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Politician members in New York, A-C

  A. David Abrams (b. 1919) — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., November 19, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; furniture merchant; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961-64; appointed 1961. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith; Civitan; Jaycees; Moose; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel I. Abrams and Esther (Block) Abrams; married, August 11, 1943, to Ruth R. Levy.
  William Everett Adams (1922-1983) — also known as William E. Adams — of Tonawanda, Erie County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Knightstown, Henry County, Ind., December 25, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of New York state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District 1967-70); indicted in December 1969 on charges of lying to a grand jury when he testified that he returned a cash campaign contribution from a medical services company; tried in 1970 and found not guilty. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Sigma Nu; Knights of Pythias. Suffered a heart attack, and died a week later, in Albany Medical Center, Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 14, 1983 (age 60 years, 110 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Joshua Adams and Lucy Frances (Ramsey) Adams; married to Jacquela Devlin.
  Cross-reference: James T. McFarland
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Maurice Adda (1895-1972) — of Whitestone, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born December 28, 1895. Member of New York state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1944. Member, American Legion. Died May 26, 1972 (age 76 years, 150 days). Interment at Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Grant Alexander (1893-1971) — also known as John G. Alexander — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Cortland County, N.Y., July 16, 1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Independent candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1936; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1942. Lutheran. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Optimist Club; Izaak Walton League. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., December 8, 1971 (age 78 years, 145 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Dean Alfange (1899-1989) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey, December 2, 1899. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1941 (Democratic, 17th District), 1948 (Liberal, 24th District); American Labor candidate for Governor of New York, 1942. Greek ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Order of Ahepa; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Delta Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho. One of the founders of the Liberal Party of New York. Died, of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 24, 1989 (age 89 years, 326 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Thalia Perry.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) — also known as Frederick H. Allen — of Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, May 30, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; economist; village president of Pelham Manor, New York, 1904-06; chair of Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908, 1920 (alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars. Died, from pneumonia, in Newport Hospital, Newport, Newport County, R.I., December 3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187 days). Interment at Beechwoods Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; brother of William Fessenden Allen; married, June 30, 1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens; grandson of Samuel Clesson Allen; third great-grandnephew of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Gouverneur Morris; second cousin twice removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Ellsworth, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Chester Ashley; third cousin twice removed of Theodore Dwight, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth and Abijah Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799), Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Josiah Meigs and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Albert Asahel Bliss and Philemon Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Churchill Strong, Theodore Davenport, Chester William Chapin, Harrison Blodget, John William Allen, William Alfred Buckingham, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, George Washington Wolcott, William Dean Kellogg, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Oliver Morgan Hungerford, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919), Judson H. Warner, Roger Wolcott (1847-1900) and Josiah Quincy.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Meyer Alterman Meyer Alterman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1923-37; defeated, 1938. Jewish. Member, American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Joseph Altman (1892-1969) — of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., December 30, 1892. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1925-35; mayor of Atlantic City, N.J., 1944-67. Member, Elks; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in April, 1969 (age 76 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Harold H. Altro — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Rapids, Niagara County, N.Y. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; painting contractor; member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1957-64. Member, American Legion; Elks; Redmen. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Honora L. Cremmen.
  Edward J. Amann Jr. (b. 1925) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 17, 1925. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952; member of New York state assembly, 1953-73 (Richmond County 1st District 1953-65, 65th District 1966, 59th District 1967-72, 61st District 1973). Catholic. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Elks; Catholic War Veterans. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 27, 1953, to Joyce Kroplinski.
  Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) — also known as Howard W. Ameli — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 12, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Abner C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of Union Veterans; Military Order of the World Wars; Delta Chi; Freemasons. Died, in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 29, 1959 (age 77 years, 290 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August 10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus.
  Warren Mattice Anderson (1915-2007) — also known as Warren M. Anderson — of Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., October 16, 1915. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state senate, 1953-88 (45th District 1953-54, 47th District 1955-65, 55th District 1966, 47th District 1967-82, 51st District 1983-88); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1972, 1976, 1980; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1985-86. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; American Bar Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, in Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center, Johnson City, Broome County, N.Y., June 1, 2007 (age 91 years, 228 days). Interment at Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Edna (Mattice) Anderson and Floyd E. Anderson; married, June 28, 1941, to Eleanor C. Sanford.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) — also known as Walter G. Andrews — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., July 16, 1889. Republican. Athletic coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales manager; U.S. Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45, 42nd District 1945-49). Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died, from a heart attack, in a hotel at Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., March 5, 1949 (age 59 years, 232 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Old Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Andrews and Kate (Gresham) Andrews; grandson of Walter Quintin Gresham.
  Political family: Gresham-Andrews family of Harrison County, Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Martin Charles Ansorge (1882-1967) — also known as Martin C. Ansorge — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., January 1, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1921-23; defeated, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1922; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927, 1928, 1929; director, United Air Lines, 1934-51. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Legion. Co-sponsor of the Edge-Ansorge bill to create the New York Port Authority. Represented Henry Ford in negotiations over his formal apology for anti-Semitic books and articles he had published. Died, in the Ansonia Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 4, 1967 (age 85 years, 34 days). Interment at Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Mark Perry Ansorge and Jennie (Bach) Ansorge.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Louis Willard Antisdel (b. 1925) — also known as Louis W. Antisdel — of Nichols, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Bradford County, Pa., January 15, 1925. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972, 1976. Member, Lions; American Legion; Freemasons. Still living as of 1993.
  Anthony J. Argondizza (c.1899-1958) — of Maspeth, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, about 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for New York state senate 3rd District, 1924; arraigned in January 1937, and pleaded not guilty on a charge of making a false oath as a bankruptcy trustee; apparently the case never proceeded to trial; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948. Italian ancestry. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus. Died in Maspeth, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., June 21, 1958 (age about 59 years). Burial location unknown.
  George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) — also known as George A. Arkwright — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 19, 1888. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; candidate for borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-64; appointed 1950; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1954-62. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus; Rotary. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of George A. Arkwright and Mary Augusta (McKeever) Arkwright; married, August 20, 1924, to Loretta Marie Cleary.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) — also known as Harold J. Arthur — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y., February 9, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958. Unitarian. Member, United Commercial Travelers; American Legion; Amvets; Farm Bureau; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Grange; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Eagles; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died, from cancer, in the Air Force Base Hospital, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., July 19, 1971 (age 67 years, 160 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
  Relatives: Married to Mary C. Alafat.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Bernard Austin Bernard Austin (1896-1959) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Russia, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1935-59; died in office 1959. Jewish. Member, American Legion; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Elks; Federal Bar Association. After giving a short speech at the swearing-in of City Court Justice Louis B. Heller, he collapsed and died from a heart attack, in the Central Courts Building, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 6, 1959 (age about 62 years). Interment at Beth-David Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Harlow E. Bacon (b. 1889) — of Rome, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1945-48. Member, American Legion; Elks; Izaak Walton League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Edna Dingman.
  Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) — also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince Charming" — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Old Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 23, 1884. Republican. Investment banker; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died, of a heart attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert Bacon; brother of Gaspar Griswold Bacon; married, April 14, 1913, to Virginia Murray.
  Political family: Bacon family of Westbury, New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin; married, June 29, 1922, to Edith V. Lindholm.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) — also known as Thomas R. Ball — of Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1927-38; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Institute of Architects; Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Grange; Society of Colonial Wars. Died, of a heart attack, in Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., June 16, 1943 (age 47 years, 124 days). Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Watson Ball and Alice Lynde (Raymond) Ball; married, December 18, 1934, to Elvira Urisarri=de=Polo.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Dominic Joseph Baranello (1922-2006) — also known as Dominic J. Baranello — of Medford Station, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Holbrook, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Blue Point, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 25, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960 (alternate), 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004; chair of Suffolk County Democratic Party, 1966-2000; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1972-73, 2004. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Elks; American Legion. Died, from complications of Alzheimer's disease, in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9, 2006 (age 83 years, 165 days). Interment at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Angelo Giuseppe Baranello and Josephine (Belmonte) Baranello.
  Epitaph: "Beloved Husband / Loving Father / and Grandfather."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ezra Andrew Barnes (1879-1928) — also known as Ezra A. Barnes — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Scriba, Oswego County, N.Y., May 11, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; farmer; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County, 1921-23. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; American Legion. He killed himself by opening the gas jets in his room, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 10, 1928 (age 48 years, 365 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Cassius H. Barnes and Ella Lucretia (Waugh) Barnes; married 1900 to Melora E. Smith; married, September 1, 1909, to Daisy B. Conant.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank John Becker (1899-1981) — also known as Frank J. Becker — of Lynbrook, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 27, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate and insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1945-52; U.S. Representative from New York, 1953-65 (3rd District 1953-63, 5th District 1963-65); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964. Catholic. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Holy Name Society. Died in Lynbrook, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 4, 1981 (age 82 years, 8 days). Interment at Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Maximilian Becker and Eva (Sperling) Becker; married, June 30, 1923, to Anne Claire Ferris.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker; married to Ann Marie Watters; father of Ralph Elihu Becker Jr..
  Mount Becker, in the Merrick Mountains of Palmer Land, Antarctica, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Owen M. Begley (1906-1981) — of Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y., May 16, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York state assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1932, 1933; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Schenectady, N.Y., 1947-51; member of New York state senate 38th District, 1957-65. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis; Catholic War Veterans; American Bar Association. Died in September, 1981 (age 75 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Perry Belmont (1851-1947) — of Babylon, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 28, 1851. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned 1888; defeated, 1902 (7th District); U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; American Legion. Died in Newport, Newport County, R.I., May 25, 1947 (age 95 years, 148 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of August Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont; brother of August Belmont (1853-1924) and Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont; married 1899 to Jessie Ann Robbins; grandnephew of John Slidell and Thomas Slidell; first cousin once removed of Matthew Calbraith Butler.
  Political families: Emmet-Slidell family of New York City, New York; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Albert Fay Bennett (b. 1893) — also known as A. Fay Bennett — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., September 21, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948. Catholic. African ancestry. Member, American Legion; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) — also known as Charles E. Bennett — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., December 2, 1910. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rd District 1967-93). Christian. Member, Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Lions; Jaycees. Died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., September 6, 2003 (age 92 years, 278 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  The Charles E. Bennett Federal Building (built 1966), in Jacksonville, Florida, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
John J. Bennett John James Bennett (1894-1967) — also known as John J. Bennett — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 2, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; New York state attorney general, 1931-42; defeated, 1938; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940; candidate for Governor of New York, 1942. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Catholic War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles. One of the organizers of the American Legion. Also served as Deputy Mayor of New York City, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Chief Justice of the Court of Special Sessions, and Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission. Died, of a heart attack, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 4, 1967 (age 73 years, 216 days). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John James Bennett and Kathryn (O'Brien) Bennett; married, September 4, 1923, to Evelyn Anne Cogan.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
William Benton 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.
  Relatives: Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton; married 1928 to Helen Hemingway.
  The William Benton Museum of Art, at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950
Julius S. Berg Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 15, 1895. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat and lost a leg; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member of New York state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938. Jewish. Member, American Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Indicted on charges of receiving money for his aid in procuring liquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New York World's Fair; that same day, he killed himself by gunshot, in his law office, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 20, 1938 (age 43 years, 5 days). Interment at Mt. Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Morris Berg and Celia (Weinstein) Berg; married, June 20, 1920, to Rose Schram.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Arthur T. Berge (b. 1907) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., February 22, 1907. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1945-48; defeated, 1940. Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Legion; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Harry Felipe Besosa (1881-1947) — also known as Harry F. Besosa — of Santurce, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 24, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Puerto Rico senate, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Credentials Committee; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Republican National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1928-32; U.S. Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1932-33. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Rotary. Died October 22, 1947 (age 66 years, 181 days). Interment at Cementerio de Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
  Relatives: Son of Manuel Besosa and Fruta (Melero) Besosa; married, September 15, 1900, to Maria Cabellero.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Peter R. Biondo (1916-1997) — of Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y. Born December 21, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1966-74 (103rd District 1966, 93rd District 1967-74). Italian ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Sons of Italy. Died May 16, 1997 (age 80 years, 146 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Grace Sweeney.
  Vernon Wilson Blodgett (1899-1988) — also known as Vernon W. Blodgett — of Rushville, Yates County, N.Y. Born in Rushville, Yates County, N.Y., December 2, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; member of New York state assembly from Yates County, 1946-58. Member, American Legion; Grange; Freemasons. Died May 30, 1988 (age 88 years, 180 days). Interment at Rushville Cemetery, Rushville, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, September 10, 1924, to Charrie Johnson; married, December 18, 1931, to Mildred Zavitz.
  Jeremiah B. Bloom (1913-1983) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 25, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1957-78 (12th District 1957-65, 21st District 1966, 17th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-78); candidate for Governor of New York, 1978. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Jewish War Veterans. Suffered a heart attack at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and died soon after, in St. Clare's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 2, 1983 (age 70 years, 130 days). Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Dorothy Sotland.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) — also known as Nils A. Boe — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Baltic, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., September 10, 1913. Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Pres. Richard Nixon, 1969-71; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77. Lutheran. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd Fellows; American Bar Association. Died July 30, 1992 (age 78 years, 324 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Nils N. Boe and Sissel Catherine (Finseth) Boe; grandson of Anders Knudson Finseth.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis J. Boland Jr. (b. 1923) — of Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Johnson City, Broome County, N.Y., September 13, 1923. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dairy farmer; real estate developer; builder; excavation contractor; appraiser; insurance business; member of New York state assembly, 1966-74 (126th District 1966, 124th District 1967-74). Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Sara Caven.
Frederic H. Bontecou Frederic Holdrege Bontecou (1893-1959) — also known as Frederic H. Bontecou — of Millbrook, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., November 30, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1944, 1952, 1956; chair of Dutchess County Republican Party, 1932-42; member of New York state senate, 1934-38, 1943-47 (28th District 1934-38, 1943-44, 33rd District 1945-47); resigned 1947; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1938. Member, American Legion; Union League; Rotary. Died in Millbrook, Dutchess County, N.Y., September 17, 1959 (age 65 years, 291 days). Interment at Nine Partners Burial Ground, Millbrook, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Bontecou and Nathalie (Holdrege) Bontecou; married, August 17, 1917, to Cornelia Thurston Metcalf (daughter of Jesse Houghton Metcalf); second cousin thrice removed of Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Williams Blodgett and Asiel Z. Blodgett.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
Charles Bormann Charles Bormann (b. 1879) — of Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born March 16, 1879. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; painting contractor; painters' supplies dealer; member of New York state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1936-44. Member, American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  William F. Bowe (b. 1896) — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., 1896. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; member of New York state assembly, 1943-46, 1949-52 (Queens County 4th District 1943-44, Queens County 6th District 1945-46, 1949-52). Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Holy Name Society; Ancient Order of Hibernians; American Arbitration Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Martin J. Bowe.
  Howard Arthur Bowman (1894-1971) — also known as Howard A. Bowman — of Clyde, Wayne County, N.Y. Born in Clyde, Wayne County, N.Y., January 11, 1894. U.S. Vice Consul in Danzig, 1921-24; Trieste, 1924-29; U.S. Consul in Trieste, 1929-31; Sault Ste. Marie, 1931-32; Mexicali, as of 1938; Cali, as of 1943; Poznan, as of 1947. Member, Beta Gamma Sigma; American Legion. Died in Monterey, Monterey County, Calif., March 4, 1971 (age 77 years, 52 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Clyde, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Chester Henry Bowman and Sophia (Feezlear) Bowman; married, March 16, 1922, to Alma Melchert.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Brademas (1927-2016) — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Ind., March 2, 1927. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Patrick McNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep Thomas L. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson; college professor; U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated, 1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964, 1968, 1972; president, New York University, 1981-92. Methodist. Greek ancestry. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Order of Ahepa; Eagles; Moose; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 11, 2016 (age 89 years, 131 days). Entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen J. Brademas and Beatrice Cenci (Goble) Brademas.
  Cross-reference: Tim Roemer
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Willis Winter Bradley (1884-1954) — also known as Willis W. Bradley — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Ransomville, Niagara County, N.Y., June 28, 1884. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of Guam, 1929-31; U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; member of California state assembly, 1953-54; died in office 1954. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Received the Medal of Honor, for action on U.S.S. Pittsburgh, July 23, 1917. Suffered a heart attack during the noon recess of a legislative hearing, and died soon after at Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., August 27, 1954 (age 70 years, 60 days). Interment at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Willis W. Bradley and Sarah Anne (Johnson) Bradley; married, October 16, 1907, to Sue Worthington Cox.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Joseph Brady (1885-1971) — also known as Thomas J. Brady — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 25, 1885. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Justice, New York City Special Sessions, 1934-39; Justice, New York City Court, 1940-50; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-55. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Legion; American Bar Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild. Died, in Union Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., March 4, 1971 (age 86 years, 7 days). Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Brady and Elizabeth 'Lizzy' (Fash) Brady; married 1931 to Sarah Flynn (sister of Edward J. Flynn).
  Political family: Flynn family of Bronx, New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William E. Brady (1889-1970) — of Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y. Born in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., August 7, 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral director; owner, Coxsackie Granite Works; Greene County Coroner, 1921-36; member of New York state assembly from Greene County, 1940-62. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Rotary; American Legion; Forty and Eight. Died in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., August 5, 1970 (age 80 years, 363 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William C. Brady; married to Jane A. Smith; married 1939 to Iantha M. Carter.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) — also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry Breckenridge — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 25, 1886. Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Loyal Legion; Navy League. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 3, 1960 (age 73 years, 344 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge; married, July 7, 1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August 5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March 27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; great-grandson of John Breckinridge and Francis Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William Preston and William Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William Cabell and Patrick Henry; first cousin of Levin Irving Handy and Desha Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd and George Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine Wood Southall, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich, Stephen Valentine Southall and Earle Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945).
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) — also known as Orlo M. Brees — of Endicott, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Canton, Fulton County, Ill., April 13, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper editor; printing business; author; lecturer; poet; member of New York state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member of New York state senate 45th District, 1952. Member, American Legion. Died in November, 1980 (age 84 years, 0 days). Interment somewhere in Peoria, Ill.
  Relatives: Married 1933 to Frances W. Freeman.
  William Breitenbach (1897-1937) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 17, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; railway signalman; electrical contractor; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 13th District, 1925-34; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1936. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks. Died, following an operation for appendicitis, in Hamilton Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 13, 1937 (age 40 years, 26 days). Interment at Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William C. Brennan Jr. (1918-2000) — of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., October 11, 1918. Democrat. Police officer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1955-64; member of New York state senate 12th District, 1967-68; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1970-85; resigned 1985. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Elks. In July 1985, he was indicted in Federal court for accepting bribes in return for reducing or dismissing charges in criminal cases involving organized crime figures; also charged with extortion; pleaded not guilty and tried; did not testify in his own defense; convicted in December 1985, sentenced to five years in prison, and fined $209,000. He was released from prison in May 1988. Died May 8, 2000 (age 81 years, 210 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1941 to Gloria M. Lauer.
  Walter Scott Brower (b. 1888) — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala.; Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Kewanee, Lauderdale County, Miss., November 17, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Alabama state senate, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1932. Member, American Arbitration Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Walter Scott
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Randolph Brower and Elizabeth Judieth (Ingram) Brower; married 1920 to Elizabeth Jordan.
  Richard A. Brown (1908-1994) — of Bridgeport, Madison County, N.Y.; Cape Coral, Lee County, Fla. Born in Bridgeport, Madison County, N.Y., July 27, 1908. Merchant; real estate business; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state assembly 114th District, 1968-72. Member, American Legion; Grange; Lions; Freemasons; Shriners; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died January 24, 1994 (age 85 years, 181 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Edith S. Steier.
  Thomas H. Brown (1908-1992) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Tipperary, Ireland, April 8, 1908. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; Rensselaer County Treasurer; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1949-59; candidate for mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1955. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Catholic War Veterans; Knights of Columbus; Holy Name Society. Died March 25, 1992 (age 83 years, 352 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Viola Smith.
  David L. Brunstrom (1899-1941) — of Lakewood, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Born in Lindsborg, McPherson County, Kan., March 13, 1899. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1933-34. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion. Died in 1941 (age about 42 years). Interment at Harris Hill Cemetery, Clarence, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. David V. Brunstrom and Catherine (Nelson) Brunstrom; married 1926 to Kathryn M. Blume.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ellsworth Brewer Buck (1892-1970) — also known as Ellsworth B. Buck — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 3, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; business executive; U.S. Representative from New York, 1944-49 (11th District 1944-45, 16th District 1945-49); shot and seriously wounded, by Charles Van Newkirk, at the Richmond Borough Hall, April 5, 1949; District Attorney Herman Methfessel witnessed the shooting from his office; chair of Richmond County Republican Party, 1951-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Elks; American Legion. Died in Stephenson town, Marinette County, Wis., August 14, 1970 (age 78 years, 42 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Thunder Mountain Ranch Cemetery, Stephenson town, Marinette County, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Orlando Jacob Buck and Lillian Louisa (Brewer) Buck; married, April 12, 1919, to Constance Tyler.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John J. Burns (1913-2000) — of Sea Cliff, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Sea Cliff, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 3, 1913. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil distributor; mayor of Sea Cliff, N.Y., 1947-51; member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 4th District, 1952-57; resigned 1957; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1967. Member, American Legion. Died July 20, 2000 (age 87 years, 108 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Norah Patterson.
  Gordon W. Burrows (1926-1997) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., April 28, 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer; legislative assistant, Assemblyman P. Boice Esser, 1959; member of New York state assembly, 1966-88 (97th District 1966, 90th District 1967-82, 84th District 1983-88); Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1989-96. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died of cardiac arrest, at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 10, 1997 (age 70 years, 257 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Josephine Ramirez.
E. Ogden Bush E. Ogden Bush (b. 1898) — of Walton, Delaware County, N.Y.; DeLancey, Delaware County, N.Y. Born in DeLancey, Delaware County, N.Y., September 14, 1898. Republican. Dentist; member of New York state assembly from Delaware County, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1944, 1948, 1952; chair of Delaware County Republican Party, 1955; member of New York state senate 34th District, 1957-65. Member, American Legion; Farm Bureau; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
Prescott S. Bush Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) — also known as Prescott S. Bush — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 15, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; director, Pan American Airways; director, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1956 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1960 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1964 (alternate); U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Skull and Bones. Died, of lung cancer, in the Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146 days). Interment at Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Prescott Bush and Flora (Sheldon) Bush; married, August 6, 1921, to Dorothy Walker; father of George Herbert Walker Bush (who married Barbara Pierce); grandfather of George Walker Bush (who married Laura Lane Welch) and John Ellis Bush; great-grandfather of George Prescott Bush.
  Political family: Bush family of Texas and Massachusetts.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Critical books about Prescott Bush: Kitty Kelly, The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
  Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953
  Frank J. Caffery (1913-1980) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., November 30, 1913. Democrat. Yard foreman for Nickel Plate Railroad; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1941-42, 1949-62; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 42nd District, 1942. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Holy Name Society; Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Catholic War Veterans; American Legion; Knights of Equity. Died in September, 1980 (age 66 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Horace Tracy Cahill (1894-1976) — also known as Horace T. Cahill — of East Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 12, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1928; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1939-45; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1944; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1947-73. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Died, in City Hospital, Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., August 21, 1976 (age 81 years, 253 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George William Cahill and Alice Gertrude (Dallas) Cahill; married, February 4, 1922, to Josephine Gates.
  Parnell J. T. Callahan (1912-1969) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., June 16, 1912. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 12th District, 1957-58; defeated, 1958. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 27, 1969 (age 56 years, 256 days). Interment at Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1943 to Jane Tubridy.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William S. Calli (b. 1923) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; New Hartford, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., December 27, 1923. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1951-64. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Legion; Optimist Club. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Ann Dunn.
  Gordon K. Cameron — of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Westfield, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance and real estate business; member of New York state assembly 96th District, 1967-68. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion. Still living as of 1968.
  Donald A. Campbell (1922-1992) — of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y. Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., August 2, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1951-68 (Montgomery County 1951-65, 123rd District 1966, 104th District 1967-68). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Amvets; American Legion; American Bar Association. Died November 8, 1992 (age 70 years, 98 days). Burial location unknown.
  Edgar C. Campbell (b. 1889) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 28, 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1920-23. Member, Freemasons; American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  William W. Campbell (b. 1887) — of Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., July 10, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1921-23; mayor of Schenectady, N.Y., 1925. Member, American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Gordon Canfield (1898-1972) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., April 15, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper reporter; secretary to U.S. Rep. George N. Seger, 1923-40; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1941-61. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; American Legion. Died in Hawthorne, Passaic County, N.J., June 20, 1972 (age 74 years, 66 days). Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Carl A. Canfield and Florence A. (Saxton) Canfield; married, November 15, 1928, to Dorothy E. Greenwell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hugh Leo Carey (1919-2011) — also known as Hugh L. Carey — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 11, 1919. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1961-75 (12th District 1961-63, 15th District 1963-75); Governor of New York, 1975-82. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Catholic War Veterans; Knights of Columbus; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Shelter Island, Suffolk County, N.Y., August 7, 2011 (age 92 years, 118 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dennis J. Carey and Margaret (Collins) Carey; married, February 27, 1947, to Helen Owen.
  Cross-reference: John J. Burns — Isabelle R. Leeds
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Books about Hugh Carey: Seymour P. Lachman & Robert Polner, The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and the Fiscal Crisis of 1975
  Frank A. Carroll (b. 1919) — of Gates town, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Sayre, Bradford County, Pa., April 30, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state assembly 133rd District, 1967-74. Catholic. Member, Holy Name Society; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) — also known as Elmer A. Carter — of Prairie View, Waller County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 19, 1890. College teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican candidate for borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1953. African ancestry. Member, Urban League; NAACP; American Legion; Alpha Phi Alpha. Died January 16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181 days). Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married 1922 to Edna Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma Charles Johnson.
  John Cashmore (1895-1961) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 7, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; aide to the general manager of the New York Edison Company electric utility; furniture manufacturer; business executive; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1923; defeated, 1923; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1938-44; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1940-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1952. Member, American Legion. Collapsed from a heart attack, in his car, and died soon after, in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 7, 1961 (age 65 years, 334 days). Interment at Canarsie Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Edythe Hall Tenney.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) — also known as Robert K. Christenberry — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla. Born in Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tenn., January 27, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in Vladivostok, as of 1919; hotel manager and executive; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster at New York City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59). Presbyterian. Member, Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters. Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., April 13, 1973 (age 74 years, 76 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton) Christenberry; married, August 14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy.
  Cosmo Anthony Cilano (1893-1937) — also known as Cosmo A. Cilano — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., March 22, 1893. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member of New York state senate 45th District, 1929-34. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died, of tuberculosis, at the Ray Brook Sanitarium, Ray Brook, Essex County, N.Y., September 29, 1937 (age 44 years, 191 days). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Anthony Cilano and Louise (Privitera) Cilano.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) — also known as Tom C. Clark — Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 23, 1899. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney General, 1945-49; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67; took senior status 1967. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Delta Tau Delta. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 13, 1977 (age 77 years, 263 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Clark and Virginia Maxey 'Jennie' (Falls) Clark; married, November 8, 1924, to Mary Jane Ramsey (daughter of William Franklin Ramsey); father of Ramsey Clark.
  Political family: Clark-Ramsey family of Dallas, Texas.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Charles F. Cline (b. 1881) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1881. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; electrician; real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1924-29. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Harold W. Cohn (b. 1913) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 25, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state assembly, 1959-68 (Kings County 4th District 1959-65, 49th District 1966, 57th District 1967-68). Jewish. Member, American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Lillian Bartell.
  Richard A. Collins — also known as Dick Collins — of Verbank, Dutchess County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988 (alternate), 1992, 2000; candidate for New York state assembly, 1988; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1998. Member, American Legion; Lions. Still living as of 2000.
  Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (1922-2003) — also known as Barber B. Conable, Jr. — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.; Alexander, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y., November 2, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of New York state senate 53rd District, 1963-64; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-85 (37th District 1965-73, 35th District 1973-83, 30th District 1983-85); president, World Bank. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Jaycees. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., November 30, 2003 (age 81 years, 28 days). Interment somewhere in Alexander, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Books about Barber Conable: James S. Fleming, Window on Congress : A Congressional Biography of Barber Conable
  William F. Condon (1897-1972) — also known as "Big Bill" — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., September 20, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; deputy sheriff; contractor; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 5th District, 1928-35; defeated, 1923; member of New York state senate, 1939-64 (26th District 1939-44, 29th District 1945-54, 32nd District 1955-64); defeated, 1964; lobbyist. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Modern Woodmen. Died in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., March 19, 1972 (age 74 years, 181 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas J. Condon and Bridget Condon; married 1920 to Anne Powers; father of William F. Condon Jr.; first cousin of John J. Condon.
  Political family: Condon family of Yonkers, New York.
  John H. Conroy (b. 1893) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born October 23, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1923-29. Member, Delta Theta Phi; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John D. Conroy and Eunice (Beale) Conroy.
  Don W. Cook (b. 1919) — of Henrietta, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 8, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of New York state assembly 135th District, 1967-75. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Lions. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Richard T. Cooke (b. 1913) — of Alden, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Alden, Erie County, N.Y., July 5, 1913. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 57th District, 1963-64. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Edward T. Corcoran (c.1894-1937) — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Mechanicville, Saratoga County, N.Y., about 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; elected delegate to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District 1937, but died before taking office. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; American Legion; Elks; Catholic Lawyers Guild. Died, in Rockefeller Institute hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 25, 1937 (age about 43 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dominic Corcoran; married to Margaret M. McCosker.
  George W. Cornell (1896-1988) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 29, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state senate 31st District, 1959-64; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 36th District, 1967. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla., March 24, 1988 (age 91 years, 177 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Cornell and Minnie C. Cornell; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Cornell.
  Political families: Cornell family of New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Vincent R. Corrou (b. 1899) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 29, 1899. Democrat. Sales manager; mayor of Utica, N.Y., 1935-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1944; member of New York state senate 41st District, 1945-46; defeated, 1946. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Peter J. Costigan (b. 1930) — of Setauket, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 16, 1930. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of New York state assembly 2nd District, 1966-74. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary. Still living as of 1974.
  Relatives: Married to Victoria Dubenchek.
  Edward Joseph Coughlin (1887-1945) — also known as Edward J. Coughlin — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 25, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil engineer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1923-34; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1935-44. Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Catholic War Veterans. Died, in Veterans Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., October 10, 1945 (age 58 years, 77 days). Interment at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Coughlin and Bridgette (Walsh) Coughlin.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank P. Cox (1895-1977) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 16, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Albany Typographical Union No. 4; vice-president, Albany Central Federation of Labor; member of New York state assembly, 1960-68 (Albany County 1st District 1960-65, 113th District 1966, 102nd District 1967-68). Catholic. Member, American Legion; Elks. Died June 4, 1977 (age 81 years, 231 days). Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Etolla L. McCarthy.
  Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) — also known as Kenneth F. Cramer — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., October 3, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; coal business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; member of Connecticut state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936; general in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, American Legion; Purple Heart; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of the War of 1812; Sons of Union Veterans; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died, from a heart attack, while hunting, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, February 20, 1954 (age 59 years, 140 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Henry Cramer and Stella Sophia (Brown) Cramer; married, January 3, 1920, to Ruth Rose Fuller.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cecil O. Creal (1899-1986) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N.Y., December 19, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; manager, Godfrey Moving & Storage Co.; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1959-65. Episcopalian. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons; American Legion. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 20, 1986 (age 86 years, 336 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Eaton Cromwell and Lucretia (Roberts) Cromwell; brother of Louise Cromwell (aunt by marriage of Douglas MacArthur II); married, June 20, 1920, to Delphine Dodge (sister of Horace Elgin Dodge Jr.); married, February 13, 1935, to Doris Duke (daughter of James Buchanan Duke); married 1948 to Maxine McFetridge.
  Political families: Barkley-MacArthur family; Dodge-Duke-Cromwell family of Detroit, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Robert J. Cronin (1915-1986) — of Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y. Born June 23, 1915. Democrat. College professor; candidate for New York state senate 39th District, 1958; mayor of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1970-77. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Catholic War Veterans. Died December 12, 1986 (age 71 years, 172 days). Burial location unknown.
  Thomas J. Cuite (b. 1913) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 4, 1913. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate broker; member of New York state senate, 1953-58 (8th District 1953-54, 13th District 1955-58); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1958. Member, Elks; Catholic War Veterans; Knights of Columbus; American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Henry M. Curran (1918-1993) — of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa., January 2, 1918. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; deputy sheriff; insurance business; member of New York state senate, 1961-70 (3rd District 1961-65, 4th District 1966, 3rd District 1967-70); chair, New York State Harness Racing Commission, 1970-75. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Holy Name Society. Died, in North Shore University Hospital, Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., March 13, 1993 (age 75 years, 70 days). Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Rita Rothmann.
  Thomas Jerome Curran (1898-1958) — also known as Thomas J. Curran — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 28, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938; chair of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary of state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952 (alternate), 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York Republican State Executive Committee, 1945. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Military Order of the World Wars; Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Delta Theta Phi. Died, from a heart ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 29, 1958 (age 59 years, 243 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel J. Curran and Margaret Mary (Connors) Curran; married, June 26, 1926, to Margaret Frances Farley; father of Paul Jerome Curran.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward V. Curry (b. 1910) — of New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 18, 1910. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New York state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1949-52; member of New York state senate 19th District, 1955-56; defeated, 1956. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Burial location unknown.
  Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) — also known as Bronson M. Cutting — of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Oakdale, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23, 1888. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from New Mexico, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion. Killed, along with both pilots and one other passenger, when a twin-engine Transcontinental and Western air liner, ran out of fuel in a dense fog, and crashed near Atlanta, Macon County, Mo., May 6, 1935 (age 46 years, 317 days). Nine other passengers were injured. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Bayard Cutting and Olivia Peyton (Murray) Cutting; great-grandnephew of Henry Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of Walter Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Stephanus Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder, Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Pieter Van Brugh and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Cuyler; sixth great-grandson of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed of Philip Peter Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt and Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); first cousin six times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, 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); 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, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, John Tyler (1747-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836) and James Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, James Jay, Henry Cruger, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John Jay, Frederick Jay and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and John Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin once removed of Brockholst Livingston; third cousin twice removed of William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of George Madison, Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, John Tyler (1790-1862), Hamilton Fish, John Cortlandt Parker and James Adams Ekin; fourth cousin of Herbert Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr., Robert Ray Hamilton, John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Politician named for him: Bronson C. LaFollette
  Epitaph: "Light and understanding and wisdom was found in him. And the common people heard him gladly."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
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