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Politicians in Banking and Finance in New York, Q-R

  Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1924) — also known as Henry B. Quinby — of Gilford, Belknap County, N.H.; Lakeport, Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Biddeford, York County, Maine, June 10, 1846. Republican. Iron manufacturer; banker; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of New Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1889-90; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1891-92; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1892; Governor of New Hampshire, 1909-11. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 8, 1924 (age 77 years, 243 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Quinby and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby; married, June 22, 1870, to Octavia M. Cole.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Benjamin L. Rand (born c.1859) — of North Tonawanda, Niagara County, N.Y. Born about 1859. Banker; Prohibition candidate for New York state comptroller, 1889; mayor of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1915-16; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Burial location unknown.
  Jared Lewis Rathbone (1791-1845) — also known as Jared Rathbone — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., August 2, 1791. Whig. Merchant; bank director; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1838-41. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 13, 1845 (age 53 years, 284 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Rathbone and Lydia (Sparhawk) Rathbone; married, June 26, 1834, to Anna Pauline Noyes Pinney; father of Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; grandfather of Henry Riggs Rathbone; second cousin of Daniel Burrows; second cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; fourth cousin of Ezra Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Henry Littlefield and Alonzo Barton Cornell.
  Political families: Cornell family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lewis S. Reed (born c.1880) — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Brewster, Putnam County, N.Y., about 1880. Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut state senate 15th District, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  Willard Placide Reid (b. 1862) — of Babylon, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Babylon, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 24, 1862. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1896-98. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John R. Reid and Angie (Davis) Reid; married 1891 to Ada Kitching.
Ellis H. Roberts Ellis Henry Roberts (1827-1918) — also known as Ellis H. Roberts — of Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., September 30, 1827. Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1864, 1868; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1867; U.S. Representative from New York, 1871-75 (21st District 1871-73, 22nd District 1873-75); defeated, 1874; banker; Treasurer of the United States, 1897-1905. Presbyterian. Welsh ancestry. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Skull and Bones; American Historical Association. Died in 1918 (age about 90 years). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Watkin Roberts and Gwen (Williams) Roberts; married, June 24, 1851, to Elizabeth Morris.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Men of Mark in America (1906)
Henry Roberts Henry Roberts (1853-1929) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 22, 1853. Republican. President, Hartford Woven Wire Mattress Company; director, Hartford Electric Light Company; also director of several banks; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1899-1900; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1901-02; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1903-05; Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07. Congregationalist. Welsh ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Died, from respiratory failure, in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., May 1, 1929 (age 76 years, 99 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of George Roberts and Elvira (Evans) Roberts; married, October 5, 1881, to Carolyn Elizabeth Smith.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Taylor's Legislative History and Souvenir (1903)
  Charles K. Robinson (1835-1887) — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw County, Mich.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in New York, January 16, 1835. Banker; mayor of Oakland, Calif., 1882-83. Died in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., November 22, 1887 (age 52 years, 310 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  Elmore P. Ross (1809-1879) — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Dover, Dutchess County, N.Y., May 18, 1809. Democrat. Postmaster at Auburn, N.Y., 1853-58; banker; railroad president; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860. Died May 19, 1879 (age 70 years, 1 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Caroline Akin.
  Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) — of Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 12, 1879. Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad; director, National Bank of Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920 (alternate), 1936. Jewish. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married, December 27, 1906, to Grace Levor.
  Robert Edward Rubin (b. 1938) — also known as Robert Rubin — Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 29, 1938. Lawyer; economist; investment banker; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1995-99. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2020.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Rubin and Sylvia (Seiderman) Rubin; married, March 27, 1963, to Judith Leah Oxenberg.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Robert E. Rubin: In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, with Jacob Weisberg (2003)
  Jacob Ruppert Jr. (1867-1939) — also known as Jacob Ruppert; Jake Ruppert — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 5, 1867. Democrat. Brewer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903, 16th District 1903-07); candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; owner and president, New York Yankees baseball team, 1915-39; president, Astoria Silk Mills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director, Yorkville Bank; director, Casualty Insurance Company of America; director, German Hospital; trustee, Lenox Hill Hospital. Catholic. German ancestry. Died, from phlebitis, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 13, 1939 (age 71 years, 161 days). Entombed at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Ruppert and Anna (Gillig) Ruppert.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
Charles H. Russell Charles Hazen Russell (1845-1912) — also known as Charles H. Russell — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., July 11, 1845. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1880-81; member of New York state senate 3rd District, 1882-83; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Union League. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 14, 1912 (age 66 years, 247 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Victor Russell and Lucia L. (Conkey) Russell; married, January 30, 1878, to Stella Goodrich; married 1906 to Anna (Ayres) Lindquist; nephew of John Leslie Russell; first cousin of Leslie Wead Russell and John Clarence Keeler; second cousin twice removed of Calvin Fillmore and Benjamin Hard; third cousin once removed of Millard Fillmore; third cousin twice removed of Timothy Pitkin, Bela Edgerton and Heman Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards; fourth cousin of Alonzo Mark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Meigs, William Whiting Boardman, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton and John Leffingwell Randolph.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lansing family of New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 15, 1912
  Jeremiah Russell (1786-1867) — of Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y., January 26, 1786. Democrat. Merchant; real estate business; banker; postmaster at Saugerties, N.Y., 1836; member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1842; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1843-45. Died in Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y., September 30, 1867 (age 81 years, 247 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Saugerties, N.Y.
  Relatives: Father of William Fiero Russell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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