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Lawyer Politicians in New Jersey, T-V

  Indira Talwani (b. 1960) — of San Francisco, Calif.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., October 6, 1960. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 2014-. Female. Indian subcontinent ancestry. Member, Order of the Coif. Still living as of 2021.
  See also Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Joseph David Tarlowe — also known as Joseph D. Tarlowe — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1926; candidate for New York state senate 12th District, 1930; candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1938. Cremated; cenotaph at Wall of Honor, Immigration Museum, Ellis Island, N.J.
  Herbert Worthington Taylor (1869-1931) — also known as Herbert W. Taylor — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Belleville, Essex County, N.J., February 19, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1904-05; chair of Essex County Republican Party, 1913-17; Essex County Attorney, 1918-21; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1921-23, 1925-27; defeated, 1926. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners; Modern Woodmen; Junior Order; Royal Arcanum. Died October 15, 1931 (age 62 years, 238 days). Interment at East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Delawanna, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of James C. Taylor and Mary E. (Worthington) Taylor; married, October 2, 1895, to Florence Watson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Day Thacher (1881-1950) — also known as Thomas D. Thacher — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J., September 10, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1925-30; U.S. Solicitor General, 1930-33; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1943-48; appointed 1943. Died, of coronary thrombosis, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1950 (age 69 years, 63 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Thacher and Sarah McCulloh (Green) Thacher; married to Eunice Booth Burrall; married, July 20, 1945, to Eleanor M. Lloyd; grandnephew of Sherman Day; second great-grandson of Roger Sherman; first cousin of Roger Kent; second cousin of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar and Maxwell Evarts.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Frank Thompson Jr. (1918-1989) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., July 26, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1950-54; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1955-80; defeated, 1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted on June 18 and convicted on December 3, 1980, on bribery and conspiracy charges; sentenced to three years in prison. Died in 1989 (age about 70 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Thompson and Beatrice (Jameson) Thompson; married, January 10, 1942, to Evelina Gleaves Van Metre.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Lloyd Thompson (b. 1879) — of Westfield, Union County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 17, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; town clerk of Westfield, N.J., 1903-09; real estate investor; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1910-11. Congregationalist. Member, Order of Heptasophs. Burial location unknown.
  William Laurence Tierney Jr. (1907-1989) — also known as William L. Tierney, Jr. — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rumson, Monmouth County, N.J., June 4, 1907. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1968-77. Catholic. Died, in Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., January 6, 1989 (age 81 years, 216 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of William Laurence Tierney and Marian Irene (Brady) Tierney; married to Dorita 'Mary' Dillon.
  Political family: Tierney family of Greenwich, Connecticut.
  Walter Francis Timpone (b. 1950) — also known as Walter F. Timpone — Born November 10, 1950. Lawyer; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2016-. Catholic. Still living as of 2016.
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) — also known as John R. Todd — of Summit, Union County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Johnstown, Rock County, Wis., about 1868. Republican. Lawyer; president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction and engineering firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932, 1940. Member, Union League. Died, of a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 12, 1945 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. James Doeg Todd and Susan (Webster) Todd; married to Alice Peck Bray; father of Webster Bray Todd; grandfather of Webster Bray Todd Jr. and Christine Todd Whitman.
  Political family: Todd-Whitman family of New Jersey.
  William J. Torre (born c.1957) — of Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen County, N.J. Born about 1957. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., 1996-2003. Still living as of 2003.
  Robert Guy Torricelli (b. 1951) — also known as Robert G. Torricelli; "The Torch" — of New Milford, Bergen County, N.J.; Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., August 27, 1951. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1983-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996 (delegation chair), 2000; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1997-2003. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Harry Lancaster Towe (1898-1991) — also known as Harry L. Towe — of Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J.; Kinnelon, Morris County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., November 3, 1898. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1941-42; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1943-51; resigned 1951. Died in Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J., February 4, 1991 (age 92 years, 93 days). Interment at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William C. Traphagen (b. 1848) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Jersey, 1848. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1886-87. Burial location unknown.
  Thomas Whitaker Trenchard (1863-1942) — also known as Thomas W. Trenchard — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Centerton, Salem County, N.J., December 13, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1889; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; county judge in New Jersey, 1899-1906; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1906-41. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution. In 1935, sentenced Bruno Richard Hauptmann to death for the kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., July 23, 1942 (age 78 years, 222 days). Interment at Bridgeton Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of William B. Trenchard and Anna M. (Golder) Trenchard; married, October 18, 1891, to Harriet Manning.
  Robert Troup (1757-1832) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J., August 19, 1757. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1785-86; U.S. District Judge for New York, 1796-98. Columbia classmate and close friend of Alexander Hamilton. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 14, 1832 (age 74 years, 148 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Jannetje Goelet.
  The town of Troupsburg, New York, is named for him.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Patrick Tumulty (1879-1954) — also known as Joseph P. Tumulty — of Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., May 5, 1879. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1907-10; private secretary to Woodrow Wilson, as governor in 1911-12, and as president in 1913-21. Irish ancestry. Died in 1954 (age about 75 years). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
  Relatives: Married 1904 to Mary Byrne.
  Socrates Tuttle (1819-1885) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Colebrook, Coos County, N.H., November 19, 1819. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1861-62; candidate for New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1867; mayor of Paterson, N.J., 1871-72. Presbyterian. Died, while suffering from angina pectoris, in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., February 12, 1885 (age 65 years, 85 days). Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Betsy (Thomas) Tuttle and Horatio Tuttle; married, May 23, 1848, to Jane Winters; married 1852 to Mary Dickey; married to Elizabeth A. (Clark) Weller; father of Esther Jane Tuttle (who married Garret Augustus Hobart); grandfather of Garret Augustus Hobart Jr.; second great-grandfather of Garret Augustus Hobart IV.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Adolph Ulbrich (1891-1970) — of Rahway, Union County, N.J.; Cranford, Union County, N.J. Born May 15, 1891. Lawyer; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1929-30. Died in Cranford, Union County, N.J., September 22, 1970 (age 79 years, 130 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Mabel Miller.
  Thomas Brodhead Van Buren (1824-1889) — also known as Thomas B. Van Buren — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y., June 20, 1824. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1865; U.S. Consul General in Kanagawa, 1874-85. Member, Union League. Died in San Francisco, Calif., October 13, 1889 (age 65 years, 115 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.; cenotaph at Ste. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Van Buren and Mary (Brodhead) Van Buren; married 1853 to Harriet Carthy Sheffield (sister-in-law of William Walter Phelps); father of Harold Sheffield Van Buren; grandson of Barent Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren; second cousin four times removed of Dirck Ten Broeck and Cornelis Cuyler; third cousin once removed of John Van Buren.
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harry Walter Vanderbach (b. 1901) — also known as Harry W. Vanderbach — of Guttenberg, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Guttenberg, Hudson County, N.J., January 12, 1901. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1929-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1936, 1940, 1944 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952. Protestant. Member, Elks; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888-1957) — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., July 7, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Nathan L. Jacobs, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920 (alternate), 1936 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940, 1944; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1947-48; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-57; died in office 1957. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Pi; Order of the Coif; American Political Science Association. Died June 16, 1957 (age 68 years, 344 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park, East Hanover, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Vanderbilt and Alice H. (Leach) Vanderbilt; married, September 12, 1914, to Florence Althen.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Van Dyke (1807-1878) — of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J.; Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minn. Born in Lamington, Somerset County, N.J., April 3, 1807. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of New Brunswick, N.J., 1846-47, 1852-53; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1847-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1859-66; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 15, 1872; district judge in Minnesota 3rd District, 1873-78; died in office 1878. Died in Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minn., December 24, 1878 (age 71 years, 265 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Wabasha, Minn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Richard Varick Richard Varick (1753-1831) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., March 15, 1753. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1786-88; New York state attorney general, 1788-89; appointed 1788; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1789-1801. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., July 30, 1831 (age 78 years, 137 days). Interment at Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Books about Richard Varick: Paul Cushman, Richard Varick A Forgotten Founding Father
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Charles Henry Voorhis (1833-1896) — also known as Charles H. Voorhis — of New Jersey. Born in Spring Valley (now Paramus), Bergen County, N.J., March 13, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1864; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1879-81. Indicted in 1881 for bank fraud over his actions as president of two banks, which later became insolvent; tried and found not guilty. Fearing oncoming total blindness, he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in his office at the Davidson Building, Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., April 15, 1896 (age 63 years, 33 days). Original interment at Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.; reinterment at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John B. Vreeland (b. 1852) — of Morris County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., December 30, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1896-98; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1903-13. Dutch and English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Vreeland and Sarah M. Vreeland; married, December 18, 1878, to Ida A. Piotrowski; married, June 2, 1897, to Ida King Smith.
  Garrett Dorset Wall Vroom (b. 1843) — also known as Garrett D. W. Vroom — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., December 17, 1843. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876, 1888 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); mayor of Trenton, N.J., 1881-84. Dutch and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Dumont Vroom Jr.; grandson of Garret Dorset Wall.
  Political family: Wall-Vroom family of Trenton, New Jersey.
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