancestry. Member, Grange; Union League; Freemasons; Elks. Died February 9, 1948 (age 78 years, 334 days). Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick John Frelinghuysen and Victoria Bowen (Sherman) Frelinghuysen; married to Emily Macy Brewster; grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); first cousin once removed of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; second cousin of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); second cousin once removed of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; second cousin twice removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Davis Lodge, Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; second cousin thrice removed of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
John J. Gardner John James Gardner (1845-1921) — also known as John J. Gardner — of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J. Born in Atlantic County, N.J., October 17, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; insurance business; mayor of Atlantic City, N.J., 1868-72, 1874-75; member of New Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1878-92; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1884, 1904; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1893-1913; defeated, 1912. Died in Indian Mills, Burlington County, N.J., February 7, 1921 (age 75 years, 113 days). Interment at Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  Frank Joseph Hanson (b. 1893) — also known as Frank J. Hanson — of Totowa, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., March 12, 1893. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1927-29. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; Elks; Exchange Club. Burial location unknown.
  Arthur Hay (b. 1859) — of Oneida, Madison County, N.Y. Born in New Jersey, March, 1859. Machinist; insurance business; justice of the peace; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for New York state assembly from Madison County, 1901. English and Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Bankson Taylor Holcomb (1879-1945) — also known as Bankson T. Holcomb — of Pittstown, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; Pompton Lakes, Passaic County, N.J.; New Castle, New Castle County, Del.; near Frederica, Kent County, Del. Born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., January 20, 1879. Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware state director, U.S. National Youth Administration; candidate for Delaware state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1942. Died January 9, 1945 (age 65 years, 355 days). Interment at Glebe Cemetery, New Castle, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Bankson Taylor Holcomb (1839-1912) and Edith Merritt (Driver) Holcomb; married 1907 to Julia Hurlock Newton; first cousin of Thomas Holcomb Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Oliver Owen Forward, Walter Forward and Chauncey Forward; first cousin four times removed of Augustus Pettibone and Rufus Pettibone; second cousin four times removed of Amos Pettibone; second cousin five times removed of Noah Phelps; third cousin once removed of Chauncey Forward Black; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus Herman Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed of Marcus Hensey Holcomb, Joseph Wells Holcomb and Burton Everett Hoskins.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Peter F. Hopper (b. 1858) — of Bogota, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New York, December, 1858. Insurance business; Prohibition candidate for New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1913. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham D. Hopper and Laura (Williams) Hopper; married 1880 to Emilee Lopez.
  Charles Robert Howell (1904-1973) — also known as Charles R. Howell — of Pennington, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., April 23, 1904. Democrat. Insurance broker; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1945-46; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1949-55; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1954; New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, 1955-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1956. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., July 5, 1973 (age 69 years, 73 days). Cremated; ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Francis James (1873-1945) — also known as W. Frank James — of Hancock, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., May 23, 1873. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; real estate and insurance business; Houghton County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor of Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated, 1934, 1936. Methodist. Cornish ancestry. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees; Foresters; Eagles. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., November 17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William F. James and Elizabeth A. (Williams) James; married, March 18, 1904, to Jennie M. Mingay.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel S. Kenworthy (b. 1889) — of Belleville, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., April 10, 1889. Newspaper sports editor; real estate and insurance business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1924; mayor of Belleville, N.J., 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows; Elks; Junior Order; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel M. Kenworthy and Sarah Elizabeth (Sampson) Kenworthy; married, December 24, 1915, to Mary Jane Graham.
  John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) — also known as Dryden Kuser — of Bernardsville, Somerset County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 24, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29; member of New Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance agent; real estate broker. Member, American Legion; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Grange; Audubon Society. Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 3, 1964 (age 66 years, 161 days). Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Anthony Rudolph Kuser and Susan Fairchild (Dryden) Kuser; married, April 26, 1919, to Roberta Brooke Russell; married, September 6, 1930, to Vieva Marie Fisher; married to Grace Egglesfield; father of Anthony Dryden Marshall; grandson of John Fairfield Dryden.
  Political family: Dryden-Marshall family of New York City, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles A. Lighthipe (1824-1905) — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., October 11, 1824. Hat maker and manufacturer of hat-forming machines; director, Morris and Essex Railroad; director, American Insurance Company of Newark; organizer, Citizens Gas Company of Newark; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1864-65. Episcopalian. Suffered a paralytic stroke, and died two years later, in Orange, Essex County, N.J., February 14, 1905 (age 80 years, 126 days). Burial location unknown.
  Louis Lippman (1864-1934) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J.; South Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., October 30, 1864. Republican. Banker; insurance executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920 (alternate), 1928, 1932 (alternate). Jewish. German ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in South Orange, Essex County, N.J., March 23, 1934 (age 69 years, 144 days). Interment at Bnai Jeshurun Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Leopold Lippman and Elizabeth (Beumel) Lippman; married to May Rosenstein.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Edward P. Meany Edward P. Meany (1854-1938) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 13, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, New Mexico Central and Southern Railway; one of the organizers of the American Bell Telephone Company, and counsel to American Telephone and Telegraph Company; director, Colonial Life Insurance Company of America; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1896, 1900; chair of Morris County Democratic Party, 1914. Irish and English ancestry. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., November 24, 1938 (age 84 years, 195 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Augustine Meany and Maria Lavina (Shannon) Meany; married to Rosalie Behr; married 1923 to Andrie Chesnal.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  A. Tony Montiero — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Insurance agent; real estate agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996; candidate for New Jersey state house of assembly 20th District, 2003 (Republican), 2011 (Democratic primary), 2015 (Democratic primary). Portugese ancestry. Member, Lions. Still living as of 2015.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Michael James Pappas (b. 1960) — also known as Mike Pappas — of Franklin Township, Somerset County, N.J. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., December 29, 1960. Republican. Insurance business; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1997-99; defeated, 1998. Still living as of 1999.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) — of near Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Monmouth County, N.J., March 20, 1839. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; insurance business; stockbroker; U.S. Consul in Rheims, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General in Auckland, 1905-14. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, N.J., January 6, 1929 (age 89 years, 292 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.J.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Webber Savage (d. 1884) — also known as J. W. Savage — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Banker; insurance executive; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1880-81, 1884; died in office 1884. English ancestry. Died in 1884. Burial location unknown.
  John Francis Sinnott (c.1850-1918) — also known as John F. Sinnott — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born about 1850. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; postmaster at Newark, N.J., 1916-18. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from heart failure, in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 1, 1918 (age about 68 years). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, N.J.
  Relatives: Father of John Francis Sinnott Jr..
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Norman C. Stevens (c.1884-1932) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., about 1884. Republican. Insurance executive; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1924-28. Member, Freemasons. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., November 12, 1932 (age about 48 years). Burial location unknown.
  H. Donald Stewart (born c.1949) — of Woodstown, Salem County, N.J. Born in Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J., about 1949. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-81 (District 3-A 1972-73, 3rd District 1974-81); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976. Member, Jaycees; Exchange Club. Still living as of 1981.
  Henry R. Tatem (c.1859-1938) — also known as Harry R. Tatem — of Collingswood, Camden County, N.J. Born about 1859. Real estate and insurance business; president, Collingswood National Bank; mayor of Collingswood, N.J., 1895-96; postmaster at Collingswood, N.J., 1897-1903; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1909-10. Died in Collingswood, Camden County, N.J., April 14, 1938 (age about 79 years). Burial location unknown.
  Hubbard R. Yetman (1847-1924) — of Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Monmouth County, N.J., 1847. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school teacher; civil engineer; real estate and insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Richmond County, 1889, 1892-93. Died in 1924 (age about 77 years). Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard, Tottenville, Staten Island, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank C. Zisa (c.1920-2011) — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born about 1920. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance business; mayor of Hackensack, N.J., 1977-81. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus. Died June 8, 2011 (age about 91 years). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  Relatives: Married to Jean Fontanella; father of John F. Zisa and Charles Zisa.
  Political family: Zisa family of Hackensack, New Jersey.
  John F. Zisa (born c.1952) — also known as Jack Zisa — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born about 1952. Republican. Insurance business; mayor of Hackensack, N.J., 1989-2005; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 2004. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Frank C. Zisa; brother of Charles Zisa.
  Political family: Zisa family of Hackensack, New Jersey.
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.
 
  The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.  
  The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.  
  Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.  
  The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/insurance.html.  
  Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.  
  If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.  
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 8, 2023.

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