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Politicians in Fruit, Produce, and Juices in New York

  Clark E. Allis (1865-1935) — also known as Clark Allis — of Medina, Orleans County, N.Y. Born in Holley, Orleans County, N.Y., August 15, 1865. Fruit grower; banker; Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1912; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 39th District, 1922. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., November 20, 1935 (age 70 years, 97 days). Interment at West Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway town, Orleans County, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Clement Allis and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Allis; married, September 28, 1886, to Alma Breed; married, May 9, 1901, to Carrie H. Kelly.
  Edward T. Backhouse (1806-1884) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1806. Fruit merchant; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1851; president, Kings County Fire Insurance Company, 1861-84. Died, of pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 28, 1884 (age about 78 years). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Charles Webster Bell (1857-1927) — of Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 11, 1857. Progressive. Fruit farmer; real estate business; Los Angeles County Clerk, 1899-1903; member of California state senate, 1907-12; U.S. Representative from California 9th District, 1913-15. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 19, 1927 (age 69 years, 312 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Matthew Bell and Elizabeth Emma Bell; married, June 1, 1894, to Elizabeth May Dillman.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Harrison Blodget (1850-1923) — also known as Walter H. Blodget — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass.; West Boylston, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Denmark, Lewis County, N.Y., November 2, 1850. Republican. Produce merchant; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1904-05. Died in West Boylston, Worcester County, Mass., January 6, 1923 (age 72 years, 65 days). Interment at Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Harrison Blodget and Diantha (Dewey) Blodget; married 1885 to Mary Francis Spaulding; first cousin twice removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Ellsworth and James Doolittle Wooster; second cousin four times removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of Rush Green Leaming; third cousin twice removed of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Philip Frisbee, Samuel Swayze Seward, Augustus Seymour Porter and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Lucian Dallas Woodruff and Albert Lemando Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Bela Edgerton, Heman Ticknor, Truman Hotchkiss, Jairus Case, Elisha Hunt Allen, Gouverneur Morris, Joseph Pomeroy Root, Luther Thomas Ellsworth, Herman Arod Gager and George Alexander Ball.
  Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George W. Brown (b. 1859) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Schenevus, Otsego County, N.Y., October 14, 1859. Republican. Produce dealer; produce dealer in Otsego County; later, employed by a hay, grain, and produce merchant in Brooklyn; bookkeeper and manager for a carriage painting and sign-making business; bookkeeper; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1907, 1909-10. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Carlton Brown.
  Wiley W. Capron (1867-1925) — of Wayland, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Wayland, Steuben County, N.Y., October, 1867. Progressive. Produce dealer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 37th District, 1912. Died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., January 26, 1925 (age 57 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Wilber W. Capron and Emily Tucker (Wiley) Capron; married, February 22, 1894, to Sarah E. Wintersmith.
  Harry Irving De Lamater (b. 1863) — also known as Irving De Lamater — Born in Port Ewen, Ulster County, N.Y., December 19, 1863. In grain and produce business; general manager of a grain elevator company; U.S. Vice Consul in Fort William, 1916-32; Port Arthur, 1916-32. Burial location unknown.
  Sherman Willard Eddy (1876-1952) — also known as Sherman W. Eddy — of Avon, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Brunswick, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 3, 1876. Fruit farmer; factory superintendent for Ensign-Bickford Company, maker of blasting equipment for mining; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Avon, 1927-28; defeated (Democratic), 1938. Died in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., August 19, 1952 (age 75 years, 351 days). Interment at Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward C. Gillett — of Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y. Fruit farmer; member of New York state assembly from Yates County, 1912-15. Burial location unknown.
  Frank S. Hall — of Lewiston, Niagara County, N.Y. Republican. Farmer; fruit grower; member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1922-28. Burial location unknown.
  James A. Harris — of Penfield, Monroe County, N.Y. Republican. Fruit grower; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1915-22. Burial location unknown.
Conrad Hasenflug Conrad Hasenflug (1863-1932) — also known as "Cooney" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Frankfort (Frankfurt am Main), Germany, February 27, 1863. Democrat. Wholesale produce business; saloon owner; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1900-01; member of New York state senate 9th District, 1905-08; defeated, 1908. Lutheran. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Redmen. Died, from pneumonia, in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., November 24, 1932 (age 69 years, 271 days). Interment at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Conrad Hasenflug and Elizabeth (Stickler) Hasenflug; brother of Henry Hasenflug Sr..
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  George B. Hemenway (b. 1852) — of Naples, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Waterloo, Seneca County, N.Y., January 26, 1852. School teacher; merchant; produce shipping business; member of New York state assembly from Ontario County, 1908-09. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles G. Hemenway.
Charles J. Hewitt Charles J. Hewitt (1867-1940) — of Locke, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Navarino, Onondaga County, N.Y., July 15, 1867. Republican. Farmer; produce business; banker; member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1902-04; member of New York state senate, 1909-38 (40th District 1909-18, 42nd District 1919-38). Died in 1940 (age about 72 years). Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery, Moravia, N.Y.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  John E. Johnson — of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y. Republican. Fruit farmer; member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1947-64. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Frederick John Henry Kracke (1868-1954) — also known as Frederick J. H. Kracke — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 11, 1868. Republican. Produce merchant; cemetery monument business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1907, 1930; chair of Kings County Republican Party, 1932; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Grange; Union League. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 2, 1954 (age 86 years, 144 days). Interment somewhere in West Eaton, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke; married 1890 to Florence Tayntor.
Frank H. Lattin Frank Haak Lattin (1861-1937) — also known as Frank H. Lattin — of Albion, Orleans County, N.Y. Born in Gaines town, Orleans County, N.Y., August 17, 1861. Republican. Physician; surgeon; fruit farmer; member of New York state assembly from Orleans County, 1917-30. Died in Gaines, Orleans County, N.Y., May 23, 1937 (age 75 years, 279 days). Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Wood Lattin and Mary E. (Haak) Lattin; married, September 9, 1885, to May E. Bullard.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1924
Robert R. Livingston Robert Reginald Livingston (1888-1962) — also known as Robert R. Livingston — of Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y., August 4, 1888. Democrat. Fruit farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1923; defeated, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932; chair of Columbia County Democratic Party, 1953. Died in Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., November 7, 1962 (age 74 years, 95 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Reginald Livingston (1858-1899) and Mary (Tailer) Livingston; married, February 23, 1922, to Alice Delafield Dean; married, March 3, 1945, to Dorothy Champion Farrar Hutton; great-grandson of Edward Philip Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813); second great-grandnephew of John Stevens III and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); third great-grandson of John Stevens, Philip Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); third great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and William Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Dirck Ten Broeck, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and James Alexander; fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder, Robert Livingston the Younger and Pieter Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck and Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); first cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer Westerlo; first cousin four times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, James Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Robert Van Rensselaer; first cousin six times removed of Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis Cuyler, John Cruger Jr. and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Philip Schuyler, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and John Jacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed of Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed of Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson, Stephen John Schuyler, Henry Cruger, Henry Rutgers, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; third cousin once removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and William Waldorf Astor; third cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and John Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Gansevoort and Hamilton Fish; fourth cousin of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; fourth cousin once removed of Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr., John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and John Eliot Thayer Jr..
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1921)
  Robert Sayre MacCormack (1872-1938) — also known as Robert S. MacCormack — of Westfield, Union County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1872. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; president of a fruit auction company; president, New York Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exchange; director, Franklin National Bank of New York; mayor of Westfield, N.J., 1936-38; died in office 1938. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, in Memorial Hospital, Rahway, Union County, N.J., September 7, 1938 (age about 66 years). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
  Relatives: Married to Emily Florence Waterbury.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Bundy Manwaring (1851-1934) — also known as Edward B. Manwaring — of Menomonie, Dunn County, Wis.; Superior, Douglas County, Wis.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Windsor, Broome County, N.Y., March 26, 1851. Lawyer; fruit grower; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1921-24; defeated (Progressive), 1912. English ancestry. Died, from prostate cancer, in the University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 1, 1934 (age 83 years, 220 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Menomonie, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Scoville Manwaring and Sarah Jane (Bundy) Manwaring; married to Syndonia Barwise.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph A. McGinnies (b. 1861) — of Ripley, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Born November 7, 1861. Republican. Pharmacist; fruit farmer; member of New York state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1916-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924 (alternate), 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1932; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 51st District, 1938. Burial location unknown.
  Frederick E. Muller (1844-1907) — also known as Friderich Emil Muller=y=Storer — of Baltimore, Md.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Santa Cruz, Danish West Indies (now St. Croix, Virgin Islands), November 4, 1844. Manager, Monumental Trading Company (fruit importer); auditor, American Fruit Company; Consul for Argentina in Baltimore, Md., 1899-1901. Died, from interstitial nephritis, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 30, 1907 (age 62 years, 87 days). Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jacobo Muller and Malvina (Storer) Muller.
Duncan T. O'Brien Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 28, 1895. Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig Preserving Company; insurance broker; member of New York state senate 19th District, 1923-38. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Redmen. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, September 14, 1938 (age 43 years, 170 days). Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Lauren Ford Otis (1842-1917) — also known as Lauren F. Otis — of Allegan County, Mich. Born near Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., September 10, 1842. Republican. Dry goods merchant; fruit grower; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District, 1895-98. Died, of apoplexy, November 19, 1917 (age 75 years, 70 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Newton Otis and Elizabeth D. (Eager) Otis; married, August 14, 1872, to Mary McLallen; married, December 28, 1902, to Nettie E. Davis; first cousin once removed of Oran Gray Otis; second cousin once removed of David Perry Otis and Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917); second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Allyne Otis; third cousin once removed of Asa H. Otis and Ralph Chester Otis; third cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848); fourth cousin of Norton Prentiss Otis.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut; Lansing family of New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Francis Quinn (1919-2006) — also known as William Quinn — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 13, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; candidate for Hawaii territorial senate, 1956; Governor of Hawaii Territory, 1957-59; Governor of Hawaii, 1959-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, 1960; president, Dole Pineapple Company, 1965-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for Hawaii; candidate for U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 1976. Catholic. Died, two months after breaking his hip in a fall, in Kahala Nui retirement community, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, August 28, 2006 (age 87 years, 46 days). Interment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Quinn and Elizabeth Quinn; married to Nancy Ellen Witbeck.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Charles Henry Springer (1857-1916) — also known as Charles H. Springer — of Moravia, Cayuga County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Niles, Cayuga County, N.Y., March 9, 1857. Republican. Produce merchant; coal, lumber, and feed dealer; member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County, 1914. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Suffered a stroke, and died ten days later, in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., June 8, 1916 (age 59 years, 91 days). Interment at Sand Hill Cemetery, Sempronius, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Springer and Mary Jane (Heady) Springer; married to Carrie A. Brown; married 1906 to Emily Mersereau (first cousin once removed of Cornelius Mersereau).
  Political family: Mersereau family of Staten Island, New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Morell E. Tallett — of DeRuyter, Madison County, N.Y. Republican. Coal dealer; produce merchant; chair of Madison County Republican Party, 1910; member of New York state assembly from Madison County, 1912-20. Burial location unknown.
Eugene M. Travis Eugene Mabbett Travis (1863-1940) — also known as Eugene M. Travis — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 10, 1863. Republican. Wholesale fruit and vegetable business; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1907-12; defeated, 1912; New York state comptroller, 1915-20. Methodist. Member, Royal Arcanum; Order of Heptasophs; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 25, 1940 (age 77 years, 45 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1884 to Fannie Bell Peck.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
Charles C. Turner Charles Corning Turner (1854-1903) — also known as Carlos C. Turner — of Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook County, Ill. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 6, 1854. Wholesale produce broker; Consul for Uruguay in Chicago, Ill., 1892-1903. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook County, Ill., July 29, 1903 (age 48 years, 235 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
  Relatives: Married, October 3, 1893, to Laura Elizabeth Bradford.
  Image source: Chicago Tribune, January 12, 1896
  Daniel E. Whitmore (b. 1825) — of Marathon, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Columbus, Chenango County, N.Y., January 6, 1825. School commissioner; wholesale produce dealer; fire insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1875. Presbyterian. Lost a limb in an accident at age 10. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Luther Whitmore and Elsie (Perkins) Whitmore; brother of George B. Whitmore; married, July 9, 1850, to Lydia M. Shattuck; father of Daniel Webster Whitmore.
  Political family: Whitmore family of New York.
  Albert Yeomans — of Walworth, Wayne County, N.Y. Farmer, fruit grower; member of New York state assembly from Wayne County, 1911-13. Burial location unknown.
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