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Peter Joseph Dalessandro (b. 1918) —
also known as Peter J. Dalessandro —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., May 19,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1947-57 (35th District 1947-54, 36th District
1955-57); resigned 1957.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action near Kalterherberg, Germany, December 22,
1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Osborne Dapping (1880-1969) —
also known as William O. Dapping —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; received a Pulitzer
Prize Special Citation in 1930, for the Auburn Citizen's
coverage of an inmate uprising at the Auburn prison; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936.
Universalist.
Member, Elks.
Died August
1, 1969 (age 89 years, 50
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Carl E. Darling (b. 1903) —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
20, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1936-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick R. Darling and Emma A. Darling; married, June 28,
1930, to Katherine L. Hall. |
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1936 |
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George Allen Davis (b. 1858) —
also known as George A. Davis —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Lancaster, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
5, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1890; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 31st District, 1894;
member of New York
state senate, 1896-1910 (49th District 1896-1906, 50th District
1907-10).
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Interment at Lancaster
Rural Cemetery, Lancaster, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Lillie N. Grimes. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Alice
Taylor. |
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John Joseph Delaney (1878-1948) —
also known as John J. Delaney —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
21, 1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1918-19, 1931-48; died
in office 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
18, 1948 (age 70 years, 89
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Alexander Del Giorno (b. 1900) —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
February
28, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1945-51; resigned
1951; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1957-64.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ida Serra. |
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Benjamin H. Demo (born c.1898) —
of Croghan, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Massena, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., about 1898.
Republican. Banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1939-58.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis F. DeSalvio (d. 2004) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-77 (New York County 2nd District 1941-65,
66th District 1966, 60th District 1967-72, 62nd District 1973-77).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Foresters;
Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 2004.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elvira Mongillo. |
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Vincent J. DeSantis (b. 1926) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., 1926.
Republican. School
teacher; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1994-97.
Member, American
Legion; United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1997.
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Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) —
also known as Thomas C. Desmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., September
15, 1887.
Republican. Engineer;
president and chief engineer, Newburgh Ship
Yards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1928,
1940;
member of New York
state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District
1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Grange;
Moose;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1972 (age 85 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Courken George Deukmejian (b. 1928) —
also known as George Deukmejian;
"Duke" —
of California.
Born in Menands, Albany
County, N.Y., June 6,
1928.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1963-67; member of California
state senate, 1967-79; California
state attorney general, 1979-83; Governor of
California, 1983-91.
Episcopalian.
Member, Navy
League; American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Byron Dicker (b. 1889) —
also known as Samuel B. Dicker —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1889.
Republican. Statistician;
lawyer;
director, Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1939-55; appointed 1939; resigned 1955.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moritz Dicker and Rose (Weinberg) Dicker. |
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Howard W. Dickey —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1927-34; defeated,
1934.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) —
also known as "Crook" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Vilna, Lithuania,
February
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,
19th District 1945); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-53.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
According to old Russian records found in
the mid-1990s, he was a paid
agent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, and
received some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".
Died, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1954 (age 69 years, 76
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry M. Dietz (b. 1892) —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April
26, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; realtor;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1924-26; defeated
(American), 1915.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Moose; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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James F. Dillon (b. 1895) —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1945-46, 1949-52;
defeated, 1946, 1952.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920 to
Blanche Tybush. |
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Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) —
also known as Anthony J. Dimond; Tony
Dimond —
of Valdez, Chugach
census area, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
30, 1881.
Democrat. Prospector;
lawyer;
mayor
of Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member of Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936,
1940;
district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, May 28,
1953 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) —
also known as Richard A. Donnelly —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 4,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1880-81; mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1895-1901.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
27, 1905 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A.
Davidson and Susie Isabel Gold. |
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Richard Donovan; Dick
Donovan —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, and died soon after, in a hospital
at Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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John Jay Dorman (c.1871-1953) —
also known as John J. Dorman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1871.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(alternate); chair of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1923-53; New York City Fire
Commissioner, 1926-33; vice-president, Commercial State Bank and
Trust Company.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 21,
1953 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987) —
also known as Francis E. Dorn —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
18, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1941-42;
defeated, 1937, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1948 (7th District), 1949 (7th District), 1950 (7th District), 1960
(12th District), 1962 (15th District); candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Eagles;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer,
in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1987 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Fred James Douglas (1869-1949) —
also known as Fred J. Douglas —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
14, 1869.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Utica, N.Y., 1922-24; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924
(alternate), 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1937-45; defeated in
primary, 1944.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
1, 1949 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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John V. Downey —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1937-43; member
of New
York state senate, 1944-46 (3rd District 1944, 6th District
1945-46); defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Catholic
War Veterans; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel F. Driscoll (1895-1978) —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Ontario County Democratic Party, 1932-36; postmaster at Geneva,
N.Y., 1935-62 (acting, 1935-36).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
28, 1978 (age about 83
years).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Charles J. Druhan (1877-1933) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
22, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1926-33; defeated, 1920;
died in office 1933.
Member, Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 24,
1933 (age 55 years, 275
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas L. Druhan and Marcella (Cummings) Druhan; married to Agnes
Dorman (sister of John
Jay Dorman). |
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Francis Xavier Duer (1873-1923) —
also known as Francis X. Duer —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in College Point (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., June 3,
1873.
Democrat. Wholesale
paint business; hotel
proprietor; restauranteur;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1902-03; Queens
borough Superintendent of Public Buildings and Offices, 1912-14.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Redmen;
Eagles.
Died, from peritonitis,
in the Post Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1923 (age 50 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas A. Duffy —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1949-56; member
of New
York state senate 8th District, 1957-65; defeated, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry F. Dunkel (b. 1898) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton
County, N.Y., May 14,
1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1932-35; member
of New
York state senate 35th District, 1935-38.
Member, Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Perry B. Duryea —
of Montauk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1942-45; resigned 1945; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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