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Anthony J. Cafiero (b. 1900) —
also known as A. J. Cafiero —
of North Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Cape May
County, 1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1949-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Italian
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926 to Hazel
Koenig. |
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James S. Cafiero (b. 1928) —
of North Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in North Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., September
21, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 1, 1968-71; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1972-81, 1990-2003 (District 1 1972-73, 1st
District 1974-81, 1990-2003).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Sons
of Italy.
Still living as of 2003.
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James M. Cahill (born c.1956) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born about 1956.
Lawyer; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1991-.
Still living as of 2018.
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Alexander Hillyard Caldwell (1774-1839) —
also known as Alexander Caldwell —
of Westville, Jefferson
County, Pa.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in New Jersey, November
1, 1774.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1825-39;
died in office 1839.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), April 1,
1839 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Tod Caliguire —
of Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 2005.
Still living as of 2007.
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Percy Camp —
of Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Cassville, Ocean
County, N.J.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1933-37; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Ocean County,
1947.
Burial location unknown.
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William C. Campbell (c.1924-1984) —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Piscataway, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., about 1924.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1954-55; mayor
of Piscataway Township, N.J., 1961-63; vice-president, U.S. Rubber
Manufacturers Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
5, 1984 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilfredo Caraballo (b. 1947) —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Yabucoa, Yabucoa
Municipio, Puerto Rico, January
1, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 29th District, 1996-2007; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Robert Carey (b. 1872) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., 1872.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; common pleas court judge in New Jersey,
1913; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1928, 1934; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County,
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900 to Cora
G. Curney. |
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Michael Patrick Carroll (b. 1958) —
also known as Michael Carroll —
of New Jersey.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., April 8,
1958.
Republican. Intern for U.S. Rep. Jack
Kemp; aide to N.J. State Sen. John
H. Dorsey; lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 25th District, 1996-.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Federalist
Society; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Still living as of 2016.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice C. Carroll and Margaret W. Carroll; married 1983 to Sharon
Anderson. |
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Jeremiah Eaton Cary (1803-1888) —
of Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., April
30, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1843-45.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June, 1888
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Interment at Grace
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) —
also known as Clarence E. Case —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
24, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Judge, 1910-13; member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Somerset Hospital,
Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
3, 1961 (age 83 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April
16, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Thomas Vincent Cator (1851-1920) —
also known as Thomas V. Cator —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y., July 18,
1851.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1882-83;
California state election commissioner, 1901-20.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
20, 1920 (age 69 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dominic A. Cavicchia (b. 1901) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
18, 1901.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1939-44; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1944; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Angelo Cavicchia (1879-1967) —
also known as Peter A. Cavicchia —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Italy,
May
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1931-37 (9th District 1931-33,
11th District 1933-37).
Presbyterian.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Sons
of Italy.
Died in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., September
11, 1967 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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John Chambers (1780-1852) —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Bromley Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., October
6, 1780.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1815, 1830-31; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1828-29, 1835-39 (2nd District
1828-29, 12th District 1835-39); Governor
of Iowa Territory, 1841-45.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., September
21, 1852 (age 71 years, 351
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mason County, Ky.
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Michael Chertoff (b. 1953) —
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., November
28, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Judge Murray
Gurfein, 1978-79, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
Brenan, 1979-80; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1990-94; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 2003-05; resigned
2005; U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005-09.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Chetwood (1771-1857) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., June 17,
1771.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1836-37; mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1839-42.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., December
17, 1857 (age 86 years, 183
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Jeffrey Scott Chiesa (b. 1965) —
also known as Jeffrey Chiesa; Jeff Chiesa —
of Branchburg, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 22,
1965.
Republican. Lawyer; New
Jersey state attorney general, 2012-13; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2013.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2013.
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Forrest Spencer Chilton (1872-1946) —
also known as Forrest S. Chilton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Pequannock, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., 1872.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1912.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
6, 1946 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Beech Plains Cemetery, West Pierrepont, N.Y.
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Christopher James Christie (b. 1962) —
also known as Chris Christie —
of Mendham Township, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
6, 1962.
Republican. Lawyer; lobbyist;
U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 2002-08; Governor of
New Jersey, 2010-18; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 2012
(speaker);
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2016.
Catholic.
Scottish,
Irish,
and Sicilian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2023.
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Alfred C. Clapp (b. 1903) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1948-53; defeated, 1959;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1960.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Alvah Augustus Clark (1840-1912) —
also known as Alvah A. Clark —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Lebanon, Hunterdon
County, N.J., September
13, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1877-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1880,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); postmaster at Somerville,
N.J., 1896-99.
Died in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., December
27, 1912 (age 72 years, 105
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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William Clark (1891-1957) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1891.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge, New
Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1923-25; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1925-38; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-43; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died October
10, 1957 (age 66 years, 251
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of J. William Clark and Margaretta (Cameron) Clark; married, September
20, 1913, to Marjorie Blair. |
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Robert J. Cleary (b. 1955) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
30, 1955.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1999-2002.
Still living as of 2012.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March
18, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,
June
2, 1886, to Frances Folsom and Frances
Clara Folsom; father of Richard
Folsom Cleveland (son-in-law of Thomas
Frank Gailor; brother-in-law of Frank
Hoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed of Francis
Landon Cleveland; second cousin of James
Harlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed of James
Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher and Joseph
Wheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lord and Rollin
Usher Tyler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman
K. Bass — George
B. Cortelyou — J.
Hampton Hoge |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Cleveland, a volcano on Chuginadak
Island, Alaska, is named for
him. — The town
of Grover,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — The Cleveland National
Forest (established 1908), in San
Diego, Riverside,
Orange
counties, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Meyrs
— Grover
C. Talbot
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— G. C.
Cooley
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Albright
— Grover
Cleveland Welsh
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
B. Hill
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Tye
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Studivan
— Grover
C. Layne
— Grover
C. Hudson
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Henderson
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Bower
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Gregg
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Brown
— Grover
C. Robinson III
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill
(1928-46). |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Troy Senik, A
Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:
Matthew Algeo, The
President Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland
Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous
Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — Charles
Lachman, A
Secret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Richard Folsom Cleveland (1897-1974) —
also known as Richard F. Cleveland —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967.
Died of chronic
pulmonary illness, in Baltimore,
Md., January
10, 1974 (age 76 years, 74
days).
Interment at Fowlers Mill Cemetery, Tamworth, N.H.
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James A. Colasurdo (b. 1944) —
of Hammonton, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born October
24, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 2, 1972-73.
Still living as of 1973.
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Everett Colby (1874-1943) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
10, 1874.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1903-05; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1906-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1913.
Died in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 19,
1943 (age 68 years, 191
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Petrograd, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, as of 1929; Algiers, as of 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Runyon Colie (1895-1974) —
also known as Frederic R. Colie —
of Millburn, Essex
County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in East Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 4,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1941-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948-61.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Barnabas Medical
Center, Livingston, Essex
County, N.J., May 30,
1974 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Martin Colie and Caroline (Runyon) Colie; married, November
11, 1922, to Rosalie Littell Hall. |
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Gilbert Collins (b. 1846) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., August
26, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1884-86; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1888;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1897-1903; appointed
1897.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel P. Collins; married, June 2,
1870, to Harriet Kingsbury Bush. |
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| |
Albert Comstock (b. 1881) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April
27, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1925-27.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Comstock (died 1881); married, June 10,
1910, to Hetty Baum. |
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| |
Albert Pierson Condit (1829-1901) —
also known as Albert P. Condit —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., December
10, 1829.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1866-67, 1871.
Died in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., December
14, 1901 (age 72 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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James Lockwood Conger (1805-1876) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
18, 1805.
Whig. School
teacher; lawyer; merchant;
banker;
patent
medicine manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1851-53.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., April
10, 1876 (age 71 years, 52
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; cenotaph at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of David Beeman Conger and Hannah (Lockwood) Conger; married, December
23, 1824, to Paulina Belvedere Clark; second cousin once removed
of Hanford
Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of John
Hart; third cousin of Homer
Nichols Lockwood and Charles
Franklin Conger; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Lockwood and Hugh
Conger; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer
Lockwood, Alfred
Collins Lockwood and Daniel
Clark Joyce; third cousin thrice removed of John
Alsop, William
Henry Rossell and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; fourth cousin of Thaddeus
Betts, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1838-1916) and Frederick
Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Horatio
Lockwood, Walter
Booth, Abiel
Case, Abraham
Bogart Conger, Edwin
Hurd Conger, James
W. Conger, Franklin
Barker Conger, Benn
Conger, Frank
Elisha Reed and Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1882-1963). |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
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Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876-1936) —
also known as Jerome T. Congleton —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
25, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1928-33; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1932.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, while sitting in his
car, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
10, 1936 (age 60 years, 107
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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James Austin Connolly (1843-1914) —
also known as James A. Connolly —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 8,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1873-76; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1876-85, 1889-93;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1886.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of cerebral
hemorrhage, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
15, 1914 (age 71 years, 282
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer,
at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Martin Connor (b. 1945) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1978-; defeated in primary, 2008;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Christopher J. Connors (b. 1956) —
of Forked River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J., June 26,
1956.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Lacey Township, N.J., 1986-89; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 9th District, 1989-2007; member of
New
Jersey state senate 9th District, 2008-.
Still living as of 2016.
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Joseph A. Corio (b. 1887) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 11,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1920-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Coult (1833-1924) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Sussex
County, N.J., May 25,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1864,
1876.
Died March
12, 1924 (age 90 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Coult and Hannah (Coursen) Coult; married, May 25,
1859, to Frances Osborne. |
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Joseph W. Cowgill (b. 1908) —
of Pennsauken, Camden
County, N.J.; Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born April
24, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1941; Camden
County Surrogate, 1941; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Camden County,
1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1956-63; defeated, 1963;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Cowgill and Harriet Cowgill; married 1940 to
Margaret E. Bittner. |
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Archibald Cox (1912-2004) —
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1912.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S. Solicitor General, 1961-65; special prosecutor in
Watergate scandal, 1973.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Common
Cause.
Died in Brooksville, Hancock
County, Maine, May 29,
2004 (age 92 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elvin Williamson Crane (b. 1853) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1887; candidate
for Governor of
New Jersey, 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Clinton Crane (born c.1874) —
also known as Sidney C. Crane —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., about 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1912, 1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Paul Jerome Curran (1933-2008) —
also known as Paul J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-66 (New York County 6th District 1963-65,
70th District 1966); U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1973-75;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1982, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
4, 2008 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at St.
Catharine Cemetery, Sea Girt, N.J.
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Harold J. Curry (b. 1931) —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born June 7,
1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1964-67;
defeated, 1967.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives: Son
of H. J. Curry; married to Joanne E. Daly. |
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Willard Sevier Curtin (1905-1996) —
also known as Willard S. Curtin —
of Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
28, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Bucks
County District Attorney, 1949-53; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died February
4, 1996 (age 90 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Augustus William Cutler (1827-1897) —
also known as Augustus W. Cutler —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., October
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1872-74; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1875-79.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
1, 1897 (age 69 years, 71
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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