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Myron Dale Albro (1897-1973) —
also known as Myron D. Albro —
of Lounsberry, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
2, 1897.
Republican. Dairy farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1938-52; director, Nichols
National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Lounsberry, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
4, 1973 (age 76 years, 214
days).
Interment at Nichols Cemetery, Nichols, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Wells G. Albro and Nellie J. (Feint) Albro; married 1919 to
Marguerite M. Shalter. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Lisle Allen (1868-1932) —
also known as Edward L. Allen —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Leicester, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
14, 1868.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Zeta; Grange.
Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
30, 1932 (age 64 years, 77
days).
Interment at Bemus
Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
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Howard N. Allen (1873-1953) —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
21, 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Pawling Savings Bank;
director, National Bank of
Pawling; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1923-44.
Methodist.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Suffered a heart
attack at a Pawling Savings Bank board of
directors meeting, and died the next day, in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
7, 1953 (age 79 years, 321
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth A. Howard. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Hermes Luther Ames (1865-1920) —
also known as Hermes L. Ames; Henry Ames —
of Falconer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Carroll town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
28, 1865.
Farmer;
school
teacher; hay
dealer; milling
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1918-20;
defeated (Prohibition), 1916; died in office 1920.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Odd
Fellows; Moose;
Grange.
Died August
23, 1920 (age 54 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Loretta Woodward (Tiller) Ames and Ezra Wales Ames; married, June 20,
1894, to Minta E. Brunson. |
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
also known as Harold J. Arthur —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks;
Grange; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cancer,
in the Air Force Base Hospital,
Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange; Elks; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) —
also known as Thomas R. Ball —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1927-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Institute of Architects; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Grange; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 16,
1943 (age 47 years, 124
days).
Interment at Duck
River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
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Ezra Andrew Barnes (1879-1928) —
also known as Ezra A. Barnes —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Scriba, Oswego
County, N.Y., May 11,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1921-23.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
He killed
himself by opening the gas jets
in his room, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 10,
1928 (age 48 years, 365
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) —
also known as Herbert A. Bartholomew —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., November
3, 1871.
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grange; Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 86 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Heman Almon Bartholomew and Alice Lanta (Douglass) Bartholomew;
married 1896 to
Harriet Gibson Douglass. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Charles James Bell (1845-1909) —
also known as Charles J. Bell —
of Walden, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Walden, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
16, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1882-83; member of Vermont
state senate, 1894-95; Governor of
Vermont, 1904-06.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1909 (age 64 years, 193
days).
Interment at North
Walden Cemetery, Walden, Vt.
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Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Jerry W. Black (b. 1898) —
of Hector, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born August
13, 1898.
Republican. Farmer; garage
owner; member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1945-64.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Black and Anna Black; married, October
15, 1921, to Mabel Bower. |
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Vernon Wilson Blodgett (1899-1988) —
also known as Vernon W. Blodgett —
of Rushville, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushville, Yates
County, N.Y., December
2, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1946-58.
Member, American
Legion; Grange; Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1988 (age 88 years, 180
days).
Interment at Rushville
Cemetery, Rushville, N.Y.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Michael J. Bragman (b. 1940) —
of Clay, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Cicero, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cicero, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
11, 1940.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1976,
1984,
1996,
2000;
member of New York
state assembly 118th District, 1981-; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Member, Grange.
Still living as of 2000.
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J. Arthur Brooks (b. 1873) —
of Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., March
27, 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1921-24.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary T. E. Oakley. |
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Richard A. Brown (1908-1994) —
of Bridgeport, Madison
County, N.Y.; Cape Coral, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgeport, Madison
County, N.Y., July 27,
1908.
Merchant;
real
estate business; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly 114th District, 1968-72.
Member, American
Legion; Grange; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died January
24, 1994 (age 85 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Edith S. Steier. |
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Andrew D. Burgdorf (b. 1892) —
of Martville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Victory, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
27, 1892.
Republican. Farmer; hay
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1934-38.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Democrat. Fertilizer
manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Grange; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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James Howard Chase (b. 1879) —
also known as James H. Chase —
of Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ledyard town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
20, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1939-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward K. Corwin (b. 1873) —
of Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Merchantsville (now Thurston), Steuben
County, N.Y., March 2,
1873.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1933-35, 1943-44.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orlando F. Corwin and Loma (Coolbaugh) Corwin; married, October
10, 1894, to Lizzie B. Hicks. |
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Arthur Cowee (b. 1859) —
of Berlin, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlin, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
31, 1859.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1916-22;
defeated, 1922.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Davidson (1855-1932) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
February
22, 1855.
Architect;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1914; defeated (State Tax), 1922.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
20, 1932 (age 76 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Cameron. |
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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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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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Luren Dudley Dickinson (1859-1943) —
also known as Luren D. Dickinson —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., April
15, 1859.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1905-08 (Eaton County
2nd District 1897-98, Eaton County 1905-08); member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1909-10; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1915-20, 1927-32, 1939; defeated, 1924,
1932, 1936; Governor of
Michigan, 1939-40; defeated, 1920, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Methodist.
English
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
22, 1943 (age 84 years, 7
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Kenneth Hearn Fake (1895-1963) —
also known as Kenneth H. Fake —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
9, 1895.
Republican. Insurance
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
New
York state assembly from Schoharie County, 1923-32; defeated,
1932; lobbyist
for New York State Grange.
Member, Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Rotary.
Died in a hospital
at Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 24,
1963 (age 68 years, 104
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonidas Fake and Clara (Hearn) Fake; married, June 12,
1920, to Eva Kling; first cousin of Guy
Leverne Fake. |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1914-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1920-45; defeated,
1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1936; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938;
derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died of heart
failure, in Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
18, 1991 (age 102 years,
42 days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Emily Maria (Mann) Fish; married, September
24, 1921, to Grace Chapin (daughter of Alfred
Clark Chapin); married, June 22,
1967, to Marie (Choubaroff) Blackton; married, October
16, 1976, to Alice (Curtis) Desmond (widow of Thomas
Charles Desmond); married 1988 to Lydia
Ambrogio; father of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); nephew of Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902); grandson of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; great-grandson of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833); second great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); second great-grandnephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; third great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and James
Alexander; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant and Pieter
Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
de Peyster; first cousin once removed of John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed of
Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707), David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes
DePeyster, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; second cousin of Charles
Mann Hamilton and Robert
Winthrop Kean; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Howard Kean; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Matthew
Clarkson, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, David
Edgerton and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; fourth cousin once removed of John
Jacob Astor III, Guy
Vernor Henry, Howard
Curtis Brown, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Montgomery
Schuyler Jr.. |
| | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Epitaph: "For God And
Country." |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-95 (28th District 1969-73,
25th District 1973-83, 21st District 1983-93, 19th District 1993-95);
defeated, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1996 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish; father of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; grandson of Alfred
Clark Chapin and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); grandnephew of Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902); great-grandson of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second great-grandson of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833); second great-grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; third great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); third great-grandnephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and James
Alexander; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant and Pieter
Van Brugh; sixth great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
de Peyster; descendant *** of Lewis
Morris; first cousin twice removed of John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin four times removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of Nicholas
Bayard, David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes
DePeyster, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Charles
Mann Hamilton and Robert
Winthrop Kean; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Thomas
Howard Kean; third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Arthur
Beebe Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, David
Edgerton and John
Jay II. |
| | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Sue
W. Kelly |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Clarence Lyon Fisher (b. 1877) —
also known as Clarence L. Fisher —
of Lyons Falls, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyons Falls, Lewis
County, N.Y., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Real estate
business; lumber and
timber business; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1925-29.
Member, Grange; Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hubbell Fisher and Mary (Lyon) Fisher; married, February
21, 1907, to Melissa Rachel Ingals. |
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Harold P. Garnham (b. 1913) —
of Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
11, 1913.
Dairy
business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1965.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Louise Cuyler Gerry (1883-1962) —
also known as Louise C. Gerry —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Snyder, Erie
County, N.Y.; Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine, June 12,
1883.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936,
1940.
Female.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Zonta;
Grange.
Died in Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine, June 21,
1962 (age 79 years, 9
days).
Interment at Brewer Cemetery, Robbinston, Maine.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Elbridge Joseph Gerry and Sophia Teresa (Jones)
Gerry. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Walter C. Gifford (1829-1909) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Busti town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., May 8,
1829.
Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1891-92.
Methodist.
Member, Grange.
Died August
9, 1909 (age 80 years, 93
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Benjamin Arthur Gilman (1922-2016) —
also known as Benjamin A. Gilman —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
6, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 95th District, 1967-72; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1973-2003 (26th District 1973-83,
22nd District 1983-93, 20th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Grange; Elks; Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died in Wappingers Falls, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
17, 2016 (age 94 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank N. Godfrey (1852-1924) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 29,
1852.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 51st District, 1913-14.
Member, Grange.
Died in 1924
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.
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Philip Arnold Goodwin (1882-1937) —
also known as Philip A. Goodwin —
of Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., January
20, 1882.
Republican. Bridge
builder; lumber
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., June 6,
1937 (age 55 years, 137
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
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Janet Hill Gordon (1915-1990) —
also known as Janet Hill —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1942-46; Chenango
County Attorney, 1944-45; first
woman county attorney in New York State; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1947-58; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948;
member of New York
state senate 46th District, 1959-62; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1962.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Grange; Gamma
Phi Beta; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died September
17, 1990 (age 75 years, 249
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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Scott E. Greene —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Fleischmanns, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1965.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Grange.
Still living as of 1967.
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Albert Haskell Jr. (b. 1891) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
15, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Cortland
County District Attorney; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1934-36.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
American Bar
Association; Grange; Knights
of Columbus; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Clarence W. Hausner (b. 1862) —
of Montour Falls, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Ulysses town, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 31,
1862.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1920-22.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred S. Hollowell (b. 1883) —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Milo, Yates
County, N.Y., January
18, 1883.
Republican. School
principal; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1932-45; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1945-52.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Jacob H. Hoysradt (1858-1911) —
of Ancram, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in 1858.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1894.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Killed
himself with chloroform,
in Ancram, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
14, 1911 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1880 to Carrie
Miller. |
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James Henry Hyer (1903-1956) —
also known as James H. Hyer; Jimmy Hyer —
of Athens, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., March 8,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 29th District, 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Grange.
Died, from an acute
myocardial infarct, in Albany Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 7,
1956 (age 53 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y.
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Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) —
also known as Irving M. Ives —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Elks;
Grange.
Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State
Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University.
Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
24, 1962 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.
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Bernard William Kearney (1889-1976) —
also known as Bernard W. Kearney; Pat
Kearney —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Lake Pleasant, Hamilton
County, N.Y.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 23,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Fulton
County District Attorney, 1931-42; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1943-59 (30th District 1943-45,
31st District 1945-53, 32nd District 1953-59).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Grange; Delta
Chi.
Died June 3,
1976 (age 87 years, 11
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp (1875-1949) —
also known as Florence E. S. Knapp; Florence Elizabeth
Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
25, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; dean, College of Home Economics, Syracuse University;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924
(alternate); secretary
of state of New York, 1925-27; in 1927, an investigation
discovered her maladministration
of the 1925 state census; she had paid salaries to relatives
and others who did no census work, forged
indorsements on checks, received
money she was not entitled to, and burned state records to conceal
evidence of these things; resigned
her position at Syracuse University; indicted
on various charges in 1928, tried
twice and eventually convicted
of grand
larceny; sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grange.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Marcy State Hospital (insane
asylum), Marcy, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
26, 1949 (age 74 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James E. Smith and Mary (Hancock) Smith; married to
Philip Schuyler Knapp. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke; married 1890 to
Florence Tayntor. |
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John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) —
also known as Dryden Kuser —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
24, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance
agent; real estate
broker.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange; Audubon
Society.
Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 3,
1964 (age 66 years, 161
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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William H. Lockerby (b. 1859) —
of Branch
County, Mich.
Born in West Vienna, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
24, 1859.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1896; member
of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest J. Lonis (1878-1954) —
of Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
13, 1878.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1935-42.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 22,
1954 (age 75 years, 190
days).
Interment at Hannibal Village Cemetery, Hannibal, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lester Lonis and Betsy M. (Tuttle) Lonis; married 1903 to
Gertrude Ella Countryman; married 1936 to Lois
Livingston (Fry) Stewart. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Sherman James Lowell (b. 1858) —
also known as Sherman J. Lowell —
of Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Lamberton, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., May 28,
1858.
Republican. Member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Willoughby Lowell and Jane (Selleck) Lowell; married, November
27, 1889, to Martha Louisa Marsh. |
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Harry Ray Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Harry R. Marble —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in West Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 27,
1876.
Republican. School
teacher; railroad
office employee; farmer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1934-50.
Universalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harrison R. Marble and Sabra (Simmons) Marble; married, March
21, 1900, to Effie May Cottrell. |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Edwyn E. Mason (born c.1916) —
of Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in De Peyster, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., about 1916.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-72 (Delaware County 1953-65, 124th District
1966, 113th District 1967-72); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Grange.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Melva
Bettinger. |
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Sharon J. Mauhs (1901-1964) —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon Springs, Schoharie
County, N.Y., October
27, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Schoharie
County District Attorney, 1926-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (27th District), 1944 (30th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964
(alternate); member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1949-52; chair of
Schoharie County Democratic Party, 1955; New York State
Conservation Commissioner, 1956-58.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., October
7, 1964 (age 62 years, 346
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Perry Mayo (1829-1921) —
of Michigan.
Born in Hancock, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 14,
1829.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1887-88; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1894.
Member, Grange; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Mayo Hall at Michigan State University, originally a women's
dormitory, was named for his wife, Mary Mayo.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
5, 1921 (age 91 years, 205
days).
Interment at Austin
Cemetery, Convis Township, Calhoun County, Mich.
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John Joseph McFall (1918-2006) —
also known as John J. McFall —
of Manteca, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
20, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Manteca, Calif., 1948-50; member of California
state assembly, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from California, 1957-79 (11th District 1957-63,
15th District 1963-75, 14th District 1975-79); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Lions.
Died March 7,
2006 (age 88 years, 15
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wheeler Milmoe (1898-1972) —
of Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y., April
18, 1898.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1934-52; chair of
Madison County Republican Party, 1939; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1944-50; member of New York
state senate, 1953-58 (44th District 1953-54, 46th District
1955-58); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Grange; Knights
of Columbus; Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1972
(age about
74 years).
Interment at St.
Agatha's Cemetery, Canastota, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick F. Milmoe. |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Harry K. Morton (b. 1905) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., October
14, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1945-52; member of New York
state senate, 1953-58 (48th District 1953-54, 49th District
1955-58).
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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William Allan Newell (1883-1977) —
also known as W. Allan Newell —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April
22, 1883.
Republican. President, Newell Manufacturing Co. (brass
works); mayor
of Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1928-29; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1933-38.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Grange.
Died in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April 5,
1977 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar A. Newell and Adeline Barbara (Priest) Newell; married, October
10, 1917, to Edith Delano Judson. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Roy M. Page —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1937-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Fayette E. Pease (1875-1959) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport town, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
3, 1875.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1929-40.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1959
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Orangeport Union Cemetery, Royalton Center, N.Y.
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Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) —
of Enfield Center, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Costello, Potter
County, Pa., December
10, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Methodist
minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
New
York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York
state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District
1955-64).
Methodist.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Marine
Corps League; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Pierce (1872-1967) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 27,
1872.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Olean, N.Y., 1923-29; member of New York
state senate, 1943-62 (51st District 1943-44, 56th District
1945-54, 58th District 1955-62); defeated (Democratic), 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in October, 1967
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter;
architect;
lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange; Junior
Order.
While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally
shot
in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward
Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
26, 1924 (age 58 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Gregory J. Pope (b. 1926) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., November
27, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-70 (Niagara County 1965, 152nd District
1966, 138th District 1967-70).
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange.
Still living as of 1970.
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Irving F. Rice (b. 1867) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Truxton town, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
17, 1867.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1919-33.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Fay Rockwell (1886-1950) —
also known as Robert F. Rockwell —
of Paonia, Delta
County, Colo.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., February
11, 1886.
Republican. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1917-21; member of Colorado
state senate, 1921-23, 1939-41; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1923-25; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1941-49; defeated,
1948.
Member, Grange.
Died in Paonia, Delta
County, Colo., September
28, 1950 (age 64 years, 229
days).
Interment at Hornell
Rural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt;
"F.D.R." —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
30, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928;
speaker, 1944;
contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were
paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of
New York, 1929-33; President
of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February
15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton
J. Cermak were shot
at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks;
Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Led the nation through the Depression and World War II.
Died of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether
County, Ga., April
12, 1945 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument at Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at West
Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,
March
17, 1905, to Eleanor
Roosevelt (niece of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne
Douglas Robinson); father of James
Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; first cousin of Warren
Delano Robbins and Katharine
Price Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of Helen
Lloyd Aspinwall (who married Francis
Emanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed of Elizabeth
Kortright; first cousin four times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who married
William
Phillips); second cousin once removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr. and Jabez
Williams Huntington; second cousin five times removed of Samuel
Huntington, George
Washington, Joshua
Coit, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Samuel
Gager; third cousin twice removed of Philip
DePeyster and James
I. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed of Sulifand
Sutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt, Roger
Wolcott and Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919). |
| | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Ross
T. McIntire — Milton
Lipson — W.
W. Howes — Bruce
Barton — Hamilton
Fish, Jr. — Joseph
W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Rexford
G. Tugwell — Raymond
Moley — Adolf
A. Berle — George
E. Allen — Lorence
E. Asman — Grenville
T. Emmet — Eliot
Janeway — Jonathan
Daniels — Ralph
Bellamy — Wythe
Leigh Kinsolving |
| | The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge
(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, between Lubec,
Maine and Campobello
Island, New Brunswick, Canada, is named for
him. — The borough
of Roosevelt,
New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), is named for
him. — F. D. Roosevelt Airport,
on the Caribbean island of Sint
Eustatius, is named for
him. — The F. D. Roosevelt Teaching
Hospital, in Banská
Bystrica, Slovakia, is named for
him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: Frank
Garrison
— Franklin
D. Roosevelt Keesee
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| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). |
| | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No
Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in
World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR
: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin
Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,
That
Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —
Jonas Klein, Beloved
Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of
Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles
Peters, Five
Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of
1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —
Steven Neal, Happy
Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence
of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.
Brands, Traitor
to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley, Franklin
and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Alan
Brinkley, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub, Young
Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and
Life — Karen Bornemann Spies, Franklin
D. Roosevelt (for young readers) |
| | Critical books about Franklin D.
Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's
Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great
Depression — John T. Flynn, The
Roosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom, New
Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged
America |
| | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Philip Roth, The
Plot Against America: A Novel |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Dorothy H. Rose (b. 1920) —
of Angola, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
21, 1920.
Democrat. Librarian;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Erie County 8th District 1965, 163rd
District 1966, 147th District 1967-68).
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Grange; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Thomas A. Rose. |
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Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) —
also known as Alice V. McSherry —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1894.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1943-46.
Female.
Member, Grange; League of Women
Voters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry. |
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Lloyd A. Russell (b. 1921) —
of East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 4,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; dairy farmer;
member of New York
state assembly 149th District, 1967-72.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Bailey. |
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Donald C. Shoemaker —
of Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (143rd District 1966, 130th District
1967-72).
United
Church of Christ. Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau; Lions.
Still living as of 1972.
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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Robert Goodloe Harper Speed (1845-1925) —
also known as Robert G. H. Speed —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Caroline, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 6,
1845.
Progressive. Fire
insurance business; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
27, 1925 (age 79 years, 205
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Robert Loring Speed (1873-1962) —
also known as Robert L. Speed —
of Slaterville Springs, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., August
17, 1873.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1935.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 8,
1962 (age 88 years, 325
days).
Interment at Garrett Mandeville Cemetery, Caroline, N.Y.
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Dean Mallory Stephens (1893-1961) —
also known as D. Mallory Stephens —
of Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Patterson, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
17, 1893.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1926-52; chair of
Putnam County Republican Party, 1939; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1961 (age 67 years, 25
days).
Interment at Maple
Avenue Cemetery, Patterson, N.Y.
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William Morey Stuart (b. 1883) —
also known as William M. Stuart —
of Canisteo, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cameron town, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 7,
1883.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster;
author;
member of New York
state assembly, 1937-52 (Steuben County 2nd District 1937-44,
Steuben County 1945-52).
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe Marsh Sweetland (1860-1944) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., August
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1917.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Grange; Delta
Chi.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
12, 1944 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
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Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge (1821-1881) —
also known as Rowland E. Trowbridge —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 18,
1821.
Member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1857-60; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1861-63, 1865-69 (4th District
1861-63, 5th District 1865-69); defeated, 1862, 1868.
Member, Grange.
Died in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., April
20, 1881 (age 59 years, 306
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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William H. Van Cleef (1857-1934) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., April 9,
1857.
Republican. Farmer;
justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1924-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange.
Died in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., November
20, 1934 (age 77 years, 225
days).
Interment at Restvale
Cemetery, Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull
and Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Mary Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth; married,
September
30, 1902, to Alice Hay (daughter of John
Milton Hay); father of James
Jermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who married William
Stuart Symington); nephew of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth; grandson of James
Samuel Wadsworth; grandfather of James
Wadsworth Symington; great-grandson of Reverdy
Johnson; great-grandnephew of Thomas
Fielder Bowie; second great-grandson of John
Johnson; second great-grandnephew of Robert
William Bowie (1787-1848); third great-grandson of Erastus
Wolcott and Robert
William Bowie (1750-1818); third great-grandnephew of Oliver
Wolcott Sr., Benjamin
Mackall IV, Walter
Bowie and Thomas
Mackall; fourth great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, Frederick
Wolcott and Margaret
Taylor; second cousin once removed of Edward
Oliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of John
William Allen, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Eli
Coe Birdsey, George
Harrison Hall and Alfred
Wolcott. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June
1919 |
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Earle S. Warner (b. 1880) —
of Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Phelps town, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
12, 1880.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1933-45 (43rd District 1933-44, 48th District
1945); defeated (Democratic), 1914; resigned 1945; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1945-49; appointed 1945.
Member, Elks; Exchange
Club; Grange; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry D. Warner. |
| | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Harvey Warner (1809-1889) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April 5,
1809.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
postmaster at Coldwater,
Mich., 1832-35, 1838-46; village
president of Coldwater, Michigan, 1847-49, 1851-52.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., January
15, 1889 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Zadoc Warner and Annis (Twist) Warner; married, July 16,
1831, to Henrietta Anderson. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: History of Branch County
(1879) |
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Orin S. Wilcox (b. 1898) —
of Theresa, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Alexandria town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
22, 1898.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1945-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry V. Wilson —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Wolcott, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Carlton town, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1905-06, 1941-46 (Orleans County 1905-06, Wayne
County 1941-46).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Wyckoff (1846-1921) —
of Navarino, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Navarino, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
28, 1846.
Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1893-94.
Member, Grange.
Died, in the Homeopathic Hospital,
Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
3, 1921 (age 75 years, 159
days).
Interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Navarino, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Austin Jonathan Wyckoff and Rebecca (Eggleston) Wyckoff; married,
January
27, 1869, to Emma Jeanette Beebe. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: New York State
Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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