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Barbara S. Abbott (b. 1930) —
also known as Barbara Straight —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Mannington, Marion
County, W.Va., November
30, 1930.
Republican. School teacher; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1965; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1981.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Ardas Leo Straight and Nellie (Starkey) Straight; married
1961 to
George Norman Abbott IV. |
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Tom R. Ammiano (b. 1941) —
also known as Tom Ammiano —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., December
15, 1941.
Democrat. School teacher; movie
stuntman; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1999, 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000;
member of California
state assembly 13th District, 2009.
Gay.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jill Biden (b. 1951) —
also known as Jill Tracy Jacobs —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Hammonton, Atlantic
County, N.J., June 3,
1951.
Democrat. School teacher; college
professor; Second Lady
of the United States, 2009-17; First Lady
of the United States, 2021-.
Female.
Italian,
Scottish,
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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James Lockwood Conger (1805-1876) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
18, 1805.
Whig. School teacher; lawyer; merchant;
banker;
patent
medicine manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1851-53.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., April
10, 1876 (age 71 years, 52
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; cenotaph at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of David Beeman Conger and Hannah (Lockwood) Conger; married, December
23, 1824, to Paulina Belvedere Clark; second cousin once removed
of Hanford
Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of John
Hart; third cousin of Homer
Nichols Lockwood and Charles
Franklin Conger; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Lockwood and Hugh
Conger; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer
Lockwood, Alfred
Collins Lockwood and Daniel
Clark Joyce; third cousin thrice removed of John
Alsop, William
Henry Rossell and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; fourth cousin of Thaddeus
Betts, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1838-1916) and Frederick
Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Horatio
Lockwood, Walter
Booth, Abiel
Case, Abraham
Bogart Conger, Edwin
Hurd Conger, James
W. Conger, Franklin
Barker Conger, Benn
Conger, Frank
Elisha Reed and Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1882-1963). |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Joseph Eagan (1872-1956) —
also known as John J. Eagan —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., January
22, 1872.
Democrat. Stenographer;
school teacher and principal; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1913-21, 1923-25;
defeated, 1920.
Died in Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J., June 13,
1956 (age 84 years, 143
days).
Interment at Rosendale
Cemetery, Tillson, N.Y.
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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.
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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.
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John James Fay Jr. (1927-2003) —
also known as John J. Fay —
of Woodbridge, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., June 8,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 7-C, 1968-73; member of
New
Jersey state senate 19th District, 1974-77.
Catholic.
Died in Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
27, 2003 (age 76 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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William P. Fitzpatrick (c.1941-1975) —
of Point Pleasant, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born about 1941.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 10th District, 1974-75; died in
office 1975.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
While driving east on Route 70 near Burnt Tavern Road, he collided
head-on with another car, and was killed instantaneously, in
Brick Township, Ocean
County, N.J., March 1,
1975 (age about 34
years).
Interment at St.
Catharine Cemetery, Sea Girt, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fitzpatrick and Ruth Fitzpatrick. |
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Wayne Thomas Gilchrest (b. 1946) —
also known as Wayne T. Gilchrest —
of Kennedyville, Kent
County, Md.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., April
15, 1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
school teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1991-; defeated, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ronald D. Glass (b. 1911) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., September
22, 1911.
School teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Passaic
County, 1947.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Emmet Haynes (1827-1897) —
also known as Joseph E. Haynes; "Picnic
Joe" —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Westford, Otsego
County, N.Y., July 31,
1827.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1884-94; postmaster at Newark,
N.J., 1895-97.
Died December
6, 1897 (age 70 years, 128
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Irvington, N.J.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought
iron; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1880; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Mildred Barry Hughes —
also known as Mildred B. Hughes —
of Union, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1958-65;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964;
member of New
Jersey state senate District 9, 1966-67; defeated, 1967.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Urban
League; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives:
Married to Peter L. Hughes, Jr. |
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William Mershon Lanning (1849-1912) —
also known as William M. Lanning —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ewingville (now part of Ewing), Mercer
County, N.J., January
1, 1849.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey, 1887-91; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1894; president,
Mechanics' National Bank of
Trenton, 1899; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1903-04; resigned
1904; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1904-09; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1909-12; died in
office 1912.
Presbyterian.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
16, 1912 (age 63 years, 46
days).
Interment at Ewing Church Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Anne Clark Martindell (1914-2008) —
also known as Anne C. Martindell; Anne Clark; Mrs.
Jackson Martindell —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1914.
Democrat. School teacher; vice-chair of
New Jersey Democratic Party, 1969-74; member of New
Jersey state senate 14th District, 1974-77; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1976; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1976;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1979-81; Western Samoa, 1979-81.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died June 11,
2008 (age 93 years, 329
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph V. McKee (1889-1956) —
also known as James W. Dawson; "Holy
Joe" —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
8, 1889.
School teacher; lawyer; author;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1918-23; municipal
judge in New York, 1924-26; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1932; defeated, 1932, 1933 (Recovery);
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1938.
Catholic.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1956 (age 66 years, 173
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Gene W. Miller (b. 1906) —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, 1906.
School teacher; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931 to
Richard L. Miller. |
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James Smith Monroe (b. 1854) —
also known as James S. Monroe —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
29, 1854.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1901-10 (Gogebic District
1901-02, Gogebic County 1903-10); defeated, 1912.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Smith Monroe and Harriet (FitzGerald) Monroe; married, July 13,
1882, to Emma C. Mitchell. |
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Monica Moorehead (b. 1952) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., 1952.
Socialist. School teacher; Workers World candidate for President
of the United States, 1996, 2000, 2016.
Female.
Atheist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
of California.
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March
16, 1912.
Republican. School teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1953-61; First Lady
of the United States, 1969-74; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;
married, June 21,
1940, to Richard
Milhous Nixon. |
| | | Political families: Eisenhower-Nixon
family; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Patricia Nixon Elementary
School (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. — Pat Nixon Park
(established 1969), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. |
| | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speak
your language, they can tell if you have love in your
heart." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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William J. Pascrell Jr. (b. 1937) —
also known as Bill Pascrell, Jr. —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
25, 1937.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1988-96; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1990-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1997-2019 (8th District
1997-2013, 9th District 2013-19).
Catholic.
Still living as of 2019.
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English
and German
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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Charles Wesley Pitman (c.1816-1871) —
also known as Charles W. Pitman —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Medford, Burlington
County, N.J., about 1816.
School principal; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1849-51; lumber
business; Schuylkill
County Sheriff, 1871.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., June 8,
1871 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Margaret Scafati Roukema (1929-2014) —
also known as Marge Roukema —
of Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
19, 1929.
Republican. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1981-2003 (7th District 1981-83,
5th District 1983-2003); defeated, 1978.
Female.
Protestant.
Died in Wyckoff, Bergen
County, N.J., November
12, 2014 (age 85 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbour Eddy Saunders (1894-1979) —
also known as Wilbour E. Saunders —
of Hightstown, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., September
20, 1894.
Pastor;
chaplain;
school headmaster; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947; interim president,
Keuka College, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in 1979
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Colver Leeds Saunders and Harriet (Robertson) Saunders; married,
September
22, 1919, to Mildred A. Paige. |
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Hugh James Saxton (b. 1943) —
also known as H. James Saxton; Jim Saxton —
of Bordentown, Burlington
County, N.J.; Vincentown, Burlington
County, N.J.; Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Nicholson, Wyoming
County, Pa., January
22, 1943.
Republican. School teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 8th District, 1976-81; member of
New
Jersey state senate 8th District, 1982-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1984-2003 (13th District 1984-93,
3rd District 1993-2003).
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert C. Smith (b. 1941) —
also known as Bob Smith —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.; Tuftonboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March
30, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; school
teacher; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1985-90;
defeated, 1980, 1982; resigned 1990; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1990-2003; defeated, 2002.
Still living as of 2014.
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Harry J. Wheeler —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
School teacher; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1970.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1970.
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Gilbert Rhoads Willson (1881-1967) —
also known as Gilbert R. Willson —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.; Point Rock, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Pennsauken, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Lee Center, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
23, 1881.
School teacher; U.S. Consul in Matamoros, 1918-24; Yarmouth, 1924-29; Lagos, as of 1932; Piedras Negras, as of 1938.
Died, in Cooper Hospital,
Camden, Camden
County, N.J., March
20, 1967 (age 85 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken, N.J.
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Charles S. Witkowski (1907-1993) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 4,
1907.
School teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1957-61; defeated, 1961.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 89
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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Jacob Reynier Wortendyke (1818-1868) —
also known as Jacob R. Wortendyke —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Chestnut Ridge (now part of Montvale), Bergen
County, N.J., November
27, 1818.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1857-59; president,
New Jersey Riparian Commission, 1865-68; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1868.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
7, 1868 (age 49 years, 346
days).
Interment at Pascack
Reformed Church Cemetery, Park Ridge, N.J.
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Hubbard R. Yetman (1847-1924) —
of Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Monmouth
County, N.J., 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school teacher;
civil
engineer; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1889, 1892-93.
Died in 1924
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard, Tottenville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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