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Dairy Industry Politicians in New York

  Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) — also known as Henry C. Adams — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Verona, Oneida County, N.Y., November 28, 1850. Republican. Dairy farmer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1883-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888; Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1895-1902; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1903-06; died in office 1906. Died, from intestinal illness, in Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 9, 1906 (age 55 years, 223 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Adams and Caroline Melissa Adams; married, October 15, 1878, to Anna B. Norton.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Myron Dale Albro (1897-1973) — also known as Myron D. Albro — of Lounsberry, Tioga County, N.Y.; Nichols, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., January 2, 1897. Republican. Dairy farmer; cattle breeder; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1938-52; director, Nichols National Bank; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1964. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Grange; Farm Bureau. Died in Lounsberry, Tioga County, N.Y., August 4, 1973 (age 76 years, 214 days). Interment at Nichols Cemetery, Nichols, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Wells G. Albro and Nellie J. (Feint) Albro; married 1919 to Marguerite M. Shalter.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harlan Page Andrews (1837-1909) — also known as Harlan P. Andrews — of Cuyler town, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Fabius town, Onondaga County, N.Y., October 12, 1837. Republican. Dairy farmer; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1885. Baptist; later Methodist. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Died November 4, 1909 (age 72 years, 23 days). Interment at Keeney Settlement Cemetery, Fabius, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Andrews and Esther (Clough) Andrews; married, December 4, 1861, to Phebe Peora Brown; married to Marian Bogardus; first cousin of George W. Clough; second cousin twice removed of Alva Esten Clough; third cousin of Darvin Pratt Clough; third cousin twice removed of Ruth Baker Pratt; fourth cousin of William Bradbury Small and William Rockwell Clough; fourth cousin once removed of David Kidder, Samuel Merrill, David Marston Clough and Clarence Ambrose Clough.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Clough family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis Everett Baldwin (1856-1930) — also known as Francis E. Baldwin — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Otego, Otsego County, N.Y., August 30, 1856. Lawyer; milk bottle manufacturer; president, National Total Abstinence League; New York Prohibition state chair, 1889-93; Prohibition candidate for Governor of New York, 1894; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1906; Prohibition candidate for New York state attorney general, 1910; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1914; Prohibition candidate for judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1920. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died, from pneumonia, in Mentone (Menton), France, December 19, 1930 (age 74 years, 111 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Jackson Baldwin and Sally Maria (Beardsley) Baldwin; brother of Erwin J. Baldwin; married, May 7, 1882, to Anna E. Grandin; sixth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin once removed of Calvin Frisbie; second cousin twice removed of Philip Frisbee; second cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin; third cousin of Charles Page and Ernest Harvey Woodford; third cousin once removed of Lemuel Stetson; third cousin twice removed of Roger Sherman Baldwin and George Henry Augur; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; fourth cousin once removed of Simeon Eben Baldwin and Alonzo Thompson Frisbee.
  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
  James Ballantine (1855-1896) — of Andes, Delaware County, N.Y. Born in Andes, Delaware County, N.Y., January 27, 1855. Republican. Butter merchant; dry goods merchant; member of New York state assembly from Delaware County, 1890; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1891; member of New York state senate 26th District, 1896; died in office 1896. Seized with a paralytic fit and died, in Andes, Delaware County, N.Y., May 4, 1896 (age 41 years, 98 days). Interment at Andes Cemetery, Andes, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Duncan Ballantine and Nancy (Hunting) Ballantine; married to Mary Kate Shaw.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis J. Boland Jr. (b. 1923) — of Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Johnson City, Broome County, N.Y., September 13, 1923. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dairy farmer; real estate developer; builder; excavation contractor; appraiser; insurance business; member of New York state assembly, 1966-74 (126th District 1966, 124th District 1967-74). Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Sara Caven.
  Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) — Born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., November 9, 1801. School teacher; surveyor; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; newspaper publisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the Texas Republic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, he invented a dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failed commercially; in 1853, he invented a process to make sweetened condensed milk, which could be transported without refrigeration, and developed sanitation practices to to prevent contamination. Died in Borden, Colorado County, Tex., January 11, 1874 (age 72 years, 63 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Gail Borden and Philadelphia (Wheeler) Borden.
  Borden County, Tex. is named for him.
  The community of Borden, Texas, is named for him.  — The community of Gail, Texas, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Cassius Congdon (b. 1870) — of West Clarksville, Allegany County, N.Y. Born in West Clarksville, Allegany County, N.Y., 1870. Republican. Farmer; cheese manufacturer; oil and gas producer; member of New York state assembly from Allegany County, 1924-29. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Marcus M. Congdon; married to Corinne Butts (granddaughter of Martin Butts); grandson of Anson Congdon.
  Political family: Congdon family of West Clarksville, New York.
  Charles Swinburne Fayerweather (b. 1884) — also known as Charles S. Fayerweather — of New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 12, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; dairy farmer; member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1931; defeated, 1929, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Oakley Fayerweather and Lavinia (Cooke) Fayerweather.
  Harold P. Garnham (b. 1913) — of Webster, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., March 11, 1913. Dairy business; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1965. Methodist. Member, Lions; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Fred A. Graber (b. 1895) — of Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 4, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; railway clerk; ice cream business; mayor of Tarrytown, N.Y., 1941-44; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1945-50. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  James McKinley Graeff (1862-1908) — also known as James M. Graeff — of Westport, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., November 18, 1862. Republican. Importer and dealer in wool; president of a boot and shoe company; creamery business; farmer; member of New York state assembly from Essex County, 1901-04. Member, Freemasons. Died in Westport, Essex County, N.Y., February 22, 1908 (age 45 years, 96 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Westport, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1887 to Frances A. Evans.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry L. Grant — of Copenhagen, Lewis County, N.Y. Republican. Cheese merchant; member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1914-17; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916. Burial location unknown.
  Winfield S. Huntley (b. 1848) — of Ripton, Addison County, Vt. Born in Mooers, Clinton County, N.Y., February 7, 1848. Republican. Manufacturer and dealer of butter tubs and lumber; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Ripton, 1888. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Winfield Scott
  Henry W. Hutt (b. 1895) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., October 10, 1895. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; milk business; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1923-28. Burial location unknown.
  Madison Horton Lewis (b. 1896) — also known as Madison H. Lewis — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Warwick, Orange County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 15, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; ice cream manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Military Order of Foreign Wars; Theta Xi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edward B. Lewis and Hope (Horton) Lewis; married, September 20, 1924, to Elizabeth Sanford.
  Henry Edmund Machold (1880-1967) — also known as H. Edmund Machold — of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., July 5, 1880. Republican. Dairy farmer; banker; utility executive; member of New York state assembly, 1912-24 (Jefferson County 1st District 1912-17, Jefferson County 1918-24); Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1921-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; New York Republican state chair, 1928-29; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; executive committee chairman, St. Regis Paper Company. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, in the Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., February 6, 1967 (age 86 years, 216 days). Interment at Ellisburg Cemetery, Ellisburg, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Bernard P. Machold and Martha (Mehlman) Machold; married, November 14, 1900, to Jennie Ella Ward.
William T. O'Neil William T. O'Neil (b. 1850) — of St. Regis Falls, Franklin County, N.Y. Born in Brighton, Franklin County, N.Y., February 7, 1850. Republican. Farmer; creamery business; president, Cascade Chair Company; director, St. Regis Falls National Bank and St. Regis Light and Power Company; member of New York state assembly from Franklin County, 1882-85; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of New York state senate 34th District, 1907-08. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  Alton George Parker (1887-1974) — also known as Alton G. Parker — of Harford town, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Harford town, Cortland County, N.Y., August 17, 1887. Democrat. Dairy farmer; candidate for New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1918. Died in Harford town, Cortland County, N.Y., November 10, 1974 (age 87 years, 85 days). Interment at Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Henry Parker and Orpha May (Hammon) Parker; married, June 3, 1907, to Hattie Pond; third cousin thrice removed of Hugh Conger.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Judson B. Phelps (1836-1906) — of Conneaut, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Herkimer County, N.Y., December 12, 1836. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dairy farmer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1897-98. Died June 16, 1906 (age 69 years, 186 days). Interment at Penn Line Cemetery, Linesville, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Sarah (Greenfield) Phelps and Benjamin Phelps; married, February 22, 1866, to Lucy Allen; second cousin twice removed of Noyes Barber; second cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin once removed of William Whiting Boardman, Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Trumbull and Lancelot Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Noah Phelps, Augustus Seymour Porter and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Calvin Tilden Hulburd and Erskine Mason Phelps; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Wentworth Upham, Lorenzo Burrows, George Smith Catlin, Henry Titus Backus, Lyman Trumbull, William Waigstill Avery, James Phelps, Mabel Thorp Boardman and Spencer Gale Frink.
  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
  Harvey W. Richardson (b. 1840) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Aurora, Erie County, N.Y. Born in New York, May, 1840. Democrat. Dairy products manufacturer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1896, 1898, 1900. Burial location unknown.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Emmett J. Roach — of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y. Democrat. Farmer; milk distributor; member of New York state assembly from Clinton County, 1937-38; defeated, 1938. Burial location unknown.
  Lloyd A. Russell (b. 1921) — of East Otto, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., July 4, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; dairy farmer; member of New York state assembly 149th District, 1967-72. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; American Legion; Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Margaret Bailey.
  Egbert Seymour (b. 1850) — of Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J. Born in New York, 1850. Butter merchant; mayor of Bayonne, N.J., 1895-1904. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Seymour and Sarah Seymour.
  Herbert L. Smith (b. 1867) — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., December 23, 1867. Republican. Dairy supply business; banker; mayor of Cortland, N.Y., 1905-06; postmaster at Cortland, N.Y., 1925-28. Presbyterian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Smith and Emily (Hall) Smith; married to Adeline Bennett.
  Oscar Durland Tuthill (1877-1936) — also known as Oscar D. Tuthill — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 15, 1877. Republican. Dairy business; first selectman of Greenwich, Connecticut, 1921-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Redmen; Rotary. Injured in an automobile accident in Briarcliff, N.Y., and died three days later, in Ossining Hospital, Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., September 29, 1936 (age 59 years, 258 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Jane Sherman.
  Jonas Sayre Van Duzer — also known as Jonas S. Van Duzer — of Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Chemung County, N.Y. Progressive. Farmer; creamery business; member of New York state assembly from Chemung County, 1884-85; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 37th District, 1914. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Van Duzer and Susan (Sayre) Van Duzer; married 1869 to Julia Amanda Rogers.
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