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Walter W. Abbott (b. 1894) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 20,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1930-33; mayor of
Rome, N.Y., 1942-43.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Abbott and Anna (Pritchard) Abbott; married, September
7, 1920, to Marion A. FitzGibbons. |
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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina. |
| | | Epitaph: He established "one man, one
vote" as a principle of American law. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Andrew Addison Adams (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew A. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
27, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1888-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court,
1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married 1890 to Lois
Andrew. |
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Isaac Adler (1868-1941) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., May 10,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1930-31.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died suddenly while attending a city
planning meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 24,
1941 (age 73 years, 45
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Simon Louis Adler (1867-1934) —
also known as Simon L. Adler —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., August
30, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1911-26; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of New York, 1927-34;
died in office 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Suffered a heart
attack at breakfast, and died soon after, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 23,
1934 (age 66 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Arthur Melville Agnew (b. 1878) —
also known as Arthur M. Agnew —
of Grantwood, Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1913-15;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Agnew and Maria (McGovern) Agnew; married, October
20, 1910, to Elizabeth Johnston. |
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Dean Alfange (1899-1989) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
December
2, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1941 (Democratic, 17th District),
1948 (Liberal, 24th District); American Labor candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho.
One of the founders of the Liberal Party of New York.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
24, 1989 (age 89 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August
10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. |
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Warren Mattice Anderson (1915-2007) —
also known as Warren M. Anderson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
16, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1953-88 (45th District 1953-54, 47th District
1955-65, 55th District 1966, 47th District 1967-82, 51st District
1983-88); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1985-86.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Wilson Memorial Regional Medical
Center, Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., June 1,
2007 (age 91 years, 228
days).
Interment at Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Benjamin Antin (1884-1956) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlinez, Ukraine,
August
4, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1921-22; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1923-30; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Khorassan; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
22, 1956 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Antin and Frances (Schwartzman) Antin; married, August
18, 1918, to Dora Polsky. |
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George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) —
also known as George A. Arkwright —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
19, 1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-64; appointed 1950;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1954-62.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Henry Armbrecht (1874-1941) —
also known as William H. Armbrecht —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
9, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Alabama
state attorney general, 1901; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1904-12; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 10,
1941 (age 67 years, 151
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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George Longan Arnold (b. 1922) —
also known as George Arnold —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 3,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1954;
administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Matthew
Neely, 1956-57.
Member, American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Selden E. Bacon (1861-1946) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
28, 1861.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, in Northern Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 25,
1946 (age 84 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Susan (Bacon) Bacon; married, October
24, 1894, to Sarah Blair Fairchild; married, July 25,
1903, to Josephine Dodge Daskam. |
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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H. Douglas Barclay (b. 1932) —
of Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born July 5,
1932.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1965-84 (43rd District 1965, 50th District 1966,
43rd District 1967-82, 46th District 1983-84); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1968.
Member, American Bar Association; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896) —
also known as Francis C. Barlow; "The Boy
General" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
19, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary
of state of New York, 1866-67; New York
state attorney general, 1872-73.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, from "the grip" (influenza),
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1896 (age 61 years, 84
days).
Interment at Walnut
Street Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Clarence Alfred Barnes (1882-1970) —
also known as Clarence A. Barnes —
of Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
28, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker);
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1945-49; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1948;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., May 25,
1970 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William D. Barnes and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes; married, March
13, 1906, to Helen V. Long; married, October
8, 1927, to Doreen Kane. |
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Ezra Andrew Barnes (1879-1928) —
also known as Ezra A. Barnes —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Scriba, Oswego
County, N.Y., May 11,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1921-23.
Member, American Bar Association; Grange;
Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
He killed
himself by opening the gas jets
in his room, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 10,
1928 (age 48 years, 365
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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William Henry Barnes (1843-1904) —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Hampton, Windham
County, Conn., May 14,
1843.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-72; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1885.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died November
10, 1904 (age 61 years, 180
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) —
also known as Henry R. Barrett —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
4, 1940 (age 70 years, 169
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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John Ries Bartels (1897-1997) —
also known as John R. Bartels —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1944;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-52; appointed 1950;
defeated, 1952; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1959-73;
took senior status 1973.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1997 (age 99 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Willard Bartlett (1846-1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
14, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Elihu
Root, 1869-83 and 1917-24; drama
critic; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1884-1907; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1906; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906-16; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
17, 1925 (age 78 years, 95
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Irving Franklin Baxter (b. 1863) —
also known as Irving F. Baxter —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Liverpool, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
11, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; Douglas
County Judge, 1893-99; district judge in Nebraska 4th District,
1900-04; resigned 1904; U.S.
Attorney for Nebraska, 1904-05; law partner of Norris
Brown.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Baxter and Amie C. (Sitts) Baxter; married, September
26, 1888, to Mary C. Gleason. |
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice,
New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willowbrook
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September
7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. |
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Howard Randolph Bayne (1851-1933) —
also known as Howard R. Bayne —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 11,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1909-12.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar Association.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March
13, 1933 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Bayne and Mary Ellen (Ashby) Bayne; married, April
27, 1886, to Lizzie S. Moore (daughter of Samuel Preston Moore);
married, February
17, 1932, to Amy (Hughes) D'Aeth. |
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Alfred Le Roy Becker (1878-1948) —
also known as Alfred L. Becker —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
22, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1918.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 13,
1948 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Owen M. Begley (1906-1981) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., May 16,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1932, 1933;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1947-51; member of New York
state senate 38th District, 1957-65.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Catholic
War Veterans; American Bar Association.
Died in September, 1981
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph W. Bellacosa (b. 1937) —
of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
1, 1937.
State court judge in New York, 1985-87; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1987-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1993.
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Russell Benedict (1859-1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1912-25.
Member, American Bar Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
29, 1936 (age 77 years, 4
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910 (17th District), 1916
(23rd District), 1936 (19th District), 1944 (21st District); delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Delta
Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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John James Bennett (1894-1967) —
also known as John J. Bennett —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; New York
state attorney general, 1931-42; defeated, 1938; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Catholic
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles.
One of the organizers of the American Legion. Also served as Deputy
Mayor of New York City, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York,
Chief Justice of the Court of Special Sessions, and Chairman of the
New York City Planning Commission.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
4, 1967 (age 73 years, 216
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John James Bennett and Kathryn (O'Brien) Bennett; married, September
4, 1923, to Evelyn Anne Cogan. |
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1936 |
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Harry Felipe Besosa (1881-1947) —
also known as Harry F. Besosa —
of Santurce, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
24, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Puerto
Rico senate, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Puerto Rico, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Republican
National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1928-32; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1932-33.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died October
22, 1947 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Cementerio
de Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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Nathan Bijur (1862-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
took part in railroad
reorganizations and the creation of the Southern Railway;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-30; died in office
1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Society for International Law; American Bar Association;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pleurisy and
empyema, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1930 (age 68 years, 37
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Asher Bijur and Pauline (Sondheim) Bijur; married 1886 to Lilly
Pronich. |
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Herbert Porter Bissell (1856-1919) —
also known as Herbert P. Bissell —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
30, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1901; vice-president, Niagara Gorge Railroad;
also counsel to the Buffalo Traction
Co.; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1912-19; died in office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
While presiding at a trial, in court,
in the Niagara County
Courthouse, he suffered a heart
attack and died, in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., April
30, 1919 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, East Aurora, N.Y.
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Abel Edward Blackmar (1852-1931) —
also known as Abel E. Blackmar —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., August
21, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated (Citizens
Judiciary), 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Division
of the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, Interborough Rapid
Transit Company, 1922-31.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association.
Died, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
14, 1931 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George A. Blauvelt (b. 1866) —
of Monsey, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ramapo, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
11, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1911-12; member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1913-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1915;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Walter Bliss (1892-1982) —
also known as F. Walter Bliss —
of Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Gilboa, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
27, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1933-44; defeated, 1944;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd
Department, 1933-43.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died September
8, 1982 (age 90 years, 134
days).
Interment somewhere in Middleburgh, N.Y.; cenotaph at Breakabeen Cemetery, Breakabeen, N.Y.
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S. John Block (c.1880-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, about 1880.
Socialist. Lawyer;
candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1908; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914,
1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1916, 1917; delegate to Socialist
National Convention from New York, 1920.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; National
Lawyers Guild; American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1955 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Block and Belle (Adler) Block; married to Anita
Cahn. |
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Jeremiah B. Bloom (1913-1983) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1957-78 (12th District 1957-65, 21st District 1966,
17th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-78); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1978.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans.
Suffered a heart
attack at the Port Authority Bus
Terminal, and died soon after, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1983 (age 70 years, 130
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Albert Howard Blumenthal (1928-1984) —
also known as Albert H. Blumenthal —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1928.
Liberal. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-76 (New York County 5th District 1963-65,
73rd District 1966, 67th District 1967-72, 69th District 1973-76);
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1973.
Jewish.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
In December, 1975, he was indicted
on perjury
charges over his testimony about a 1971 meeting where he was alleged
to intercede on behalf of a nursing home operator; later, bribery
charges were added; in April, 1976, all the charges were ruled to be
without factual basis, and dismissed.
Died, presumably from cancer,
in the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1984 (age 55 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bennet M. Blumenthal and Matilda Blumenthal; married, May 18,
1958, to Joel Marie Winik. |
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Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) —
also known as Nils A. Boe —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltic, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
10, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of
South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
Pres. Richard
Nixon, 1969-71; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Died July 30,
1992 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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William Bondy (1870-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1923-56;
took senior status 1956.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1964 (age 93 years, 356
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Salaman Bondy and Amelia (Lederer) Bondy. |
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Robert William Bonynge (1863-1939) —
also known as Robert W. Bonynge —
of Denver,
Colo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1893-94; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1904-09; defeated,
1900.
Member, American Bar Association; Union
League.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1939 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Paul P. E. Bookson (c.1933-2005) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1965-74 (24th District 1965, 27th District 1966,
24th District 1967-72, 25th District 1973-74).
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Struck
by a motorcycle while crossing a street in Brooklyn, died later
the same day in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 2005 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Relatives: Son
of Leo Bookson and Anna Bookson; married to Tova
Heller. |
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Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941) —
also known as Francis E. Bouck —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-41; died in office 1941; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941; died in office 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Denver,
Colo., November
24, 1941 (age 67 years, 364
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck;
married, November
29, 1900, to Mabel Frankland Worcester; married, August
20, 1917, to Harriet Wolcott Vaile. |
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Hugh Henry Bownes (1920-2003) —
also known as Hugh H. Bownes —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
10, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1963; mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1963-65; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1966-68; U.S.
District Judge for New Hampshire, 1968-77; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1977-90; took
senior status 1990.
Protestant.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Lions.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
5, 2003 (age 83 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Joseph Brady (1885-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Brady —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Justice, New York City
Special Sessions, 1934-39; Justice, New York City Court, 1940-50; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-55.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Union Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March 4,
1971 (age 86 years, 7
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Oliver Winslow Branch (b. 1879) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1913-26; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1926-46; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Delta
Upsilon; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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M. William Bray (1889-1961) —
also known as Bill Bray —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Churubusco, Clinton
County, N.Y., September
25, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Oneida County Democratic Party, 1924-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1948;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1928-30; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1933-38.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
17, 1961 (age 71 years, 114
days).
Interment at St. Patrick Cemetery, Chateaugay, N.Y.
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August
5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March
27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Desha
Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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David Gerald Bress (1908-1976) —
also known as David G. Bress —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 7,
1908.
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Jewish Committee; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in March, 1976
(age 67
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896) —
also known as Benjamin H. Bristow —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., June 20,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1863-65; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1866-70; law partner of John
M. Harlan, 1870; U.S. Solicitor General, 1870-72; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
Member, American Bar Association; Union
League.
Died, from appendicitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1896 (age 64 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Kenneth N. Browne (b. 1923) —
of Hollis, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 25,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Queens County 11th District 1965, 22nd
District 1966, 26th District 1967-68).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Elks;
American Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Shirley Ann Session. |
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Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for hotel
associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel
and Restaurant
Law"; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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John L. Buckley (b. 1900) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1925-26; member
of New
York state senate 15th District, 1927-42; defeated, 1942; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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John T. Buckley —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 116th District, 1967-72.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Jaycees;
American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1972.
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Emory Roy Buckner (1877-1941) —
also known as Emory R. Buckner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, August
7, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1925-27.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
11, 1941 (age 63 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. J. D. M. Buckner and Sarah A. (Ellis) Buckner; married, April 4,
1901, to Katherine Keach. |
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Oliver D. Burden (b. 1873) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Madison
County, N.Y., March
15, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Theodore
Roosevelt in the libel case brought by political boss William
Barnes, Jr., 1915; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1923-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Burden and Lucia (Groesbeck) Burden; married, June 26,
1905, to Irene de Tamble. |
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Adrian Paul Burke (1904-2000) —
also known as Adrian P. Burke —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
2, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1938;
judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1955-73.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Lauderhill, Broward
County, Fla., September
3, 2000 (age 95 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas F. Burke and Rose Mary Daw Burke; married, December
27, 1934, to Edith Martin. |
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Edmund Burke Jr. (1905-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
5, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1941-43; attorney
for Texaco oil company.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 13,
1993 (age 88 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edmund Burke and Mabel Jeannette (Rule) Burke; married, July 18,
1939, to Marion Hopkins McDonagh. |
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Robert Tyng Bushnell (1896-1949) —
also known as Robert T. Bushnell —
of West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 9,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Middlesex
County District Attorney, 1927-31; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1941-45.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his suite at the Royalton Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1949 (age 53 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Stowe Bushnell and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell; married,
June
30, 1924, to Sylvia P. Folsom. |
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Richard P. Byrne (1880-1958) —
of DeWitt, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born near Pompey, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
27, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1934; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952;
member of New York
state senate 43rd District, 1945-46; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1945.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, in Crouse-Irving Hospital,
Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 18,
1958 (age 77 years, 264
days).
Interment at Pompey
Hill Cemetery, Pompey, N.Y.
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer,
in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan L. Holt. |
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Francis Gordon Caffey (1868-1951) —
also known as Francis G. Caffey —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala.
Born in Gordonsville, Lowndes
County, Ala., October
28, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1917-21;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929-47;
took senior status 1947; senior judge, 1947-51.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala., September
20, 1951 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Verbena
Cemetery, Verbena, Ala.
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Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph A. Califano, Jr. —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 15,
1931.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-79.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Donald A. Campbell (1922-1992) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1951-68 (Montgomery County 1951-65, 123rd
District 1966, 104th District 1967-68).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets;
American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Died November
8, 1992 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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V. Sumner Carroll (b. 1920) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
17, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Niagara
County Attorney, 1953-58; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (151st District 1966, 137th District
1967-72).
Member, American Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to JoAnn P. Hayden. |
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William Brown Carswell (1883-1953) —
also known as William B. Carswell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1913-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-53; died in office
1953; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1927-49; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-president and trustee, Caledonian Hospital.
Christian
Reformed. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Elks.
Died, following surgery for a stomach
ailment, in Sherbrooke Hospital,
Sherbrooke, Quebec,
September
7, 1953 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bruce Carswell and Ann (Brown) Carswell. |
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Orrin N. Carter (b. 1854) —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
22, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Grundy
County Superintendent of Schools, 1880-82; Grundy
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-88; Cook
County Judge, 1894-1905; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1906-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benajah Carter and Isabel (Cole) Carter; married, August
1, 1881, to Nettie J. Steven. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book
1919 |
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Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) —
also known as Robert P. Casey; Bob Casey;
"Spike" —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
9, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964
(alternate), 1968,
1992
(delegation chair); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1969-77; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1980; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of amyloidosis
and complications of prostate
cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 30,
2000 (age 68 years, 142
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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Harry B. Chambers (c.1884-1954) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Somers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, New York City Board of Education, 1922; general counsel, New
York Board of Trade; chair of
Bronx County Democratic Party, 1926-43, 1944-51; chief hearing
commissioner for New York region, U.S. Office of Price
Administration, 1943-44; president, New York City Tax Commission,
1946-49.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Somers, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
14, 1954 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie Hirschy. |
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Elmer E. Charles (1862-1936) —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, January
3, 1862.
Lawyer;
law partner of I.
Sam Johnson, 1886-1906; Wyoming
County District Attorney, 1895-1904; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1904-05.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., October
31, 1936 (age 74 years, 302
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Charles and Lurana (Witherell) Charles; married to
Sadie Baird. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Fenimore Chatterton (1860-1958) —
of Wyoming.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 21,
1860.
Republican. Member of Wyoming
state senate, 1890; Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1893-94; secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1899-1907; Governor of
Wyoming, 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died May 9,
1958 (age 97 years, 292
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Henry Martyn Cheever (b. 1832) —
also known as Henry M. Cheever —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Ebenezer Cheever; married to Sarah Buckbee. |
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar Association; Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Ramsey Clark (1927-2021) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law
professor; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
2021 (age 93 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67; took senior status 1967.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) —
also known as J. Proctor Clarke —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence (Firenze), Italy,
of American parents, April
23, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1905-26.
Member, Union
League; American Bar Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Murray Hill Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1932 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment somewhere
in Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married, June 25,
1884, to Sarah M. Parker; married, July 8,
1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell. |
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Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater (1848-1933) —
also known as Alphonso T. Clearwater —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., September
11, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; Ulster
County District Attorney, 1878-86; Ulster
County Judge, 1890-98; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; appointed 1898; member, New York State
Probation Commission, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Dutch
and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar Association.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
23, 1933 (age 85 years, 12
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Clearwater and Emily Baoudoin (Trumpbour) Clearwater;
married 1875 to Anna
Houghtaling Farrand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe
IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba";
"Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big
Dog" —
of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
19, 1946.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
President
of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar Association.
On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk
at the White House in an apparent assassination
attempt against President Clinton. Impeached
by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of
perjury
and obstruction
of justice in connection with his sexual
contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted
by the Senate.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and
Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married, October
11, 1975, to Hillary
Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky); third cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Lockhart. |
| | | Political families: Clinton
family of Wadesboro, North Carolina; Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Abraham
J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth
W. Starr — Rahm
Emanuel — Henry
G. Cisneros — Maria
Echaveste — Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. — Walter
S. Orlinsky — Charles
F. C. Ruff — Sean
Patrick Maloney — Lanny
J. Davis |
| | | The William Jefferson Clinton Federal
Building (built 1934; renamed 2012) in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Bill Clinton: Between
Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st
Century (1996) — My
Life (2004) |
| | | Books about Bill Clinton: David
Maraniss, First
in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —
Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill
Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The
Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill
Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill
Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The
Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George
Stephanopolous, All
Too Human — John F. Harris, The
Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark
Katz, Clinton
& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,
A
Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know
Him — Tim O'Shei, Bill
Clinton (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:
Barbara Olson, The
Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White
House — Meredith L. Oakley, On
the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert
Patterson, Dereliction
of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered
America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard, The
Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —
Ann Coulter, High
Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill
Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because
He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Rich Lowry, Legacy:
Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard
Miniter, Losing
Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global
Terror |
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Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
22, 1869.
Lawyer;
attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"); member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; among
the founders
of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1917-19; resigned 1919; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner of Woodrow
Wilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April
11, 1950 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Interment at Bemus
Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
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Ashley Trimble Cole (1876-1965) —
also known as Ashley T. Cole —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1876.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died February
23, 1965 (age 88 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashley William Cole and Mary Louise (Trimble) Cole; married, October
24, 1917, to Alice Mary Leavy. |
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Ronald E. Coleman (b. 1917) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Roulette, Potter
County, Pa., June 22,
1917.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court
of Claims, 1961-64.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Thomas Conboy Jr. (1878-1944) —
also known as Martin Conboy —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
28, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933-35.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1944 (age 65 years, 190
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Conboy and Bridget (Harlow) Conboy; married, July 31,
1912, to Bertha L. Mason. |
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Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
7, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880,
1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan Gold
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married, December
9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married, May 9,
1882, to Fanny Butterfield. |
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Martin Connor (b. 1945) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1978-; defeated in primary, 2008;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Albert Conway (1889-1969) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 3,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1928; county judge in New York, 1930-31;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1931-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1937-39; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1954-59.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1969 (age 80 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph P. Conway and Jane Lucille (Flanagan) Conway; married to
Alice O'Neil. |
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Constance Eberhardt Cook (1919-2009) —
also known as Constance E. Cook; Connie Cook;
Constance Eberhardt —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-73 (Tompkins County 1963-65, 138th District
1966, 125th District 1967-72, 128th District 1973); president of land
grant affairs, Cornell University, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1984.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Zonta.
Co-sponsor, in 1970, of the bill which legalized abortion in New York
State.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
20, 2009 (age 89 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter Eberhardt and Catherine (Sellmann) Eberhardt;
married 1955 to Alfred
P. Cook. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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George W. Cornell (1896-1988) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
29, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1959-64; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 36th District, 1967.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March
24, 1988 (age 91 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter J. Costigan (b. 1930) —
of Setauket, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
16, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 2nd District, 1966-74.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary.
Still living as of 1974.
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Relatives:
Married to Victoria Dubenchek. |
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Frederic René Coudert Jr. (1898-1972) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
member of New York
state senate, 1939-46 (17th District 1939-44, 20th District
1945-46); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1947-59; campaign
chair for William
F. Buckley, Jr.'s campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1965.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1972 (age 74 years, 14
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Myron Melvin Cowen (1898-1965) —
also known as Myron M. Cowen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan, Harrison
County, Iowa, January
25, 1898.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1948-49; Philippines, 1949-51; Belgium, 1952-53.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1965 (age 67 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1880-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., December
21, 1957 (age 77 years, 228
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Frederick Evan Crane (1869-1947) —
also known as Frederick E. Crane —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1902-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1917-34; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1935-39; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Law Institute.
Died in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
21, 1947 (age 78 years, 264
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Brother of Ida Elizabeth Crane (who married Edwin
Louis Garvin). |
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James J. Crisona (1907-2003) —
of Arverne, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Neponsit, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
30, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 12th District, 1946; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1955-57; defeated, 1946; resigned
1957; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1958-59; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1959-60.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died September
4, 2003 (age 96 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Mario Matthew Cuomo (1932-2015) —
also known as Mario M. Cuomo —
of Holliswood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 15,
1932.
Democrat. Played professional
baseball in 1952 for the minor-league Brunswick Pirates; lawyer; law
professor; secretary
of state of New York, 1975-78; Liberal candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1979-82; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988;
Governor
of New York, 1983-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2015 (age 82 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Paul Jerome Curran (1933-2008) —
also known as Paul J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-66 (New York County 6th District 1963-65,
70th District 1966); U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1973-75;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1982, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
4, 2008 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at St.
Catharine Cemetery, Sea Girt, N.J.
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Louis A. Cuvillier (1871-1935) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., February
4, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1907-09, 1911-13, 1920, 1922-33, 1935 (New York
County 30th District 1907-09, 1911-13, New York County 20th District
1920, 1922-33, 1935); defeated, 1909 (New York County 30th District),
1920 (New York County 20th District), 1933 (New York County 20th
District); died in office 1935; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., May 18,
1935 (age 64 years, 103
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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