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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English,
French Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married 1908 to Emily
D. Gruban. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) —
also known as Edward T. Bartlett —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 14,
1841.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1891; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910.
French and English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died, of heart
disease, in Albany Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 3,
1910 (age 68 years, 323
days).
Interment somewhere
in Skaneateles, N.Y.
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Sosthenes Behn (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis Richard Sosthenes Behn —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), January
30, 1884.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; sugar
business; member of Republican National Committee from Puerto
Rico, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1912;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; he and his brother
Hernand bought a telephone
company in Puerto Rico, and went on to establish International
Telephone and Telegraph (ITT), which rapidly expanded worldwide.
Danish,
French, and Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
6, 1957 (age 72 years, 342
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Horace Boies (1827-1923) —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.; Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa; Palermo Township, Grundy
County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y., December
7, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857; Governor of
Iowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902.
French and English
ancestry.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1923 (age 95 years, 118
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
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George E. Brassard (1867-1944) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1867.
Hotel
manager; freight house worker, New York Central Railroad;
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1932; American Labor
candidate for New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1940.
French Canadian ancestry.
Died in 1944
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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John B. Brisbin (1827-1898) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
10, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member
Minnesota territorial council 2nd District, 1856-57; President
of the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1856-57; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 21, 1863.
French and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
22, 1898 (age 71 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Leopold Charrier (c.1835-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in France,
about 1835.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in 1861, he was the first
man to receive a pension from the U.S. government for wounds received
in military service during the Civil War; cotton
broker; liquor
merchant; Consul
for Belgium in Savannah,
Ga., 1878-1903.
French ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
16, 1906 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater (1848-1933) —
also known as Alphonso T. Clearwater —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., September
11, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; Ulster
County District Attorney, 1878-86; Ulster
County Judge, 1890-98; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; appointed 1898; member, New York State
Probation Commission, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Dutch
and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
23, 1933 (age 85 years, 12
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Clearwater and Emily Baoudoin (Trumpbour) Clearwater;
married 1875 to Anna
Houghtaling Farrand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) —
also known as S. J. Conklin —
of Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Watertown, Codington
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 5,
1829.
Republican. Shoemaker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper
publisher; Adjutant
General of South Dakota, 1901-03.
Dutch,
Welsh,
and French ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1848 to Maria
Wait; married 1884 to Mattie
Greenslate; married 1895 to Anna
Duff. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific
Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896.
Catholic.
French ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver
troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Henry Delavan (1810-1892) —
also known as Charles H. Delavan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y., July 23,
1810.
Hardware
business; insurance
broker; U.S. Consul in Sydney, 1842-48; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in St. Thomas, 1849-50.
French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of heart
failure, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1892 (age 81 years, 261
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Delavan and Eliza (Johnston) Delavan. |
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Cornelius M. Demarest (1803-1899) —
of Nanuet, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Nanuet, Rockland
County, N.Y., August
28, 1803.
Democrat. Tanner; currier;
member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1843.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
18, 1899 (age 95 years, 174
days).
Interment at Nanuet True Reformed Church Cemetery, Nanuet, N.Y.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
23, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary
of state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French Huguenot, Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Society
of the Cincinnati; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married, November
9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married, December
28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew of Roger
Sherman; second cousin twice removed of Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts and George
Frisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed of Aaron
Burr; third cousin once removed of Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar, Maxwell
Evarts and Arthur
Outram Sherman; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Merton
William Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed of Reuben
Bostwick Heacock; fourth cousin of John
Frederick Addis, Henry
de Forest Baldwin and Roger
Sherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed of John
Adams Dix, Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Charles
Warren Fairbanks, Newton
Hamilton Fairbanks, John
Stanley Addis and Archibald
Cox. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The village
of Depew, New
York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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John M. DePuy (1837-1907) —
of Taney
County, Mo.
Born in Ulster
County, N.Y., March
23, 1837.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Taney County, 1905-07; died
in office 1907.
French Huguenot and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., March 3,
1907 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at Edwards Cemetery, Kirbyville, Mo.
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Isaac De Riemer (c.1666-1729) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1666.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1700-01.
Dutch
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Died February
23, 1729 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
24, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel,
Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond
Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Eastman
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Abbott
family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway,
which runs through Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange,
Ulster,
Greene,
Albany,
Schenectady,
Montgomery,
Herkimer,
Oneida,
Madison,
Onondaga,
Cayuga,
Seneca,
Ontario,
Monroe,
Genesee,
Erie,
and Chautauqua
counties in New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political
Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) —
also known as C. Douglas Dillon; Clarence Douglass
Dillon —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
of American parents, August
21, 1909.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952
(alternate), 1968;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.
Scottish,
French, Swedish,
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 2003 (age 93 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 14,
1867.
Physician;
anthropologist;
psychologist;
university
professor; president,
University of Colorado, 1914-19; chairman, Central Committee of the
American Red Cross, 1919-21; president,
Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
French Huguenot ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Psychological Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1939 (age 72 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Maynard Dauchy Follin (1863-1948) —
also known as Maynard D. Follin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in New York, March 5,
1863.
Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Detroit,
Mich., 1926-31; writer.
French ancestry.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., August
4, 1948 (age 85 years, 152
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Ormond Weyman Follin (1831-1902) —
also known as Ormond W. Follin —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
27, 1831.
Language
teacher; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Guatemala in San
Diego, Calif., 1900-02.
French ancestry.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
28, 1902 (age 71 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian.
French ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis,
in a hotel
room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Political families: Benton
family of Missouri and Tennessee; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Fremont Peak,
in Monterey
County and San Benito
County, California, is named for
him. — Fremont Peak,
in Coconino
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
California, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Fremont (built 1941 at Terminal
Island, California; mined and wrecked in Manila
Bay, Philippines, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John
F. Hill
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) —
also known as Robert W. Goelet; Bertie
Goelet —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
19, 1880.
Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60
million by 1902; director of banks, the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Corporation, and the Union Pacific Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1932,
1936.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1941 (age 61 years, 44
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian;
later Catholic.
English,
Welsh,
and French ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
also known as "Alexander the
Coppersmith" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Shot
and mortally
wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married, December
14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of Alexander
Hamilton Jr., James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; great-grandfather of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton; ancestor *** of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Hamilton,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Dudley
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
— Alex
Woodle
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his
portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $2 to $1,000. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Historical
Society of the New York Courts |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Donald
Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1957) |
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Abraham Hasbrouck (1707-1791) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
21, 1707.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1781-82.
French Huguenot and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
10, 1791 (age 84 years, 81
days).
Interment at Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Ernest I. Hatfield (b. 1890) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Pleasant town, Westchester
County, N.Y., April, 1890.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1943-47 (Dutchess County 2nd District 1943-44,
Dutchess County 1945-47); resigned 1947; member of New York
state senate, 1948-64 (33rd District 1948-54, 35th District
1955-64).
French and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grotto;
Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought
iron; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1880; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Evelyn West Hughan (1871-1947) —
also known as Evelyn W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March, 1871.
Socialist. Stenographer;
publishing
executive; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1927, 1933;
candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1932.
Female.
Scottish,
English,
and French ancestry. Member, War
Resisters League.
Died, in the Wood Nursing
Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1947 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875-1955) —
also known as Jessie W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
25, 1875.
Socialist. School
teacher; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1914 (Kings County 11th District), 1927 (New York
County 10th District), 1932 (New York County 10th District), 1933
(New York County 10th District), 1936 (New York County 6th District),
1938 (New York County 6th District); candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1918; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1922 (16th District), 1924 (17th
District), 1928 (15th District), 1934 (15th District); candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1926.
Female.
Scottish,
English,
and French ancestry. Member, Alpha
Omicron Pi; War
Resisters League; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1955 (age 79 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Jay (1747-1799) —
also known as Fady Jay —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Born April
19, 1747.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1777-83.
French Huguenot and Dutch
ancestry.
Died December
14, 1799 (age 52 years, 239
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother of James
Jay and John
Jay; uncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandson of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; granduncle of John
Jay II; second great-granduncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, Philip
Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Edward
Livingston, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Brockholst
Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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James Jay (1732-1815) —
also known as "Sir James Jay" —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1732.
Physician;
member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1778-82.
French Huguenot and Dutch
ancestry.
Knighted by King George III, 1763.
Died October
20, 1815 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother of John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; uncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandson of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; granduncle of John
Jay II; second great-granduncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, Philip
Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Edward
Livingston, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Brockholst
Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Jay (1745-1829) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
12, 1745.
Lawyer;
law partner of Robert
R. Livingston; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76, 1778-79; state
court judge in New York, 1777; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1779-82; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; received 9 electoral votes, 1789;
received 5 electoral votes, 1796;
received one electoral vote, 1800;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1789-90; Governor of
New York, 1795-1801; defeated, 1792.
Episcopalian.
French Huguenot and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 17,
1829 (age 83 years, 156
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother of James
Jay and Frederick
Jay; married to Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (daughter of William
Livingston; sister-in-law of John
Cleves Symmes; sister of Henry
Brockholst Livingston; niece of Robert
Livingston, Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Philip
Livingston; first cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston, Walter
Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston); father of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandson of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; grandfather of John
Jay II; grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; second great-grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Edward
Livingston, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Brockholst
Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Jay County,
Ind. is named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Jay (built 1941-42 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
J. Walbridge
— John
J. Jackson
— John
Jay Jackson, Jr.
— John
Jay Hart
— John J.
Good
— John
Jay Knox
— John
J. Kleiner
— John
J. Carton
— John
J. McCarthy
— John
J. Dorman
— John
Jay Hopkins
— John
J. McCloy
— John
Jay Justice
— John
Jay Pilar
— John
Jay Hooker
— John
Jay LaValle
— John
Jay Myers
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John Jay: Walter Stahr, John
Jay : Founding Father — Phil Webster, Can
a Chief Justice Love God? The Life of John Jay |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1958) |
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Charles Laberge —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
U.S. Consular Agent in St. Hyacinthe, 1893; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in St. Hyacinthe, as of 1897.
French Canadian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Jacob LeFevre (1874-1941) —
also known as Frank J. LeFevre —
of New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874.
Republican. Banker;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1903-04; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1905-07.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., April
29, 1941 (age 66 years, 150
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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James Maury (1746-1840) —
of Virginia; Liverpool, England.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., February
3, 1746.
U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1790-1812, 1815-29.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
23, 1840 (age 94 years, 20
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gabriel Minvielle —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bordeaux, France.
Merchant;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1684-85.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Barker Odell Sr. (1825-1916) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Sr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New Windsor, Orange
County, N.Y., September
25, 1825.
Republican. Restaurant
owner; ice
business; Orange
County Sheriff, 1880-83; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884;
mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1884-90, 1894-1900.
Christian
Reformed. French and English
ancestry.
Died July 21,
1916 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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John Upfold Pettit (1820-1881) —
also known as John U. Pettit —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45, 1865; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1865; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., March
21, 1881 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) —
of Milford, Pike
County, Pa.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., August
11, 1865.
Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of President Theodore
Roosevelt; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926
(Republican primary); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,
1938.
French ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Forestry Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from leukemia,
at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1946 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Milford
Cemetery, Milford, Pa.
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John Pintard (1759-1844) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1790-91.
French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1844 (age 85 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Pintard and Mary (Cannon) Pintard; married, November
12, 1784, to Elizabeth Brashear. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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David Provost (1670-1724) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
16, 1670.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1699-1700.
Dutch
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in 1724
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis P. Rannow (b. 1861) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1861.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1888.
German
and French ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucien Delabarre Sanial (1836-1927) —
also known as Lucien Sanial; Lucien
Delabarre —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in France,
1836.
Socialist. Newspaper
reporter; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1894 (15th District), 1896 (16th
District), 1898 (9th District); Socialist Labor candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1894, 1897; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
French ancestry.
Died in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
7, 1927 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Caroline McClenahan. |
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John Morin Scott (1730-1784) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1730.
Lawyer;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York council of appointment, 1777; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1777-82; secretary
of state of New York, 1778-84; died in office 1784; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1780-82.
Scottish
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1784 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Seymour Van Santvoord (born c.1860) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., about 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Dutch,
English,
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Alexander Vogeler (1911-1992) —
also known as Robert A. Vogeler —
of Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
6, 1911.
Republican. Vice-president, International Telephone and Telegraph; arrested
by the Hungarian Communist government in 1949, tortured, tried and
convicted of espionage;
released in 1951; honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1952.
Episcopalian.
German
and French ancestry.
Died in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., April
22, 1992 (age 80 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Grover Aloysius Whalen (1886-1962) —
also known as Grover A. Whalen; "The Gardenia of the
Law" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 2,
1886.
Democrat. New York City Police Commissioner, 1928-30; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936;
president of the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Irish
and French Canadian ancestry.
Died, from a stroke,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
20, 1962 (age 75 years, 322
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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