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Lyell Thompson Adams (1837-1892) —
also known as Lyell T. Adams —
of New York.
Born in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., December
26, 1837.
Republican. Minister; U.S. Consul in Malta, 1875-76; Geneva, 1879-84; Horgen, 1889-91.
Presbyterian.
Bequeathed $4,000 to Yale University.
Died in Horgen, Switzerland,
May
24, 1892 (age 54 years, 150
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Ray Allen (b. 1860) —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Pavilion, Genesee
County, N.Y., March
22, 1860.
Republican. Railway
passenger agent; ordained minister; missionary; Dry
candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Elihu Anthony (1818-1905) —
of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Born in Greenfield, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
30, 1818.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist
minister; member of California
state assembly 6th District, 1880-81.
Methodist.
Came overland to California in 1847. First
postmaster of Santa Cruz; started the first
foundry there; built the first
wharf; founded the first
Protestant church.
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
15, 1905 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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William Richard Arnold (1881-1965) —
also known as William R. Arnold —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, June 10,
1881.
Democrat. Catholic priest; chaplain; U.S. Army Chief of
Chaplains, 1937-45 (with rank ultimately of Major General); Bishop
and Military Delegate of the Armed Forces (appointed by Pope Pius
XII), 1945-65; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Catholic.
Died, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
7, 1965 (age 83 years, 211
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Francis Burnett Bangs (1819-1891) —
also known as Francis B. Bangs —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Delaware
County, N.Y., March
23, 1819.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for Michigan House of
Representatives.
Died in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., May 20,
1891 (age 72 years, 58
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
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Horace Thomas Barnaby (1823-1917) —
also known as Horace T. Barnaby —
of Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., April
26, 1823.
Republican. Gratiot
County Clerk, 1861-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1869-72;
bishop.
Methodist.
Died in Gaines Township, Kent
County, Mich., February
27, 1917 (age 93 years, 307
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gaines, Mich.
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Albert Barnes (1798-1870) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
1, 1798.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1870 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Samuel June Barrows (1845-1909) —
also known as Samuel J. Barrows —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1845.
Republican. Secretary to William
H. Seward, 1867-69; pastor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1897-99;
defeated, 1898.
Unitarian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
21, 1909 (age 63 years, 330
days).
Cremated.
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Samuel Zane Batten (1859-1925) —
also known as Samuel Z. Batten —
of Tioga, Tioga
County, Pa.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lansdowne, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., August
10, 1859.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died June 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 24,
1813.
Republican. Minister; orator;
abolitionist; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;
in 1872, he was accused
of an adulterous
affair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;
Beecher's church conducted an investigation
and declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husband
Theodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-long trial
took place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1887 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of Harriet
Beecher Stowe; married, August
3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle of George
Buckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen, Frederick
Wolcott, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Daniel
Chapin and Oliver
Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer and George
Frederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Gideon
Hotchkiss, Asahel
Augustus Hotchkiss, John
William Allen, Julius
Hotchkiss, Giles
Waldo Hotchkiss, Charles
Francis Chidsey, Ernest
Harvey Woodford and Samuel
Russell Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
W. Beecher |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Eugene Bentley (1841-1905) —
also known as Charles E. Bentley —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; Butler
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Warners, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
30, 1841.
Baptist minister; Nebraska Prohibition state chair, 1895-96;
National candidate for President
of the United States, 1896.
Baptist.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a lodging
house at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
4, 1905 (age 63 years, 280
days).
Interment at Blue
Valley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb.
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James Berg (c.1876-1944) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., about 1876.
Republican. Minister; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1928-31; defeated, 1913; resigned 1931;
executive secretary, Westchester Sanitary Commission, 1931-39.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Order
of United American Mechanics; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, during services at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
19, 1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904 to
Adeline Brommer. |
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Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923-2012) —
also known as Anthony Bevilacqua —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 17,
1923.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of Pittsburgh, 1983-88;
archbishop of Philadelphia, 1988-2003; cardinal from 1991; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
2000 ; accused
in 2003-04 of protecting
priests who were suspected of sexually
abusing children; later, it was found
that he had ordered a subordinate to destroy
a list of 35 abusive priests, and that he had punished
a priest who had raised concerns about possible abuse.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
31, 2012 (age 88 years, 228
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Silas Walter Bond (1864-1939) —
also known as Silas W. Bond —
of Houghton, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.; Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Nora, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
13, 1864.
Minister; professor,
Houghton Seminary, Houghton, N.Y.; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1904; president,
Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Miltonvale, Kan.; Prohibition candidate
for Governor of
Kansas, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Wesleyan
Methodist.
Died in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., December
3, 1939 (age 75 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Williams Bond and Matilda (Shaw) Bond; married, August
11, 1896, to Harriet 'Hattie' West; married, November
26, 1931, to Jessie LaVinia Ward. |
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John Green Brady (1848-1918) —
also known as John G. Brady —
of Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848.
Republican. Missionary; co-founder
of the school that later became Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka,
Alaska; merchant;
Governor
of Alaska District, 1897-1906; forced to
resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry
about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.
Presbyterian.
Ill with diabetes,
he suffered a stroke
and died in Sitka,
Alaska, December
17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at Sitka
National Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
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Norton Franklin Brand (1869-1947) —
also known as Norton F. Brand —
of Grandin, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., May 5,
1869.
Lawyer;
pastor; U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1917-18; Fernie, 1918-32.
Died April
10, 1947 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.
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Frank Milton Bristol (1851-1932) —
also known as Frank M. Bristol —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeddo, Orleans
County, N.Y., January
4, 1851.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1884 ; bishop.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1932
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Ranson Caygill (born c.1861) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1861.
Democrat. Salvation Army officer; author; poet;
candidate for mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Bigelow Chaffee (1887-1936) —
also known as Edmund B. Chaffee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rose Center, Oakland
County, Mich., February
19, 1887.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Dropped dead, while making a
speech, at a social work conference in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
15, 1936 (age 49 years, 209
days).
Interment at Rose Center Cemetery, Rose Center, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John K. Chaffee and Marietta (Bigelow) Chaffee. |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant for God and Man,
Toiler for Justice and Peace." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stephen A. Christopher —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Pastor; Republican candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 2008; Conservative candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2009.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Amos Elwood Corning (1885-1954) —
also known as A. Elwood Corning —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Sparkill, Rockland
County, N.Y., February
25, 1885.
Progressive. Minister; candidate for New York
state senate 25th District, 1912.
Died in Balmville, Orange
County, N.Y., June 12,
1954 (age 69 years, 107
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Edward P. Crane —
of Pennsylvania; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Minister; U.S. Consul in Stuttgart, 1887-90; Hanover, 1893-98.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Rutherford Losey Decker (1904-1972) —
also known as Rutherford L. Decker —
of Missouri.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 27,
1904.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1960.
Baptist.
Died September
21, 1972 (age 68 years, 117
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Wellsburg, N.Y.
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Gilbert DeLaMatyr (1825-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pharsalia, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 8,
1825.
Methodist minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1879-81.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, May 17,
1892 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Diederich —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
13, 1845.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1889-93; Magdeburg, 1897-99; Bremen, 1899-1906; Sarnia, 1919-24; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1906-17.
Lutheran.
Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
8, 1926 (age 80 years, 87
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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John Scott Everton (1908-2003) —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Istanbul, Turkey;
Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 7,
1908.
Minister; college
professor; president,
Kalamazoo College, 1949-53; U.S. Ambassador to Burma, 1961-63; president
of Robert College (now Bogazici University), Istanbul, Turkey,
1968-71.
Baptist;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died January
23, 2003 (age 94 years, 322
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Democrat. Ordained minister; college
professor; president,
Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher;
married, September
1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson. |
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John Patterson Gallup (1816-1876) —
also known as John P. Gallup —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., June 3,
1816.
Democrat. Postmaster at Oshkosh,
Wis., 1840-43; pastor; undersheriff.
Died in Medina
County, Ohio, September
30, 1876 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) —
Born in slavery
in New Market, Frederick
County, Md., December
23, 1815.
Minister; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1881-82, died in office 1882.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
On February 12, 1865, was the first
Black person to make a speech to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Died in Liberia,
February
13, 1882 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at Palm Grove Cemetery, Monrovia, Liberia.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65;
pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Milton Gregory (b. 1822) —
also known as John M. Gregory —
of Michigan.
Born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 6,
1822.
Republican. Baptist minister; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1859-64; president,
Kalamazoo College; president,
Illinois Industrial University.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Gregory; married 1846 to Julia
Gregory; married 1881 to Louisa
Allen. |
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Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) —
also known as Abdul Hamid; Eugene Brown; "The
Black Hitler"; "The Harlem Hitler";
"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi Abdul
Hamid" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1903.
Self-styled cleric; labor
leader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban and a
green velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in Harlem
whose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;
conducted street
rallies in Harlem where he denounced
Jews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war against
the Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933; arrested
in October 1934; tried and
found guilty on misdemeanor charges of making a
public speech without a permit, and selling books without a
license, and sentenced
to ten days in jail;
later suspected
of inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led to injunctions
against his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,
Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, and shot
at him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded the
Buddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.
Buddhist
or Muslim.
African
ancestry.
Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out of
fuel and crashed
near Wantagh, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1938 (age 35 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Rhodes Hanley (1876-1961) —
also known as Joe R. Hanley —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, May 30,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
ordained minister; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in Perry Nursing
Home, Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October
31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Ira Harris (b. 1855) —
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1855.
Physician;
surgeon;
missionary; U.S. Consular Agent in Tripoli, 1899-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Harris —
of Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for New York
inspector of state prisons, 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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W. H. P. Hatch —
of Washington
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Minister; candidate for New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Elder G. Hawkins —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party, 1949.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867-1938) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
20, 1867.
Democrat. Catholic priest; archbishop of New York, 1919-38;
cardinal, 1924-38; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack caused by coronary
thrombosis, in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., September
4, 1938 (age 70 years, 288
days).
Originally entombed at St. Joseph's Camp Grotto Chapel, Near Forestburgh, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; re-entombed at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Theodore Martin Hesburgh (1917-2015) —
also known as Theodore Hesburgh; "Father
Ted" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 25,
1917.
Catholic priest; president,
Notre Dame University, 1952-87; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission,
1957-72.
Catholic.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1964.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., February
26, 2015 (age 97 years, 277
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Notre Dame, Ind.
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William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., about 1858.
Lawyer;
pastor; college
professor; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed or Presbyterian.
Died January
23, 1945 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (daughter of Frederick E.
Weyerhaeuser). |
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William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
29, 1889.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; president,
Knoxville College, 1943-47.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes; married, September
9, 1915, to Grace Virginia Frank. |
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William A. Jones Jr. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Pastor; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1969.
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Pascal Paoli Kidder (1810-1899) —
also known as Pascal P. Kidder —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Ellicottville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.; Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., December
21, 1810.
Minister; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1871-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., January
3, 1899 (age 88 years, 13
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Kidder and Mary 'Polly' (Eddy) Kidder; married 1840 to
Emeline Burrows; first cousin once removed of David
Kidder; first cousin thrice removed of Chester
Merton Bliss and George
Walter Bliss; second cousin twice removed of Mary
Rose Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Lyman
Kidder and Ezra
Kidder; fourth cousin of Alvan
Kidder, Charles
Stetson, Francis
Kidder, Ira
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Arba
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Isaiah
Stetson and Jefferson
Parish Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland, Lyman
Kidder Bass, Nathan
Parker Kidder, Silas
Wright Kidder, Daniel
S. Kidder and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.; Charlottesville,
Va.; Stanardsville, Greene
County, Va.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., November
14, 1878.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal
Church, Barton Heights, Va., until 1908, when he resigned
following a widely
reported fist
fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer;
poet;
translator;
prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate
pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of
Democratic presidential nominee Al
Smith; initially supported President Franklin
Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward
isolationism and anti-Communism.
Episcopalian.
Died, from cerebral
vascular accident, while suffering from chronic
brain syndrome due to cerebral
arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental
hospital, in Augusta
County, Va., December
21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Gordon James Klingenschmitt (b. 1968) —
also known as Gordon Klingenschmitt —
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 5,
1968.
Republican. Chaplain; wore his Navy uniform at a 2006 political
protest, with Roy
Moore, in front of the White House; subsequently court-martialed
for disobeying
a lawful order; he had been prohibited from appearing at
political events in uniform; ultimately discharged
from the Navy; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 2015-16; candidate for Colorado
state senate, 2016.
Evangelical
Christian.
Still living as of 2016.
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John Howland Lathrop (1880-1967) —
also known as John H. Lathrop —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., 1880.
Unitarian minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor
Party, 1945.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League.
Died August
20, 1967 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Lathrop and Alice McDora (Osborne) Lathrop; married 1907 to Lita
Schlesinger. |
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Democrat. Ordained minister; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1913-18.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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Aryeh Lev —
of New York.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Jewish.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lincoln R. Long (b. 1861) —
of New Kingston, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hancock town, Delaware
County, N.Y., February
3, 1861.
Republican. Farmer; stonecutter;
school
principal; Methodist minister; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1919-23.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
6, 1811.
Republican. Minister; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5th
District 1863-64); died in office 1864.
Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
25, 1864 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Richard Lunn (1873-1948) —
also known as George R. Lunn —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born near Lenox, Taylor
County, Iowa, June 23,
1873.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
Presbyterian minister; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1912-13, 1916-17, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1917-19; defeated,
1912 (Socialist), 1918 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940
(alternate); candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1923-24; defeated (Democratic), 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif., November
27, 1948 (age 75 years, 157
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Belize City, Belize,
October
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1903-10; Consul-General
for Liberia in Washington,
D.C., 1911-13.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon; married to Marie
Wright. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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William Howard Melish (1910-1986) —
also known as W. Howard Melish —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 11,
1910.
Episcopal priest; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party,
1945-49; chairman, National Council of Soviet-American Friendship,
1947-51 and 1971-78; this organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; ousted
in 1957 as rector of Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, over his
allegedly pro-Communist
activities.
Episcopalian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 15,
1986 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ronald F. Miller (b. 1954) —
also known as Ron Miller —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., November
12, 1954.
Democrat. Pastor; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 2011-.
American
Baptist. Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde Miller and Phyllis Miller; married to Cindy
Lord. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia
Legislature |
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Richard Morford (c.1903-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Onaway, Presque
Isle County, Mich., about 1903.
Presbyterian minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor
Party, 1945-49; director, National Council of American-Soviet
Friendship, 1946-80; this organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; tried in
federal court in Washington; convicted
in March 1948; his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court; convicted
again on re-trial; sentenced
to three months in prison and fined
$250.
Presbyterian.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., September
7, 1986 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Aileen Hutson. |
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William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) —
also known as William F. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1888 (age 71 years, 150
days).
Interment somewhere
in Newport, R.I.
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Alva Herman Morrill (1848-1922) —
also known as Alva H. Morrill —
of Stanfordville, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Newton, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Grafton, Grafton
County, N.H., June 7,
1848.
Minister; school
principal; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1892; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1906, 1908;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1912.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1922
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Proprietors'
Burying Ground, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Darius H. Muller (1838-1909) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October, 1838.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 21,
1909 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29;
Presiding Bishop of the United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker. |
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Pastor; professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1932; Socialist
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857-1930) —
also known as S. C. Partridge —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1857.
Republican. Episcopal Bishop of Kyoto, Japan, 1900-11; Bishop
of the Diocese of West Missouri, 1911-30; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 22,
1930 (age 72 years, 294
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) —
of Enfield Center, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Costello, Potter
County, Pa., December
10, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
New
York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York
state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District
1955-64).
Methodist.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Marine
Corps League; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange;
Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Channing Emery Phillips (1928-1987) —
also known as Channing E. Phillips —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
23, 1928.
Democrat. Minister; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1968.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry.
Died, from cancer,
at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1987 (age 59 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Sandy F. Ray —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Pastor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1964;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1966.
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Amer Alanson Reed (b. 1851) —
also known as Amer A. Reed —
of Bennington, Wyoming
County, N.Y.; South Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Sloansville, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Richmondville, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Jordanville, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Darien Center, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Murray, Orleans
County, N.Y., December
22, 1851.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1900.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Reed and Sarah M. (Partridge) Reed; married, September
16, 1875, to Elizabeth J. Simmons. |
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George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister; president,
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer;
went
to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James H. Robinson (born c.1907) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., about 1907.
Liberal. Minister; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Russell (1822-1912) —
of Milton, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born near Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
20, 1822.
Methodist minister; newspaper
publisher; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1869;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1872; member of Michigan
Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1890; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Methodist.
Member, Good
Templars.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
3, 1912 (age 90 years, 44
days).
Interment at Hart Cemetery, Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Samuel Schulman (1864-1955) —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
February
14, 1864.
Republican. Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Jewish.
Coined the phrase "melting pot" as a term for the assimilation of
immigrants to the United States, in a 1907 sermon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1955 (age 91 years, 261
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Al Sharpton —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
3, 1954.
Democrat. Minister; civil rights activist; radio talk
show host; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1988, 1992, 1994; stabbed
in the chest as he was about to lead a protest march in the
Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1991;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1997; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 2004.
Pentecostal;
later Baptist.
African
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Morris A. Shmidman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1988.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1992.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Joseph Simonson (1904-1985) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Richfield, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in 1904.
Republican. Secretary to U.S. Rep. August
H. Andresen, 1925-28; minister; offered prayer, Republican
National Convention, 1944,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1953.
Lutheran.
Died January
17, 1985 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
7, 1868.
Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1916,
1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1954 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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John Roach Straton (1875-1929) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Norfolk,
Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., April 6,
1875.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National
Convention, 1912,
1924.
Baptist.
He was a creationist who led a campaign against the teaching of
evolution, and a strong supporter of alcohol prohibition. During the
1928 presidential campaign, he strongly opposed the candidacy of
Democratic nominee Al
Smith, who was Catholic and "wet" (anti-Prohibition).
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
29, 1929 (age 54 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Sweet —
of Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968) —
also known as Norman Thomas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, November
20, 1884.
Socialist. Ordained minister; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1925 (Socialist), 1929; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; candidate for President
of the United States, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died December
19, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Edward Charles Toy (1865-1934) —
also known as E. C. Toy —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 5,
1865.
Minister; candidate for New York
state senate 49th District, 1914.
Methodist.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 11,
1934 (age 69 years, 36
days).
Interment at Elmlawn
Cemetery, Tonawanda, N.Y.
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Uri Tracy (1764-1838) —
of Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
8, 1764.
Democrat. Minister; postmaster;
Chenango
County Sheriff, 1798-1801; Chenango
County Clerk, 1801-15; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-07, 1809-13 (16th District
1805-07, 13th District 1809-13); county judge in New York, 1819-23.
Presbyterian.
Died in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 21,
1838 (age 74 years, 163
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Oxford, N.Y.
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Ernest Lynn Waldorf (1876-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 14,
1876.
Republican. Pastor; chaplain; bishop; offered
prayer, Republican National Convention, 1928,
1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Noble Foundation Hospital,
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 27,
1943 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Dwight Williams —
of Madison
County, N.Y.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1873; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1886.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Preacher; university
professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Stephen Samuel Wise (1874-1949) —
also known as Stephen Wise; Stephen Samuel
Weisz —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
March
17, 1874.
Democrat. Rabbi; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1924;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; NAACP.
Died, from a stomach
ailment, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1949 (age 75 years, 33
days).
Entombed at Westchester
Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Ervin Freeman Yearling (1929-2005) —
also known as E. Freeman Yearling —
of Lake View, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Red River
Parish, La., March
26, 1929.
Conservative. Minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1967 (18th District), 1978 (19th
District).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, John
Birch Society.
Died January
7, 2005 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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