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Grant F. Daniels (b. 1913) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 18,
1913.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1939-44.
Burial location unknown.
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.;
director, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways
Co., Third Avenue Railway
Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Co., American Eagle Fire Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married, April
24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
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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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Louis F. DeSalvio (d. 2004) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-77 (New York County 2nd District 1941-65,
66th District 1966, 60th District 1967-72, 62nd District 1973-77).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Foresters;
Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 2004.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elvira Mongillo. |
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Leo V. Doherty —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1920-21;
defeated, 1921; candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Tappan Dunwell (1852-1908) —
also known as Charles T. Dunwell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., February
13, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance agent; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1903-08; died in
office 1908.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 12,
1908 (age 56 years, 120
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Nicholas J. Eberhard (1878-1957) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1878.
Democrat. Insurance and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 1st District, 1922-33; Bronx
County Clerk, 1934-37.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 1957 (age 78 years, 246
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Eberhard and Anna (Brown) Eberhard; married to Agnes
Clark. |
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola Railroad;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880;
candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abscess
in his right ear, in a hotel at
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Webster Edmunds —
of Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; insurance and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1927-28.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank,
1965; insurance broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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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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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale
grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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James Herbert Fay (1899-1948) —
also known as James H. Fay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
29, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded and lost his
left leg; secretary to the president of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals,
1923-29; deputy commissioner of hospitals, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1939-41, 1943-45;
defeated, 1934, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1940;
chair
of New York County Democratic Party, 1942; insurance and
advertising
business.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American
Legion.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1948 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
lost
an arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering
Co.; manager, Buffalo Fertilizer
Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and
Smelting
Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
16, 1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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DeMyre S. Fero (1832-1916) —
also known as DeMyers S. Fero —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, July, 1832.
Auctioneer;
postmaster at Cobleskill,
N.Y., 1861-62; People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1892, 1894, 1896;
People's candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1893; newspaper
editor; real
estate and insurance business; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., May 19,
1916 (age 83 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Ferril —
of Rockaway Beach, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Neponsit, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; trustee, Rockaway Beach Hospital
and Dispensary; member of New York
state assembly, 1939-45 (Queens County 5th District 1939-44,
Queens County 12th District 1945).
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890) —
also known as Clinton B. Fisk —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.; New Jersey.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., December
8, 1828.
Merchant;
miller;
banker;
insurance business; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1888.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 9,
1890 (age 61 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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John H. Flynn (born c.1879) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., about 1879.
Democrat. Contractor;
real
estate and insurance business; appraiser;
candidate for mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1905; U.S. Appraiser of Customs at New York,
1942-53.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Dodge Frisbie (1859-1931) —
also known as Daniel D. Frisbie —
of Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
30, 1859.
Newspaper
publisher; insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1900-01, 1909-12; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1911.
Died in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., August
6, 1931 (age 71 years, 249
days).
Interment at Middleburgh
Cemetery, Middleburgh, N.Y.
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Paul P. Gallagher —
of Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1923-24, 1926-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank L. Gardner —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1916-21.
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Garrity (b. 1878) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Griffith, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
18, 1878.
Democrat. Coal miner;
probation
officer; insurance broker; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1935-38; defeated, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis H. Gates (1839-1925) —
of Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 30,
1839.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Madison-Onondaga Mutual Fire Insurance Co.;
president, Salt Springs National Bank of
Syracuse; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1908;
member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1903-08.
Suffered a fall on a
street in Syracuse, N.Y., 1923, died from the lingering effects of
the injuries, in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 6,
1925 (age 85 years, 341
days).
Interment at Gates
Cemetery, Sullivan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Gates and Lany (Ehle) Gates; married, October
28, 1863, to Fannie E. Everson; father of John
W. Gates. |
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1907 |
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John W. Gates (1872-1966) —
of Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born near Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., August
18, 1872.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Salt Springs National Bank;
vice-president, Madison Onondaga Mutual Fire Insurance
Company; director, Globe Malleable Iron and
Steel Company; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1925-26; member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1927-32; defeated (Law Preservation),
1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 8,
1966 (age 93 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gates
Cemetery, Sullivan, N.Y.
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837-1927) —
also known as Elbridge T. Gerry; "Commodore
Gerry" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlestown, Washington
County, R.I., December
25, 1837.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; founder
and president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children (said to be the "parent of all child protective
organizations in the world"); governor of New York Hospital,
1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment
(replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, New
York Life Insurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on
Insanity, 1892.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Broke his hip in a fall, and
died two weeks later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1927 (age 89 years, 55
days).
Entombed at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Michael J. Gillen (1884-1942) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1884.
Democrat. Insurance business; real estate
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1926-42; died in
office 1942.
Member, Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in an automobile
as he was leaving a dance, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
1, 1942 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leon E. Giuffreda (1913-1999) —
of Centereach, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
1, 1913.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1966-76.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks.
Died November
8, 1999 (age 86 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose M. Gazzano. |
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Daniel Smith Glidden (b. 1844) —
also known as Daniel S. Glidden —
of Montour, Tama
County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
24, 1844.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; insurance business; treasurer, Dakota Territory
Democratic Party.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Josephine Martin. |
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Ross Graves —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1915-16; member of
New
York state senate 48th District, 1917-19; candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1925.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Alonzo Herkimer Greene (1834-1912) —
also known as Alonzo H. Greene —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Danube, Herkimer
County, N.Y., June 10,
1834.
Republican. Postmaster at Little
Falls, N.Y., 1882-86; insurance agent.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 18,
1912 (age 78 years, 8
days).
Interment at Herkimer Home Burial Ground, Little Falls, N.Y.
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Albert Clinton Griswold (1884-1954) —
also known as Albert C. Griswold —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
10, 1884.
Republican. Life insurance agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield; elected 1920.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 21,
1954 (age 70 years, 161
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter J. Hamill (c.1886-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1916-30 (New York County 2nd District 1916-17,
New York County 1st District 1918-30); died in office 1930.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of appendicitis
surgery, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1930 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March
21, 1866.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Merwin Kimball Hart (1881-1962) —
also known as Merwin K. Hart —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 25,
1881.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1907-08; served
in the U.S. Army during World War I; founder and director, Utica
Mutual Insurance Co.; political ally of "radio priest" Rev.
Charles Coughlin, Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain.
Protestant.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1962 (age 81 years, 158
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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A. Gould Hatch —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1949-57; resigned
1957; member of New York
state senate 52nd District, 1957-60.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Arthur Hay (b. 1859) —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in New Jersey, March, 1859.
Machinist;
insurance business; justice of the peace; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1901.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Ebenezer Hazard (1745-1817) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
15, 1745.
Publisher;
postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1775-76; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1782-89; insurance business; historian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 13,
1817 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward F. Healey —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1920; defeated
(Yorkville Alliance), 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney S. Hein (1907-1972) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1961; director, Franklin National Bank,
Eagle Insurance Company of New Jersey, Peninsula Hospital,
and Brunswick Hospital.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Foresters.
Died, from a heart
attack, at the Inwood Country Club, Inwood, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1972 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugo Hein and Regina (Pulitzer) Hein; married to Frederica
Clark. |
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Harry Helm (1896-1970) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Grayville, White
County, Ill., 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
insurance business; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1962-63.
Member, Rotary.
Died in 1970
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank B. Hendel (b. 1892) —
of Middle Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Middle Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1892.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1927-30; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1931-36.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) —
also known as A. Barton Hepburn —
of Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 24,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; timber
business; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;
superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York Life
Insurance Company, American Agricultural
Chemical
Company, Studebaker Corporation (automobile
manufacturer), and Great Northern Railway.
Hit by
a bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died five
days later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1922 (age 75 years, 185
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil
Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company;
law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles H. Hitchcock (b. 1850) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1899-1901; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1924-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Bankson Taylor Holcomb (1879-1945) —
also known as Bankson T. Holcomb —
of Pittstown, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Pompton Lakes, Passaic
County, N.J.; New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; near Frederica, Kent
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., January
20, 1879.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware
state director, U.S. National Youth Administration; candidate for Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1942.
Died January
9, 1945 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Glebe Cemetery, New Castle, Del.
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Peter F. Hopper (b. 1858) —
of Bogota, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, December, 1858.
Insurance business; Prohibition candidate for New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham D. Hopper and Laura (Williams) Hopper; married 1880 to Emilee
Lopez. |
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Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) —
also known as Alanson B. Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1863.
Republican. President, Corning Glass Works,
1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim Creek Coal and
Coke Company; director, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1928.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., September
15, 1941 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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Amory Houghton (1899-1981) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 27,
1899.
Republican. President (1930-41) and chairman (1941-61), Corning Glass Works;
director, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Erie Railroad,
and National City Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1957-61; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1981
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York, 1930-1940; director, United States Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (1889-1950) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General,
1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance Company.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1950 (age 60 years, 52
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William S. Hults Jr. (1906-1999) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 18,
1906.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1943-44; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1945-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1999
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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Arthur Mastick Hyde (1877-1947) —
also known as Arthur M. Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.; Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., July 12,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
mayor of Princeton, Mo., 1908-10; Progressive candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1912; Governor of
Missouri, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932;
president, Sentinel Life Insurance Company of Kansas City; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, following cancer
surgery, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1947 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
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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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Emil A. Jackson (b. 1911) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., February
2, 1911.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real
estate and insurance business; sergeant-at-arms, New York
State Senate, 1966-67; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest Jackson, Sr. and Florence Mattie (Ross) Jackson; married 1934 to
Mildred Mayo McGrew. |
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Frank Darr Jackson (1854-1938) —
also known as Frank D. Jackson —
of Iowa.
Born in Arcade, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
26, 1854.
Secretary
of state of Iowa, 1885-91; Governor of
Iowa, 1894-96; insurance executive.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
16, 1938 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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H. Clay Johnson —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance executive; mayor of
Rye, N.Y., 1962-66.
Still living as of 1966.
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John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995) —
also known as J. Erik Jonsson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1901.
Among the founders of Geophysical Service, which became Texas
Instruments; president (1951-58), and chairman of the board
(1958-66) of Texas Instruments; director for Republic Bank,
Dallas, 1954-80; Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1958-73;
Dallas Power and
Light, 1955-64; Neiman Marcus, 1956-65; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1964-71.
Member, Newcomen
Society.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
31, 1995 (age 93 years, 359
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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