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Peter A. Abeles (1886-1952) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Oltenitza, Romania,
February
15, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; accountant;
member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1919-20; defeated, 1920, 1922;
magistrate.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Freemasons.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in a stationery
store on Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1952 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aron Abeles and Rebecca (Isser) Abeles; married, November
11, 1913, to Minerva Lobel. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel I. Abrams and Esther (Block) Abrams; married, August
11, 1943, to Ruth R. Levy. |
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Melville E. Abrams (1912-1966) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Isidore
Dollinger; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-66 (Bronx County 5th District 1955-65, 90th
District 1966); died in office 1966.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions;
B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
10, 1966 (age 54 years, 238
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Robert Abrams (b. 1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 4,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-69 (89th District 1966, 81st District
1967-69); borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1970-78; resigned 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984;
New
York state attorney general, 1979-93; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Abrams and Dorothy (Kaplan) Abrams. |
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article |
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Gary Leonard Ackerman (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary L. Ackerman —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica Estates, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
19, 1942.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of New York
state senate 12th District, 1979-83; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (7th District 1983-93,
5th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Antin (1884-1956) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlinez, Ukraine,
August
4, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1921-22; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1923-30; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Khorassan; B'nai B'rith.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
22, 1956 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Antin and Frances (Schwartzman) Antin; married, August
18, 1918, to Dora Polsky. |
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Howard E. Babbush (b. 1941) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
8, 1941.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate, 1976-93 (16th District 1976-82, 17th District
1983-93, 19th District 1993).
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; B'nai B'rith; Jewish
War Veterans.
Still living as of 1993.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966,
32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
One leg was
amputated in 1977 due to phlebitis.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Albert Einstein Medical
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March 4,
1990 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond. |
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Maurice Bloch (c.1891-1929) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1915-29 (New York County 22nd District 1915-17,
New York County 16th District 1918-29); died in office 1929; campaign
manager for U.S. Senator Robert
F. Wagner, 1926.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Order
Brith Abraham; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, from an embolus of the
heart, following a appendicitis
surgery, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1929 (age about 38
years).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1923 to
Madelaine Neuberger. |
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Samuel Bonom (1912-1962) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1956-62; died in
office 1962.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America.
Died December
13, 1962 (age 50 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bonom and Lena (Jackel) Bonom; married to Clarice Juliet
Goldberg. |
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Paul P. E. Bookson (c.1933-2005) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1965-74 (24th District 1965, 27th District 1966,
24th District 1967-72, 25th District 1973-74).
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai B'rith.
Struck
by a motorcycle while crossing a street in Brooklyn, died later
the same day in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 2005 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Relatives: Son
of Leo Bookson and Anna Bookson; married to Tova
Heller. |
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Irwin R. Brownstein (1930-1996) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
4, 1930.
Lawyer;
law partner of Sebastian
Leone; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1960-63; member
of New
York state senate, 1964-66 (15th District 1964-65, 23rd District
1966); civil court judge in New York, 1967-68; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1969-80.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Died of a heart
attack in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
24, 1996 (age 65 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) —
also known as Manny Celler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,
15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);
defeated (Liberal), 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
World Federalists; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee; B'nai B'rith.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1981 (age 92 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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William Wolfe Cohen (1874-1940) —
also known as William W. Cohen —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1927-29.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
B'nai B'rith.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1940 (age 66 years, 36
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) —
also known as "Crook" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Vilna, Lithuania,
February
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,
19th District 1945); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-53.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
According to old Russian records found in
the mid-1990s, he was a paid
agent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, and
received some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".
Died, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1954 (age 69 years, 76
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Steven Effman (b. 1950) —
also known as Steve Effman —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1993-96; member of Florida
state house of representatives 98th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Admitted
in 2003 to inappropriate
relationships
with three divorce clients; suspended
from the practice of law for 91 days.
Still living as of 2003.
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Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; American
Judicature Society.
Died, of advanced heart
disease, at New York Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Louis L. Friedman (b. 1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1941-44; member
of New
York state senate 15th District, 1945-55; resigned 1955; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1957-58.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Jewish Congress; B'nai B'rith; National
Lawyers Guild.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley H. Fuld (1903-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1946-66; appointed 1946; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1967-73.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; B'nai B'rith.
Died July 22,
2003 (age 99 years, 333
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emanuel I. Fuld and Hermine (Frisch) Fuld; married, May 29,
1930, to Florence Geringer; married to Stella
Rapaport. |
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Julius J. Gans (1896-1973) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1936-37, 1939-54 (Bronx County 5th District
1936-37, 1939-44, Bronx County 6th District 1945-54); defeated, 1937;
civil court judge in New York, 1961-67.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
Died, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
24, 1973 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Gans and Ida (Lowenthal) Gans; married to Sylvia (Kugel)
Tisch. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Louis DeWitt Gibbs (1880-1929) —
also known as Louis D. Gibbs —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodz, Poland,
October
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1913; survived
an assassination
attempt, when a bomb intended to kill him exploded at the Bronx
Court House, October 31, 1914; county judge in New York, 1914-24;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925-29; died in office
1929.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai B'rith; Order
Brith Abraham.
Died, in the Glen Springs Sanitarium,
Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y., March 1,
1929 (age 48 years, 136
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isadore Gibbs and Pauline (Greenbaum) Gibbs; married, October
14, 1906, to Anna White. |
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Jacob H. Gilbert (1920-1981) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 17,
1920.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1951-54; member of
New
York state senate 27th District, 1955-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1960-71 (23rd District 1960-63,
22nd District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
27, 1981 (age 60 years, 255
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry Mayer Goldfogle (1856-1929) —
also known as Henry M. Goldfogle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 23,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1888-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-15, 1919-21 (9th District
1901-13, 12th District 1913-15, 1919-21); defeated, 1914, 1920.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Died June 1,
1929 (age 73 years, 9
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
23, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District
1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1989.
Jewish.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Jewish Congress; NAACP;
B'nai B'rith; American
Jewish Committee; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2001.
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Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (1896-1981) —
also known as Nathaniel L. Goldstein —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
partner of Charles
C. Lockwood during the 1920s; accountant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940,
1944,
1948;
New
York state attorney general, 1943-54.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American
Jewish Committee; Freemasons;
Elks; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1981 (age 84 years, 288
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Rudolph Halley (1913-1956) —
also known as Rudy Halley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 19,
1913.
Liberal. Lawyer;
counsel for two U.S. Senate investigative committees in the 1940s and
early 1950s; New York City Council President, 1951-53; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Died, while under treatment for pancreatic
pseudocysts, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1956 (age 43 years, 153
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Philip Halpern (1902-1963) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1948-63; died in office
1963; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1952-63 (3rd Department 1952-57, 4th Department 1958-63); died
in office 1963.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Mu; B'nai B'rith.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
25, 1963 (age 60 years, 286
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
19, 1913.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1937; member of
New
York state senate, 1941-54 (2nd District 1941-44, 4th District
1945-54); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-73 (4th District 1959-63, 6th
District 1963-73); defeated, 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York.
Jewish.
Member, Elks;
B'nai B'rith; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died from complications of pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
10, 1997 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Jacob Harris (1877-1960) —
also known as Samuel J. Harris —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 7,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1940-45.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; B'nai B'rith.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., 1960
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Joel Harris and Rachael Adeline (Brown) Harris; married,
June
14, 1921, to Goldie G. Weisburg. |
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Gustave Hartman (1880-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
August
12, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1905-06;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1908; municipal judge
in New York, 1913-17, 1921-29; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923, 1924, 1929; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Founder and president, Israel Orphan Asylum, New York City.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1936 (age 56 years, 92
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument at Hartman
Triangle, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Kalman Hartman and Sarah 'Sallie' (Luchs) Hartman; married, September
9, 1928, to May Weisser. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved husband, devoted
brother, a life of service." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Times, November
13, 1936 |
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Nathaniel T. Helman (b. 1905) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1950-60 (26th District 1950-54, 28th District
1955-60); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956,
1960
(alternate); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1967-68.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip M. Kleinfeld (b. 1894) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1922; defeated,
1920; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1923-41; resigned 1941; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1937; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-58; appointed 1941.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
B'nai B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Kraf (b. 1907) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1956-65.
Jewish.
Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi; Elks; Urban
League; B'nai B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Simon J. Liebowitz (c.1906-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1960-68 (10th District 1960-65, 18th District 1966,
15th District 1967-68); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969-75.
Jewish.
Member, Odd
Fellows; B'nai B'rith; Knights
of Pythias.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 24,
1998 (age about 92
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome W. Marks (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 22,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-68 (New York County 4th District 1963-65,
67th District 1966, 61st District 1967-68).
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai B'rith.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) —
also known as Bucky Mintz —
of South Fallsburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Indicted
in 1965 on bribery
charges;
convicted
in February 1966, and sentenced
to a year in prison.
Died, following a heart
attack, while serving a prison
sentence, in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1966 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Mosberg (b. 1908) —
of Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1958-67 (6th District 1958-65, 10th District 1966,
11th District 1967).
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; NAACP;
B'nai B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Manfred Ohrenstein (b. 1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1961-93 (25th District 1961-65, 29th District 1966,
27th District 1967-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action; B'nai B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Still living as of 1993.
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Carl Pack (1899-1945) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
25, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1931-38; member of
New
York state senate, 1939-45 (22nd District 1939-44, 25th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai B'rith; Freemasons.
Died August
7, 1945 (age 46 years, 194
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Herbert A. Posner (b. 1925) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; accountant;
member of New York
state assembly 19th District; elected 1966.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Roman (1910-1998) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in a hospital,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
26, 1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;
defeated, 1942 (New York County 23rd District), 1944 (New York County
15th District), 1954 (New York County 15th District).
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Author and sponsor of nation's first
law against racial discrimination in places of public accomodation,
1953.
Died, of a stroke,
in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
11, 1998 (age 88 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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William Rosenblatt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1945-70.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March
29, 1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Sachs and Flora (Weil) Sachs. |
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Leonard M. Simon (b. 1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1936.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 46th District; elected 1966; candidate in
Democratic primary for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1969; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives:
Married to Lorraine Werner. |
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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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Leonard Price Stavisky (1925-1999) —
also known as Leonard P. Stavisky —
of Beechhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Whitestone, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
11, 1925.
Democrat. University
professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-83 (26th District 1966, 23rd District
1967-72, 26th District 1973-83); candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1969; member of New York
state senate, 1983-99 (12th District 1983-94, 16th District
1995-99); died in office 1999.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith.
Died, from complications of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 19,
1999 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar
Association; B'nai B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Herbert Tenzer (1905-1993) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1905.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai B'rith; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died March
24, 1993 (age 87 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ben Werbel (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
November
23, 1898.
Democrat. Advertising
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mollie Katz. |
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