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Robert Sayre MacCormack (1872-1938) —
also known as Robert S. MacCormack —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
president of a fruit
auction company; president, New York Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Exchange; director, Franklin National
Bank of New York; mayor
of Westfield, N.J., 1936-38; died in office 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1938 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
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Alexander Macdonald (b. 1867) —
of St. Regis Falls, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Nova
Scotia, September
13, 1867.
Republican. School
principal; banker; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1908; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1910-15; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
New York State Conservation Commissioner, from 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, Chi Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Macdonald and Catherine (MacAulay) Macdonald; married,
June
15, 1900, to Edith O'Neil. |
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Henry Edmund Machold (1880-1967) —
also known as H. Edmund Machold —
of Ellisburg, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 5,
1880.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
banker; utility
executive; member of New York
state assembly, 1912-24 (Jefferson County 1st District 1912-17,
Jefferson County 1918-24); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1921-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1924;
New York
Republican state chair, 1928-29; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; executive committee chairman, St. Regis Paper
Company.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Upstate Medical
Center, Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
6, 1967 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Ellisburg
Cemetery, Ellisburg, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Bernard P. Machold and Martha (Mehlman) Machold; married, November
14, 1900, to Jennie Ella Ward. |
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William H. MacKenzie —
of Belmont, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Banker; oil
producer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1936-60; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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William Kingsland Macy (1889-1961) —
also known as W. Kingsland Macy —
of Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1889.
Republican. Business
executive; banker; chair of
Suffolk County Republican Party, 1926-51; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948;
New York
Republican state chair, 1930-34; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938;
member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1946; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1947-51; defeated,
1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 15,
1961 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Cemetery, Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edward Augustin Maher —
also known as Edward A. Maher —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
President, Union Railway
Company; president, South End Bank; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1883-84; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1888-90.
Burial location unknown.
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James Hilton Manning (1854-1925) —
also known as James H. Manning —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
22, 1854.
Democrat. President, Weed Parsons Printing
Company; president, Albany Railway
Company (street railways); president, Hudson River Telephone
Company; president, National Savings Bank of Albany; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1890-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892.
Died, from acute dilation
of heart, in Albany Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 4,
1925 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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N. Monroe Marshall —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Republican. Banker; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1915-20; New York
state treasurer, 1921-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Angell Mathewson (b. 1837) —
of Minden, Montgomery
County, N.Y.; Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 8,
1837.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
banker; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1868; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1884,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Burial location unknown.
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William B. McCreery (1836-1896) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
27, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; captured
by Confederates and held at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, from
which he escaped in 1864; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1865-67; director of First National Bank of
Flint; Michigan
state treasurer, 1875-78; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1888;
U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, as of 1890.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., December
9, 1896 (age 60 years, 104
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Alexander McDougall (1731-1786) —
of New York.
Born in Scotland,
1731.
Banker; general in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1781; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1783-86; died in office 1786.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1786 (age about 54
years).
Entombed at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Charles L. Mead —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; Orange
County Treasurer, 1899; bank director; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1916-21, 1923-25.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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Chase Mellen Jr. (1897-1978) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1933-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1936;
Liberal Party candidate for New York City Controller, 1953.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, September
12, 1978 (age 81 years, 219
days). His body was
donated to the New York University Hospital.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
24, 1855.
Republican. Banker; co-founder,
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later became Carnegie
Mellon University; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon; married 1900 to Nora
McMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (who married David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce); uncle of William
Larimer Mellon; granduncle of Richard
Mellon Scaife. |
| | | Political family: Bruce-Mellon
family of Virginia. |
| | | Cross-reference: J.
McKenzie Moss |
| | | Carnegie Mellon University,
in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, is partly named for
him. — Mellon Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | | Books about Andrew Mellon: David
Cannadine, Mellon
: An American Life |
| | | Image source: American Review of
Reviews, March 1922 |
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William Rush Merriam (1849-1931) —
also known as William R. Merriam —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wadham's Mills, Essex
County, N.Y., July 26,
1849.
Republican. Banker; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1883-84, 1887-88 (District 27
1883-84, District 26 1887-88); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1887-88; Governor of
Minnesota, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); director, U.S. Census, 1899-1903.
Died in Port Sewall, Martin
County, Fla., February
18, 1931 (age 81 years, 207
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1853.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37;
defeated, 1930, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 1,
1953 (age 99 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker; instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies
to create Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer,
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,
1932 |
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Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
October
17, 1817.
Democrat. Banker; president, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
1864-87; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-75 (1st District 1871-73, 4th
District 1873-75); defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1887 (age 69 years, 184
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Charles Edward Mitchell (1870-1937) —
also known as Charles E. Mitchell —
of Institute, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., May 30,
1870.
Republican. Business manager, West Virginia State College, 1904-31;
president, Mutual Savings and Loan Company of Charleston,
1920-31; member of West Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1921-29; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1930-33; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1932; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1937.
African
ancestry.
Died, from an embolism
which developed after surgery, in Harlem Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1937 (age 66 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hill Morgan (b. 1870) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 30,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1900-03; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1918; trustee,
Brooklyn Savings Bank; member advisory committee, Bank
of America.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lancaster Morgan and Alice M. (Hill) Morgan; married, November
10, 1903, to Lelia A. Myers. |
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Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) —
also known as Levi P. Morton —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., May 16,
1824.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; financier;
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1879-81; defeated,
1876; U.S. Minister to France, 1881-85; Vice
President of the United States, 1889-93; Governor of
New York, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1896.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 16,
1920 (age 96 years, 0
days).
Interment at Rhinebeck
Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
11, 1927.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank; director, New York
Life
Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish;
later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Luther Wright Mott (1874-1923) —
also known as Luther W. Mott —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-23 (28th District 1911-13,
32nd District 1913-23); died in office 1923.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 10,
1923 (age 48 years, 222
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Allen Munroe (1819-1884) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Onondaga
County, N.Y., March 9,
1819.
Merchant;
grain milling
business; banker; vice-president, Oswego and Syracuse Railroad;
mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1854; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1860-63; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1876.
Presbyterian.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
5, 1884 (age 65 years, 210
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Samuel Lyman Munson (b. 1844) —
also known as Samuel L. Munson —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich (now Huntington), Hampshire
County, Mass., June 14,
1844.
Republican. Collar
manufacturer; vice-president, Home Savings Bank; director,
National Exchange Bank; vice-president, Albany Homeopathic Hospital;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Antiquarian Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garry Munson and Harriet (Lyman) Munson; married, May 21,
1868, to Susan Babcock Hopkins. |
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Frank J. Murray (b. 1884) —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1912; mayor of
Orange, N.J., 1913-14, 1922-34; resigned 1934; New Jersey
state comptroller, 1934-41; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Burial location unknown.
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