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Maxwell Milton Rabb (1910-2002) —
also known as Maxwell M. Rabb —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair
Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
2002 (age 91 years, 254
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Rand Jr. (b. 1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1964.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 6,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general counsel for the Warren
Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 26,
1996 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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William Lynn Ransom (b. 1883) —
also known as William L. Ransom —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Harmony town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 20,
1883.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson Fullam Ransom and Rose (Wiltsie) Ransom; married, September
14, 1909, to Mary Crawford Hope. |
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Paul Peter Rao (1899-1988) —
also known as Paul P. Rao —
Born in Prizzi, Italy,
June
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; candidate for
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1941; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1948-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-88; died in office 1988.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar Association.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1988 (age 89 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Michael Kieran Reilly (1869-1944) —
also known as Michael K. Reilly —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Empire, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 15,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1913-17, 1930-39;
defeated, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Elks; Moose.
Died October
14, 1944 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Giles Sutherland Rich (b. 1904) —
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 30,
1904.
Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1956-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Riegelman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
19, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1922; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
acting postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Riegelman and Bertha (Meyer) Riegelman; married, November
1, 1919, to Gladys B. Liebman. |
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Edward J. Riegelmann (1869-1941) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 4th District, 1908; Kings
County Sheriff, 1916-17; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1918-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1925-39.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
16, 1941 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Riegelmann and Margaret Riegelmann. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Henry Wade Rogers (1853-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Rogers —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Holland Patent, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
10, 1853.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1913-26; died in
office 1926.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died August
16, 1926 (age 72 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) —
also known as William P. Rogers —
Born in Norfolk, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 23,
1913.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1957-61; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1973.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
2, 2001 (age 87 years, 193
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Elihu Root (1845-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
15, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-85; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1899-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(Temporary
Chair), 1912;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1905-09; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1909-15; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union
League; American
Society for International Law; American Bar Association;
American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1937 (age 91 years, 358
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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Ely Rosenberg (b. 1876) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1898; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916;
candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1924.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Rosenberg and Fannie (Kroner) Rosenberg. |
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Victor Henry Rothschild II (1908-1991) —
also known as V. Henry Rothschild II —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1959.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Lambda Phi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1991 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Sachs (b. 1929) —
of Bellmore, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
22, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 5th District, 1965; defeated,
1965.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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Harry D. Sanders (1874-1953) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Stafford, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
27, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Stafford
Rural Cemetery, Stafford, N.Y.
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Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert L. Satterlee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary for U.S. Senator William
M. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during the
Spanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad,
1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1906-07; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Union
League; Navy
League; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1947 (age 83 years, 256
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee;
married, November
15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. Pierpont
Morgan); second great-grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Walter
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Walter Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed
of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Henry
Cruger; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish; fourth cousin of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery
and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977 (age 71 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married, September
29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan. |
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Michael Schaap —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913-14;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1916.
Jewish.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Lorna Gail Schofield (b. 1956) —
also known as Lorna G. Schofield —
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., January
22, 1956.
Lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 2012-.
Female.
Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2017.
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Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1873.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; defeated, 1905;
judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; defeated (Progressive),
1913; Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1958 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Charles Brown Sears (b. 1870) —
also known as Charles B. Sears —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1917-40; appointed 1917;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th
Department, 1922-33; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Whitney North Seymour Jr. (1923-2019) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 7,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-68 (28th District 1966, 26th District
1967-68); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1968; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1970-73;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 29,
2019 (age 95 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Sherman (c.1891-1956) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Olmütz, Austria (now Olomouc, Czechia),
about 1891.
Democrat. New York
state attorney general, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1948
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1942; treasurer of
New York Democratic Party, 1945-50.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1956 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Sanda Sherman and Pauline (Opler) Sherman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Bernard L. Shientag (d. 1952) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
City Court judge, 1924-30; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-52; died in office
1952; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1949.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1952.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur J. Sills (1917-1982) —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, following a stroke,
in Perth Amboy General Hospital,
Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., December
26, 1982 (age 65 years, 64
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Caroline Klein Simon —
also known as Caroline K. Simon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of New York, 1959-63; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1963-64.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Marcus Cauffman Sloss (1869-1958) —
also known as M. C. Sloss —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1869.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-06; justice of
California state supreme court, 1906-19.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 17,
1958 (age 89 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Sloss and Sarah (Greenebaum) Sloss; married 1899 to Hattie
L. Hecht. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative assistant
to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Political Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Spingarn and Amy Judith Spingarn. |
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Arnon Lyon Squiers (1869-1921) —
also known as Arnon L. Squiers —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
6, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1920-21; died in office 1921.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar Association.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in St. John's Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
28, 1921 (age 52 years, 22
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Luke D. Stapleton (1869-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-17; defeated, 1906;
appointed 1908; resigned 1917; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1913-17.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
12, 1923 (age 53 years, 63
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) —
also known as Laurence A. Steinhardt —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1937-39; Soviet Union, 1939-41; Turkey, 1942-45; Czechoslovakia, 1945-48; Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in a plane
crash near Ramsayville, Ontario,
March
28, 1950 (age 57 years, 173
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester J. Straub (b. 1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
member of New York
state assembly 35th District, 1967-72; member of New York
state senate, 1973-75; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1998-2008; took
senior status 2008.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Polish
National Alliance; Jaycees;
Lions.
Still living as of 2008.
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Harry D. Suitor (d. 1945) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1934-45; died in
office 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Died March
25, 1945.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Frank P. Sullivan (b. 1862) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-95; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1907-11.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Sullivan and Mary Sullivan; married, June 17,
1900, to Minnie W. Hall. |
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Monroe Marsh Sweetland (1860-1944) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., August
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1917.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Delta
Chi.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
12, 1944 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
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James Wadsworth Symington (b. 1927) —
also known as James W. Symington —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
28, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1969-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of
New York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar Association; Skull
and Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Ludwig Teller (1911-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1911.
Lawyer;
law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960 (Democratic primary), 1960 (Liberal).
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
4, 1965 (age 54 years, 104
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Richard Harkness Templeton (b. 1877) —
also known as Richard H. Templeton —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
23, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1925-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Templeton and Charlotte (Harkness) Templeton; married 1908 to Mai
Morgan. |
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John Hart Terry (1924-2001) —
also known as John H. Terry —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
14, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
assistant secretary to Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, 1959-60; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-70 (Onondaga County 2nd District 1963-65,
134th District 1966, 121st District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1971-73; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Purple
Heart; Holy
Name Society.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
20, 2001 (age 76 years, 340
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, DeWitt, N.Y.
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Hiram Charles Todd (b. 1876) —
also known as Hiram C. Todd —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 17,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
law partner of Edgar
T. Brackett, 1917-22; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1921-22.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Vernon Lawrence Todd and Anna Elizabeth (Tefft) Todd; married, November
27, 1901, to Susan Thomas Lumpkin. |
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Robert Speer Tubbs (1897-1982) —
also known as Robert S. Tubbs —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
23, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st
District, 1961-62.
Protestant.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
11, 1982 (age 85 years, 322
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Tubbs and Myrtle (Speer) Tubbs; married to Lorraine Joyce
Burgess. |
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Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1923; indicted
by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges
of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a
manufacturing company; a trial
resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient
evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1939 on charges
of protecting a physician who performed illegal
abortions; in 1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in
soliciting
protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the
criminal charges, disbarment
proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried,
and his obituary states that he was "exonerated".
Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1941 (age about 48
years).
Entombed at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman; married to Esther or Estelle
Blau. |
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March
16, 1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917-2002) —
also known as Cyrus R. Vance —
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., March
27, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1977-80.
Member, American Bar Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Mt. Sinai Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 2002 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland (1915-2004) —
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 11,
1915.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1974-85; took
senior status 1985.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
20, 2004 (age 89 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eric N. Vitaliano (b. 1948) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
27, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. District Judge Mark
A. Costantino; chief of staff for U.S. Rep. John
M. Murphy; member of New York
state assembly, 1983-2001 (59th District 1983-92, 60th District
1993-2001); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1997.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2001.
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Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) —
also known as Lowell Wadmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., March
16, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1986 (age 90 years, 193
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1864-1945) —
also known as J. Mayhew Wainwright —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly, 1902-08 (Westchester County 2nd District 1902-06,
Westchester County 4th District 1907-08); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1923-31; director,
Rye National Bank;
trustee, St. Luke's Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi; American Bar Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from pyelonephritis
and coronary
artery disease, in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 3,
1945 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Howard Wainwright and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant)
Wainwright; married, November
23, 1892, to Laura Wallace Buchanan; third great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Robert
Gilbert Livingston; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707), David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); third cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; fourth cousin of Montgomery
Schuyler Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, John
Jacob Astor III and Guy
Vernor Henry. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Clinton-DeWitt
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1923) |
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
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Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police
officer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Frank Comerford Walker (1886-1959) —
also known as Frank C. Walker —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 30,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1909-12; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1913; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1932-33; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1940-45; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1959 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at St. Patricks Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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John M. Walker Jr. (b. 1940) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
26, 1940.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1985-89; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1989-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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William John Wallin (1879-1963) —
also known as William J. Wallin —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks;
American Bar Association.
Fell
from the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at the
Saw Mill River Nursing
Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1963 (age 84 years, 140
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isabel (Watson) Wallin and John Cooper Wallin; married to Evelyn
M. Walsh. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William E. Walsh (b. 1903) —
of Coos Bay, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
29, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Coos
County District Attorney, 1931-33; member of Oregon
state senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
co-owner, Radio
Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Galbraith Ward (1851-1933) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1851.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1907-21.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died August
24, 1933 (age 82 years, 127
days).
Interment somewhere
in Shelter Island, N.Y.
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Earle S. Warner (b. 1880) —
of Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Phelps town, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
12, 1880.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1933-45 (43rd District 1933-44, 48th District
1945); defeated (Democratic), 1914; resigned 1945; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1945-49; appointed 1945.
Member, Elks; Exchange
Club; Grange;
American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry D. Warner. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen
of the World; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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John Carroll Young (b. 1904) —
of Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Manlius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
29, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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