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  William D. Edwards (c.1853-1916) — of Hudson County, N.J. Born about 1853. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1887-89. Welsh and English ancestry. Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., March 6, 1916 (age about 63 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of Edward Irving Edwards.
  Charles M. Egan (b. 1877) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., September 21, 1877. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1911-13; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1914-16. Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Egan and Maria Egan.
  Elisha Egbert (1806-1870) — of Indiana. Born in Readington, Hunterdon County, N.J., November 4, 1806. School teacher; lawyer; probate judge in Indiana, 1834-38, 1848-52; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1832; common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1852-70. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., November 4, 1870 (age 64 years, 0 days). Interment at South Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Married to Eliza McCartney and Mary Elizabeth Davis.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Hague Eggers (1901-1954) — also known as Frank H. Eggers — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., February 22, 1901. Democrat. Lawyer; criminal court judge in New Jersey, 1929-34; district judge in New Jersey, 1934; served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County, 1947; mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1947-49; defeated, 1949; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948. Catholic. Member, Amvets; American Bar Association. Died, of cerebral thrombosis, in Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., July 8, 1954 (age 53 years, 136 days). Interment at Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  Relatives: Married to Mary L. McDonald; nephew of Frank Hague.
  James G. Egolf (c.1910-1959) — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Born about 1910. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1951-53. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose. Died, of a heart attack, in Rahway, Union County, N.J., January 5, 1959 (age about 49 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Lillian F. Walsh.
  Lilliam Walsh Egolf — also known as Lillian F. Walsh — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1962. Female. Still living as of 1962.
  Relatives: Married to James G. Egolf.
  George M. Eichler (1896-1967) — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., December 20, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1926, 1928; elected (Wet) delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hudson County 1933; candidate for New Jersey state senate, 1934. Jewish. Member, American Legion. Died December 16, 1967 (age 70 years, 361 days). Interment at Beth Miriam Memorial Park, Neptune Township, Monmouth County, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Morris Eichler and Julia (Greenwald) Eichler; married, September 8, 1935, to Sally Jacobs.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alexander H. Elder — of Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J. Lawyer; general solicitor, Central Railroad of New Jersey; mayor of Glen Ridge, N.J., 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Abram Isaac Elkus (1867-1947) — also known as Abram I. Elkus — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 6, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; member, New York State Board of Regents, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1916-17; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1919-20; defeated, 1913, 1920. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Jewish Committee; Freemasons. Died in Red Bank, Monmouth County, N.J., October 15, 1947 (age 80 years, 70 days). Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Elkus and Julia Elkus; married, April 15, 1896, to Gertrude R. Hess; father of Katharine Elkus White.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Meyer C. Ellenstein (1886-1967) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 15, 1886. Democrat. Dentist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924 (alternate), 1940, 1948; lawyer; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1933-41; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Jewish. Died February 11, 1967 (age 80 years, 119 days). Interment at Oheb Shalom Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Max Ellenstein and Libby (Bzuroff) Ellenstein; married, March 15, 1913, to Hilda Hausner; married, September 25, 1943, to Ruth Tlusty.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Philip Elman (b. 1918) — of Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., March 14, 1918. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, 1941-43; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1961-70. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 21, 1947, to Ella M. Shalit.
  Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer (1793-1883) — also known as Lucius Q. C. Elmer — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., February 3, 1793. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1820-23; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1823; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1824-28; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1843-45; New Jersey state attorney general, 1850-52; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1852-59, 1861-69. Died in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., March 11, 1883 (age 90 years, 36 days). Interment at Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Elmer and Hannah P. (Seeley) Elmer; married to Catharine Hay; nephew of Jonathan Elmer; first cousin once removed of Eli Elmer and Joseph H. Elmer; second cousin of Reuben Fithian; second cousin once removed of Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.; second cousin twice removed of Alexander Robeson Fithian; second cousin thrice removed of Charles Grant Garrison, Lindley Miller Garrison and James Hampton Fithian; third cousin of Apollos Morrell Elmer; third cousin once removed of John Allen, Henry Ward Beecher and George Frederick Stone; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Chapin (1761-1821) and George Buckingham Beecher; fourth cousin of Amaziah Brainard, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875) and John William Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Daniel Warner Bostwick, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Anson Levi Holcomb, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, George Bradley Kellogg, Leveret Brainard, Henry Purdy Day, Edmund Day, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918) and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The borough of Elmer, New Jersey, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Harvey Johnson Ely (1891-1942) — also known as William H. J. Ely — of Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., September 18, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New Jersey, 1924-29; member of New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1932 (alternate), 1940; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large; elected 1933; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1938. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Lions; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., March 2, 1942 (age 50 years, 165 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Addison Ely and Emily Jane (Johnson) Ely; married, April 30, 1917, to Mary Rogers; second cousin of Joseph Buell Ely.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Sigurd A. Emerson — of Hillside, Union County, N.J. Lawyer; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Clarinda Nelson Field.
  John R. Emery (b. 1842) — Born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, N.J., July 6, 1842. Lawyer; vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1895-1915. Burial location unknown.
  William Colville Emmet (1836-1901) — also known as William C. Emmet — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Staatsburg, Dutchess County, N.Y., June 13, 1836. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Turkey, 1885; U.S. Consul in Smyrna, 1886-93; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1893-97. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 18, 1901 (age 64 years, 309 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of William Colville Emmet (1807-1875) and Laura Magdalena (Coster) Emmet; married 1863 to Emily Hone (granddaughter of Matthew C. Perry; grandniece of John Slidell and Thomas Slidell); nephew of Robert Emmet; grandson of Thomas Addis Emmet; first cousin once removed of William Temple Emmet and Grenville Temple Emmet.
  Political families: Emmet-Slidell family of New York City, New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Morton family; Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mrs. Jerry F. English — of Union County, N.J. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate District 9, 1971. Female. Still living as of 1972.
  Joseph H. Enos (1910-1973) — of Paulsboro, Gloucester County, N.J. Born March 13, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly District 3-A, 1968-71. Methodist. Killed in an automobile accident in Largo, Pinellas County, Fla., March 22, 1973 (age 63 years, 9 days). Interment at Eglinton Cemetery, Clarksboro, N.J.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Wadsworth Evans (1886-1972) — also known as William W. Evans — of Passaic County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., October 5, 1886. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1919-24; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1923. Died in Allendale, Bergen County, N.J., November 1, 1972 (age 86 years, 27 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John William Evans and Emily (Wadsworth) Evans; married to Isabel Urquhart Blauvelt; father of William Wadsworth Evans Jr..
  See also Wikipedia article
  William Wadsworth Evans Jr. (1921-1999) — also known as William W. Evans, Jr. — of Wyckoff, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., May 6, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; mayor of Wyckoff, N.J., 1950; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1960-61; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968. Died in Stuart, Martin County, Fla., August 19, 1999 (age 78 years, 105 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Wadsworth Evans and Isabel Urquhart (Blauvelt) Evans; married to Marie Archbold.
  See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Charles Ewing (1780-1832) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., June 8, 1780. Lawyer; Federalist candidate for New Jersey state house of assembly, 1815; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1824-32. Died, from cholera, in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., August 5, 1832 (age 52 years, 58 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.; cenotaph at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of James Ewing and Martha (Boyd) Ewing; married to Eleanor Graeme Armstrong.
  The township of Ewing, New Jersey, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Guy Leverne Fake (1879-1957) — also known as Guy L. Fake — of Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y., November 15, 1879. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08; district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Gamma Delta; Freemasons; Elks; Junior Order; United Spanish War Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., September 23, 1957 (age 77 years, 312 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Milton Elwood Fake and Mary Louise (Cook) Fake; married to Grace Elizabeth Mucklow; first cousin of Kenneth Hearn Fake.
Leonard Farbstein Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 12, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith; American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; American Jewish Congress; American Judicature Society. Died, of advanced heart disease, at New York Downtown Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28 days). Interment at Cedar Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Louis Farbstein and Yetta Schlanger Farbstein; married to Blossom Langer.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Frank S. Farley (1901-1977) — also known as "Hap" — of Ventnor City, Atlantic County, N.J. Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., December 5, 1901. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1938-40; member of New Jersey state senate, 1941-71 (Atlantic County 1941-65, District 1 1966-67, District 2 1968-71); defeated, 1971; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972; chair of Atlantic County Republican Party, 1945-47, 1959-64; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Atlantic County, 1947. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in 1977 (age about 75 years). Entombed at Laurel Memorial Park, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, N.J.
  Relatives: Married to Marie 'Honey' Feyl.
  Cross-reference: James E. Fraser
  John Farmer Jr. (b. 1957) — Born in 1957. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of New Jersey, 2002. Still living as of 2002.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Charles Swinburne Fayerweather (b. 1884) — also known as Charles S. Fayerweather — of New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 12, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; dairy farmer; member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1931; defeated, 1929, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Oakley Fayerweather and Lavinia (Cooke) Fayerweather.
Frederick W. Feldner Frederick W. Feldner (1865-1910) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., June 1, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Cape May Hotel company; president, Furst-Clark Dredging company; real estate developer; Consul for Colombia in Baltimore, Md., 1901-07. Along with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and chauffeur, he was killed when their car collided with a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad train, near Cape May, Cape May County, N.J., August 9, 1910 (age 45 years, 69 days). Interment at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Feldner and Dorothea Carolyn (Plitt) Feldner; married, January 23, 1888, to Amalia 'Mollie' Rausch.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Baltimore Sun, August 10, 1910
  Milton A. Feller (b. 1902) — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., September 21, 1902. School teacher; athletic coach; lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1942-44; district judge in New Jersey 1st District, 1944; law professor; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County, 1947. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  John William Ferdon (1826-1884) — also known as John W. Ferdon — of Piermont, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Piermont, Rockland County, N.Y., December 13, 1826. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1855; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1856-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1864, 1876; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1879-81. Died in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth County, N.J., August 5, 1884 (age 57 years, 236 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Rockland County, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina (b. 1952) — Born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, February 15, 1952. Lawyer; superior court judge in New Jersey, 2004-13; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2013-. Cuban ancestry. Still living as of 2016.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Leland F. Ferry (b. 1900) — of Teaneck, Bergen County, N.J.; West Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., February 12, 1900. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; criminal court judge in New Jersey, 1936-44; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County, 1947. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Fairchild N. Ferry and Clara B. Ferry; married to Lois A. Curtis.
  Richard Stockton Field (1803-1870) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Burlington County, N.J., December 31, 1803. Republican. Lawyer; New Jersey state attorney general, 1838-41; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1862-63; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1863-70; resigned 1870. Died in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., May 25, 1870 (age 66 years, 145 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Nephew of Richard Stockton (1764-1828); grandson of Richard Stockton (1730-1781).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  James Fairman Fielder (1867-1954) — also known as James F. Fielder — of Hudson County, N.J.; Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., February 26, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1908-13; Governor of New Jersey, 1913, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916; vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1919-46. Episcopalian or Congregationalist. Dutch and English ancestry. Died, from a heart condition, in Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, Essex County, N.J., December 2, 1954 (age 87 years, 279 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Eleanor A. (Brinkerhoff) Fielder and George Bragg Fielder; married, June 5, 1895, to Mabel Crowell Miller; nephew of William Brinkerhoff; grandson of James F. Fielder.
  Political family: Fielder family of Jersey City, New Jersey.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Samuel Fish (b. 1852) — also known as Frederick S. Fish — of Newark, Essex County, N.J.; South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 5, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1884; member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1885-87; director and general counsel, Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company; president, Studebaker Vehicle Company; chairman, Studebaker Corporation. Baptist. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Clay Fish and Clara (Jones) Fish; married, June 16, 1887, to Grace A. Studebaker.
  Paul J. Fishman (b. 1957) — of Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 26, 1957. Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Judge Edward Roy Becker, 1982-83; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 2009-. Still living as of 2012.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Alexander Robeson Fithian (1863-1912) — also known as Alexander R. Fithian — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, August 24, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1891. Died in 1912 (age about 48 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Seeley Fithian and Harriet Newell (Reeves) Fithian; grandnephew of Reuben Fithian; second cousin once removed of Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.; second cousin twice removed of Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin once removed of James Ezra Sayers, Charles Grant Garrison, Lindley Miller Garrison, Mary Estelle Sayers and James Hampton Fithian; fourth cousin of George Hires, Benjamin Franklin Hires, Albert Harwood Sayers and Jane Sayers; fourth cousin once removed of Lucius E. Hires, Nathaniel Stretch Hires, Charles Royal Hires and Albert Allison Sayers.
  Political family: Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family of New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  James Hampton Fithian (1873-1920) — also known as J. Hampton Fithian — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in Greenwich, Cumberland County, N.J., December 16, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1899-1914; member of New Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1917-19. Died, from an abscess, in Bridgeton Hospital, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., August 29, 1920 (age 46 years, 257 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Patterson Fithian and Margaret (Stetser) Fithian; first cousin thrice removed of Reuben Fithian; second cousin twice removed of Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.; second cousin thrice removed of Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin once removed of Alexander Robeson Fithian; third cousin twice removed of James Ezra Sayers and Mary Estelle Sayers; fourth cousin of Charles Grant Garrison and Lindley Miller Garrison; fourth cousin once removed of George Hires, Benjamin Franklin Hires, Albert Harwood Sayers and Jane Sayers.
  Political family: Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family of New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  James Joseph Florio (b. 1937) — also known as James J. Florio; Jim Florio — of Pine Hill, Camden County, N.J.; Blackwood, Camden County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Piscataway, Middlesex County, N.J.; Metuchen, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 29, 1937. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1970-74 (District 3-D 1970-73, 5th District 1974); U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1975-90; defeated, 1972; Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94; defeated, 1977, 1981, 1993; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 2000. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about James Florio: Michael Aron, Governor's Race : A TV Reporter's Chronicle of the 1993 Florio/Whitman Campaign
  Alexander Robert Fordyce Jr. (b. 1873) — of Middlesex County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 13, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1904-05. Presbyterian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Robert Fordyce and Margaret Livingston (Hall) Fordyce; married, November 22, 1905, to Ida McCoy.
  Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) — also known as Franklin W. Fort — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., March 30, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager, Eagle Fire Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank; chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker); candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1930. Presbyterian. Died in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., June 20, 1937 (age 57 years, 82 days). Interment at Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Franklin Fort and Charlotte Elizabeth (Stainsby) Fort; married, January 25, 1904, to Emita H. Ryan; grandnephew of George Franklin Fort.
  Political family: Fort family of Newark and Bloomfield, New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Franklin Fort (1852-1920) — also known as J. Franklin Fort — of Newark, Essex County, N.J.; East Orange, Essex County, N.J.; South Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Pemberton, Burlington County, N.J., March 20, 1852. Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey, 1878-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1884, 1896 (chair, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1908, 1912; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1896-1900; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1900-07; Governor of New Jersey, 1908-11; delegate to Progressive National Convention from New Jersey, 1912; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1917-19; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1919. Died November 17, 1920 (age 68 years, 242 days). Interment at Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew H. Fort and Hannah Ann (Brown) Fort; married, April 20, 1876, to Charlotte E. Stainsby; father of Franklin William Fort; nephew of George Franklin Fort.
  Political family: Fort family of Newark and Bloomfield, New Jersey.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  George Peter Foster (1858-1928) — also known as George P. Foster — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Dover, Morris County, N.J., April 3, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1899-1905 (3rd District 1899-1903, 4th District 1903-05). Died in Wheaton, DuPage County, Ill., November 11, 1928 (age 70 years, 222 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Foster and Margaret Foster; married, November 27, 1884, to Julie Hoey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
William Dudley Foulke William Dudley Foulke (1848-1935) — of Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J.; Richmond, Wayne County, Ind. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 20, 1848. Lawyer; writer; poet; reformer and woman suffrage advocate; member of Indiana state senate, 1883-86; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1901-03; newspaper editor. Died in Richmond, Wayne County, Ind., May 30, 1935 (age 86 years, 191 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Foulke and Hannah (Shoemaker) Foulke; married to Mary Taylor Reeves.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, May 1902
  Charles Newell Fowler (1852-1932) — also known as Charles N. Fowler — of Beloit, Mitchell County, Kan.; Cranford, Union County, N.J.; Elizabeth, Union County, N.J.; Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Lena, Stephenson County, Ill., November 2, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911 (8th District 1895-1903, 5th District 1903-11); member of New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1898-1907. Died in Orange, Essex County, N.J., May 27, 1932 (age 79 years, 207 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel Fowler (1818-1865) — of Sussex County, N.J. Born in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, N.J., March 25, 1818. Lawyer; mine operator; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1865; died in office 1865. Died, from typhoid fever, in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., January 13, 1865 (age 46 years, 294 days). Interment at North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Fowler (1779-1844); father of Samuel Fowler (1851-1919).
  Political family: Fowler family of Hamburg, New Jersey.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Fowler (1851-1919) — of New Jersey. Born in Port Jervis, Orange County, N.Y., March 22, 1851. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1889-93. Died March 17, 1919 (age 67 years, 360 days). Interment at North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Fowler (1818-1865); grandson of Samuel Fowler (1779-1844).
  Political family: Fowler family of Hamburg, New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Joseph Francis (1903-1984) — also known as John J. Francis — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., June 19, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1944; county judge in New Jersey, 1948-53; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1953-57; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1957-72. Member, American Bar Association. Died in South Orange, Essex County, N.J., July 5, 1984 (age 81 years, 16 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Thomas Francis and Mary (Moran) Francis; married, December 26, 1933, to Penelope Connolly.
  Barney Frank (b. 1940) — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., March 31, 1940. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1973-80; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1981-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Jewish. Gay. Admitted in 1990 to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex, subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant, and getting 33 parking tickets dismissed for him; Gobie also used the congressman's apartment for prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed on a 38 to 390 vote; a motion to censure him failed 141-287; finally, the House voted to reprimand him by a vote of 408 to 18. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Barney Frank: Stuart Weisberg, Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman — Peter Bollen, Frank Talk: The Wit and Wisdom of Barney Frank
  Abraham Lincoln Freedman (1904-1971) — also known as Abraham L. Freedman — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., November 19, 1904. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1961-64; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1964-71; died in office 1971. Jewish. Died March 13, 1971 (age 66 years, 114 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Abraham Lincoln
  Relatives: Son of Louis Freedman and Annie (Goldman) Freedman; married, January 23, 1939, to Jane G. Sunstein.
  Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) — also known as Louis J. Freeh — of New York. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 6, 1950. Lawyer; FBI agent; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93; director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2014.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Louis J. Freeh: My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror (2006)
  Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804) — of Somerset County, N.J. Born near Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., April 13, 1753. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1784, 1800-04; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Somerset County, 1787; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1793-96; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1801. Slaveowner. Died in Millstone, Somerset County, N.J., April 13, 1804 (age 51 years, 0 days). Interment at Weston Burying Ground, Hillsborough, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Dina (Van Berghe) Frelinghuysen and John Frelinghuysen; married to Gertrude Schenck; father of Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandfather of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-grandfather of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924) and Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; second great-grandfather of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; third great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Davis Lodge, Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; fourth great-grandfather of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817-1885) — also known as Frederick T. Frelinghuysen — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Millstone, Somerset County, N.J., August 4, 1817. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860; New Jersey state attorney general, 1861-66; defeated, 1857; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1866-69, 1871-77; U.S. Secretary of State, 1881-85. Dutch Reformed. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 20, 1885 (age 67 years, 289 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820) and Jane (DuMont) Frelinghuysen; married to Matilda Elizabeth Griswold; father of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924) and Sarah Helen Frelinghuysen (who married John Davis); nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); grandfather of Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen 'Bessie' Davis (daughter-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge) and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Davis Lodge, Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; second great-grandfather of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; first cousin once removed of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen.
  Political family: Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen (1882-1959) — also known as Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen — of Morris County, N.J. Born in Morris County, N.J., September 15, 1882. Lawyer; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Morris County; elected 1933. Died in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., March 11, 1959 (age 76 years, 177 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of George Griswold Frelinghuysen and Sarah Linen (Ballantine) Frelinghuysen; married to Adaline Havemeyer; father of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; nephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandfather of Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; second great-grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); first cousin once removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; first cousin twice removed of George Cabot Lodge; second cousin once removed of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. (1916-2011) — also known as Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 17, 1916. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; bank director; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1953-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1964, 1968, 1972. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Harding Township, Morris County, N.J., May 23, 2011 (age 95 years, 126 days). Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, Morristown, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen and Adaline (Havemeyer) Frelinghuysen; married, September 7, 1940, to Beatrice Sterling Procter; father of Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; grandnephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; second great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; third great-grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); second cousin of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; second cousin once removed of George Cabot Lodge; second cousin twice removed of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; twin brother of Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862) — also known as "Christian Statesman" — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Franklin Township, Somerset County, N.J., March 28, 1787. Whig. Lawyer; New Jersey state attorney general, 1817-29; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1829-35; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1837-38; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1844. Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., April 12, 1862 (age 75 years, 15 days). Interment at First Reformed Church Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Gertrude (Schenck) Frelinghuysen and Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); married 1809 to Charlotte Mercer; married 1857 to Harriet Pumpelly; uncle of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; granduncle of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924) and Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; great-granduncle of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; second great-granduncle of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Davis Lodge, Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.; third great-granduncle of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Louis Frey Jr. (b. 1934) — of Winter Park, Orange County, Fla. Born in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., January 11, 1934. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1969-79 (5th District 1969-73, 9th District 1973-79); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1972; candidate for Governor of Florida, 1978; candidate for U.S. Senator from Florida, 1980. Still living as of 2010.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Charles H. Fuller Charles Humphrey Fuller (1859-1938) — also known as Charles H. Fuller — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 14, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1905; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1907-08. Died December 5, 1938 (age 79 years, 325 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Everett Webb.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  James B. Furber (c.1868-1930) — of Rahway, Union County, N.J.; Linden, Union County, N.J. Born in Allegan, Allegan County, Mich., about 1868. Traveling salesman for National Cash Register Company; newspaper publisher; real estate developer; lawyer; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1906, 1922-24; resigned 1906; charged with assault in connection with his participation in a Socialist rally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, which was ended by spraying the speaker and audience with a fire hose; Socialist candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1920; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; elected (Democratic) mayor of Linden, N.J. 1930, but died before taking office. Suffered a paralytic stroke, while addressing a meeting of the Parent Democratic Club, and died soon after in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., November 12, 1930 (age about 62 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father of Helen Josephine Furber (niece by marriage of George McGillivray).
  David D. Furman (1917-2008) — Born in New York, November 22, 1917. Metallurgist; lawyer; New Jersey state attorney general, 1958-62; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1962-88. Died in Far Hills, Somerset County, N.J., February 14, 2008 (age 90 years, 84 days). Burial location unknown.
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