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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) —
also known as Henry R. Barrett —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
4, 1940 (age 70 years, 169
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
10, 1847.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated
(Republican), 1896.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of a kidney
disorder, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1909 (age 61 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Abel Edward Blackmar (1852-1931) —
also known as Abel E. Blackmar —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., August
21, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated (Citizens
Judiciary), 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Division
of the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, Interborough Rapid
Transit Company, 1922-31.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
14, 1931 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898) —
also known as Calvin S. Brice —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Denmark, Morrow
County, Ohio, September
17, 1845.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
active in railroad
law; president of railroad
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1888; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1889-92; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1891-97.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1898 (age 53 years, 89
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
12, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82; Orange
County District Attorney, 1875-77; Orange
County Judge, 1878-82; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-96; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;
general counsel, Metropolitan Street
Railway Co., 1897-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from an intestinal
malady, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 19,
1929 (age 84 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Arthur Burr (1850-1915) —
also known as Joseph A. Burr —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
11, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
Corporation Counsel, city of Brooklyn, 1896-97; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1904-15; appointed 1904;
died in office 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court, 1909.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the Revolution; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1915 (age 64 years, 219
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Arthur Burr and Harriet (Nash) Burr; married to Ella A.
Dawson. |
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memorial |
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Mortimer W. Byers (1877-1962) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-60;
took senior status 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 5,
1962 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas S. Byers and Isabella F. (Wardle) Byers; married, June 6,
1906, to Kate A. House. |
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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George Cromwell (1860-1934) —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1888; borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1898-1913; defeated, 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a week later, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1934 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Israel Tripp Deyo (1854-1953) —
also known as Israel T. Deyo —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., January
28, 1854.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1890-93; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 39th District, 1915.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., 1953
(age about
99 years).
Interment at Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.
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Martin Weld Deyo (1902-1951) —
also known as Martin W. Deyo —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., December
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1933-34; member
of New
York state senate 40th District, 1935-36; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1940-49; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1949.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Improved
Order of Red Men; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died October
20, 1951 (age 48 years, 312
days).
Interment at Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.
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Charles Stebbins Fairchild (1842-1924) —
also known as Charles S. Fairchild —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., April
30, 1842.
Lawyer;
New
York state attorney general, 1876-77; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89; president, New York Security
and Trust
Company, 1889-1904; president, Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad;
director, Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., November
24, 1924 (age 82 years, 208
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Cazenovia, N.Y.
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Edward Francis Feely (1880-1964) —
also known as Edward F. Feely —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 6,
1880.
Republican. Exporter;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1930-33.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Died of a stroke,
at St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
30, 1964 (age 84 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey Feldmeier (1871-1936) —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
27, 1871.
Democrat. Engineer;
commissioner of public works, Little Falls, 1912-36; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1928.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Xi; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; Elks.
Died in 1936
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Church
Street Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Maximilian Feldmeier and Elvire (d'Asnoy) Feldmeier; married, November
24, 1915, to Lela B. Lumley. |
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Roy G. Finch (b. 1884) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Eagle Bridge, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
17, 1884.
Republican. Engineer;
New
York state engineer and surveyor, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Society of Civil Engineers; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Nelson Finch and Helen (Hunt) Finch; married, October
19, 1909, to Jessie Lewis Weller. |
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Asa Bird Gardiner (1839-1919) —
also known as Asa Bird Gardner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for actions in Civil War War battles, but it was revoked
in 1917 when no evidence was found to support his award; law
professor; New
York County District Attorney, 1898-1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900;
removed
from office as District Attorney in December 1900, by Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt, over charges
that he had interfered
with the prosecution of election cases against Tammany Hall.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society
of the War of 1812; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y., May 24,
1919 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward J. Gavegan (b. 1863) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., April 5,
1863.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-33.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Gavegan and Helen J. Gavegan; married, October
14, 1897, to Anna J. Walters. |
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Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) —
also known as Alfred L. M. Gottschalk —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Newspaper
correspondent; sugar grower;
U.S. Consul in Callao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1905-06; Mexico City, 1906-08; , 1908-11; Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship
Cyclops, during World
War I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers who perished
when the ship sank, in
the North
Atlantic Ocean, March, 1918
(age 45
years, 0 days). The wreckage was never
found.
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Relatives: Son
of L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)
Gottschalk. |
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Henry Clay Hall (1860-1936) —
also known as Henry C. Hall —
of Paris, France;
Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
9, 1936 (age 76 years, 311
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Charles A. Harwood (1880-1950) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1910; U.S.
District Judge for Canal Zone, 1937-38; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1941-46.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1950 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Harwood and Johanna Harwood; married 1915 to Alma
H. Hendricks. |
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article |
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,
U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Charles Thomas Keane Jr. (1901-1975) —
also known as Charles T. Keane, Jr. —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., June 19,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 40th District, 1930.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Redmen.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., 1975
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.
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Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) —
also known as Warren I. Lee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bartlett, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
5, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District
1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died December
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Reid Lefevre (b. 1904) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Hartsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
10, 1904.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1947-59; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1961-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Lefevre and Martha (Moore) Lefevre; married, June 19,
1941, to Zilda Pinsonault. |
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Ira Lloyd Letts (b. 1889) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Saunderstown, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., May 29,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1927-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1942.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Judson Letts and Emma (Slater) Letts; married, December
29, 1917, to Madeline Houghton Greene; father of Houghton
Letts. |
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Edmund H. Lewis (1884-1972) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
30, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1930-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1933-40; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1953-54.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died July 31,
1972 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis W. Marcus (1863-1923) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 18,
1863.
Erie
County Surrogate, 1896; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1905-23; died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
18, 1923 (age 60 years, 92
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Nichols (b. 1862) —
of Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y., May 2,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; chair of
Schoharie County Republican Party, 1916; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1917-29.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated,
1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Wesley Ulysses Pearne (b. 1851) —
also known as Wesley U. Pearne —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Middletown, 1901-02, 1905-06;
defeated, 1902.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Marshall Pearne and Emily Ann (Swathel) Pearne; married,
April
25, 1883, to Harriette Cornelia Arnold. |
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John G. Pembleton (b. 1880) —
of Tioga Center, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Waverly, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 8,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1912-13.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Key Pendleton (1850-1930) —
also known as Francis K. Pendleton —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
3, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-20; defeated, 1909;
appointed 1911; resigned 1920.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Injured in an automobile
accident on Riverside Drive, and died two months later as a
result, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1930 (age 80 years, 204
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Alicia (Key) Pendleton and George
Hunt Pendleton; married, December
20, 1890, to Elizabeth La Montagne (sister-in-law of Nicholas
Murray Butler); nephew of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859); grandson of Francis
Scott Key and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; grandnephew of Edward
Lloyd (1779-1834) and Edmund
Henry Pendleton; great-grandson of Edward
Lloyd (1744-1796) and Nathaniel
Pendleton; great-grandnephew of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); second great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Philip
Key; first cousin four times removed of Matthew
Tilghman; second cousin of Henry
Lloyd; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Carroll, Barrister, John
Penn, James
Joseph Tilghman and William
Tilghman; third cousin once removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, Joseph
Henry Pendleton and William
Welby Beverley; third cousin twice removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Frisby
Tilghman and Zachary
Taylor; fourth cousin of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew, Tench
Tilghman, Edward
Tilghman Paca and Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cuthbert Winfred Pound (b. 1864) —
also known as Cuthbert W. Pound —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 20,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law
professor; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1915-32; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound. |
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, Erie
County 4th District 1880); New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1912.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1964
(delegation chair), 1972
(delegation co-chair); Governor of
Arkansas, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas.
Baptist.
Member, Urban
League; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died of lung
cancer or pancreatic
cancer, Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., February
22, 1973 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Adolph Julius Rodenbeck (1862-1960) —
also known as Adolph J. Rodenbeck —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1899-1901; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1902-03; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1903-16; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1916-32; appointed 1916.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
98 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles T. Rodenbeck and Fredericka C. Rodenbeck. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1901 |
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) —
also known as "T.R."; "Teddy";
"The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan
Hill"; "The Rough Rider";
"Trust-Buster"; "The Happy
Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1858.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
Republican candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
New York, 1899-1901; Vice
President of the United States, 1901; President
of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Christian
Reformed; later Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Received the Medal
of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle
there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,
Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his
speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother of
Anna L. Roosevelt (who married William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; married, October
27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married, December
2, 1886, to Edith
Kermit Carow (first cousin once removed of Daniel
Putnam Tyler); father of Alice
Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas
Longworth) and Theodore
Roosevelt Jr.; nephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; uncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Eleanor
Roosevelt (who married Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather of Susan
Roosevelt (who married William
Floyd Weld); great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; second cousin twice removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; fourth cousin once removed of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Gifford
Pinchot — David
J. Leahy — William
Barnes, Jr. — Oliver
D. Burden — William
J. Youngs — George
B. Cortelyou — Mason
Mitchell — Frederic
MacMaster — John
Goodnow — William
Loeb, Jr. — Asa
Bird Gardiner |
| | | Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | The minor
planet (asteroid) 188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), is
named
for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Theodore
Bassett
— Theodore
R. McKeldin
— Ted
Dalton
— Theodore
R. Kupferman
— Theodore
Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
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a big stick." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James
MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — H. W. Brands, T.R
: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore
Rex — Edmund Morris, The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The
Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt
the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,
1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet
on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James
Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Patricia O'Toole, When
Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White
House — Candice Millard, The
River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest
Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt
: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall, Bully!:
The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than
250 Vintage Political Cartoons |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) —
also known as Kenneth C. Royall —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., July 24,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., May 25,
1971 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Clarence Rice Slocum (1870-1912) —
also known as Clarence R. Slocum —
of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 22,
1870.
Importer
and exporter; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1903-05; Weimar, 1905-06; Zittau, 1907-08; Fiume, 1908-12, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General in Boma, 1906.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Fiume, Hungary (now Rijeka, Croatia),
February
25, 1912 (age 41 years, 248
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) —
also known as Edwin F. Sweet —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
21, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1904-06; defeated, 1906; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., April 2,
1935 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange;
United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull
and Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Mary Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth; married,
September
30, 1902, to Alice Hay (daughter of John
Milton Hay); father of James
Jermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who married William
Stuart Symington); nephew of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth; grandson of James
Samuel Wadsworth; grandfather of James
Wadsworth Symington; great-grandson of Reverdy
Johnson; great-grandnephew of Thomas
Fielder Bowie; second great-grandson of John
Johnson; second great-grandnephew of Robert
William Bowie (1787-1848); third great-grandson of Erastus
Wolcott and Robert
William Bowie (1750-1818); third great-grandnephew of Oliver
Wolcott Sr., Benjamin
Mackall IV, Walter
Bowie and Thomas
Mackall; fourth great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, Frederick
Wolcott and Margaret
Taylor; second cousin once removed of Edward
Oliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of John
William Allen, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Eli
Coe Birdsey, George
Harrison Hall and Alfred
Wolcott. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June
1919 |
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John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) —
also known as Jock Whitney —
of Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
17, 1904.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald
Tribune newspaper,
1961-66.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married, October
3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock. |
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