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George T. Naame (b. 1901) —
of Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
27, 1901.
Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey, 1942; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Atlantic
County, 1947.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 5,
1922, to Margaret S. Schreadley. |
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William Barclay Napton (1808-1883) —
also known as William B. Napton —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.; Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 23,
1808.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Missouri
state senate, 1834; Missouri
state attorney general, 1836-39; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1839-51, 1857-61, 1873-80;
appointed 1839; defeated, 1851.
Died in Saline
County, Mo., January
8, 1883 (age 74 years, 230
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Henry Martin Nevius (1841-1911) —
also known as Henry M. Nevius —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
30, 1841.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1888-90.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Wounded several times during the Civil War and lost his
left arm.
Died, of a stroke,
January
30, 1911 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Middletown, N.J.
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Christian M. Newman (born c.1867) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., about 1867.
Democrat. Patent attorney; member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) —
also known as Eugene H. Nickerson —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August
2, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Circuit Judge Augustus
N. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan
F. Stone, 1944-46; Nassau
County Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94;
took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002.
His right arm
was paralyzed by polio in his youth.
Died, from complications of ulcer
surgery, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2002 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Charles Francis Xavier O'Brien (1879-1940) —
also known as Charles F. X. O'Brien —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 7,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1921-25; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
14, 1940 (age 61 years, 252
days).
Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Thomas Jefferson O'Donnell (1856-1925) —
also known as Thomas J. O'Donnell —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Mendham Township, Morris
County, N.J., June 2,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado at-large, 1890; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1892,
1896,
1904
(delegation chair).
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died June 11,
1925 (age 69 years, 9
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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A. Dayton Oliphant (1887-1963) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1915-17; Mercer
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1918-23; chair of
Mercer County Republican Party, 1921; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1927-45; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1945-46, 1948-57; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1946-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died June 25,
1963 (age 75 years, 240
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Duncan Oliphant and Elizabeth Van Dever (Dayton) Oliphant;
married, June 21,
1924, to Marguerite A. Broughton. |
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Edward J. O'Mara (b. 1897) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., May 6,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
law
professor; member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1941-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1948;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County,
1947.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter O'Mara and Margaret (Bailey) O'Mara; married, April 2,
1923, to Margaret McOsker. |
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Thomas Ward Osborn (1836-1898) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1868; member of Florida
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1870-72.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1898 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Charles A. Otto Jr. (b. 1888) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1927-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Kiwanis;
Foresters
of America; Delta
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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William E. Ozzard (1915-2002) —
of Bridgewater Township, Somerset
County, N.J.; Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., June 15,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1954-58;
resigned 1958; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1958-67 (Somerset County 1958-65, District 8
1966-67); resigned 1967; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died June 29,
2002 (age 87 years, 14
days).
Interment at Mountain
Top Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Frank Pallone Jr. (b. 1951) —
of Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
30, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1984-88; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1988-2003 (3rd District 1988-93,
6th District 1993-2003); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2013.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Vincent R. Panaro (1910-1998) —
of Ewing, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, October
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1956-64;
resigned 1964; mayor of
Ewing, N.J., 1958; Mercer
County Prosecutor.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach), Broward
County, Fla., September
6, 1998 (age 87 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence N. Park (b. 1907) —
of Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., April
17, 1907.
Lawyer; law
professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Gloucester
County, 1947.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Rotary;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence J. Park and Lyda (Clouse) Park; married to Ruth
Lewis. |
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Benjamin Parke (1777-1835) —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in New Jersey, September
22, 1777.
Lawyer; Indiana
territory attorney general, 1804-08; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1805; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1805-08; resigned 1808;
delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1817-35.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., July 12,
1835 (age 57 years, 293
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles Wolcott Parker (1862-1948) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., October
22, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey 2nd District,
1898-1903; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1903-07; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1907-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
23, 1948 (age 85 years, 93
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Cortlandt Parker and Elisabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker; brother
of Richard
Wayne Parker; married, November
22, 1893, to Emily Fuller; grandson of James
Parker; second great-grandnephew of Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler and James
Alexander Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; third cousin thrice removed of John
Adams Taintor, William
Alfred Buckingham and Henry
G. Taintor; fourth cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and James
Adams Ekin; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Jay II, Philip
N. Schuyler, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton and John
Sluyter Wirt. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Cortlandt Parker (1818-1907) —
also known as Cortlandt Parker —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 27,
1818.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1868.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 29,
1907 (age 89 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Parker and Penelope (Butler) Parker; married, September
15, 1847, to Elisabeth Wolcott Stites; father of Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; second great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; second great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler and James
Alexander Hamilton; third cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Jay, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and James
Adams Ekin; third cousin twice removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton and John
Sluyter Wirt; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Jay II and Philip
N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Denning
Duer, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, John
Jacob Astor III, Eugene
Schuyler, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Richard Wayne Parker (1848-1923) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., August
6, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911, 1914-19, 1921-23 (6th
District 1895-1903, 7th District 1903-09, 13th District 1909-11, 9th
District 1914-19, 1921-23); defeated, 1892, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920.
Died in Paris, France,
November
28, 1923 (age 75 years, 114
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Cortlandt Parker and Elisabeth (Stites) Parker; brother of Charles
Wolcott Parker; married 1883 to
Eleanor K. Gordon; grandson of James
Parker; second great-grandnephew of Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler and James
Alexander Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; third cousin thrice removed of John
Adams Taintor, William
Alfred Buckingham and Henry
G. Taintor; fourth cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and James
Adams Ekin; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Jay II, Philip
N. Schuyler, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton and John
Sluyter Wirt. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William H. Parry (b. 1877) —
of Nutley, Essex
County, N.J.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., November
11, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1921-23.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore D. Parsons (b. 1894) —
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 24,
1894.
Lawyer; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1948-54.
Burial location unknown.
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Anne M. Patterson (b. 1959) —
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., April
15, 1959.
Lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2011-.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2016.
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Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) —
also known as Robert P. Patterson —
of Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
12, 1891.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1945-47.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; American
Legion.
Killed, along with 22 other passengers and crew, and seven people on
the ground, in a plane
crash during rain and
heavy fog, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
22, 1952 (age 60 years, 344
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Amos Jenkins Peaslee II (1887-1969) —
also known as Amos J. Peaslee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., March
24, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1953-56.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Kiwanis.
Died in 1969
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mickleton
Meeting Graveyard, Mickleton, N.J.
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William Pennington (1796-1862) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, May 4,
1796.
Lawyer; Governor of
New Jersey, 1837-43; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1837-43; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1859-61; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1860-61.
Died February
16, 1862 (age 65 years, 288
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Randolph Perkins (1871-1936) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.; Woodcliff Lake, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Dunellen, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
30, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Westfield, N.J., 1905-06; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1905-07; chair of
Bergen County Republican Party, 1911-16; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1921-36 (6th District 1921-33,
7th District 1933-36); died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1936
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Joseph B. Perskie (1885-1957) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., July 20,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1933-47.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died May 29,
1957 (age 71 years, 313
days).
Interment at Beth
Kehillah Cemetery, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, N.J.
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Steven P. Perskie (b. 1945) —
of Margate, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
10, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-77 (District 2 1972-73, 2nd
District 1974-77); member of New
Jersey state senate 2nd District, 1978-82; resigned 1982;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1982.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1982.
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Hugo Menzel Pfaltz Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Hugo M. Pfaltz, Jr. —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, September
23, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1968-71 (District 9-C 1968-69,
District 9-B 1970-71).
Still living as of 2000.
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William Walter Phelps (1839-1894) —
also known as William W. Phelps —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
24, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1873-75, 1883-89;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1881-82; Germany, 1889-93; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and
Appeals, 1893-94.
Died in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., June 17,
1894 (age 54 years, 297
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jay Phelps and Rachel Badgerly (Phinney) Phelps; married 1860 to Ellen
Maria Sheffield (sister-in-law of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; aunt of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren); father of Sheffield
Phelps; nephew of Norman
A. Phelps; grandfather of Phelps
Phelps; great-grandnephew of Noah
Phelps; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Elisha
Phelps; second cousin of Hiram
Bidwell Case; second cousin once removed of John
Smith Phelps; third cousin once removed of Amos
Pettibone and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Augustus
Pettibone, Gaylord
Griswold, Hezekiah
Case and Rufus
Pettibone; third cousin thrice removed of John
Strong, Oliver
Ellsworth, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Charles
Jenkins Hayden and Asahel
Pierson Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Augustus
Herman Pettibone, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler, Allen
Jacob Holcomb, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Carl
Trumbull Hayden. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Carlton B. Pierce (b. 1857) —
of Cranford, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 22,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1908-10; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1912-17.
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter;
architect;
lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Junior
Order.
While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally
shot
in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward
Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
26, 1924 (age 58 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Frederick R. Pilch —
of Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Lawyer; mayor
of Bloomfield, N.J., 1920-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick H. Pilch. |
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Charles Clarke Pilgrim (b. 1874) —
also known as Charles C. Pilgrim —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J., September
6, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1915-16; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1916; member of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1918-20.
Member, Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Cooper Pitney (1827-1911) —
also known as Henry C. Pitney —
Born in Mendham Township, Morris
County, N.J., January
19, 1827.
Lawyer; bank
director; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1889-1907.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died January
10, 1911 (age 83 years, 356
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., February
5, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1895-99; member of
New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1899-1901; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-08; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1908-12; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1912-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
9, 1924 (age 66 years, 308
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Clarence Elwyn Pitts (1876-1928) —
also known as Clarence E. Pitts —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New Jersey, March
27, 1876.
Lawyer; New York Prohibition state chair, 1909-11; Prohibition
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1909, 1910, 1913;
Prohibition candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; Florida
Republican state chair, 1927.
Died in his law
office, Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., December
22, 1928 (age 52 years, 270
days).
Interment at Fernhill Memorial Gardens, Stuart, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Edwin Basil Pitts and Jennie Irene (Scouton) Pitts; married
1899 to
Pearle Stranahan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Deborah T. Poritz (b. 1936) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
26, 1936.
Lawyer; chief counsel to Gov. Thomas
H. Kean, 1989-90; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1994-96; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1996-2006.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2011.
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Newton Hazelton Porter (1877-1945) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., April
13, 1877.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1924-26;
circuit judge in New Jersey, 1926-38; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1938-45; died in
office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died May 16,
1945 (age 68 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward B. Porter and Emma J. Porter; married to Alice B.
Chamberlain. |
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Clifford Ross Powell (1893-1973) —
also known as Clifford R. Powell —
of Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Lumberton, Burlington
County, N.J., July 26,
1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1922-27;
Speaker
of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1925; member of New
Jersey state senate from Burlington County, 1928-39; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935; defeated in primary, 1937; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; major general, U.S. Army.
Died, in Burlington County Memorial Hospital,
Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., March
28, 1973 (age 79 years, 245
days).
Interment at Lakeview Memprial Park, Cinnaminson, N.J.
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William Theodore Powers (1897-1950) —
also known as William T. Powers —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1926, 1927;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1947-50; died in office 1950.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Patterson, Putnam
County, N.Y., August
28, 1950 (age 53 years, 197
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, N.J.
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Horace Griggs Prall (1881-1951) —
also known as Horace G. Prall —
of Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born near Ringoes, Hunterdon
County, N.J., March 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1926-27;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1928-36; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1937-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., April
23, 1951 (age 70 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wells Blodgett Priest (1888-1951) —
also known as W. Blodgett Priest —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Hackettstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., July 13,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926, 1926, 1932; candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1934.
Died in Hackettstown, Warren
County, N.J., September
19, 1951 (age 63 years, 68
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Haydn Proctor (1903-1996) —
of Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 16,
1903.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1936-37;
district judge in New Jersey, 1937; member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1939-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Monmouth
County, 1947; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1947; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1957-73.
Died in a hospital
at Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., October
2, 1996 (age 93 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Edward Purcell (1856-1928) —
also known as William E. Purcell —
of Wahpeton, Richland
County, N.Dak.
Born in Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., August
3, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Richland
County, 1889; Richland
County State's Attorney, 1889-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Dakota, 1889; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1892,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of North
Dakota state senate, 1906-10; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1910-11; defeated, 1914.
Catholic.
Died in 1928
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Wahpeton, N.Dak.
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John H. Pursel (b. 1896) —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., 1896.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1929-31; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Warren
County; elected 1933; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Warren County,
1947.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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