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Samson Inselbuch (b. 1903) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born October
13, 1903.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Stanley Myer Isaacs (1882-1962) —
also known as Stanley M. Isaacs —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1882.
Lawyer;
real
estate investor; builder;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1938-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1962 (age 79 years, 288
days).
Cremated.
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Leo Isacson (1910-1996) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Eastchester, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
20, 1910.
Member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 13th District, 1945-46; defeated
(American Labor), 1946; American Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1945, 1949; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1948-49; defeated
(American Labor), 1948; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party,
1949.
Jewish. Member, Alpha
Epsilon Pi.
Died of cancer in
a hospital
at Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., September
21, 1996 (age 86 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Steve J. Israel (b. 1958) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Hauppauge, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 30,
1958.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 2001-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ivan Itkin (b. 1936) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
29, 1936.
Democrat. Nuclear
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1973-81; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1998.
Jewish. Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Still living as of 1998.
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Sidney Jacobi (b. 1906) —
of Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born February
19, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Burial location unknown.
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Meyer Jacobstein (1880-1963) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1880.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1923-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Jewish.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April
18, 1963 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Eliot Janeway (1913-1993) —
also known as Eliot Jacobstein; "Calamity
Janeway" —
of Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
1, 1913.
Democrat. Economist;
economic advisor to Presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Lyndon
Johnson; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Redding, 1948; newspaper
columnist.
Jewish ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and heart
problems, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1993 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) —
also known as Jacob K. Javits —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54; New York
state attorney general, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated, 1980 (primary), 1980
(Liberal); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; United
World Federalists; Amvets.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 7,
1986 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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George Albert Jessel (1898-1981) —
also known as George Jessel; "Toastmaster General of
the United States" —
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., April 3,
1898.
Democrat. Actor;
songwriter;
movie
producer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 23,
1981 (age 83 years, 50
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) —
also known as Philip M. Kaiser —
of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1913.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81.
Ukrainian
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 24,
2007 (age 93 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Kaminsky (born c.1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1935-36.
Jewish. Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Gloria G. Karp (b. 1925) —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 1973.
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Paul Solomon Kastenbaum (1896-1955) —
also known as Paul S. Kastenbaum —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
24, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1927, 1928.
Jewish. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1955 (age 58 years, 154
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Melinda Katz (b. 1965) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born August
19, 1965.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 28th District, 1994-98; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1998; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000
(alternate), 2008;
member, New York City Council, 2002-09; borough
president of Queens, New York, 2014-.
Female.
Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Arthur J. Katzman (b. 1903) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
September
21, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1988.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hamilton Kaufman (1893-1960) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1948.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died May 5,
1960 (age 66 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maimonides
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special
assistant to Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60; accompanied Vice President Richard
M. Nixon on an official visit to Moscow, 1959.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his office,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Arthur George Klein (1904-1968) —
also known as Arthur G. Klein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
8, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1941-45, 1946-56 (14th District
1941-45, 19th District 1946-56); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957-67; famously ruled, in
1963, that the novel Fanny Hill was not obscene.
Jewish.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
20, 1968 (age 63 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Fairview, N.J.
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Philip M. Kleinfeld (b. 1894) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1922; defeated,
1920; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1923-41; resigned 1941; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1937; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-58; appointed 1941.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Irving Koch (1924-2013) —
also known as Edward I. Koch; Ed Koch —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
12, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-77 (17th District 1969-73,
18th District 1973-77); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1978-89; defeated in primary, 1989;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker).
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
1, 2013 (age 88 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sadie Koenig (c.1876-1939) —
also known as Sadie Prince —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1876.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member
of New
York Republican State Committee, 1930.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1939 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel S. Koenig (1872-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
7, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
secretary
of state of New York, 1909-10; defeated, 1910; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1911-33; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1930; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
17, 1955 (age 82 years, 191
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1900.
Democrat. Tobacco
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944,
1948.
Jewish.
While serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he
died, apparently of a heart
attack, in his hotel
room in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1948 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Harry Kopp (1881-1943) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
February
27, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Nathan
D. Perlman from 1909, Samuel Markewich in 1910-33, and Samuel
Null in 1927-33; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1910-12;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912,
1916.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer,
in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1943 (age 62 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Quentin Lewis Kopp (b. 1928) —
also known as Quentin L. Kopp —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1928.
Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979; member of California
state senate, 1986-98; superior court judge in California,
1999-2004.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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G. Oliver Koppell (b. 1940) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
15, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1970-94 (84th District 1970-82, 80th District
1983-92, 81st District 1993-94); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984,
1996;
New
York state attorney general, 1994; appointed 1994; member City
Council, New York City, from 2002.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Richard Morton Koster (b. 1934) —
also known as Richard M. Koster; R. M.
Koster —
of Canal Zone (now part of Panama).
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1934.
Democrat. Novelist;
journalist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone, 1964,
1968,
1972;
member of Democratic National Committee from Canal Zone, 1967-76;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Democrats Abroad, 1988,
1992,
1996.
Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2013.
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Harry Kraf (b. 1907) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1956-65.
Jewish. Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi; Elks; Urban
League; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles K. Krieger (c.1914-1982) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
about 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1971; defeated, 1971.
Jewish.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., June 17,
1982 (age about 68
years).
Interment at United
Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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David Kusnetz (c.1912-1959) —
of Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1938; member, New York State Workmen's
Compensation Board, 1947-49; law secretary to Justice Joseph
M. Conroy, 1949-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1956-59; died in office
1959.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Suffered an apparent heart
attack, and was dead on arrival at St. John's Hospital,
Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 27,
1959 (age about 47
years).
Burial location unknown.
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