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  Hortense W. Gabel (1912-1990) — also known as Hortense Wittstein — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., December 16, 1912. Democrat. Lawyer; New York City Rent and Rehabilitation Commissioner, 1962-65; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1975-87; appointed 1975; resigned 1987; accused in 1987 of accepting a bribe from New York Consumer Affairs Commissioner Bess Myerson in the form of a city job for her daughter; allegedly in return, the judge reduced child support payments for Myerson's lover, Carl A. Capasso; the scandal was called "the Bess Mess"; she resigned as Justice; indicted on federal bribery charges in 1988, along with Myerson and Capasso; tried and found not guilty. Female. Jewish. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 7, 1990 (age 77 years, 356 days). Interment at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Rubin J. Wittstein and Bessie Wittstein; married 1944 to Milton Gabel.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clarence G. Galston (1876-1964) — of Woodmere, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 18, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-56; senior judge, 1957-60. Jewish. Died January 22, 1964 (age 87 years, 279 days). Interment at Mt. Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Sigmund Galston and Linda (Mainster) Galston; married, February 5, 1906, to Estelle Elkus; married to Constance Matthiessen.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Julius J. Gans Julius J. Gans (1896-1973) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1896. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1936-37, 1939-54 (Bronx County 5th District 1936-37, 1939-44, Bronx County 6th District 1945-54); defeated, 1937; civil court judge in New York, 1961-67. Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Zionist Organization of America; B'nai B'rith. Died, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 24, 1973 (age 77 years, 93 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathan Gans and Ida (Lowenthal) Gans; married to Sylvia (Kugel) Tisch.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
Abraham N. Geller Abraham N. Geller (1899-1969) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, May 15, 1899. Democrat. Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962-69; died in office 1969. Jewish. Died, in Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 8, 1969 (age 69 years, 297 days). Interment at Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Benton Harbor (Mich.) News-Palladium, January 6, 1966
  Abraham J. Gellinoff (1902-1994) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born November 18, 1902. Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1961-76. Jewish. Resigned during an inquiry into the appointment of his son-in-law as an arbitrator. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1994 (age 91 years, 64 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Helen Getler (b. 1925) — of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 30, 1925. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972. Female. Jewish. Member, Delta Sigma Pi; League of Women Voters. Still living as of 1993.
  Louis DeWitt Gibbs (1880-1929) — also known as Louis D. Gibbs — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lodz, Poland, October 16, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1913; survived an assassination attempt, when a bomb intended to kill him exploded at the Bronx Court House, October 31, 1914; county judge in New York, 1914-24; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925-29; died in office 1929. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; B'nai B'rith; Order Brith Abraham. Died, in the Glen Springs Sanitarium, Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, N.Y., March 1, 1929 (age 48 years, 136 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Isadore Gibbs and Pauline (Greenbaum) Gibbs; married, October 14, 1906, to Anna White.
  Jacob H. Gilbert (1920-1981) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., June 17, 1920. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1951-54; member of New York state senate 27th District, 1955-60; U.S. Representative from New York, 1960-71 (23rd District 1960-63, 22nd District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith; Zionist Organization of America; American Jewish Congress; Lions; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 27, 1981 (age 60 years, 255 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) — also known as Joan Ruth Bader — of Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 15, 1933. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-93; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1993-. Female. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Civil Liberties Union; American Jewish Congress; Phi Alpha Delta. Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2002. Died in Washington, D.C., September 18, 2020 (age 87 years, 187 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1954 to Martin Ginsburg.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — National Women's Hall of Fame
  Benjamin Gladstone (1896-1935) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 16, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1934-35; died in office 1935. Jewish. Member, Elks; American Legion. Died, from a heart attack, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., December 13, 1935 (age 38 years, 362 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Gladstone.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Deborah J. Glick — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1991-2001 (61st District 1991-92, 66th District 1993-2001); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996, 2000, 2008. Female. Jewish. Member, National Organization for Women; Lesbian. Still living as of 2008.
  Bernard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) — also known as Bernard H. Goetz; Bernhard Goetz; "Subway Vigilante" — of New York City (unknown county), N.Y. Born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., November 7, 1947. Fusion candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 2001. German and Jewish ancestry. On December 22, 1984, he shot and wounded four young men who were about to rob him, and subsequently fled to New England, until he turned himself in at Concord, N.H.; arraigned on attempted murder, assault, and weapons charges; convicted only for carrying an unlicensed gun; sentenced to one year in jail; served eight months. Still living as of 2014.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) — also known as Arthur J. Goldberg — of Illinois; New York; Washington, D.C. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 8, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; general counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO, 1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1960; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78. Jewish. Member, American Jewish Committee; Americans for Democratic Action. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1978. Died of coronary artery disease, in Washington, D.C., January 19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married, July 18, 1931, to Dorothy Kurgans.
  Cross-reference: Stephen G. Breyer
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Henry Mayer Goldfogle (1856-1929) — also known as Henry M. Goldfogle — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 23, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1888-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1928 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York, 1901-15, 1919-21 (9th District 1901-13, 12th District 1913-15, 1919-21); defeated, 1914, 1920. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith. Died June 1, 1929 (age 73 years, 9 days). Interment at Union Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Mayer Goldfogle.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frances Goldin (1924-2020) — also known as Frances Axler — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., June 22, 1924. Housing rights and neighborhood activist; American Labor candidate for New York state senate 18th District, 1950; literary agent. Female. Jewish ancestry. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 16, 2020 (age 95 years, 329 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Daughter of Michael Axler and Sophie (Saslowsky) Axler; married 1944 to Morris Goldin.
  The Francis Goldin Houses apartment building (opened 2018), in Manhattan, New York, is named for her.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 23, 1936. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District 1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1989. Jewish. Member, Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; American Jewish Congress; NAACP; B'nai B'rith; American Jewish Committee; American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2001.
  See also Internet Movie Database profile
  Irving Islington Goldsmith (b. 1881) — also known as Irving I. Goldsmith — of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born April 27, 1881. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Justice of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1927-28; appointed 1927; defeated, 1927; appointed 1928; defeated, 1928. Jewish. Member, American Legion; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin J. Goldsmith and Eliza (Cohn) Goldsmith.
  Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (1896-1981) — also known as Nathaniel L. Goldstein — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 9, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law partner of Charles C. Lockwood during the 1920s; accountant; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940, 1944, 1948; New York state attorney general, 1943-54. Jewish. Member, American Legion; American Bar Association; Alpha Epsilon Pi; American Jewish Committee; Freemasons; Elks; Zionist Organization of America; B'nai B'rith. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 24, 1981 (age 84 years, 288 days). Interment at Mt. Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Etta May Brown.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Monroe Goldwater (1885-1980) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 11, 1885. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Edward J. Flynn; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948 (alternate), 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1960, 1964; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966. Jewish. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 21, 1980 (age 95 years, 10 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Lea Prinstein; father of Richard M. Goldwater.
  The Goldwater High school, in Eilat, Israel, is named for him.
  Clara L. Gompers (1887-1977) — also known as Clara Gompers; Clara Rodriguez=Lopez — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach), Broward County, Fla. Born in New York, June 11, 1887. Democrat. Member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930, 1945, 1964; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960, 1964. Female. Jewish. Died in Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., September 28, 1977 (age 90 years, 109 days). Interment at Acacia Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Moses Rodriguez=Lopez; married, August 27, 1905, to Louis Gompers.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) — Born in London, England, January 27, 1850. Democrat. Cigar maker; Founder and president, American Federation of Labor; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., December 13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
  Samuel Gompers High School (built 1930, closed about 2012), in Bronx, New York, was named for him.  — Gompers School (also known as Eastern High School), Baltimore, Maryland, was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abraham Goodman (c.1885-1926) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1885. Democrat. Lawyer; counsel for the Furriers Union and other labor organizations; member of New York state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1916-17. Jewish. Died, following appendicitis surgery, in St. Mark's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 27, 1926 (age about 41 years). Interment at Mt. Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Goodman.
  Carolyn G. Goodman (b. 1939) — also known as Carolyn Goldmark — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., March 25, 1939. Mayor of Las Vegas, Nev., 2011-. Female. Jewish. Still living as of 2021.
  Relatives: Married 1962 to Oscar Baylin Goodman.
  See also Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article
  Robert Willard Gordon (1916-1986) — also known as Robert W. Gordon — of Miramar, Broward County, Fla.; Hollywood, Broward County, Fla. Born in New York, October 1, 1916. Real estate developer; mayor of Miramar, Fla., 1955-59. Jewish. Died, following a heart attack, in Hollywood, Broward County, Fla., August 20, 1986 (age 69 years, 323 days). Interment at Temple Beth El Memorial Gardens, Davie, Fla.
  Relatives: Married to June Elaine Mailman.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Bernard Gotlieb Bernard Gotlieb (1893-1979) — of Washington, D.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 7, 1893. School teacher; interpreter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Baghdad, 1917; Cairo, 1918-21; U.S. Consul in Teheran, 1921-24; Halifax, 1924-26; Singapore, 1926-28; Wellington, 1928-33; Messina, 1933-34; Trieste, 1934-37; Nuevo Laredo, 1940-42; Santiago de Cuba, 1942-43; Havana, 1943-44; Windsor, 1944-47. Jewish. Died in Marin County, Calif., March 15, 1979 (age 85 years, 128 days). Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Maurice Henry Gotlieb and Rebecca (Wolff) Gotlieb; married, July 2, 1929, to Audrey Gwendoline Ormiston.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1918)
  Sedgwick William Green (1929-2002) — also known as S. William Green; Bill Green — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 16, 1929. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1965-68 (New York County 9th District 1965, 72nd District 1966, 66th District 1967-68); U.S. Representative from New York, 1978-93 (18th District 1978-83, 15th District 1983-93); defeated, 1968 (17th District), 1992 (14th District); candidate for Governor of New York, 1994. Jewish. Died, of liver cancer, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 14, 2002 (age 72 years, 363 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel Greenbaum (b. 1854) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in London, England, January 23, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1901-22; resigned 1922; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1920-22. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Louis Greenbaum and Rachel (Schlesinger) Greenbaum; married, March 13, 1888, to Selina Ullman.
  Abraham Greenberg (b. 1881) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 22, 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1908, 1913-14 (New York County 31st District 1908, New York County 26th District 1913-14); member of New York state senate 17th District, 1927-28; defeated, 1928. Jewish. Member, Tammany Hall; Elks; Freemasons; Redmen; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Samuel L. Greenberg (b. 1898) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1943-72 (8th District 1943-44, 12th District 1945-54, 17th District 1955-65, 22nd District 1966, 19th District 1967-72); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948, 1952. Jewish. Member, Phi Sigma Delta; Knights of Pythias; American Legion; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Ronald L. Greenstein (b. 1951) — also known as Ron Greenstein — of Coconut Creek, Broward County, Fla. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 26, 1951. Democrat. Member of Florida state house of representatives 95th District, 1999-; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000. Jewish. Still living as of 2000.
  Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) — also known as Nelson G. Gross — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J.; Saddle River, Bergen County, N.J. Born January 9, 1932. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1962-63; candidate for New Jersey state senate District 13, 1965; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1968; chair of Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate developer; restaurant owner. Jewish. Indicted in May 1973 on charges of falsifying a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and counseling a witness to commit perjury; convicted in March 1974, and sentenced to two years jail; served six months. Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York, and stabbed to death, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 17, 1997 (age 65 years, 251 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Gross.
  Abraham G. Grossman (1902-1997) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 29, 1902. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Meriden, Conn., 1971-73, 1975-77. Jewish. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., February 15, 1997 (age 94 years, 48 days). Interment at Meriden Hebrew Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) — also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr. Alaska" — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 6, 1887. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; writer; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956; member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, 1952; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960, 1968, 1972; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War. Died of cancer in Washington, D.C., June 26, 1974 (age 87 years, 140 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Son of Emil Gruening and Phebe (Fridenberg) Gruening; married, November 19, 1914, to Dorothy Elizabeth Smith.
  Mount Ernest Gruening, in Juneau, Alaska, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Ernest Gruening: Claus-M Naske, Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest Governor
  Henry Anatole Grunwald (1922-2005) — also known as Henry Grunwald; Heinz Anatol Grunwald — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Vienna, Austria, December 3, 1922. Editor-in-chief of Time magazine; U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1987-90. Jewish. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 26, 2005 (age 82 years, 85 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Grunwald and Mila (Lowenstein) Grunwald; married 1953 to Beverly Suser; married 1987 to Louise Melhado.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) — also known as Harry F. Guggenheim — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in West End, Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., August 23, 1890. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining and smelting business; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, of Newsday, the daily newspaper of Long Island, New York. Jewish. Died, of cancer, in Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 22, 1971 (age 80 years, 152 days). Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Guggenheim and Florence (Schloss) Guggenheim; brother of Meyer Robert Guggenheim; married, November 9, 1910, to Helen Rosenberg; married, February 3, 1923, to Caroline (Morton) Potter (daughter of Paul Morton; sister of Pauline Morton Sabin; granddaughter of Julius Sterling Morton); married, July 1, 1939, to Alicia (Patterson) Brooks (daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson; great-granddaughter of Joseph Meharry Medill); nephew of Solomon Robert Guggenheim and Simon Guggenheim.
  Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 30, 1867. Republican. Mining and smelting business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1912. Jewish. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307 days). Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim; brother of Solomon Robert Guggenheim; married, November 24, 1898, to Olga Helen Hirsh; uncle of Meyer Robert Guggenheim and Harry Frank Guggenheim.
  Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) — also known as Solomon R. Guggenheim — of New York. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 2, 1861. Republican. Mining, smelting, and railroad executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924. Jewish. Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Died near Port Washington, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., November 3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274 days). Entombed at Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim; brother of Simon Guggenheim; married 1895 to Irene Rothschild (aunt of Victor Henry Rothschild II); uncle of Meyer Robert Guggenheim and Harry Frank Guggenheim.
  Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry A. Guinzburg (b. 1856) — of St. Louis, Mo.; New York City (unknown county), N.Y. Born in Baltimore, Md., April 11, 1856. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896. Jewish. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Aaron Guinzburg and Caroline (Kuh) Guinzburg; married, November 18, 1896, to Leonie B. Kleinert.
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