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Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) —
also known as Steven B. Ayres —
of New York.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
27, 1861.
Newspaper
editor; real estate
business; advertising business; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated
(Progressive), 1914.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, in Park West Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1929 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Clearwater
Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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Bruce Barton (1886-1967) —
also known as "Advertiser"; "The Advertising
King"; "The Great Repealer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Robbins, Scott
County, Tenn., August
5, 1886.
Republican. Author; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided by
Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton,
Durstine and Osborn (BBDO) advertising agency.
Congregationalist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1967 (age 80 years, 334
days).
Interment at Rock
Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Democrat. Advertising business; introduced sound effects into
television commercials; popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show;
vice-president, University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the
Encyclopedia Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs, 1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956,
1960,
1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta
Psi.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Max Berking (1917-1997) —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.; North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1917.
Democrat. Advertising executive; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1965; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1971-75.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban
League.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
24, 1997 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Noyes and Frances Bauman. |
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Alfred Lawrence Breor (1893-1964) —
also known as Alfred L. Breor —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Howell Township, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 19,
1893.
Republican. Advertising business; chair of
Richmond County Republican Party, 1930-35; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
hearing
aid dealer.
Died, in Paul Kimball Hospital,
Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., January
21, 1964 (age 70 years, 186
days).
Interment at St.
Mary of the Lake Cemetery, Lakewood, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of James William Breor and Catherine F. (Phillips) Breor; married, October
25, 1915, to Eva M. Brault. |
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George W. Brown (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenevus, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
14, 1859.
Republican. Produce
dealer; produce
dealer in Otsego County; later, employed by a hay, grain, and
produce
merchant in Brooklyn; bookkeeper
and manager for a carriage
painting and sign-making business; bookkeeper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1907, 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carlton Brown. |
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Robert J. Crews (b. 1894) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 4,
1894.
Republican. Advertising business; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1936, 1938-47;
defeated, 1936; resigned 1947; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Twin
brother of John
R. Crews. |
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1936 |
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John Clay Davies (1920-2002) —
also known as John C. Davies —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 1,
1920.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; public relations business; U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, June 17,
2002 (age 82 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Benedict Dooley (1905-1982) —
also known as Edwin B. Dooley —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
13, 1905.
Republican. Public relations executive; mayor
of Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1950-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1957-63.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1982 (age 76 years, 287
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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James Herbert Fay (1899-1948) —
also known as James H. Fay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
29, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded and lost his
left leg; secretary to the president of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals,
1923-29; deputy commissioner of hospitals, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1939-41, 1943-45;
defeated, 1934, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1940;
chair
of New York County Democratic Party, 1942; insurance
and advertising business.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American
Legion.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1948 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Michael Patrick Forbes (b. 1952) —
also known as Michael P. Forbes —
of Quogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 16,
1952.
Staff member for U.S. Sens. Alfonse
M. D'Amato and Connie
Mack; public relations and marketing business; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1995-2001; defeated,
2000 (Democratic primary), 2000 (Working Families); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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William B. Green (born c.1872) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., about 1872.
Democrat. Advertising agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
19, 1913.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising business; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1937; member of
New
York state senate, 1941-54 (2nd District 1941-44, 4th District
1945-54); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-73 (4th District 1959-63, 6th
District 1963-73); defeated, 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died from complications of pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
10, 1997 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising business; Socialist Labor candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor
of The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.), April 14,
1948 |
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Owen M. Kiernan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Inspector of fuel; advertising business; member of
New
York state assembly, 1913-25 (New York County 24th District
1913-17, New York County 18th District 1918-25).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles McIlvaine Kinsolving Jr. (1927-2021) —
also known as Charles M. Kinsolving, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1927.
Democrat. Advertising business; senior vice president,
American Newspaper
Publishers Association; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1954 (New York County 9th District), 1998 (73rd
District); campaign manager, Paul
O'Dwyer for U.S. Senate, 1970, and Herman
Badillo for New York City mayor, 1973.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 2021
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May
1, 1880.
Republican. Advertising business; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1921-23; resigned 1923; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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John Mather Lupton (c.1917-2002) —
also known as John M. Lupton —
of Connecticut.
Born in Mattituck, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., about 1917.
Republican. Advertising business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1950; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1962.
Died in Orange City, Volusia
County, Fla., March
16, 2002 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Mattituck
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Mackay —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Advertising executive; village
president of Peekskill, New York, 1934-37, 1940; mayor
of Peekskill, N.Y., 1940; resigned 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Times, November 8, 1939 |
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Fred C. Meinhardt (1890-1965) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1890.
Cutter in button
factory; foreman for manufacturer
of advertising novelties; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1921 (Farmer-Labor, Monroe County 2nd District),
1933 (Democratic, Monroe County 1st District).
German
ancestry.
Died in January, 1965
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Max Meinhardt and Matilda Meinhardt. |
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Martin B. Mosbacher (b. 1951) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
4, 1951.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1972;
founder, chairman, and CEO of Intermarket, a public relations
consulting firm.
Still living as of 2003.
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Leo P. Noonan —
of Farmersville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Republican. Public relations business; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1941-60.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990) —
also known as Lawrence F. O'Brien; Larry
O'Brien —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 17,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative
assistant to U.S. Rep. Foster
Furcolo, 1948-50; public relations business; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1965-68; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1968-69, 1970-72; his office
was the target of the Watergate burglary, 1972; commissioner,
National Basketball
Association, 1975-84.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died, of cancer,
in New York
Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1990 (age 73 years, 73
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Chandler Owen (1889-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., April 5,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist candidate for
New
York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1920; newspaper
managing editor; public relations business; speechwriter;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1934.
African
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
2, 1967 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Stuart H. Robinson —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Traffic manager for Standard Brands; candidate for
village
president of Peekskill, New York, 1935; candidate for mayor
of Peekskill, N.Y., 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter B. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Advertising executive; mayor
of Hempstead, N.Y., 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Florence Donald Shapiro (b. 1948) —
also known as Florence Shapiro —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 2,
1948.
Republican. School
teacher; public relations and advertising business; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 1990-92; member of Texas
state senate, 1993-2011 (2nd District 1993-95, 8th District
1995-2011).
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ben Werbel (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
November
23, 1898.
Democrat. Advertising business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mollie Katz. |
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Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Journalist;
advertising business; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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