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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914 (14th District), 1932
(20th District); major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. |
| | | Cross-reference: Vito
Marcantonio — Clendenin
Ryan |
| | | LaGuardia Airport,
in Queens,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. Paul
Jeffers, The
Napoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —
Thomas Kessner, Fiorello
H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York —
Mervyn D. Kaufman, Fiorello
LaGuardia — Alyn Brodsky, The
Great Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New
York |
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May
1, 1880.
Republican. Advertising
business; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; resigned 1923;
chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (1924-2013) —
also known as Frank R. Lautenberg —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.; Secaucus, Hudson
County, N.J.; Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive with
Automatic
Data Processing, a payroll services company; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982-2001, 2003-13; died in office 2013;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died, from viral
pneumonia, while suffering with stomach
cancer, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
2013 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
12, 1844.
Republican. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1900,
1904.
Jewish.
Died March 4,
1923 (age 78 years, 204
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Louis E. Lazarus (b. 1877) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April
21, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1909.
Jewish. Member, Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis J. Lefkowitz (1904-1996) —
also known as "The People's Lawyer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;
municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
New
York state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1961.
Jewish. Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1996 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Lefkowitz and Mollie (Isaacs) Lefkowitz; married, June 14,
1931, to Helen Schwimmer. |
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Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) —
also known as Herbert H. Lehman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
28, 1878.
Democrat. Director, Consolidated Cotton Duck
Co., Imperial Cotton Co.,
U.S. Cotton
Duck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1929-32; Governor of
New York, 1933-42; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Gamma Delta; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into the
Jewish-American Hall of
Fame in 1974.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1963 (age 85 years, 252
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Irving Lehman (1876-1945) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909-23; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1924-39; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1940-45.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
22, 1945 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Orin Lehman (1920-2008) —
also known as "Father Nature" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
14, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during
the Battle of the Bulge and lost a
leg; newspaper
publisher; chairman, Colgreen Broadcasting
Group, owner of radio
stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit
employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, John
J. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966; producer
of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of
Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 2008 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Montague Lessler (1869-1938) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1869.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1902-03; defeated,
1902 (8th District), 1916 (11th District).
Jewish.
Died February
17, 1938 (age 69 years, 47
days).
Cremated.
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Aryeh Lev —
of New York.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Jewish.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Lawrence Levey (1898-1970) —
also known as Irving L. Levey —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1898.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-68.
Jewish.
Died in Montecatini, Italy,
August
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1947 to Emily
Wilkens. |
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Sidney Leviss (1917-2007) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 21,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
borough
president of Queens, New York, 1969-71; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1971-93.
Jewish.
Died September
7, 2007 (age 90 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Levitt (1900-1980) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 28,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; New York
state comptroller, 1955-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1980
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Levitt Jr. (b. 1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
3, 1931.
Democrat. Investment
broker; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1964;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967;
chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1993-2001.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Aaron Jefferson Levy (1881-1955) —
also known as Aaron J. Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1908-13;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
municipal judge in New York, 1913-23; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-51.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
21, 1955 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mokom
Sholom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Levy and Annie (Bernstein) Levy; married, March
10, 1903, to Libbie Finkelstein. |
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David A. Levy (b. 1953) —
of New York.
Born in Johnson
County, Ind., December
18, 1953.
Lawyer;
utility
company executive; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1993-95; defeated
(Conservative), 1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jefferson Monroe Levy (1852-1924) —
also known as Jefferson M. Levy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1911-15 (13th District
1899-1901, 1911-13, 14th District 1913-15).
Jewish. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the War of 1812.
Inherited Thomas
Jefferson's home, Monticello, from his uncle; maintained and
preserved it for later generations.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1924 (age 71 years, 325
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
March
1, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
American Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932
(Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office
1971.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married 1922 to Pearl
G. Spivak. |
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Meyer Levy (1887-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 26th District, 1916-17;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1923-24; defeated, 1924.
Jewish. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias; Order
Brith Abraham.
Died, in Park East Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1967 (age 79 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances S. Levy. |
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Sylvan Levy (1870-1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1870.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; hay and
grain
dealer; insurance
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1934 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Mallory Levy (1827-1882) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., October
31, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1859; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1875-77; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1879.
Jewish.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
14, 1882 (age 54 years, 287
days).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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Albert Lewis (1923-2006) —
also known as Al Lewis; Albert Meister;
"Grampa"; "Grandpa" —
of Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
30, 1923.
Green. Worked as a circus
performer and later as an actor;
most famous role was as "Grandpa Munster" on the television
comedy series The Munsters, 1964-66; owned an Italian restaurant
in New York; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1998; radio talk
show host on WBAI-FM.
Jewish.
Died, in a hospital
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
3, 2006 (age 82 years, 279
days).
Cremated.
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Harry E. Lewis (c.1880-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-48; died in office
1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his cottage at the Saranac Inn,
Upper Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
23, 1948 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Lewis and Emma (Lowenthal) Lewis; brother of Oscar
A. Lewis; married to Rose Nathan. |
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Simon J. Liebowitz (c.1906-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1960-68 (10th District 1960-65, 18th District 1966,
15th District 1967-68); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969-75.
Jewish. Member, Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 24,
1998 (age about 92
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Lipson (1913-2003) —
also known as Mitch Lipson —
of Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1913.
Secret
Service agent; One of the first
Jews in the U.S. Secret Service; worked as bodyguard for Presidents
Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry
S. Truman; lawyer.
Jewish.
Died in Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
22, 2003 (age about 89
years).
Cremated.
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Lucius Nathan Littauer (1859-1944) —
also known as Lucius N. Littauer —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., January
20, 1859.
Republican. Glove
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1907 (22nd District 1897-1903,
25th District 1903-07); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1928.
Jewish.
Died March 2,
1944 (age 85 years, 42
days).
Interment at Jewish
Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Littauer and Harriet (Sporborg) Littauer. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Image source: Autobiographies and
Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
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Jacob Henry Livingston (1896-1950) —
also known as Jacob H. Livingston —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1926-35; member
of New
York state senate 9th District, 1935-38; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 9th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1946-50; died in office
1950.
Jewish. Member, Maccabees.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
21, 1950 (age 54 years, 81
days).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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William Loeb Jr. (1866-1937) —
also known as "Stonewall Loeb" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
9, 1866.
Secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1903-09, and as such, the first
presidential press secretary; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909-13; vice-president, American Smelting and
Refining Co., owner of copper
mines and processing plants.
Jewish ancestry.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
19, 1937 (age 70 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Loeb and Louisa (Meyer) Loeb; married 1902 to
Katharine W. Dorr; father of William Loeb III. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Meyer London (1871-1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kalvaria, Russia,
December
29, 1871.
Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1891; became a citizen
in 1896; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909 (Socialist), 1911, 1925
(Socialist); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1915-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1910 (9th District), 1912 (12th District), 1918 (12th
District), 1922 (12th District); delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Jewish.
Struck
by a car as he was crossing First Avenue, near Eighteenth Street,
in Manhattan, and died soon after at Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1926 (age 54 years, 159
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Sarah Lovell (1922-1994) —
also known as Sarah Rebecca Hellman; Sarah
Zucker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 8,
1922.
Socialist. Candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1957; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1968.
Female.
Jewish ancestry. Member, International
Typographical Union; National
Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer,
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 14,
1994 (age 72 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman; married 1949 to Frank
Lovell; married to Frank Zucker. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, January 6,
1958 |
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard K. Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated,
1970, 1972 (primary), 1972 (Liberal), 1974, 1976, 1978 (primary).
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Nita Melnikoff Lowey (b. 1937) —
also known as Nita M. Lowey; Nita Sue
Melnikoff —
of Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 5,
1937.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2019 (20th District 1989-93,
18th District 1993-2013, 17th District 2013-19); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2019.
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