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Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
5, 1875.
U.S. Consul in Venice, as of 1903; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to
Sweden, 1923-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927-33.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Donated his Georgetown
estate, Dumbarton Oaks, to Harvard University in 1940; after the war,
it was the scene of the conference that led to the creation of the
United Nations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
19, 1962 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Dumbarton
Oaks Rose Garden, Washington, D.C.
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William Miller Collier (1867-1956) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
11, 1867.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president,
George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi;
American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1956
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Charles Arthur Conant (1861-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Conant —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1861.
Democrat. Candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1894; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896; journalist;
author;
economist;
set up the currency system in the Philippine Islands; director of the
Manila Railroad
and the National Bank of
Nicaragua; treasurer of Morton Trust
Company of New York.
Member, American
Economic Association; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
July
5, 1915 (age 54 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Conant and Mary Crawford (Wallace)
Conant. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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James Henry Roberts Cromwell (1896-1990) —
also known as James H. R. Cromwell —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; vice-president,
Peerless Motor Car
Company; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940; president, Chemwood Corporation,
pulp
and paper manufacturers.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Marine
Corps League; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Died in 1990
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Actress
and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Watson Dox (1885-1951) —
also known as Ralph W. Dox —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., May 9,
1885.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nuremberg, 1910-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., March 3,
1951 (age 65 years, 298
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Lockport, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Dox and Emma (Watson) Dox. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1916) |
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John George Erhardt (1889-1951) —
also known as John G. Erhardt —
of Coram, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
4, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1920; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1920-24; Winnipeg, 1924-26; Bordeaux, 1930-33; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, 1933-37; London, 1939-41; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1946-50; U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 1950-51, died in office 1951.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Wynberg, Cape Town, South
Africa, February
18, 1951 (age 61 years, 106
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.; cenotaph at Union
Cemetery, Middle Island, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Aloysius Farley (1888-1976) —
also known as James A. Farley —
of Stony Point, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grassy Point, Rockland
County, N.Y., May 30,
1888.
Democrat. Chair of
Rockland County Democratic Party, 1919-29; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1923; defeated, 1923;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
secretary
of New York Democratic Party, 1928-30; New York
Democratic state chair, 1930-44; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1932-40; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1933-40; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman,
Coca-Cola
Export Corporation, 1940-73.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Eagles;
Elks; Redmen;
Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Died, from cardiac
arrest, in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1976 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) —
also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr.
Alaska" —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; writer; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two
Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave
President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War.
Died of cancer in
Washington,
D.C., June 26,
1974 (age 87 years, 140
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Franklin Mott Gunther (1885-1941) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1885.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1928-30; Romania, 1937-41.
Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Bucharest, Romania,
December
22, 1941 (age 56 years, 297
days).
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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Richard Lockhart Hand (1839-1914) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., February
15, 1839.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1885, 1893.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Academy of Political and Social
Science; American
Society for International Law; Chi Psi.
Died October
7, 1914 (age 75 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
28, 1902.
Socialist. Author; lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; chairman,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1943-47; this
organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited
him with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
26, 1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Seth Low (1850-1916) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1850.
Republican. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85; president,
Columbia University, 1890-1900; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897, 1903; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Academy of Political and
Social Science; Union
League.
Died in Bedford Hills, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
17, 1916 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Belize City, Belize,
October
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1903-10; Consul-General
for Liberia in Washington,
D.C., 1911-13.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, American Academy of Political and Social
Science; Freemasons.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon; married to Marie
Wright. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Will H. Parry (1864-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1864.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran Shipbuilding
Co., 1900-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in
office 1917.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1917 (age 52 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry; married, January
15, 1891, to Harriet Phelps. |
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Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) —
of Milford, Pike
County, Pa.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., August
11, 1865.
Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of President Theodore
Roosevelt; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926
(Republican primary); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,
1938.
French
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Forestry Association; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Died, from leukemia,
at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1946 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Milford
Cemetery, Milford, Pa.
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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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George Frederick Seward (1840-1910) —
also known as George F. Seward —
of California; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., November
8, 1840.
U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1861-63; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1863-76; U.S. Minister to China, 1876-80; president, Fidelity and Casualty
Company of New York, 1893-1910.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Academy of Political and
Social Science.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1910 (age 70 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Newspaper
writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
American Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Woodruff Yost (1907-1981) —
also known as Charles W. Yost —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., November
6, 1907.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Alexandria, 1931-32; Warsaw, 1932-33; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Thailand, 1946; U.S. Minister to Laos, 1954-55; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1955-56; Syria, 1957-58; Morocco, 1958-61; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1969-71.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Society for International Law; American Academy of Political
and Social Science; American
Philosophical Society.
Died, from cancer,
in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1981 (age 73 years, 196
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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