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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.
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Relatives: Son
of John Backes and Mary (Hannes) Backes; married to Elizabeth C.
Hattersley. |
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memorial |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Barbour and Anna Barbour. |
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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.
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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.
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Frank E. Barrows —
of Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J.
Patent attorney; mayor
of Glen Ridge, N.J., 1939.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1969): "Sweep the Deck
with Mary Beck." |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of James Aloysius Berry and Frances Irene (Heery) Berry; married, October
3, 1928, to Adelaide Cecilia Poulsono. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Clinton Hamlin Blake and Mary Gibson (Parsons) Blake; married 1908 to
Margaret Duryee Coe. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Gair Blue and Isabella McFarlane (Black) Blue; married,
October
13, 1906, to Alma E. Smith. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph L. Bodine and Frances P. (Davis) Bodine; married, December
24, 1918, to Gertrude Scudder. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married to Evelyn Tyrell. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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