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  John H. Backes (1864-1935) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., August 18, 1864. Lawyer; vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1913-27. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., June 15, 1935 (age 70 years, 301 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Backes and Mary (Hannes) Backes; married to Elizabeth C. Hattersley.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  André Louis Bagger (1846-1895) — also known as André L. Bagger — of Washington, D.C. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1846. Fought on the German side in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870; patent attorney; during a controversy with D.C. Governor Alexander R. Shepherd, challenged him to a duel, but nothing came of it; Vice-Consul for Denmark in Washington, D.C., 1886-95; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Washington, D.C., 1887-95. Danish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, reportedly from apoplexy, in his room at the DeWitt House hotel, Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, N.J., May 23, 1895 (age about 48 years). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jacob Thompson Baker (1847-1919) — also known as J. Thompson Baker — of Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born near Cowan, Union County, Pa., April 13, 1847. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Mayor of Wildwood, N.J., 1911-12; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President); U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1913-15. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 7, 1919 (age 72 years, 238 days). Interment at Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
  Relatives: Married to Margaret Elizabeth Bordner.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Loomis Baldrey (1882-1954) — of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., May 19, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1940 (alternate), 1944. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Kiwanis. Died in 1954 (age about 72 years). Interment at Greenacres Memorial Park, Ferndale, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Baldrey and Mella Calista (Loomis) Baldrey; married, June 16, 1906, to Winona Florence Hine.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Carlyle Barbour (b. 1895) — also known as John C. Barbour — of Clifton, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Haledon, Passaic County, N.J., April 18, 1895. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1929-32; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1933-36. Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons; Shriners; Junior Order; Moose; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William J. Barbour and Anna Barbour.
  James Solomon Barcus (1863-1920) — also known as James S. Barcus — of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in Sullivan County, Ind., March 18, 1863. Publisher; author; lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1903-05. Member, Freemasons. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 3, 1920 (age 57 years, 46 days). Interment somewhere in Terre Haute, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Solomon Barcus and Martha Barcus; married 1884 to Bettie Belle Tichenor.
  See also Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Herbert Barlow (1921-1979) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., January 4, 1921. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; county judge in New Jersey, 1963-66; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1966-69; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1969-79; died in office 1979. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died March 4, 1979 (age 58 years, 59 days). Burial location unknown.
  Frank E. Barrows — of Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J. Patent attorney; mayor of Glen Ridge, N.J., 1939. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Maryanne Trump Barry (b. 1937) — also known as Maryanne Trump — of New Jersey. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1937. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1983-99; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1999-2011; took senior status 2011; senior judge, 2011-. Female. German and Scottish ancestry. Still living as of 2016.
  Relatives: Sister of Donald John Trump.
  Political family: Trump family of New York City, New York.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Charles K. Barton (b. 1886) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., August 16, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1943-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Passaic County, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  William G. Bassler (b. 1938) — of New Jersey. Born in Butler, Butler County, Pa., March 6, 1938. Lawyer; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1988-91; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1991-. Still living as of 2000.
  Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) — also known as Kemp P. Battle — of Wake County, N.C. Born in Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., December 19, 1831. Lawyer; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; president, Chatham Railroad during the Civil War; North Carolina state treasurer, 1866-68; president, University of North Carolina, 1876-91; historian. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., February 4, 1919 (age 87 years, 47 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Horn Battle.
  Battle Hall (built 1912), a building at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Theodore Thomas Baylor (b. 1866) — also known as Theodore T. Baylor — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hampton, Hunterdon County, N.J., February 24, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York state treasurer, 1918, 1920. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  Mercer Beasley (1815-1897) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., 1815. Lawyer; Whig candidate for mayor of Trenton, N.J., 1851; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1864-97; died in office 1897. Died, from bronchial pneumonia, in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., February 19, 1897 (age about 81 years). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Frederick Beasley.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
John W. Beaumont John W. Beaumont (1858-1941) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., July 20, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1912-21; resigned 1921. English ancestry. Member, United Spanish War Veterans. Died in 1941 (age about 82 years). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1899, to Alice Lord Burrows.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Bench & Bar of Michigan (1918)
  Mary V. Beck (1908-2005) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ford City, Armstrong County, Pa., February 29, 1908. Democrat. Social worker; lawyer; member, Detroit City Council, 1950-70 (first woman to be elected); candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950; candidate in primary for mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1969. Female. Eastern Orthodox. Ukrainian ancestry. Died, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich., January 30, 2005 (age 97 years, 0 days). Interment at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, South Bound Brook, N.J.
  Relatives: Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck.
  Campaign slogan (1969): "Sweep the Deck with Mary Beck."
  Joseph Dorsett Bedle (1821-1894) — also known as Joseph D. Bedle — of Freehold, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Middletown Point (now Matawan), Monmouth County, N.J., January 5, 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1865-75; Governor of New Jersey, 1875-78. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 21, 1894 (age 73 years, 289 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Freehold, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas I. Bedle and Hannah (Dorsett) Bedle; married to Althea F. Randolph.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Carol Bellamy (b. 1942) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., January 14, 1942. Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1973-77 (23rd District 1973-74, 25th District 1975-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1985; candidate for New York state comptroller, 1990; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Female. Still living as of 1993.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Allan Benny (1867-1942) — of Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 12, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1898-1900; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1903-05; defeated, 1904. Scottish ancestry. Died in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., November 6, 1942 (age 75 years, 117 days). Interment at Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Benny and Agnes Benny; married, November 29, 1888, to Catherine W. Warren.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Geoffrey Steven Berman (b. 1959) — also known as Geoffrey Berman — of New York. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., September 12, 1959. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2018-20. Still living as of 2020.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1918. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state senate, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966, 32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990. Jewish. Member, American Jewish Congress; Zionist Organization of America; B'nai B'rith. One leg was amputated in 1977 due to phlebitis. Died, following a heart attack, in Albert Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., March 4, 1990 (age 71 years, 307 days). Interment at New Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, N.J.
  Relatives: Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond.
  John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) — also known as John M. Berrien — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Rocky Hill, Somerset County, N.J., August 23, 1781. Democrat. Lawyer; state court judge in Georgia, 1810; member of Georgia state senate, 1822-23; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1825-29, 1841-45, 1845-52; U.S. Attorney General, 1829-31. Slaveowner. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., January 1, 1856 (age 74 years, 131 days). Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of John Berrien and Margaret (MacPherson) Berrien; married, December 1, 1803, to Elisa Lydia Anciaux; married, July 8, 1833, to Elizabeth Cecil Hunter; father of Louisa Green Berrien (who married Francis Stebbins Bartow); first cousin twice removed of Edward MacFunn Biddle Jr..
  Political families: Berrien-Burr-Bartow-Biddle family of Pennsylvania; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Berrien counties in Ga. and Mich. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Franklin Haywood Berry (1904-1975) — also known as Franklin H. Berry — of Toms River, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Manahawkin, Ocean County, N.J., May 15, 1904. Lawyer; bank director; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Ocean County, 1947. Member, Kiwanis; Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Toms River, Ocean County, N.J., June 16, 1975 (age 71 years, 32 days). Interment at Beach Avenue Cemetery, Manahawkin, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Willits Berry and Jessie (Haywood) Berry.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Raymond Berry (1901-1982) — also known as J. Raymond Berry — of West Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Summit, Union County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., August 30, 1901. Lawyer; candidate for New Jersey state senate, 1941. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died February 24, 1982 (age 80 years, 178 days). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of James Aloysius Berry and Frances Irene (Heery) Berry; married, October 3, 1928, to Adelaide Cecilia Poulsono.
  Harlan Besson (1887-1949) — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, N.J. Born in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., July 1, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35. Presbyterian. Member, Delta Upsilon; Freemasons; Reserve Officers Association. Died, of heart disease, in Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, N.J., January 9, 1949 (age 61 years, 192 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Austin Besson and Arabella (Roseberry) Besson; married, May 14, 1913, to Addie Case; cousin *** of J. W. Rufus Besson.
  J. W. Rufus Besson (c.1871-1936) — of Hudson County, N.J.; Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J. Born about 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04; district judge in New Jersey, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1920. French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died, following a series of apoplectic strokes, in Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J., January 12, 1936 (age about 65 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of Harlan Besson.
  Angelo R. Bianchi — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J. Democrat. Lawyer; New Jersey Banking Commissioner; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Still living as of 2000.
  Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) — also known as John Roth — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 2, 1857. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886; accused in 1891 of embezzling $20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman; fled and became a fugitive, traveling under the alias "John Roth". German ancestry. Wounded by self-inflicted gunshot, in his room at the Sheridan House Hotel, and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., May 17, 1891 (age 33 years, 196 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Margaret Binder.
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Taylor Bird (1829-1911) — of Bloomsbury, Hunterdon County, N.J.; Clinton, Hunterdon County, N.J.; Flemington, Hunterdon County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Bloomsbury, Hunterdon County, N.J., August 16, 1829. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1869-73; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1876; vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1882-96. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., May 6, 1911 (age 81 years, 263 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) — also known as James G. Birney — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay County), Mich. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., February 4, 1792. Lawyer; studied law in the office of Alexander J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; mayor of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1843, 1845. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; American Anti-Slavery Society. While traveling in 1845, the horse he was riding bucked; he fell and was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., November 25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294 days). Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney; married, February 16, 1816, to Agatha McDowell; married 1840 to Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh (sister of Henry Fitzhugh); father of James M. Birney; uncle of Humphrey Marshall; grandfather of Arthur Alexis Birney.
  Political family: Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS James G. Birney (built 1943 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1967) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
William D. Bishop William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) — also known as William D. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J., September 14, 1827. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1867-79; president, Naugatuck Railroad, 1855-67, 1885-1903; director, Bridgeport Steamboat Company; lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1871. Died, of chronic endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Bishop and Mary (Ferris) Bishop; married 1850 to Julia Ann Tomlinson (sister of Russell Tomlinson); married to Susan Adele Washburne; father of Henry Alfred Bishop and Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop.
  Political family: Bishop-Tomlinson family of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
  John Winslow Bissell (b. 1940) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., June 7, 1940. Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey, 1978-81; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1981-82; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1982-. Still living as of 2001.
  Vincent Pasquale Biunno (1916-1991) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 2, 1916. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1973-82; took senior status 1982. Died in Passaic, Passaic County, N.J., July 30, 1991 (age 75 years, 178 days). Burial location unknown.
  Clinton Hamlin Blake Jr. (b. 1883) — of Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., July 26, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; vice-president and secretary, Concrete Surface Corp.; vice-president, Citizens National Bank, Englewood, N.J.; director, Federated Hotels, Inc.; mayor of Englewood, N.J., 1916-18. Member, Beta Theta Pi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Clinton Hamlin Blake and Mary Gibson (Parsons) Blake; married 1908 to Margaret Duryee Coe.
  John Lauris Blake Jr. (1831-1899) — also known as John L. Blake — of Essex County, N.J. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 25, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1876; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1879-81. Died in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., October 10, 1899 (age 68 years, 199 days). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Louis B. Blissard (1913-1998) — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Port Norris, Cumberland County, N.J., July 15, 1913. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; real estate developer; U.S. Attorney for Hawaii, 1954-61. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Jesters; Phi Delta Phi. Died May 12, 1998 (age 84 years, 301 days). Interment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
  Relatives: Son of David Corson Blissard and Bertha Mae (Haines) Blissard; married, July 15, 1945, to Frances E. Morgan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823) — of Burlington, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 18, 1753. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; New Jersey state attorney general, 1783-92; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; mayor of Burlington, N.J., 1795-1800; Governor of New Jersey, 1801-02, 1803-12; chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1801-02, 1803-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1817-21. Died in Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., October 3, 1823 (age 69 years, 350 days). Interment at St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Moses Bloomfield and Sarah (Ogden) Bloomfield; married, December 17, 1778, to Mary McIlvaine; married to Isabella Macomb Ramsay.
  The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alexander Gair Blue (1882-1941) — also known as Alexander G. Blue — of Patchogue, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., March 5, 1882. Progressive. Lawyer; candidate for New York state senate 1st District, 1912; Suffolk County District Attorney, 1930-32. Scottish ancestry. Died, in Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 11, 1941 (age 59 years, 37 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Gair Blue and Isabella McFarlane (Black) Blue; married, October 13, 1906, to Alma E. Smith.
  Joseph Lamb Bodine (1883-1950) — also known as Joseph L. Bodine — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., November 6, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1919-20; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1920-29; resigned 1929; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-48; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Died June 10, 1950 (age 66 years, 216 days). Interment at Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph L. Bodine and Frances P. (Davis) Bodine; married, December 24, 1918, to Gertrude Scudder.
  Charles Grosvenor Bond (1877-1974) — also known as Charles G. Bond — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 29, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Union League. Died in Bound Brook, Somerset County, N.J., January 10, 1974 (age 96 years, 226 days). Cremated; ashes interred at West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of William W. Bond and Frances (Currier) Bond; married, June 27, 1905, to Bertha Paterson; nephew of Charles Henry Grosvenor.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Cory Anthony Booker (b. 1969) — also known as Cory A. Booker — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Washington, D.C., April 27, 1969. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; mayor of Newark, N.J., 2006-13; defeated, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2008; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 2013-. African ancestry. Still living as of 2020.
  Relatives: Son of Cary Booker and Carolyn Booker.
  See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Cory Booker: Andra Gillespie, The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America
  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.
  Terrence William Boyle (b. 1945) — of North Carolina. Born in Passaic, Passaic County, N.J., 1945. Lawyer; legislative assistant, U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, 1973; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1984-. Still living as of 2002.
  William Bradford (1755-1795) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 14, 1755. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1780-91; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1791-94; U.S. Attorney General, 1794-95; died in office 1795. Presbyterian. Died August 23, 1795 (age 39 years, 343 days). Interment at St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of William Bradford and Rachel (Budd) Bradford; married to Susan Vergereau Boudinot (daughter of Elias Boudinot; niece of Richard Stockton).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Bradford County, Pa. is named for him.
  The city of Bradford, Pennsylvania, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Philo Bradley (1813-1892) — also known as Joseph P. Bradley — Born in Berne, Albany County, N.Y., March 14, 1813. Lawyer; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-92; died in office 1892. Christian Reformed. As the only politically independent member of the Electoral Commission to settle the disputed 1876 presidential election, he cast the deciding vote to award all of the disputed electoral votes to the Republican candidate, Rutheford B. Hayes. Died in Washington, D.C., January 22, 1892 (age 78 years, 314 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Philo Bradley and Mercy (Gardiner) Bradley; married, October 23, 1844, to Mary Hornblower (daughter of Joseph Coerten Hornblower; sister-in-law of Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff; sister of William Henry Hornblower; aunt of William Butler Hornblower; granddaughter of Josiah Hornblower); grandfather of Joseph Gardner Bradley.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Brearley (1741-1790) — also known as David Brearly — of Hunterdon County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., June 11, 1741. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1779-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Hunterdon County, 1787; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1789-90; died in office 1790. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., August 16, 1790 (age 49 years, 66 days). Interment at St. Michael's Episcopal Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Joseph Brennan Jr. (1906-1997) — also known as William J. Brennan, Jr. — of New Jersey. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., April 25, 1906. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1949-52; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1952-56; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1956-90; took senior status 1990. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Died in a nursing home in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., July 24, 1997 (age 91 years, 90 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William J. Brennan and Agnes (McDermott) Brennan; married, May 5, 1928, to Marjorie Leonard.
  Cross-reference: Michael Chertoff — Abraham David Sofaer
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Books about William J. Brennan: Kim Isaac Eisler, A Justice for All: William J. Brennan, Jr., and the Decisions That Transformed America — David E. Marion, The Jurisprudence of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. — Hunter R. Clark, Justice Brennan: The Great Conciliator — Charles M. Haar & Jerold S. Kayden, Landmark Justice: The Influence of William J. Brennan on America's Communities — Frank I. Michelman, Brennan and Democracy
  Benjamin Harris Brewster (1816-1888) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Salem County, N.J., October 13, 1816. Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1867-69; resigned 1869; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S. Attorney General, 1882-85. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 4, 1888 (age 71 years, 174 days). Interment at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Francis E. Brewster and Maria (Hampton) Brewster; married 1857 to Elizabeth von Myerbach de Reinfeldts; married 1870 to Mary Walker (daughter of Robert John Walker); grandfather of Anna Willis Baugh Brewster (who married Francis White); great-grandfather of Daniel Baugh Brewster.
  Political family: Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lewis Alexander Brigham (1831-1885) — also known as Lewis A. Brigham — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, N.Y., January 2, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1877; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1879-81. Died, from pneumonia, in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., February 19, 1885 (age 54 years, 48 days). Interment at Old Bergen Church Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Leonie M. Brinkema (b. 1944) — of Virginia. Born in Teaneck, Bergen County, N.J., 1944. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1993-. Female. Still living as of 2002.
  Thomas J. Brogan (1889-1965) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J.; Rumson, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in County Meath, Ireland, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1932-33; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1933-46; resigned 1946; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County, 1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Died in Middletown, Monmouth County, N.J., May 29, 1965 (age about 75 years). Interment at Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  Relatives: Married to Marjorie Malone.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Jack E. Bronston (b. 1922) — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., January 10, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1959-78 (5th District 1959-65, 11th District 1966, 9th District 1967-78); defeated, 1956. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  James Wilton Brooks (1854-1916) — also known as J. Wilton Brooks — of Garrison, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 19, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Putnam County, 1883; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., July 6, 1916 (age 62 years, 78 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Brooks and Mary Louisa (Randolph) Brooks; married, November 29, 1893, to Florence Miller; married, April 2, 1912, to Frances (Reese) Beadel.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pike family of Lubec, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Garrett E. Brown Jr. (b. 1943) — Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., 1943. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1985-. Still living as of 2004.
  Thomas Brown (b. 1877) — of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in England, December 3, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Middlesex County, 1919-21. Burial location unknown.
Herbert Brownell, Jr. Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Peru, Nemaha County, Neb., February 20, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; counsel for hotel associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel and Restaurant Law"; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37; defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936, 1944, 1948; campaign manager, Thomas E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Attorney General, 1953-57. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1996 (age 92 years, 71 days). Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Herbert Brownell and Mary A. (Miller) Brownell; married, June 16, 1934, to Doris A. McCarter; married 1987 to Marion Taylor.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Herbert Brownell: Advising Ike : The Memoirs of Attorney General Herbert Brownell (1993)
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  James Buchanan (1839-1900) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Ringoes, Hunterdon County, N.J., June 17, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1872; county judge in New Jersey, 1872-77; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1885-93. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., October 30, 1900 (age 61 years, 135 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Cherryville, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Edward Taylor Buckingham (b. 1874) — also known as Edward T. Buckingham — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Metuchen, Middlesex County, N.J., May 12, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1909-11, 1930-33; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1934. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Buckingham and Helen (Tolles) Buckingham; married, June 3, 1903, to Bessie R. Budau; seventh great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin twice removed of Aurelius Buckingham; third cousin once removed of Philo Beecher Buckingham.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Albert E. Burling (1891-1960) — of Pennsauken, Camden County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., August 3, 1891. Lawyer; law partner of John B. Kates; member of New Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1936-38; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1942-47; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1947-60; died in office 1960. Died October 29, 1960 (age 69 years, 87 days). Interment at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
  Aaron Burr (1756-1836) — also known as Aaron Edwards — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 6, 1756. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County 1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S. Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice President of the United States, 1801-05; Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, July 11, 1804; tried for treason in 1807; found not guilty. Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died, after several strokes, at the Winants or Port Richmond Hotel, Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., September 14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Aaron Burr (1716-1757) and Esther (Edwards) Burr; brother of Sarah Burr (who married Tapping Reeve); married, July 2, 1782, to Theodosia (Bartow) Prevost (first cousin twice removed of Francis Stebbins Bartow); married 1833 to Eliza (Bowen) Jumel; father of Theodosia Burr (who married Joseph Alston); nephew of Pierpont Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas Willett; ancestor of Karla Ballard; first cousin of Theodore Dwight and Henry Waggaman Edwards; first cousin four times removed of Anson Foster Keeler; second cousin of John Davenport and James Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore Davenport; second cousin twice removed of Charles Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, John Sherman and Evert Harris Kittell; second cousin four times removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard, Stillman Stephen Light and Blanche M. Woodward; second cousin five times removed of Alfred Walstein Bangs, John Clarence Keeler, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard, John Cecil Purcell and Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin Tallmadge; third cousin once removed of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge; third cousin twice removed of Eli Thacher Hoyt, George Smith Catlin, John Appleton, Howkin Bulkley Beardslee, Joseph Pomeroy Root and Edward Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Greene Carrier Bronson, Abijah Catlin, David Munson Osborne, George Landon Ingraham, Dwight Arthur Silliman and Charles Dunsmore Millard; fourth cousin of Noah Phelps and Hezekiah Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Ambrose Tuttle, Jesse Hoyt, Abiel Case, Henry Fisk Janes, Jairus Case, John Leslie Russell, George Washington Wolcott, William Dean Kellogg and Almon Case.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Jonathan Dayton — Nathaniel Pendleton — John Smith — John Tayler — Walter D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles Mead — Luther Martin — William P. Van Ness — Samuel Swartwout — William Wirt — Theophilus W. Smith
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask, Aaron Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805 — Milton Lomask, Aaron Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 — Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America — Arnold A. Rogow, A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr — H. W. Brands, The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr — David O. Stewart, American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America — Donald Barr Chidsey, The great conspiracy: Aaron Burr and his strange doings in the West
  Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal, Burr
  Albert Burstein (1922-2018) — of Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., November 22, 1922. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-81 (District 13-B 1972-73, 37th District 1974-81); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1978. Died in Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J., December 27, 2018 (age 96 years, 35 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Julius Burstein and Hannah Burstein.
  See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Brendan Thomas Byrne (1924-2018) — also known as Brendan T. Byrne — of West Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Roseland, Essex County, N.J. Born in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., April 1, 1924. Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1970-73; Governor of New Jersey, 1974-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976, 1980, 1996. Catholic. Died in Livingston, Essex County, N.J., January 4, 2018 (age 93 years, 278 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Father of Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr..
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
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