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Howard Everett Race (b. 1918) —
also known as Howard E. Race —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 9,
1918.
Republican. Engineer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1964.
Member, American Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Homer D. Race and Estelle Maude (Herman) Race; married, August
14, 1944, to Mary Theresa Thiery. |
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Paul Peter Rao (1899-1988) —
also known as Paul P. Rao —
Born in Prizzi, Italy,
June
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; candidate for
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1941; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1948-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-88; died in office 1988.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1988 (age 89 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Joseph M. Reilly (b. 1927) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 21,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1962-65; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-82 (11th District 1966, 7th District
1967-72, 14th District 1973-82).
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Mary Power. |
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Harold Riegelman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
19, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1922; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
acting postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Freemasons;
American Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Riegelman and Bertha (Meyer) Riegelman; married, November
1, 1919, to Gladys B. Liebman. |
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke
and Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (who later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April
14, 1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider; married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens; married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887-1944) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
13, 1887.
Republican. Farmer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1920-21; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1929-32; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1932-33; general in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Member, American Legion.
Principal founder of the American Legion in 1919.
Participated in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, on D-Day, June
6, 1944, and received a posthumous Medal
of Honor for his actions that day; died
a month later, of exhaustion and heart
failure, in Normandy, France,
July
12, 1944 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Normandy
American Cemetery, Collevelle-sur-Mer, France; cenotaph at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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S. William Rosenberg (b. 1916) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Brighton, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
16, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1961-72 (Monroe County 2nd District 1961-65,
145th District 1966, 132nd District 1967-72).
Jewish.
Member, American Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Daitz. |
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Lloyd A. Russell (b. 1921) —
of East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 4,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; dairy farmer;
member of New York
state assembly 149th District, 1967-72.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
American Legion; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Bailey. |
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Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1890-1968) —
also known as Thomas J. Ryan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
10, 1968 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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D. Joseph St. Germain (1893-1980) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Ellenberg, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 27,
1893.
Republican. Investment
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940,
1948,
1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Elks.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April, 1980
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles V. Scanlan (b. 1893) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1947-50; defeated, 1950, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1954, 1958.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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William Joseph Scherle (1923-2003) —
also known as William J. Scherle —
of Henderson, Mills
County, Iowa.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., March
14, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer; chair of
Mills County Republican Party, 1956-64; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1960-66; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1967-75 (7th District 1967-73, 5th
District 1973-75); defeated, 1974.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, August
27, 2003 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederick D. Schmidt (b. 1932) —
of South Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 30,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-72, 1975-92 (Queens County 13th District
1965, 25th District 1966, 29th District 1967-72, 38th District
1975-92).
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Moose;
American Legion.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Married to Julia Mary Casassa. |
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Jacob J. Schwartzwald —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1933; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1935-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1955-67.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Jewish
War Veterans; American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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William R. Sears (born c.1930) —
of Woodgate, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born about 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-90 (129th District 1966, 115th District
1967-90).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne Miller. |
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pneumonia,
following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
26, 1930 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Searles G. Shultz (1897-1975) —
of Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1947-54; member
of New
York state senate 44th District, 1955-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion.
Died December
31, 1975 (age 78 years, 246
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Skaneateles, N.Y.
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Kenneth Farrand Simpson (1895-1941) —
also known as Kenneth F. Simpson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1935-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1941; died in office
1941.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Skull
and Bones; American Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1941 (age 45 years, 266
days).
Interment at Hudson
City Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.
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Donald Stuart Smith (c.1929-2002) —
also known as Donald Smith —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, about 1929.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1972-87.
Member, American Legion.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
2002 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Julian C. Smith (b. 1865) —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Delaware
County, N.Y., December
8, 1865.
Republican. Physician;
bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1921-24; chair of
Otsego County Republican Party, 1927.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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Richard G. Smith (1922-1999) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County, 1953-56; defeated
in primary, 1950; circuit
judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1957-64; appointed 1957;
resigned 1964; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks;
American Legion.
Died December
4, 1999 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947 to Joyce
Cummings. |
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1949-59.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Federal
Bar Association; American Legion; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Elwell Spafford (1878-1941) —
also known as Edward E. Spafford —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March
12, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
National Commander, American Legion, 1927-28; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1930.
Member, American Legion.
In 1941, during divorce proceedings, he was accused
of conspiring with German
agents in America; in an interview published in 1943 by
journalist John Roy Carlson, he espoused strongly antisemitic
and pro-Hitler
views.
Died, in the Naval Academy Hospital,
Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
13, 1941 (age 63 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram Duncan Spafford and Georgia F. Spafford; married, May 22,
1912, to Lucille M. Stevens; married 1922 to
Lillian Mercer Pierce. |
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Edward J. Speno (1920-1971) —
of East Meadow, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
23, 1920.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1955-71 (4th District 1955-65, 5th District 1966,
4th District 1967-71); died in office 1971; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1964;
chair
of Nassau County Republican Party, 1965-67; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 50 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Speno; married to Audrey Bernichon. |
| | | Cross-reference: Joseph
M. Margiotta |
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Sidney Squire (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court
of Claims, 1956-77.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Legion.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Willis H. Stephens (b. 1925) —
of Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Patterson, Putnam
County, N.Y., June 7,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; coal
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1953-82 (Putnam County 1953-65, 107th District
1966, 97th District 1967-72, 94th District 1973-82); alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2000.
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Percy D. Stoddart (c.1892-1957) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1938-57 (2nd District 1938-48, 10th
District 1948-57); died in office 1957.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks;
American Legion.
Died, in Community Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
19, 1957 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Samuel Studdiford Stratton (1916-1990) —
also known as Samuel S. Stratton —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1950; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1956-58; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-89 (32nd District 1959-63,
35th District 1963-71, 29th District 1971-73, 28th District 1973-83,
23rd District 1983-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died, in a nursing
home, 1990
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alvin M. Suchin (b. 1919) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-75 (96th District 1966, 89th District
1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, American Legion; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Kiwanis;
B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hart Terry (1924-2001) —
also known as John H. Terry —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
14, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
assistant secretary to Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, 1959-60; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-70 (Onondaga County 2nd District 1963-65,
134th District 1966, 121st District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1971-73; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Purple
Heart; Holy
Name Society.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
20, 2001 (age 76 years, 340
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, DeWitt, N.Y.
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John Stanislaus Thorp Jr. (1925-1995) —
also known as John S. Thorp, Jr. —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
29, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Nassau County 6th District 1965, 14th
District 1966, 13th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-75); Nassau
County Judge, 1976-85; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1985-95; died in office 1995.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Lions; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died, from pulmonary
fibrosis, in Mercy Medical
Center, Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
15, 1995 (age 70 years, 47
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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George F. Torsney (b. 1896) —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
27, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; trucking and
warehousing business; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1933-37, 1939-42.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Lawrence William Van Cleef (1894-1970) —
also known as Lawrence W. Van Cleef —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Tyre, Seneca
County, N.Y., November
29, 1894.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1937-58; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., August
8, 1970 (age 75 years, 252
days).
Interment at Restvale
Cemetery, Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Orange
County, N.Y., 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Rotary;
Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Wisner. |
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Charles C. Wallace (b. 1888) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; jeweler;
real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1945-46.
Member, American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Malcolm Wallop (1933-2011) —
of Big Horn, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1933.
Republican. Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1969-72; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1973-76; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1977-95.
Episcopalian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Legion.
Died September
14, 2011 (age 78 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Walsh —
of Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1925-28.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks;
American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., September
6, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Medina,
N.Y., 1928; member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lopez Watson (1922-2001) —
also known as James L. Watson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1955-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956;
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1966-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-91; took senior status 1991.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Legion; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 2001 (age 79 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Griswold Webb —
also known as J. Griswold Webb —
of Clinton Corners, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1919-22; member
of New
York state senate 28th District, 1923-34; chair of
Dutchess County Republican Party, 1927-29.
Member, American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Walter Webb; married 1914 to Anne
Pendleton Rogers. |
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Harvey Weisenberg (born c.1934) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1934.
Democrat. Police
officer; school
teacher; member of New York
state assembly 20th District, 1989-.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Still living as of 2001.
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Mortimer J. Wohl (1888-1931) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
20, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.
Member, American Legion.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were charged
with ambulance
chasing activities; he disputed the charges.
Died, from septicemia,
in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
14, 1931 (age 43 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wohl and Fannie Whol; married, November
11, 1923, to Adelaide Finkelstein. |
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Stephen J. Wojtkowiak (1895-1945) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 20,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; real estate
business; member of New York
state senate, 1929-45 (49th District 1929-44, 54th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Elks.
Died April 6,
1945 (age 49 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) —
also known as John W. Wydler —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 9,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5th
District 1973-81); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
4, 1987 (age 63 years, 56
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Joseph Riton Younglove (b. 1893) —
also known as Joseph R. Younglove —
of Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., July 5,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1941-64; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1955.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Purple
Heart.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lelah Oaksford. |
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Joseph Zaretzki (b. 1900) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1948-74 (23rd District 1948-65, 32nd District 1966,
28th District 1967-74).
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Lee M. Zeldin (b. 1980) —
of Shirley, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in East Meadow, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
30, 1980.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 2011-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 2015-; defeated, 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Jewish
War Veterans.
Still living as of 2018.
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