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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil
Company; owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical Co.; director,
National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1904-05; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) —
of Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., April
22, 1904.
Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil
Company, 1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical Company,
1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department
stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association,
1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Chi Phi;
Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April 4,
1997 (age 92 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley; married, September
1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson. |
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William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) —
also known as William A. M. Burden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 8,
1906.
Analyst of aviation
industry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of Union
Texas Natural Gas Corporation; director, Allied Chemical Co.,
Columbia Broadcasting
System, and Lockheed Aircraft;
president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S.
Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of heart
disease, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1984 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Gary Clemente (1908-1968) —
also known as L. Gary Clemente —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 10,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president and
director, Unexcelled Chemical Corporation; executive with
Moderne Paint
Company, Premier Chemical Corporation, and Ohio Bronze
Company; director, Mary Immaculate Hospital;
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Catholic.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in Mary Immaculate Hospital,
Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 13,
1968 (age 59 years, 338
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer,
at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
9, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General Hospital
of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust
Company; president, Monroe County Industries;
treasurer, Pocono Lodges Hotel
Company director, Van Karner Chemical Arms Corporation;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe; married to Frances
K. Wirth. |
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Ralph L. Custer (d. 1950) —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Chemical engineer;
vice-president, Federated Laundry
Corporation; mayor
of Garden City, N.Y., 1949-50; died in office 1950.
Died, probably from a brain
aneurysm, in Nassau Hospital,
Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
24, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) —
also known as Melvin C. Eaton —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., April 2,
1891.
Republican. Chemist; director, superintendent, later
vice-president, president and chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
chair
of Chenango County Republican Party, 1932-33; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York
Republican state chair, 1934-36; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Rotary.
Died, following an apparent heart
attack, in St. Charles Hospital,
Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
1, 1966 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton; married, April
14, 1915, to Ethel Jewell. |
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Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
lost
an arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering Co.; manager,
Buffalo Fertilizer
Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and
Smelting
Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance;
member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
16, 1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Stanislaus Pascal Franchot (1851-1908) —
also known as Stanislaus P. Franchot —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
30, 1851.
Republican. Civil
engineer; chemical manufacturer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904;
member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1907-08.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
March
24, 1908 (age 57 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) —
also known as A. Barton Hepburn —
of Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 24,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; timber
business; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;
superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York Life Insurance
Company, American Agricultural
Chemical Company, Studebaker Corporation (automobile
manufacturer), and Great Northern Railway.
Hit by
a bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died five
days later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1922 (age 75 years, 185
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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Robert W. Hilton (b. 1868) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.
Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., January
26, 1868.
Democrat. Organizer and executive for several chemical
companies; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from McKean County, 1909; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1913-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Elon Huntington Hooker (1869-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
23, 1869.
Progressive. Engineer;
founder and president, Hooker Electrochemical Company;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 10,
1938 (age 68 years, 168
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Roy Innis (b. 1934) —
also known as Emile Alfredo Innis —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, June 6,
1934.
Democrat. Chemist; civil rights leader; chairman of the Harlem
chapter, and national board member and vice-chairman of the Congress
of Racial Equality (CORE); candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul G. Lauffer —
of Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Chemist; mayor
of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.; elected 1949.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner
Chemical Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Agnes
E. Warner. |
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George W. Merck (1894-1957) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1894.
Republican. Chemist; president (1925-49) and chairman
(1949-57), Merck & Co., pharmaceutical
makers; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1948;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1956.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orange, Essex
County, N.J., November
9, 1957 (age 63 years, 225
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Merck and Friedrike (Schenck) Merck; married, September
22, 1917, to Josephine Carey Wall; married 1926 to Serena
Stevens. |
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article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 18,
1952 |
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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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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
3, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chemical engineer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma
Xi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord; married to Eleanor
Greenbaum. |
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Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) —
also known as Thomas H. Norton —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1851.
Republican. Chemist; newspaper
editor; university
professor; librarian;
U.S. Consul in Harput, 1900-05; Smyrna, 1905-06; Chemnitz, 1906-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;
married, December
27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
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Conrad H. Palmateer (c.1853-1926) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1853.
Chemist; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1896 (6th District), 1912 (4th
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly, 1902 (Kings County 13th District), 1914 (Kings
County 13th District), 1914 (Kings County 19th District).
Died in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
20, 1926 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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John Jacob Raskob (1879-1950) —
also known as John J. Raskob —
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., March
19, 1879.
Democrat. Executive at General
Motors and DuPont; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1928-32.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., October
15, 1950 (age 71 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of John Raskob and Anna Frances (Moran) Raskob; married 1906 to Helena
Springer Green. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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