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Jacob Aaron Cantor (1854-1921) —
also known as Jacob A. Cantor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1854.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1884,
1888;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1885-87;
member of New York
state senate, 1888-98 (10th District 1888-93, 14th District
1894-95, 20th District 1896-98); borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1894 (15th District), 1914 (20th District); president, New York City
Department of Taxes and Assessments, 1918-21.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1921 (age 66 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Lawyer;
a close ally of corrupt New York City political boss William
M. Tweed; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1868-72; resigned 1872; in
1872, an effort was made to impeach
him, along with Justice George
G. Barnard, on charges
that they abused
judicial power in various ways to serve Boss Tweed, as well as
"robber barons" Jay Gould and Jim Fisk; rather than go through an
impeachment trial, Cardozo resigned
from the bench; meanwhile, Barnard's impeachment went forward, and he
was unanimously convicted.
Jewish. Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938) —
also known as Benjamin N. Cardozo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
1870.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1914-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-26; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932-38.
Jewish.
Suffered a heart
attack in 1937, and a stroke in
early 1938, and died a few months later, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 9,
1938 (age 68 years, 46
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) —
also known as Manny Celler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,
15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);
defeated (Liberal), 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
World Federalists; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1981 (age 92 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Sol Chick Chaikin (1918-1991) —
also known as Sol C. Chaikin —
of Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
9, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president,
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1975-86; vice-president,
AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish. Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Died, from heart
failure, in Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, New Hyde Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1991 (age 73 years, 82
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Alexander Chananau (b. 1915) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., November
11, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1958-72 (Bronx County 8th District 1958-65, 88th
District 1966, 82nd District 1967-72); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish. Member, Jewish
War Veterans; American
Arbitration Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Adele Hausthor. |
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Isaac Cohen —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1921.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wolfe Cohen (1874-1940) —
also known as William W. Cohen —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1927-29.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1940 (age 66 years, 36
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Albert Cohn (c.1885-1959) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1885.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 22nd District, 1920; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1929-55; appointed 1929;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1936-49.
Jewish.
Died, from a stroke,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
8, 1959 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Dora Marcus; father of Roy M. Cohn. |
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Harold W. Cohn (b. 1913) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
25, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1959-68 (Kings County 4th District 1959-65, 49th
District 1966, 57th District 1967-68).
Jewish. Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lillian Bartell. |
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Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. (b. 1949) —
also known as Norm Coleman —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
17, 1949.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1994-2002; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1998; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Colman (b. 1933) —
of Monsey, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Wadowice, Poland,
January
14, 1933.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1976,
2000;
member of New York
state assembly 93rd District, 1985-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2001.
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Barry Commoner (1917-2012) —
also known as "Paul Revere of Ecology" —
of Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; biologist;
university
professor; Citizens candidate for President
of the United States, 1980; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 2012 (age 95 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isidore Commoner and Goldie (Yarmolinksy) Commoner; married to
Gloria Gordon; married 1980 to Lisa
Feiner. |
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article |
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Hyman Costrell (b. 1890) —
also known as Jack Robbins —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; New York.
Born in Kurenitz, Russia (now Belarus),
October
19, 1890.
Communist. Arrested
in 1905 in Russia and jailed
three months for demonstrating
and distributing
circulars against the Czarist government; naturalized U.S.
citizen; plumber;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1934.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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William T. Cowin (1901-1991) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
16, 1901.
Republican. Legal secretary to U.S. District Judge Grover
M. Moscowitz; lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney; served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World
War II; candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1956; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1966, 1969-76; defeated,
1963, 1964; appointed 1966; defeated, 1966.
Jewish.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
1, 1991 (age 89 years, 77
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Leesburg, Fla.
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Tony Curtis (1925-2010) —
also known as Bernard Herschel Schwartz —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish. Hungarian
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from COPD and asthma,
in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., September
29, 2010 (age 85 years, 118
days).
Interment at Palm
Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Relatives: Son
of Emanuel Curtis and Helen (Klein) Curtis; married, February
8, 1963, to Christine Kaufmann; married, April
20, 1968, to Leslie Allen; married 1984 to Andrea
Savio; married, February
28, 1993, to Lisa Deutsch; married, November
6, 1998, to Jill Vandenberg; married, June 4,
1951, to Janet
Leigh. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lena Cymbrowitz (1957-2000) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born January
1, 1957.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 45th District, 1999-2000; died in office 2000.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 2000 (age 43 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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