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Birdie Amsterdam (1901-1996) —
also known as "First Lady of the
Judiciary" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1940-54; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1958-75.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American Judicature Society.
Died, in Beth Israel Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1996 (age 95 years, 105
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lawrence E. Corbett Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y., May 11,
1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-72 (Washington County 1963-65, 115th
District 1966, 107th District 1967-72).
Catholic.
Member, American Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan V. Burns. |
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William Cornelius Dixon (b. 1904) —
also known as William C. Dixon —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Dexter, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 1,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1934; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1939.
Member, American Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dixon and Celia (Potter) Dixon; married, November
20, 1934, to Arvilla Pratt. |
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David Norton Edelstein (1910-2000) —
also known as David N. Edelstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
16, 1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1951-94;
took senior status 1994.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
19, 2000 (age 90 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Edelstein and Dora (Mancher) Edelstein; married, February
18, 1940, to Florence Koch. |
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Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; American Judicature Society.
Died, of advanced heart
disease, at New York Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Glenn Walker Ferguson (1929-2007) —
also known as Glenn W. Ferguson —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
28, 1929.
Associate director, U.S. Peace Corps, 1963-64; director, VISTA,
1964-66; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1966.
Member, American Judicature Society.
Died December
20, 2007 (age 78 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George S. Fitzgerald (1901-1980) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., December
26, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1949-53; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1954; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1965-74.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1980
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Forman (1895-1978) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1928-32; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1932-59; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1959-61.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died August
17, 1978 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr. (1910-2011) —
also known as S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr. —
of New York.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 12,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1959-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 7,
2011 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Beatrice M. Judge —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1967.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Soroptimists;
Catholic
Lawyers Guild; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James P. Judge. |
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Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-1992) —
also known as Irving R. Kaufman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 24,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1949-61; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-87.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died February
1, 1992 (age 81 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Kaufman and Rose (Spielberg) Kaufman; married, June 23,
1936, to Helen Ruth Rosenberg. |
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B. Sand |
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Judith S. Kaye (b. 1938) —
of New York.
Born in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
4, 1938.
Judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1983; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1993-.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2014.
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Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
March
1, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
American Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932
(Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office
1971.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married 1922 to Pearl
G. Spivak. |
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George Henry Lowe (b. 1939) —
also known as George H. Lowe —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 1,
1939.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1978-82.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of John Elmer Lowe and Mary Catherine (Mullin) Lowe; married, June 5,
1965, to Barbara Ann Blewitt. |
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John J. Marchi (1921-2009) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 20,
1921.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1957-2006 (19th District 1957-65, 26th District
1966, 23rd District 1967-72, 24th District 1973-2006); candidate for
borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1961; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969, 1973.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Lucca, Italy,
April
25, 2009 (age 87 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1938-46 (New York County 10th District 1938-44,
New York County 1st District 1945-46); member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1947-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died of pneumonia
at New York
Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1996 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salisbury
Cemetery, Salisbury, Conn.
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Lawrence Warren Pierce (b. 1924) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1971; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1981-90.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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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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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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