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Max E. Neal (1878-1962) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., May 9,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1936-56; resigned 1956.
Member, Elks; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in 1962
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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William Allan Newell (1883-1977) —
also known as W. Allan Newell —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April
22, 1883.
Republican. President, Newell Manufacturing Co. (brass
works); mayor
of Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1928-29; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1933-38.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange.
Died in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April 5,
1977 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar A. Newell and Adeline Barbara (Priest) Newell; married, October
10, 1917, to Edith Delano Judson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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1936 |
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Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
28, 1895.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig
Preserving Company; insurance
broker; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1923-38.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Redmen.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, September
14, 1938 (age 43 years, 170
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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James Henry O'Brien (1860-1924) —
also known as James H. O'Brien —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 15,
1860.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
2, 1924 (age 64 years, 49
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Patrick O'Brien (1873-1951) —
also known as John P. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
1, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; defeated, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1951 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990) —
also known as Lawrence F. O'Brien; Larry
O'Brien —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 17,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative
assistant to U.S. Rep. Foster
Furcolo, 1948-50; public
relations business; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1965-68; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1968-69, 1970-72; his office
was the target of the Watergate burglary, 1972; commissioner,
National Basketball
Association, 1975-84.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died, of cancer,
in New York
Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1990 (age 73 years, 73
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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David Joseph O'Connell (1868-1930) —
also known as David J. O'Connell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
25, 1868.
Democrat. Bookseller;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1919-21, 1923-30;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1930; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
29, 1930 (age 62 years, 4
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank D. O'Connor (b. 1909) —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
20, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1949-52, 1955 (6th District 1949-52, 8th District
1955); defeated, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; American
Legion; Catholic
War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining
business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Daniel J. O'Mara (b. 1893) —
of Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1932-34; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1957-58.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Hilem F. Paddock (1871-1922) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., November
10, 1871.
Saginaw
County Treasurer; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1915-19; resigned 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from gastritis,
in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 22
days).
Interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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George Keyes Page (1896-1972) —
also known as G. Keyes Page —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., November
10, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Genesee County
1st District, 1961-62.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Died in 1972
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Keeney Page and Adella (Keyes) Page; married to Frances
Marie Adams. |
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Roy M. Page —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1937-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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H. Murray Pakulski (b. 1880) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908,
1912
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Pakulski and Rosalie (Davidson) Pakulski; married, June 30,
1904, to Ada S. Feldman. |
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Harry J. Palmer (b. 1872) —
of Rosebank, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover, Morris
County, N.J., February
28, 1872.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1929-34.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Ira Panken (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold I. Panken —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., July 17,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1947-52.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Died in 1999
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Panken and Bessie (Palestine) Panken; married, October
2, 1934, to Bertha Hamowitz. |
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Cornelius Welles Pendleton (1859-1936) —
also known as Cornelius W. Pendleton —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 71st District, 1893-96, 1899-1900; member of California
state senate, 1901-04; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1907-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
17, 1936 (age 77 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Randolph Perkins (1871-1936) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.; Woodcliff Lake, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Dunellen, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
30, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Westfield, N.J., 1905-06; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1905-07; chair of
Bergen County Republican Party, 1911-16; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1921-36 (6th District 1921-33,
7th District 1933-36); died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1936
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May
4, 1897.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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N. Taylor Phillips (b. 1868) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1868.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1898-1900;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Jewish.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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James D. Pollard (b. 1892) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., December
24, 1892.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1930-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Lewis Humphrey Pounds (b. 1861) —
also known as Lewis H. Pounds —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, 1861.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908,
1912
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1913-17; New York
state treasurer, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Interment at Northport
Rural Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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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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E. Bert Pullman (b. 1872) —
of Fulton Chain, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., January
1, 1872.
Democrat. Millwright;
carpenter;
building
contractor; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1913; defeated, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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