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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Federal Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August
10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. |
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Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (1905-1966) —
also known as Victor L. Anfuso —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily, Italy,
March
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
Consul-General
for San Marino in Washington,
D.C., 1950; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1951-53, 1955-63; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1963-66; died in office 1966.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Federal Bar Association.
Suffered a heart
attack during a political
caucus meeting at the Warwick Hotel,
and died soon after, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1966 (age 61 years, 293
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) —
also known as George A. Arkwright —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
19, 1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-64; appointed 1950;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1954-62.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Bernard Austin (1896-1959) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1935-59; died in
office 1959.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks;
Federal Bar Association.
After giving a short speech at the swearing-in
of City Court Justice Louis
B. Heller, he collapsed and died from a heart
attack, in the Central Courts
Building, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
6, 1959 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Bonom (1912-1962) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1956-62; died in
office 1962.
Jewish.
Member, Federal Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America.
Died December
13, 1962 (age 50 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bonom and Lena (Jackel) Bonom; married to Clarice Juliet
Goldberg. |
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Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph A. Califano, Jr. —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 15,
1931.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-79.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ramsey Clark (1927-2021) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law
professor; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
2021 (age 93 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Cornelius Dixon (b. 1904) —
also known as William C. Dixon —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Dexter, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 1,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1934; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1939.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dixon and Celia (Potter) Dixon; married, November
20, 1934, to Arvilla Pratt. |
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John Joseph Donovan Jr. (1913-1955) —
also known as John J. Donovan, Jr. —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
14, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1951-55 (24th District 1951-54, 26th District
1955); died in office 1955.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Federal Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Delta
Theta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a few hours later, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1955 (age 42 years, 26
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John J. Donovan and Harriet (O'Connor)
Donovan. |
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David Norton Edelstein (1910-2000) —
also known as David N. Edelstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
16, 1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1951-94;
took senior status 1994.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
19, 2000 (age 90 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Edelstein and Dora (Mancher) Edelstein; married, February
18, 1940, to Florence Koch. |
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George S. Fitzgerald (1901-1980) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., December
26, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1949-53; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1954; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1965-74.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Federal Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1980
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr. (1910-2011) —
also known as S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr. —
of New York.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 12,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1959-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 7,
2011 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic E. Hammer (b. 1909) —
of Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Rockaway Beach, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 7,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948, 1950;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1960,
1964.
Member, Federal Bar Association; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-1992) —
also known as Irving R. Kaufman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 24,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1949-61; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-87.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died February
1, 1992 (age 81 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Kaufman and Rose (Spielberg) Kaufman; married, June 23,
1936, to Helen Ruth Rosenberg. |
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B. Sand |
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G. Oliver Koppell (b. 1940) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
15, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1970-94 (84th District 1970-82, 80th District
1983-92, 81st District 1993-94); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984,
1996;
New
York state attorney general, 1994; appointed 1994; member City
Council, New York City, from 2002.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Theodore Roosevelt Kupferman (1920-2003) —
also known as Theodore R. Kupferman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 12,
1920.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966-69.
Member, Federal Bar Association.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
23, 2003 (age 83 years, 134
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis J. Lefkowitz (1904-1996) —
also known as "The People's Lawyer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;
municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
New
York state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1961.
Jewish.
Member, Federal Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1996 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Lefkowitz and Mollie (Isaacs) Lefkowitz; married, June 14,
1931, to Helen Schwimmer. |
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William F. Passannante (1920-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
president, Cosmopolitan Trucking
Corporation; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-90 (New York County 1st District 1955-65,
69th District 1966, 63rd District 1967-72, 64th District 1973-82,
61st District 1983-90).
Catholic.
Member, Federal Bar Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Died of pancreatic
cancer at Tisch Hospital
of New York University Medical
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1996 (age 76 years, 309
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Victor Henry Rothschild II (1908-1991) —
also known as V. Henry Rothschild II —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1959.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Lambda Phi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1991 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery
and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977 (age 71 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married, September
29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan. |
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Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1949-59.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Federal Bar Association; American
Legion; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative assistant
to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Political Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Spingarn and Amy Judith Spingarn. |
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Sidney Squire (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court
of Claims, 1956-77.
Jewish.
Member, Federal Bar Association; American
Legion.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Lopez Watson (1922-2001) —
also known as James L. Watson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1955-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956;
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1966-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-91; took senior status 1991.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American
Legion; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 2001 (age 79 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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