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Morris Michael Edelstein (1888-1941) —
also known as M. Michael Edelstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Meseritz (Międzyrzec), Poland,
February
5, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940-41; died in
office 1941.
Jewish.
Completed delivery of a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, and then died nearby in the House cloakroom, in
the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1941 (age 53 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Steven Effman (b. 1950) —
also known as Steve Effman —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1993-96; member of Florida
state house of representatives 98th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Admitted
in 2003 to inappropriate
relationships
with three divorce clients; suspended
from the practice of law for 91 days.
Still living as of 2003.
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Edwin Einstein (1842-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
18, 1842.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1879-81; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1892; president, New River Mineral
Company; director, Alabama Mineral
Land Company; director, Raritan Woolen Mills;
trustee, Texas Pacific Land Trust.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1905 (age 62 years, 67
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Lewis David Einstein (1877-1967) —
also known as Lewis Einstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1877.
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1911; Czechoslovakia, 1921-30.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Corresponded for 32 years with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
Died in Paris, France,
December
4, 1967 (age 90 years, 264
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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June Margolin Eisland —
also known as June M. Eisland —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984
(alternate), 1988,
1996,
2000.
Female.
Jewish. Member, NAACP; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2000.
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Abram Isaac Elkus (1867-1947) —
also known as Abram I. Elkus —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
6, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1911-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1916-17; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1919-20; defeated, 1913, 1920.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee; Freemasons.
Died in Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
15, 1947 (age 80 years, 70
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Meyer C. Ellenstein (1886-1967) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
15, 1886.
Democrat. Dentist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1948;
lawyer;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1933-41; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey.
Jewish.
Died February
11, 1967 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oheb
Shalom Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Martin Emerich (1846-1922) —
of Illinois.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
27, 1846.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1903-05.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
27, 1922 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Douglas Craig Emhoff (b. 1964) —
also known as Doug Emhoff —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1964.
Lawyer;
Second
Gentleman of the United States, 2021-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2022.
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Henry H. Eng (b. 1948) —
also known as Hank Eng —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
7, 1948.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; aerospace
engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 6th District, 2008.
Jewish. Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Eliot Lanze Engel (b. 1947) —
also known as Eliot L. Engel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
18, 1947.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972
(alternate), 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly 81st District, 1977-88; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (19th District 1989-93,
17th District 1993-2003).
Jewish. Member, Pi
Lambda Phi; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2014.
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Eugene J. Epstein (b. 1912) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
5, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Mitchell L. Erlanger (c.1857-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York County Sheriff, 1904; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-27; president, A. L.
Erlanger Amusement Enterprises, and stage
producer.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1940 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Erlanger and Regina Erlanger; married 1932 to Janet
Nordenshield. |
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Barry M. Farber (b. 1930) —
also known as Barry Farber —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1930.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1970; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; writer; talk
show host.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2012.
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Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; American
Judicature Society.
Died, of advanced heart
disease, at New York Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Samuel Fassler (c.1889-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine),
about 1889.
Democrat. President, Fassler Iron Works;
New York City Commissioner of Buildings, 1933-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940.
Jewish. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1958 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Schlanger. |
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Howard Melvin Fast (1914-2003) —
also known as Howard Fast; "E. V.
Cunningham"; "Walter Ericson" —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
11, 1914.
Communist. Novelist;
in 1950, suspected of sedition,
he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee,
where he refused to name fellow members of the Communist Party; convicted
of contempt
of Congress and sentenced to three months in prison;
awarded the Stalin
Peace Prize in 1953; American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1952.
Jewish.
Died in Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
12, 2003 (age 88 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Fatman (1852-1919) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1852.
Cotton
buyer; Consul
for Belgium in Charleston,
S.C., 1883-94.
Jewish.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
15, 1919 (age 66 years, 98
days).
Interment at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) —
also known as George J. Feldman —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69.
Jewish.
Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of
NASA as a civilian space agency.
Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing
Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Jeffrey C. Feldman (b. 1953) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
20, 1953.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1983-85; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2000.
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Steven B. Feren (b. 1950) —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1992-96; candidate for Florida
state senate, 1996; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1998-2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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M. Maldwin Fertig (b. 1887) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1887.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1915-17, 1919 (New York County 34th District
1915-17, Bronx County 4th District 1919); defeated, 1917, 1919; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1938.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Fertig and Celia (Siegel) Fertig; married, August
25, 1920, to Mathilda W. Wohl. |
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Barbara J. Fife —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1988;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1983-90.
Female.
Jewish. Member, National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 1993.
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Sidney Asher Fine (1903-1982) —
also known as Sidney A. Fine —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
14, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1945-46; member of
New
York state senate 24th District, 1947-50; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1951-56 (23rd District 1951-53,
22nd District 1953-56); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1956-75.
Jewish.
Died, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1982 (age 78 years, 221
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, St. Albans, Queens, N.Y.
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Israel Frederick Fischer (1858-1940) —
also known as Israel F. Fischer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1898; member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers, 1899-1927; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1927-33.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1940 (age 81 years, 212
days).
Interment at Maimonides
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Harold Leonard Fisher (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold L. Fisher; "Mr.
Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960,
1976,
1980;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1967;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; chairman, New York
Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1977-79.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1999 (age 89 years, 16
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Fisher and Pauline Fisher; married to Betty
Kahn. |
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Philip Forman (1895-1978) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1928-32; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1932-59; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1959-61.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died August
17, 1978 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Frank (c.1904-1955) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
law
professor; New York City Third Deputy Police Commissioner,
1950-53; candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1953.
Jewish. Member, American
Arbitration Association.
Died May 10,
1955 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Frank. |
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Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) —
also known as Jerome Frank —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1889.
Lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in
office 1957.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Alan Stuart Franken (b. 1951) —
also known as Al Franken; "Stuart
Smalley" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1951.
Democrat. Comedian;
author;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2009-18; resigned 2018; in November 2017,
Leeann Tweeden alleged that Franken had forcibly
kissed her on a 2006 USO tour; Franken was also photographed
appearing to place his hands on
or near her breasts; other women made similar allegations; resigned
from the Senate in January.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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George Frankenthaler (1886-1968) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944; defeated, 1943
(Judiciary), 1944.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1968 (age 81 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Friedman (b. 1934) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1977-94 (83rd District 1977-82, 79th District
1983-92, 80th District 1993-94); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1988;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1994.
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Louis L. Friedman (b. 1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1941-44; member
of New
York state senate 15th District, 1945-55; resigned 1955; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1957-58.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith; National
Lawyers Guild.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley H. Fuld (1903-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1946-66; appointed 1946; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1967-73.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; B'nai
B'rith.
Died July 22,
2003 (age 99 years, 333
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emanuel I. Fuld and Hermine (Frisch) Fuld; married, May 29,
1930, to Florence Geringer; married to Stella
Rapaport. |
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