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John Joseph LaFalce (b. 1939) —
also known as John J. LaFalce —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
6, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 53rd District, 1971-72; member of New York
state assembly 140th District, 1973-74; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1975-2003 (36th District 1975-83,
32nd District 1983-93, 29th District 1993-2003); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996.
Catholic. Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Joseph Lanzetta (1894-1956) —
also known as James J. Lanzetta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1933-35, 1937-39;
defeated, 1934, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1940;
justice, New York City Domestic Relations Court, 1948-56.
Catholic.
Died, at the Greystone Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1956 (age 61 years, 311
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Joseph J. Larkin (b. 1886) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 30,
1886.
Democrat. Moving
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1927.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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George Latimer (b. 1935) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 20,
1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1976-90; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1984,
1988
(speaker).
Catholic. Lebanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924-2006) —
also known as Pat Lawford; Patricia Helen
Kennedy —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 2006 (age 82 years, 134
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; sister of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, April
24, 1954, to Peter
Lawford; mother of Christopher Lawford; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); granddaughter of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Leon M. Layden (1893-1955) —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in West Pawlet, Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt., December
17, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Washington
County Surrogate, 1926-28; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1941; defeated, 1932;
appointed 1941; defeated, 1941.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died in an ambulance,
en route from Whitehall to the Glens Falls hospital, in Washington
County, N.Y., February
8, 1955 (age 61 years, 53
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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John Lee (1788-1871) —
of Petersville, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., January
30, 1788.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1823-25; member of Maryland
state senate, 1837; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1852-53.
Catholic.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1871 (age 83 years, 107
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Wilbert John LeMelle (b. 1931) —
also known as Wilbert J. LeMelle —
of New York.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., November
11, 1931.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1977-80; Seychelles, 1977-80.
Catholic. Member, American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1991.
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Edward S. Lentol (1909-1981) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
26, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1949-62; member
of New
York state senate, 1963-72 (18th District 1963-65, 20th District
1966, 14th District 1967-72); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1973-79.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1981 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) —
also known as C. Ludlow Livingston —
of Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 10,
1870.
Republican. Electrical
engineer;
lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-15; Barbados, 1915-20; Charlottetown, 1921-22.
Catholic. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ludlow Livingston and Mary (Keif) Livingston; married, November
12, 1891, to Mary Keating; father of Philip Anson Livingston and
Brockholst
Livingston; great-grandson of Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Henry
Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of William
Livingston and Walter
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder, Anthony
Brockholls, Pieter
Van Brugh, Phillip
French and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandnephew of Johannes
Cuyler; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of Henry
Brockholst Ledyard; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Jay and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Matthew
Clarkson; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Samuel Schuyler and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Stephanus
Bayard, John
Cruger Jr. and Pierre
Van Cortlandt; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836) and James
Alexander Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Henry
Cruger, Robert
Van Rensselaer, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, James
Livingston and James
Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Bronson
Murray Cutting; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer and Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); third cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish; third cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston and John
Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Herbert
Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, John
Jacob Astor III, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Reginald Livingston and Robert
Winthrop Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Wenceslao Y. Loaiza (1874-1921) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Born in Hermosillo, Sonora,
1874.
Maritime
shipping business; Consul
for Argentina in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1900.
Catholic. Mexican
ancestry.
Died in 1921
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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James Taber Loree (b. 1888) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 6,
1888.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Railway
official; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Catholic. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonor Fresnol Loree and Jessie (Taber) Loree; married, March
23, 1927, to Miriam G. Collins. |
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Edward V. Loughlin (1894-1969) —
also known as Ed Loughlin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1964;
leader of
New York County Democratic Party, 1944-47.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
East Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
18, 1969 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Madge Lessing. |
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John T. Loughran (1889-1953) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
23, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1930-34; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1934-45; appointed 1934; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1945-53; appointed 1945.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., March
31, 1953 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Bernard Loughran and Margaret (Coffey) Loughran; married, June 15,
1915, to Cornelia Brodhead. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Enoch Louis Lowe (1820-1892) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., August
10, 1820.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1845; Governor of
Maryland, 1851-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1856;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland.
Catholic.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
23, 1892 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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George Henry Lowe (b. 1939) —
also known as George H. Lowe —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 1,
1939.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1978-82.
Catholic. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of John Elmer Lowe and Mary Catherine (Mullin) Lowe; married, June 5,
1965, to Barbara Ann Blewitt. |
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe; Clare Boothe
Brokaw —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1903.
Republican. Writer; journalist;
playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Richard Paul Lydon (1868-1946) —
also known as Richard P. Lydon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-38.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1946 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Henry Lydon and Ellen R. (Buckley) Lydon. |
| | | Image source: New York Times, March 9,
1946 |
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Walter Aloysius Lynch (1894-1957) —
also known as Walter A. Lynch —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-51 (22nd District 1940-45,
23rd District 1945-51); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950; New York
Democratic state chair, 1953; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-57; died in office 1957.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
10, 1957 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Cecil Burton Lyon (1903-1993) —
also known as Cecil B. Lyon —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
8, 1903.
Investment
banker; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1931; Hong Kong, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1956-58; Ceylon, 1964-67; Maldive Islands, 1965.
Catholic.
Died April 6,
1993 (age 89 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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