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Augustus F. Daix Jr. (1866-1932) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
3, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1913-32; died in office 1932.
Died, from heart
disease, in the New Clarion Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., May 5,
1932 (age 65 years, 215
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) —
also known as Alexander J. Dallas —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica,
June
21, 1759.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; resigned 1801; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1801-14; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
16, 1817 (age 57 years, 209
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Davis Daly (1851-1900) —
also known as William D. Daly —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., June 4,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1891; district
judge in New Jersey, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1892,
1896;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1893-98; member of New Jersey
Democratic State Committee, 1896-98; New Jersey
Democratic state chair, 1896; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1899-1900; died in
office 1900.
Died, from uremia,
in Theodore Pettit's boarding
house, Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1900 (age 49 years, 57
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Francis B. Davis (b. 1878) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., March
12, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Gloucester County Republican Party, 1913-14; common pleas court
judge in New Jersey, 1917-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924,
1928;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1924-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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John Warren Davis (1867-1945) —
also known as J. Warren Davis —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.; Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., March 4,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1912-13; resigned 1913;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1913-16; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1916-20; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1920-39.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons.
Died February
21, 1945 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John S. Davis and Emmie Virginia (Sawyer) Davis; married, June 14,
1913, to Marguerite N. Gay. |
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Timothy Davis (1794-1872) —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March
29, 1794.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1857-59; defeated, 1848.
Slaveowner.
Died in Elkader, Clayton
County, Iowa, April
27, 1872 (age 78 years, 29
days).
Interment at Elkader
Cemetery, Elkader, Iowa.
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John Madison Davy (1835-1909) —
also known as John M. Davy —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario,
June
29, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1868-71; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1872-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1889-1903.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., April
21, 1909 (age 73 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William Lewis Dayton (1807-1864) —
also known as William L. Dayton —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., February
17, 1807.
Lawyer; member of New Jersey
State Council, 1837; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1838; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1842-51; Republican candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1856; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1857-61; U.S. Minister to France, 1861-64, died in office 1864.
Died in France,
December
1, 1864 (age 57 years, 288
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Pierce H. Deamer Jr. (1907-1986) —
of Bergenfield, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1952-61;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1962-65.
Died in June, 1986
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dickinson Richards Debevoise (b. 1924) —
also known as Dickinson R. Debevoise —
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; law clerk for U.S.
District Judge Philip
Forman, 1952-53; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1979-94; took senior status 1994.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph A. Delaney —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1913;
district judge in New Jersey, 1920; common pleas court judge in New
Jersey, 1922-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Passaic
County, 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Wilson Demarest (1870-1930) —
also known as Elmer W. Demarest —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Eastwood (now part of River Vale), Bergen
County, N.J., May 15,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1897.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Cannes, France,
July
20, 1930 (age 60 years, 66
days).
Cremated.
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David Miller De Witt (1837-1912) —
also known as David M. De Witt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
25, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ulster
County District Attorney, 1863-70; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1873-75; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1883; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1885-86.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 23,
1912 (age 74 years, 211
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862) —
of Paterson, Essex County (now Passaic
County), N.J.
Born in Succasunna, Morris
County, N.J., January
11, 1788.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1833-36, 1839-41; Governor of
New Jersey, 1836-37; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1836-37; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1841-62; died in office 1862.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
10, 1862 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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William Leslie Dill Jr. (1903-1992) —
also known as William L. Dill, Jr. —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.; Upper Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April 9,
1903.
Lawyer; mayor
of Montclair, N.J., 1953-60.
Died in Upper Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., September
14, 1992 (age 89 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Norman Dinkins (1927-2020) —
also known as David N. Dinkins —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 10,
1927.
Democrat. Served in U.S. Marines, 1945-46; lawyer; member of
New
York state assembly 78th District, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1986-89; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1990-93; defeated, 1993; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
First
Black mayor of New York City.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 2020 (age 93 years, 136
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Francis Vreeland Dobbins (c.1876-1934) —
also known as Francis V. Dobbins —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., about 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1914; chair of
Union County Democratic Party, 1921, 1925; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died suddenly, while waiting for a bus at the Public Service Bus
Terminal, Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 5,
1934 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Julia Magee. |
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William Augustus Dolan (1883-1952) —
also known as William A. Dolan —
of Newton, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Ogdensburg, Sussex
County, N.J., March
31, 1883.
Lawyer; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Sussex
County; elected 1933; member of New
Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1937-39.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., October
28, 1952 (age 69 years, 211
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, N.J.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges (b. 1875) —
also known as Ralph W. E. Donges —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Donaldson, Schuylkill
County, Pa., May 5,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1920-30; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1930-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Dennis P. Donovan (d. 1966) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Emporium, Cameron
County, Pa.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1947-50.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., February
27, 1966.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dennis W. Donovan; married to Anne Mailer. |
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John H. Dorsey (b. 1937) —
of Boonton Township, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
26, 1937.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 23rd District, 1976-77; defeated,
1973; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1978-93 (23rd District 1978-81, 25th
District 1982-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1980.
Still living as of 1994.
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Lester A. Drenk (b. 1903) —
of Riverside, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Riverside, Burlington
County, N.J., May 9,
1903.
Lawyer; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Burlington
County, 1947.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Webster Drew (1845-1922) —
also known as Irving W. Drew —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., January
8, 1845.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1883-84; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.
Died in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., April
10, 1922 (age 77 years, 92
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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John Drewen (born c.1889) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., about 1889.
Lawyer; law partner of Randolph
Perkins, 1920-36; Hudson
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1929-34; common pleas court judge
in New Jersey, 1946; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County,
1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (1902-1975) —
also known as Alfred E. Driscoll —
of Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
25, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1939-41; Governor of
New Jersey, 1947-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1948,
1952
(speaker);
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died March 9,
1975 (age 72 years, 135
days).
Interment at Haddonfield
Baptist Churchyard, Haddonfield, N.J.
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William Alexander Duer (1780-1858) —
also known as William A. Duer —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1780.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1813-19 (Dutchess County 1813-17, Albany County
1817-19); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1822-29; president,
Columbia College (now Columbia University), 1829-42.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 30,
1858 (age 77 years, 264
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Duer (1747-1799) and Catherine (Alexander) Duer; brother of John
Duer; married to Hannah Maria Denning (daughter of William
Denning); father of Denning
Duer; uncle of William
Duer (1805-1879); grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; great-grandson of James
Alexander; great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; second great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger, Henry
Rutgers, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; second cousin four times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; second cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster, James
Parker, Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; third cousin twice removed of William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; fourth cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Dickinson Duffield (1871-1938) —
also known as Edward D. Duffield —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1904-05; village
president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1917; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1936;
president, Prudential Insurance
Company, 1922-38; acting
president, Princeton University, 1932-33; director, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Company.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a stroke,
and died the next day, in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
17, 1938 (age 67 years, 198
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield;
married, April
21, 1897, to Josephine Reade Curtis; married 1916 to
Barbara Freeman. |
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Wayne Dumont Jr. (1914-1992) —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., June 25,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1952-65, 1968-90 (Warren County 1952-65,
District 15 1968-73, 15th District 1974-81, 24th District 1982-90);
resigned 1990; Republican candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1957 (primary), 1961 (primary), 1965; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1960.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Warren Hospital,
Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., March
19, 1992 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wayne Hunt Dumont (b. 1941) —
also known as W. Hunt Dumont —
Born August
12, 1941.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1981-85; superior court judge in New
Jersey, 1990.
Still living as of 2008.
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