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Louis Waldman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Yancherudnia, Russia (now Ukraine),
January
5, 1892.
Socialist. Civil
engineer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1918, 1920;
expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1924; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1927 (Socialist), 1937
(American Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928, 1930, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish and Ukrainian
ancestry.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled
again on September 21.
Suffered a severe stroke,
and died four years later, in the Jewish Home
and Hospital for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1982 (age 90 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David A. Wallach (b. 1895) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948.
Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Wallach and Clara Wallach; married to Madeleine
Spiro. |
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Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937) —
also known as Felix M. Warburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamburg, Germany,
January
14, 1871.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; financier;
philanthropist; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1937 (age 66 years, 279
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Deborah Wasserman=Schultz (b. 1966) —
also known as Debbie Wasserman=Schultz; Deborah
Wasserman —
of Davie, Broward
County, Fla.; Weston, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
27, 1966.
Democrat. Aide to U.S. Rep. Peter
Deutsch, 1989-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives 97th District, 1993-2000; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Florida
state senate, 2001-04; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 2005-18 (20th District 2005-13, 23rd
District 2013-18); Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 2011-16.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; National
Organization for Women; American
Jewish Congress.
Youngest woman ever elected to the Florida legislature.
Still living as of 2018.
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Anthony David Weiner (b. 1964) —
also known as Anthony D. Weiner; "Carlos
Danger" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
4, 1964.
Democrat. Staff for U.S. Rep. Charles
E. Schumer, 1985-91; member, New York city council, 1992-98 (at
age 27, the youngest member ever elected); U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1999-2011; resigned
2011; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2005, 2013; in 2011, a scandal
developed over his Internet communications with much younger women,
including sexually
suggestive and sexually
explicit photos and texts; after initially denying
responsibility, he admitted that the photos were of him, and that he
had sent them; resigned
from Congress in June 2011; in July 2013, more pictures and sexting,
sent under the name "Carlos Danger", were revealed, which discredited
his mayoral candidacy; in September 2017, he pleaded
guilty to a federal charge
of transferring obscene
material to a minor; sentenced
to 21 months in prison.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Herman Weinkrantz (1908-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodz, Poland,
April
15, 1908.
American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1937; American
Labor candidate for New York
state senate 23rd District, 1940; legal aide to New York City
Mayor Robert
F. Wagner, 1952-59; criminal court judge, 1959-69.
Jewish.
Died April 4,
1969 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Helene E. Weinstein —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 41st District, 1981-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2001.
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Theodore S. Weiss (1927-1992) —
also known as Ted Weiss —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Gava, Hungary,
September
17, 1927.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1980,
1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1977-92 (20th District 1977-83,
17th District 1983-92); died in office 1992.
Jewish.
Died September
14, 1992 (age 64 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Saul Weprin (1927-1994) —
of Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
5, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 24th District, 1971-94; died in office 1994; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1991-94; died in office 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
11, 1994 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ben Werbel (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
November
23, 1898.
Democrat. Advertising
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mollie Katz. |
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Robert Wexler (b. 1961) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
2, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 19th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Winter (1849-1917) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1849.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1904-08.
Jewish.
Died in 1917
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Hebrew
Rest Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Stephen Samuel Wise (1874-1949) —
also known as Stephen Wise; Stephen Samuel
Weisz —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
March
17, 1874.
Democrat. Rabbi;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; NAACP.
Died, from a stomach
ailment, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1949 (age 75 years, 33
days).
Entombed at Westchester
Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Joseph C. Wolff (b. 1849) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Besancon, France,
January
9, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1893; member
of New
York state senate 11th District, 1894-95.
Jewish. Member, Tammany
Hall; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York State Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
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Lester Lionel Wolff (b. 1919) —
also known as Lester L. Wolff —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
4, 1919.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-81 (3rd District 1965-73, 6th
District 1973-81); defeated, 1980.
Jewish.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (b. 1943) —
also known as Paul Wolfowitz —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
22, 1943.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1986-89.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jerry Wurf (b. 1919) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1919.
Democrat. President, American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees, from 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1972,
1980.
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Arbitration Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61; imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Jewish.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lee M. Zeldin (b. 1980) —
of Shirley, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in East Meadow, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
30, 1980.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 2011-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 2015-; defeated, 2008.
Jewish. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans.
Still living as of 2018.
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Herbert Zelenko (1906-1979) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
16, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1955-63.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
23, 1979 (age 72 years, 344
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) —
also known as Charles Zimmerman; Alexander
Ubsushone —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne, Ukraine),
1896.
Communist. Garment
worker; Workers candidate for New York
state assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (Bronx
County 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled from
Communist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and became
anti-Communist by 1946; vice-president,
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1934-72; became blind
in 1966.
Jewish ancestry.
Died June 3,
1983 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Zuckerbrot (1909-1966) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland),
August
23, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1940; candidate
for New York
state senate, 1942 (11th District), 1946 (8th District).
Jewish.
Died April
28, 1966 (age 56 years, 248
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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