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Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) —
also known as Truman H. Aldrich —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
17, 1848.
Republican. Banker; mining
engineer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
postmaster at Birmingham,
Ala., 1911-15.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April
28, 1932 (age 83 years, 194
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March
11, 1853.
Republican. Civil engineer; mining
business; manufacturer;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Philip A. Amicone (b. 1949) —
also known as Phil Amicone —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born March
30, 1949.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 2004-11.
Still living as of 2011.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Democrat. Engineer; grading
contractor; university
professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Democrat. Engineer; worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River waterfront,
1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis,
in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel; married 1896 to Ella
Louise Day. |
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John Bogart (c.1836-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1836.
Civil engineer; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1888-91.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
25, 1920 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Bogart; married 1870 to Emma
Cherrington Jefferis. |
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Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
22, 1849.
Republican. Civil engineer; chief engineer for several railroads;
New
York state engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Sam Borrelli (born c.1950) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1950.
Democrat. Engineer; Democratic candidate for mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1999, 2003 (primary).
Still living as of 2003.
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Spruille Braden (1894-1978) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson
County, Mont., March
13, 1894.
Mining
engineer; financier;
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Arbitration Association; Navy
League; John
Birch Society.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Henry B. Brewster —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. President, Brewster & Williams, engineers and
dealers of concrete
construction and paving
equipment; chair of
Onondaga County Democratic Party, 1927; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Wheeler Hutchison Bristol (1818-1904) —
also known as Wheeler H. Bristol —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1818.
Civil engineer; New York
state treasurer, 1868-71; defeated, 1871.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., 1904
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849-1918) —
also known as Alexander O. Brodie —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Edwards, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., November
13, 1849.
Republican. Civil and mining
engineer; Yavapai
County Recorder, 1893-94; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1898; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1902-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona Territory, 1904.
Died in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., May 10,
1918 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brodie and Margaret (Brown) Brodie; married, December
15, 1892, to Louise Hanlon. |
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Lowell Huntington Brown (1885-1965) —
also known as Lowell H. Brown —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 10,
1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1940; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1945-46; defeated (American Labor),
1946.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in February, 1965
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) —
also known as Orestes H. Caldwell —
of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1888.
Electrical
engineer; editor of trade
journals in radio and
electronics;
member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29; resigned 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Felix Campbell (1829-1902) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
28, 1829.
Democrat. Engineer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-91 (4th District 1883-85, 2nd
District 1885-91).
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
8, 1902 (age 73 years, 253
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Howard F. Carpenter —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Engineer; candidate for mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond B. Carver —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Civil engineer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Cassidy —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Engineer; candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1949 (Democratic primary), 1949
(Liberal), 1953 (Democratic primary), 1953 (Liberal).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Bertram Tracy Clayton (1862-1918) —
also known as Bertram T. Clayton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manila, Philippines.
Born near Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., October
19, 1862.
Democrat. Civil engineer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1899-1901; defeated,
1900; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Killed
in action in France,
May
30, 1918 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Verplanck Colvin (1847-1920) —
also known as "Savior of the
Adirondacks" —
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
4, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
engineer; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1891.
Superintendent of the Adirondack Survey; successfully advocated for
the creation of the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Died in 1920
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mortimer Elwyn Cooley (b. 1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
28, 1855.
Democrat. Engineer; university
professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma
Xi; Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley; married,
December
25, 1879, to Caroline Elizabeth Mosely. |
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George Henry Corliss (1817-1888) —
also known as George H. Corliss —
of North Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Easton, Washington
County, N.Y., June 2,
1817.
Republican. Mechanical engineer; inventor;
developed the Corliss steam engine; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1868-70; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
Congregationalist.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1888 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Edward Joseph Coughlin (1887-1945) —
also known as Edward J. Coughlin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 25,
1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1923-34; member
of New
York state senate 6th District, 1935-44.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Catholic
War Veterans.
Died, in Veterans Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
10, 1945 (age 58 years, 77
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1829.
Democrat. Engineer; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1898 (age 69 years, 161
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Edgar Montgomery Cullen (b. 1843) —
also known as Edgar M. Cullen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
4, 1843.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1881-1903; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1900; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1904-13; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Henry J. Cullen and Eliza M. (McCue) Cullen; brother of Henry
J. Cullen Jr.. |
| | | Image source: Empire State Notables
(1914) |
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Ralph L. Custer (d. 1950) —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Chemical
engineer; vice-president, Federated Laundry
Corporation; mayor
of Garden City, N.Y., 1949-50; died in office 1950.
Died, probably from a brain
aneurysm, in Nassau Hospital,
Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
24, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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M. Francis Dalton —
of Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Tuckahoe, N.Y., 1947-49; defeated, 1949.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harlow P. Davock (b. 1848) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
11, 1848.
Republican. Civil engineer; worked on many railroad
and canal
projects; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Peter Anthony Dey (1825-1911) —
also known as Peter A. Dey —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Romulus, Seneca
County, N.Y., 1825.
Democrat. Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad,
1864; founder of the First National Bank of
Iowa City; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876;
member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1878-95.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Huntington Donaldson (1862-1952) —
also known as Chester Donaldson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., March
28, 1862.
School
teacher and principal; engineer; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1898-1905; Port Limon, 1905-17; Sherbrooke, 1917-18; real estate
broker.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Delta
Epsilon; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
28, 1952 (age 90 years, 245
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Somers, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Chester Donaldson and Mary McCord (Smith) Donaldson; married,
December
23, 1886, to Edith Levy Maduro. |
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memorial |
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(1920) |
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Henry Mather Doubleday (b. 1855) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
5, 1855.
Engineer; U.S. Consular Agent in Montego Bay, 1907-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry H. Eng (b. 1948) —
also known as Hank Eng —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
7, 1948.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; aerospace
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 6th District, 2008.
Jewish.
Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Sebastian Feldhause (born c.1869) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1869.
Republican. Electrical
engineer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1917.
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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Mortimer Y. Ferris (b. 1881) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., March
29, 1881.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of New York
state senate 33rd District, 1919-26; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1927-30; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1928;
chair
of Essex County Republican Party, 1930-39.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward M. Ferris and Marion Eliza (Yale) Ferris; married, February
14, 1905, to Elizabeth Leavitt. |
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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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Richard Hansen Franchot (1816-1875) —
also known as Richard Franchot —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.; Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 2,
1816.
Republican. Civil engineer; farmer;
president, Albany & Susquehanna Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1872.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 174
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Stanislaus Pascal Franchot (1851-1908) —
also known as Stanislaus P. Franchot —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
30, 1851.
Republican. Civil engineer; chemical
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904;
member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1907-08.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
March
24, 1908 (age 57 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Freiberg (b. 1887) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 23,
1887.
Republican. Civil engineer; general manager, Buffalo Cement
Company; president, Amherst Stone
Company; president, Duane Construction
Corporation; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1923-26; member of
New
York state senate 50th District, 1927-29; Erie
County Sheriff.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Garcia (1933-2017) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
9, 1933.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; computer
engineer; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-67 (83rd District 1966, 77th District 1967);
resigned 1967; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1967-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1978-90 (21st District 1978-83,
18th District 1983-90); resigned 1990; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988;
indicted
in 1988, along with his wife, on federal bribery
and extortion
charges;
convicted
in October 1989 and sentenced
to three years in prison
(served 104 days); the conviction was reversed on appeal; retried
and again convicted
in 1991; the second conviction was also overturned, and prosecutors
dropped the case.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, January
25, 2017 (age 84 years, 16
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Geddes (1763-1838) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 22,
1763.
Salt
manufacturer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1803-04, 1821-22; common
pleas court judge in New York, 1809; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1813-15; canal
engineer.
Died in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
19, 1838 (age 75 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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George Geoghan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Sanitary engineer; member of New York
state assembly, 1900-01, 1913 (Erie County 3rd District 1900-01,
Erie County 8th District 1913).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Democrat. Civil engineer; real estate
dealer; orange
grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker),
1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Spring Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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Douglas H. Grieve (c.1881-1951) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1881.
Republican. Engineer; candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1928; candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1937.
Protestant.
Died, in Westchester Square Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
13, 1951 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Oscar Frederick Gunz (1854-1916) —
also known as Oscar F. Gunz —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
15, 1854.
Engineer; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1914-15.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died three months later, March
22, 1916 (age 61 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Francis Haffen (1854-1935) —
also known as Louis F. Haffen; "Father of the
Bronx" —
of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1854.
Democrat. Civil engineer; engineer, New York City Department
of Parks, 1883-93; commissioner of street improvement in Annexed
Territory (Bronx), 1893-98; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from
office by Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes over maladministration
charges,
1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
25, 1935 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South
Africa; Washington,
D.C.; Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Mining
engineer; worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked
for Cecil Rhodes; in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, an attempt
to overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; was arrested
with other leaders and sentenced
to be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventually
released to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1908;
chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 8,
1936 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine,
1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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James Hartness (1861-1934) —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
3, 1861.
Republican. Engineer; inventor;
Governor
of Vermont, 1921-23.
Died February
2, 1934 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Interment at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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Edward B. Hawkins (b. 1865) —
of Biwabik, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., 1865.
Republican. Civil engineer; contractor;
member of Minnesota
state senate 49th District, 1899-1906; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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George Joseph Hochbrueckner (b. 1938) —
also known as George J. Hochbrueckner —
of Coram, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
20, 1938.
Democrat. Electronics engineer; member of New York
state assembly, 1975-84 (2nd District 1975-82, 4th District
1983-84); U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1987-95; defeated,
1984, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1988,
2000.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2000.
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Sidney Tracy Holmes (1815-1890) —
also known as Sidney T. Holmes —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
14, 1815.
Republican. Canal
engineer; lawyer; Madison
County Judge and Surrogate, 1851-64; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1865-67.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., January
16, 1890 (age 74 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cedar
Street Cemetery, Morrisville, N.Y.
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Elon Huntington Hooker (1869-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
23, 1869.
Progressive. Engineer; founder and president, Hooker Electrochemical
Company; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 10,
1938 (age 68 years, 168
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Eberly Hutchinson (b. 1871) —
of Green Lake, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Canada Lake, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Mining
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1919-31; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edward Hyde (1855-1917) —
also known as Charles E. Hyde —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
26, 1855.
Republican. Engineer; marine
architect; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1899-1901.
Died in New York, May 19,
1917 (age 61 years, 174
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Clarenon Hyde and Rebecca (Tibbetts) Hyde; married 1885 to
Georgiana Miller; grandnephew of Zina
Hyde Jr.; first cousin once removed of Thomas
Worcester Hyde; second cousin of John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus and Henry
Titus Backus; third cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Elijah
Abel, Phineas
Lyman Tracy and Albert
Haller Tracy; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; fourth cousin of Joseph
Lyman Huntington and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Hale Sill, Bela
Edgerton, Frederick
William Lord, Theodore
Sill, Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington and Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
January
8, 1876.
Socialist. Engineer; university
professor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1913; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1932.
Christian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Sigma
Xi; Phi Mu
Alpha; Theta
Xi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff; married, August
2, 1904, to Frances Lulu Gillmor. |
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Burt Z. Kasson —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Republican. Civil engineer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1916-18; member
of New
York state senate 35th District, 1919-20; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and
fell while descending steps, and died nine days later from his
injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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John Flint Kidder (1830-1901) —
also known as John F. Kidder —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.; Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1830.
Republican. Civil engineer; railroad
builder; member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1865-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif., April
10, 1901 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Original interment at Odd Fellows Masonic Cemetery, Grass Valley, Calif.; reinterment
at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Rufus King (1814-1876) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1814.
Republican. Civil engineer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1848; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1863.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1876 (age 62 years, 261
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles W. Kress —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Republican. Civil engineer; Broome
County Sheriff; mayor
of Binghamton, N.Y., 1938-41.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight B. La Du (b. 1876) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Buren, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1876.
Democrat. Engineer; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1923-24; defeated, 1918, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Sears La Du and Julia L. (Warner) La Du. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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James Joseph Lanzetta (1894-1956) —
also known as James J. Lanzetta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
engineer; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1933-35, 1937-39;
defeated, 1934, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1940;
justice, New York City Domestic Relations Court, 1948-56.
Catholic.
Died, at the Greystone Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1956 (age 61 years, 311
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Jesse P. Larrimer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Engineer; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Lavis —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Engineer; elected () mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y. 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor C. Lewis (1880-1942) —
of Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 3,
1880.
Republican. Engineer; hotel
owner; mayor of
Fulton, N.Y., 1916, 1936-37; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1924-34.
Died in Oswego
County, N.Y., 1942
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mt.
Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, N.Y.
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) —
also known as C. Ludlow Livingston —
of Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 10,
1870.
Republican. Electrical
engineer; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-15; Barbados, 1915-20; Charlottetown, 1921-22.
Catholic.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ludlow Livingston and Mary (Keif) Livingston; married, November
12, 1891, to Mary Keating; father of Philip Anson Livingston and
Brockholst
Livingston; great-grandson of Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Henry
Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of William
Livingston and Walter
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder, Anthony
Brockholls, Pieter
Van Brugh, Phillip
French and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandnephew of Johannes
Cuyler; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of Henry
Brockholst Ledyard; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Jay and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Matthew
Clarkson; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Samuel Schuyler and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Stephanus
Bayard, John
Cruger Jr. and Pierre
Van Cortlandt; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836) and James
Alexander Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Henry
Cruger, Robert
Van Rensselaer, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, James
Livingston and James
Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Bronson
Murray Cutting; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer and Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); third cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish; third cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston and John
Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Herbert
Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, John
Jacob Astor III, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Reginald Livingston and Robert
Winthrop Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Lodian W. Lodian (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford
County, Conn., July 15,
1866.
Civil engineer; metallurgist;
world traveler; inventor;
claimed to be first
American to cross the Himalayan mountains, 1895; secretary,
international antisemitic convention, Paris, 1900; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1918
(Prohibition), 1921 (Prohibition), 1933 (Law Preservation);
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; Law Preservation candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) —
also known as Mike Mansfield —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1903.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining
engineer; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated in
primary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert P. Marren (1918-1990) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; civil
engineer; surveyor;
candidate for New York
state senate 48th District, 1954; member of city council, Auburn,
N.Y., 1957-63.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in a hospital
at Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
26, 1990 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Alexander C. Martin (b. 1866) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., 1866.
Republican. Engineer; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Prof. W. E. Martin. |
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Herbert Burdett Maxson (1854-1927) —
also known as H. B. Maxson —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in New York, July 14,
1854.
Republican. Civil engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1908; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1912; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February, 1927
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Hubbard Coon Maxson and Cornelia (Burdick)
Maxson. |
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William Calhoun McDonald (1858-1918) —
also known as William C. McDonald —
of Carrizozo, Lincoln
County, N.M.
Born in Jordanville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 25,
1858.
Lawyer;
civil engineer; cattle ranch
manager; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1891-92; Governor of
New Mexico, 1912-17.
Died April
11, 1918 (age 59 years, 260
days).
Interment at Cedarvale
Cemetery, White Oaks, N.M.
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Edwin Atkins Merritt (1828-1916) —
also known as Edwin A. Merritt —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Sudbury, Rutland
County, Vt., February
26, 1828.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1860-61;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; candidate
for New
York state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1878-81; U.S. Consul General in London, 1882-85.
Died December
26, 1916 (age 88 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., April 7,
1861.
Democrat. Naval architect; designed battleships
for the U.S. Navy; later, proprietor of shipyards;
president or owner of manufacturing
firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1932.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married 1891 to Sally
Lewis Wood. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
3, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; chemical
engineer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma
Xi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord; married to Eleanor
Greenbaum. |
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer; lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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William Morrow Knox Olcott (b. 1862) —
also known as William M. K. Olcott —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1896-98; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1915;
vice-president and director, Lawyers Engineering and Surveying
Co.; director, Mary Powell Steamboat
Co.; director, Everard Brewing
Co.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott; brother of Jacob
Van Vechten Olcott; married, December
6, 1888, to Jessica A. Baldwin. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1897 |
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J. Austin Otto (b. 1890) —
of Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y., September
20, 1890.
Republican. Civil engineer; railway
yardmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; grocer; coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1932-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of William E. Otto and Frances (Wallace) Otto; married to Alice M.
Rowe. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; New York
City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive vice-president
and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harris Pendleton (b. 1845) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1845.
Telegraph
operator; civil engineer; druggist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1886; undertaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah (Chester) Pendleton;
brother of James
Pendleton; married, November
8, 1871, to Mary Brewster Burtch; great-grandnephew of Nathan
Pendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); second cousin once removed of Charles
Marsh Pendleton, James
Monroe Pendleton, Cyrus
Henry Pendleton and Cornelius
Welles Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Burrows; third cousin of Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Nathan
William Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Lorenzo
Burrows and Claudius
Victor Pendleton; fourth cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Joseph Livermore Perley (1836-1908) —
also known as Joseph L. Perley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
mechanical engineer; fire
fighter; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1884.
Died in Bay Shore, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 17,
1908 (age 71 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charles D. Pierce (c.1848-1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1848.
Consulting engineer; commission
merchant; manufacturer of well-drilling,
excavation,
and mining
machinery and supplies; Consul-General
for Orange Free State in New
York, N.Y., 1891-1902.
Killed
himself by inhaling
illuminating gas, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
24, 1908 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Everett Race (b. 1918) —
also known as Howard E. Race —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 9,
1918.
Republican. Engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Homer D. Race and Estelle Maude (Herman) Race; married, August
14, 1944, to Mary Theresa Thiery. |
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Henry Martyn Robert (1837-1923) —
Born in Robertville, Jasper
County, S.C., May 2,
1837.
Engineer; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; author of Robert's
Rules of Oreder; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1890-91.
Died in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 11,
1923 (age 86 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Thomas Robert and Adeline Elizabeth (Lawton) Robert;
married 1860 to Helene
Marie Thresher; married to Isabel Livingston
Hoagland. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Blackman Roe (1856-1932) —
also known as William B. Roe —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Millerton, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
5, 1856.
Civil engineer; newspaper
publisher; first
selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1898-1901, 1917; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1901-02; probate
judge in Connecticut, 1906-26.
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
7, 1932 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn.
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Jeremiah F. Ryan (1882-1948) —
also known as Jere F. Ryan —
of Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Auburndale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1882.
Democrat. Engineer; building
contractor; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1926-28;
defeated, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1932;
New York City Commissioner of Markets, 1933-34.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Moose; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in Flushing Hospital,
Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 2,
1948 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Ryan and Catherine (Kane) Ryan. |
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Horatio Seymour Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Democrat. Civil engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Madison Seymour (1837-1905) —
also known as James M. Seymour —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1837.
Democrat. Engineer; New Jersey State Supervisor of Prisons,
1891; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1896-1902; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1901.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 1,
1905 (age 68 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Seymour (1817-1890) —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1817.
Engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1856-57, 1882-83.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1890 (age 73 years, 25
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec.
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Relatives: Son
of John Seymour and Sarah (Montgomery) Seymour; married, December
23, 1840, to Delia S. French; first cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Seymour; third cousin of Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour, Thomas
Henry Seymour and Orlo
Erland Wadhams. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Richard W. Sherman (b. 1848) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
4, 1848.
Democrat. Civil engineer; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1900-01, 1906-07; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1902.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis J. Sinnott (born c.1891) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1891.
Democrat. Engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930-36, 1948; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1932;
postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1933-39 (acting, 1933-34).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James P. Sinnott. |
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Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912) —
also known as Julius H. Stahel-Számwald —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Szeged, Hungary,
November
5, 1827.
Newspaper
editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5,
1864; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1866-69; Osaka, 1877-84; Hiogo, 1877-84; mining
engineer; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1884-85; insurance
executive.
Hungarian
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in the Hotel St.
James, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1912 (age 85 years, 29
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) —
also known as Henry C. Stuart; "Stuart
X" —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Mining
engineer; real estate
investor; author;
director-general, Guaremala Central Railroad;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Guatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1893.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., May 21,
1952 (age 87 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) —
also known as John R. Todd —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Rock
County, Wis., about 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction
and engineering firm; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1945 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Webster Bray Todd (1899-1989) —
also known as Webster B. Todd —
of Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
27, 1899.
Republican. President, Todd Associates construction
engineering firm; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1943; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New Jersey; director of Economic Affairs in U.S. Mission
to NationalO and Europe, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968,
1972;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1961-69, 1974-77.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
8, 1989 (age 89 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul David Tonko (b. 1949) —
also known as Paul D. Tonko —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., June 18,
1949.
Democrat. Engineer; member of New York
state assembly 105th District, 1983-2007; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1988;
chief executive officer, New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority, 2007-08; U.S.
Representative from New York, 2009-18 (21st District 2009-13,
20th District 2013-18).
Still living as of 2018.
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John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807) —
also known as John E. Van Alen —
of Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1749.
Merchant;
civil engineer; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1793-99; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1800-01.
Slaveowner.
Died in DeFreestville, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
27, 1807 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Van
Alen Cemetery, North Greenbush, N.Y.
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Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831) —
of Croton, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1749.
Democrat. Civil engineer; colonel in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westchester County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1788-90; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1790-93; member of New York
council of appointment, 1792; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1793-1809 (3rd District 1793-1803,
4th District 1803-09).
Slaveowner.
Died in Westchester
County, N.Y., November
21, 1831 (age 82 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Joanna (Livingston) Van Cortlandt; brother of
Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; nephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston; grandson of Gilbert
Livingston; grandnephew of John
Livingston and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder and Abraham
de Peyster; great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin twice removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin thrice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin four times removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr. and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; second cousin of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second cousin once removed of James
Jay, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Henry
Rutgers, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and John
Cortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Denning
Duer, John
Jay II, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin four times removed
of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills, John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; second cousin five times removed of Thomas
Howard Kean; third cousin of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston, John
Stevens III, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer and Philip
DePeyster; third cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, George
Washington Schuyler and Philip
N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Eugene
Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) —
also known as "The Mysterious Van
Slooten" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1857.
Democrat. Mining
engineer; candidate for New York
state senate 5th District, 1893.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
14, 1901 (age about 44
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Van Slooten. |
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Walter Van Wiggeren (1887-1968) —
of Ilion, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Yorkville, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Engineer; Herkimer
County Clerk, 1927-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1944;
member of New York
state senate, 1949-64 (40th District 1949-54, 41st District
1955-64).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1968
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1913 to Gladys
Bradbury. |
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William B. Vaughn (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Vaughn —
of Lafayette, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
23, 1946.
Democrat. Engineer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Louis Waldman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Yancherudnia, Russia (now Ukraine),
January
5, 1892.
Socialist. Civil engineer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1918, 1920;
expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1924; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1927 (Socialist), 1937
(American Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928, 1930, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish
and Ukrainian
ancestry.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled
again on September 21.
Suffered a severe stroke,
and died four years later, in the Jewish Home
and Hospital for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1982 (age 90 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer; miller;
director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917 to
Gertrude Hamilton. |
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Nelson Platt Wheeler (1841-1920) —
also known as Nelson P. Wheeler —
of Endeavor, Forest
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., November
4, 1841.
Republican. Surveyor;
civil engineer; lumber
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1907-11.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 3,
1920 (age 78 years, 120
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William French Wheeler and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; brother of William
Egbert Wheeler; father of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; first cousin five times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams and Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Hiram
Bidwell Case; third cousin twice removed of Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Francis
William Kellogg, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Selah
Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Edmond
Alfred Holcomb, Leonard
Leach Case and Donald
Barr Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) —
also known as William H. Wiley —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1842.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
engineer; publisher
of scientific works; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1925
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Harold William Worzel (1901-1950) —
also known as Harold W. Worzel —
of Holbrook, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
10, 1901.
Democrat. Civil engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1948.
Killed in a commuter
train collision, on the Long Island Railroad, at Rockville
Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
17, 1950 (age 48 years, 191
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Sayville, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George V. Worzel and Minnie Worzel; married, December
27, 1926, to Eleanor Katherine Acker. |
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Hubbard R. Yetman (1847-1924) —
of Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Monmouth
County, N.J., 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; civil engineer; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1889, 1892-93.
Died in 1924
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard, Tottenville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Truman G. Younglove (1815-1882) —
of Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburg, Saratoga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1815.
Republican. Engineer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County 1st District, 1866-69; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died September
17, 1882 (age 66 years, 321
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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