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Anthony Francis Tauriello (1899-1983) —
also known as Anthony F. Tauriello —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
14, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; liquor
store owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1940
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from New York 43rd District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950 (43rd District), 1952 (41st District).
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
21, 1983 (age 84 years, 129
days).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Frank J. Taylor (1884-1958) —
also known as Frank J. Barrett Jr. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1884.
Democrat. Riveter; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1913-25; Kings
County Sheriff, 1926-28; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate); New York City Commissioner of Welfare, 1930-34; New York
City Controller, 1935-37; assistant to the president of Todd Shipyards;
president, American Merchant
Marine Institute (chief negotiator with East Coast maritime
unions), 1938-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic. Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 7,
1958 (age 74 years, 53
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Adoptive son of James Taylor; son of Frank J. Barrett; married to
Josephine McCarthy. |
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William M. Tendy (c.1915-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1980.
Catholic.
Died, from cancer,
in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1986 (age about 71
years).
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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Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux (1769-1827) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
1, 1769.
Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1812-24; Governor of
Louisiana, 1824.
Catholic.
Died, of an abscessed
liver, near Bayou Terrebonne, Terrebonne
Parish, La., October
24, 1827 (age 58 years, 296
days).
Entombed at Halfway
Cemetery, Houma, La.
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Marlo Thomas (b. 1937) —
also known as Margaret Julia Thomas —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Deerfield, Lenawee
County, Mich., November
21, 1937.
Democrat. Actress
in television shows and movies; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972.
Female.
Catholic. Lebanese
and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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James A. Thompson (b. 1873) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 12,
1873.
Democrat. Carpenter;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1905-06; member of
New
York state senate 5th District, 1907-08.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1907 |
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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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John M. Tierney (1860-1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel, Union Railway
Company, 1893; municipal judge in New York, 1898-1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-29.
Catholic. Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, from "grip" (influenza),
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
20, 1936 (age 75 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Launcelot J. Tierney and Elizabeth (Welch)
Tierney. |
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Vito J. Titone (b. 1929) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 5,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; state court judge
in New York, 1968; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1985-.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1993.
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Daniel D. Tooher (b. 1854) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ireland,
May
11, 1854.
Democrat. Gasfitter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1897.
Catholic. Member, Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Melania Trump (b. 1970) —
also known as Melanija Knavs —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia),
April
26, 1970.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; fashion
model; First Lady
of the United States, 2017-21.
Female.
Catholic. Slovene
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Henry Leopold Ughetta (1902-1967) —
also known as Henry L. Ughetta —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
20, 1902.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1943-67; died in office
1967; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1957-67; died in office 1967; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; died
in office 1967.
Catholic.
Died in Buck Hill Falls, Monroe
County, Pa., September
16, 1967 (age 64 years, 361
days).
Interment at Laurelwood
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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George Rivet Van Namee (1877-1949) —
also known as George R. Van Namee —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
23, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1908-19; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1912-19; secretary to Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, 1919-20, 1922-23; member, New York State Public Service
Commission, 1923; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Catholic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1949 (age 71 years, 348
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eugene Clinton Van Namee and Adele (Rivet) Van Namee; married to
Rose Fallon. |
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1924 |
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Nydia Margarita Velázquez (b. 1953) —
also known as Nydia M. Velázquez —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Yabucoa, Yabucoa
Municipio, Puerto Rico, March
28, 1953.
Democrat. Special assistant to U.S. Representative Edolphus
Towns, 1983; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker).
Female.
Catholic. Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Eric N. Vitaliano (b. 1948) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
27, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. District Judge Mark
A. Costantino; chief of staff for U.S. Rep. John
M. Murphy; member of New York
state assembly, 1983-2001 (59th District 1983-92, 60th District
1993-2001); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1997.
Catholic. Italian
ancestry. Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2001.
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