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Raymond L. Acosta (1925-2014) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 31,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
FBI special agent; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1980-82; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1982-94; took senior status 1994.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died in Chapin, Lexington
County, S.C., December
23, 2014 (age 89 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Leroy Adams (b. 1960) —
also known as Eric L. Adams —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
1, 1960.
Democrat. Police officer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1994; member of New York
state senate 20th District, 2007-13; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 2008;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 2014-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Francis William Holbrook Adams (1904-1990) —
also known as Francis W. H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 26,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1935; New York
City Police Commissioner, 1954-55.
Catholic.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from heart
failure, in the Devon Manor convalescent
home, Devon, Chester
County, Pa., April
20, 1990 (age 85 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Adams and Frances (Bennett) Adams; married, June 21,
1930, to Katherine Quinn. |
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William Alvord (1833-1904) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
3, 1833.
Hardware
dealer; banker; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73; San Francisco Police
Commissioner, 1878-99.
Member, Loyal
Legion; American
Forestry Association.
Died, of heart
failure due to bronchial
troubles, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
21, 1904 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Mario Biaggi (1917-2015) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1917.
Police officer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-88 (24th District 1969-73,
10th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-88); defeated, 1988
(Republican), 1992 (Democratic primary); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1984;
Conservative candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1973.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had accepted bribes
from former Brooklyn political boss Meade
Esposito in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal
gratuities; sentenced
to prison
and fined.
Tried
in 1988 on federal racketeering charges in connection with the
Wedtech Corporation; convicted
on August 4, 1988 on 15 felony counts. Resigned
from Congress following the Wedtech conviction; served more than two
years in prison.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 24,
2015 (age 97 years, 241
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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William C. Bouck (1786-1859) —
also known as "Old White Hoss of
Schoharie" —
of Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Fultonham, Schoharie
County, N.Y., January
7, 1786.
Farmer;
sheriff; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1813-16, 1817-18; member of
New
York state senate Middle District, 1820-22; Governor of
New York, 1843-45; defeated, 1840; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
19, 1859 (age 73 years, 102
days).
Interment at Middleburgh
Cemetery, Middleburgh, N.Y.
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Matt I. Brennan (born c.1955) —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born about 1955.
Republican. Police officer; security worker at Indian Point power
plant; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 2004; candidate for
New
York state assembly 94th District, 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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William C. Brennan Jr. (1918-2000) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
11, 1918.
Democrat. Police officer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1955-64; member
of New
York state senate 12th District, 1967-68; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1970-85; resigned 1985.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
In July 1985, he was indicted
in Federal court for accepting
bribes in return for reducing or dismissing charges in criminal
cases involving organized
crime figures; also charged with extortion;
pleaded not guilty and tried;
did not testify in his own defense; convicted
in December 1985, sentenced
to five years in prison,
and fined
$209,000. He was released from prison in May 1988.
Died May 8,
2000 (age 81 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Gloria
M. Lauer. |
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Jeremiah T. Brooks (c.1819-1911) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1819.
Police officer; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1898; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Freemasons.
Helped to quell the New York City draft riots in 1863; founder of
Prohibition Party organization in New York City, 1882.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1911 (age about 92
years).
Interment somewhere
in Norwalk, Conn.
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William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Brooklyn Fire Commissioner, 1896-97; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Dr. Cooley's Sanitarium,
Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., February
15, 1905 (age 55 years, 198
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Aaron Budlong (b. 1859) —
also known as Charles A. Budlong —
of Marinette, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Frankfort, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 8,
1859.
Republican. Telegrapher;
railway
agent; merchant;
customs inspector; Marinette
County Sheriff, 1913; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Marinette County, 1915-16, 1927-34, 1937-40;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Aaron Budlong and Julianna (Meyers) Budlong; married to Ellen
Finnegan. |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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William F. Condon (1897-1972) —
also known as "Big Bill" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
20, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; deputy
sheriff; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 5th District, 1928-35;
defeated, 1923; member of New York
state senate, 1939-64 (26th District 1939-44, 29th District
1945-54, 32nd District 1955-64); defeated, 1964; lobbyist.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
19, 1972 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., 1873.
Republican. New York City Police Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings
County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1916-37; appointed 1916;
died in office 1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died, from a glandular
ailment, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age about 63
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey; married 1898 to
Florence Graecen. |
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Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
17, 1859.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; fire chief; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry M. Curran (1918-1993) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., January
2, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; deputy sheriff; insurance
business; member of New York
state senate, 1961-70 (3rd District 1961-65, 4th District 1966,
3rd District 1967-70); chair, New York State Harness Racing
Commission, 1970-75.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died, in North Shore University Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
13, 1993 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Rita Rothmann. |
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Oscar Asahel Halevy Dannenberg (b. 1892) —
also known as Oscar A. H. Dannenberg —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
22, 1892.
Democrat. Sheriff; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1929-33;
defeated, 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph Dannenberg and Deborah (Spaine) Dannenberg. |
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John W. Degrauw (1797-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1797.
Fire fighter; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1834.
Died October
3, 1885 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Richard Donovan; Dick
Donovan —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, and died soon after, in a hospital
at Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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Louis M. J. Eisner (1898-1977) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in New York, 1898.
Police officer; police chief; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1949-50, 1951.
Died in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., October
3, 1977 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel E. Finn (b. 1845) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Limerick, Ireland,
July
11, 1845.
Democrat. Printer;
liquor
dealer; deputy sheriff; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1885-88,
1895-99.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) —
also known as Louis J. Freeh —
of New York.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
6, 1950.
Lawyer;
FBI agent; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93;
director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Patterson Gallup (1816-1876) —
also known as John P. Gallup —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., June 3,
1816.
Democrat. Postmaster at Oshkosh,
Wis., 1840-43; pastor;
undersheriff.
Died in Medina
County, Ohio, September
30, 1876 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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James A. Garrity (b. 1878) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Griffith, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
18, 1878.
Democrat. Coal miner;
probation officer; insurance
broker; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1935-38; defeated, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Milton A. Gibbons (born c.1900) —
of Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1900.
Democrat. Police officer; mayor
of Tuckahoe, N.Y., 1949-65; defeated (Republican), 1965; he and
two others, including Joseph
Venuti, were indicted
in July 1951, and charged with conspiring to violate gambling
laws; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to three months in jail,
but released on bail a week later, pending appeal; in January 1953,
the appellate court unanimously reversed his conviction and dismissed
the indictment.; in 1962, he started a petition drive for a
Constitutional amendment to allow prayer in public schools.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elisa Cuyar. |
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Francis Vinton Greene (c.1851-1921) —
also known as Francis V. Greene —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1851.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900;
president, Barber Asphalt
Paving Company, 1901; New York City Police Commissioner,
1903; president, Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power
Company, 1904-15.
Member, Military
Order of Foreign Wars.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1921 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Gen. George Sears Greene; married 1879 to Belle
Chevallie. |
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Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1840-41; railroad
builder; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York City Police
Department; the New York Times called him "the brains of the
department.".
English
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1884 (age 74 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Frederick Heineman (1929-2010) —
also known as Fred Heineman —
of North Carolina.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1929.
Republican. Police officer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1995-97;
defeated, 1996.
Died March
20, 2010 (age 80 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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J. Edward Holla (c.1861-1939) —
of Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1861.
Republican. Prison guard; Deputy New York State Controller; village
president of Sing Sing, New York, 1901.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
19, 1939 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Scott Hotchkiss (1837-1922) —
also known as E. Scott Hotchkiss —
of Independence, Trempealeau
County, Wis.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., March
27, 1837.
Farmer;
sheriff; justice of the peace; U.S. Consul in Brockville, 1902-06; Calgary, 1906-11.
Died in Osseo, Trempealeau
County, Wis., November
9, 1922 (age 85 years, 227
days).
Interment at Osseo Cemetery, Osseo, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry E. Hotchkiss and Alice Hotchkiss; married to Harriet Augusta
Field. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Hart Hussey —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Public safety commissioner; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1940-51; defeated, 1951; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Pruser. |
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Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) —
also known as Thomas L. James —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
29, 1831.
Republican. Canal toll
collector; newspaper
publisher; customs inspector; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1873-81; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1881-82; bank
director; mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1896.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, following several strokes of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
11, 1916 (age 85 years, 166
days).
Entombed at Church
of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, N.Y.
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George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) —
also known as G. Gordon Liddy —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., November
30, 1930.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
FBI agent; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and
directed the burglaries
of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal
led to President Richard
Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted
on charges of burglary
and wiretapping;
sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977
after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk
show host.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., March
30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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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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Thomas James Mackell (1914-1992) —
also known as Thomas J. Mackell —
of Rego Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 19,
1914.
Democrat. Police detective; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1955-66 (9th District 1955-65, 14th District 1966);
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1960,
1964;
Queens
County District Attorney, 1967-73.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association.
Resigned
as District Attorney in 1973, following his indictment
on charges of hindering
prosecution in a get-rich-quick scheme; he was tried and
convicted in 1974, but the verdict was reversed on appeal.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Douglaston Manor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
27, 1992 (age 77 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Ann (Keating) Mackell and Peter Francis Mackell; married 1939 to
Dorothea R. Lang. |
| | | Epitaph: "Loving Husband, Father and
Poppie." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles F. MacLean (b. 1837) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York City Police Commissioner, 1879-80, 1888-94; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1890-1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles MacLean and Harriet (Waters) MacLean; married to Marie
Mott. |
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Kenneth Ezra Mapp (b. 1955) —
also known as Kenneth E. Mapp —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
2, 1955.
Republican. Police officer; member of Virgin
Islands legislature, 1983-84, 1989, 1993-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Virgin Islands, 1995-99; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the Virgin Islands, 1996; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 2015-19; defeated, 2006, 2010.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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David Mawhinney (1914-1995) —
also known as Dave Mawhinney —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born, of American parents, in Montreal, Quebec,
1914.
Supermarket
owner; service
station owner; police officer; candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1959, 1960.
Died in 1995
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Riverview Memorial Park, Fort Pierce, Fla.
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Fred L. Meiss (b. 1885) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
14, 1885.
Republican. Deputy sheriff; jailer; Oneida
County Sheriff, 1923-25; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1934-37.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Thomas Moore —
Conservative. Correction officer; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1974.
Still living as of 1974.
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Henry Perine (1768-1860) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born November
29, 1768.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; sheriff;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1824.
Died December
3, 1860 (age 92 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Livermore Perley (1836-1908) —
also known as Joseph L. Perley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mechanical
engineer; fire fighter; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1884.
Died in Bay Shore, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 17,
1908 (age 71 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry D. Purroy (1848-1903) —
of Fordham, New York, New York County (now Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; led
the New York City Fire Department in 1885-93, and brought many
innovations; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1892,
1896;
New
York County Clerk, 1893.
Spanish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1903 (age 54 years, 360
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Paul H. Rappaport (1934-2006) —
of Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
20, 1934.
Republican. Howard County police chief; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1994; candidate for Maryland
state attorney general, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 2000.
Jewish.
Died, of spindle cell
sarcoma, in Mercy Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., September
10, 2006 (age 72 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Phil Regan (1906-1996) —
also known as Philip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan;
"The Singing Cop" —
of Summerland, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1906.
Democrat. Detective; singer;
performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944,
1948;
arrested
in January 1973, and charged
with attempting to bribe
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Frank J. Frost $1,000 for his support
of a controversial rezoning; pleaded not guilty; tried and convicted;
sentenced to prison;
released after one year.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., February
11, 1996 (age 89 years, 259
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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George A. Robinson (1851-1908) —
of Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newmarket, Ontario,
January, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
naturalized U.S. citizen; volunteer fire fighter; director,
Sayville Electric
Light and Power Company; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1901-02.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
22, 1908 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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William Schnitzspan (c.1859-1929) —
of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1859.
Republican. Justice, Third District Civil Court, Brooklyn, 1895;
candidate for New York
state senate 9th District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1902;
undersheriff.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1929 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Morris Schreiber (1901-1951) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New York, October
3, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; customs
inspector; laundry and
dry cleaning business; jeweler;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1947; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 2,
1951 (age 49 years, 242
days).
Interment at Beth
Jacob Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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John Charles Sheehan (1848-1916) —
also known as John C. Sheehan —
of New York.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York City Police Commissioner, 1892; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1896;
vice-president and director, Long Acre Electric
Light & Power Company.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from heart
failure, in his law
office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1916 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Norman Sorenson —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Police officer; building
contractor; candidate for mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1967 (Conservative), 1971 (Republican).
Still living as of 1971.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement
and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped;
captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in
prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
12, 1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police officer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Nicholas J. Wasicsko (1959-1993) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 13,
1959.
Democrat. Police officer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1988-89; defeated, 1989.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Oakland Cemetery (near his father's grave), Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
29, 1993 (age 34 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Harvey Weisenberg (born c.1934) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1934.
Democrat. Police officer; school
teacher; member of New York
state assembly 20th District, 1989-.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2001.
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Bertrand P. Wray —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Police officer; mayor
of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., 1956-57; defeated (Taxpayers Union), 1957.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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