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Morris Aarons (1907-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born February
16, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1954; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1960; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1970; New
York County Surrogate, 1971.
Died December
1, 2003 (age 96 years, 288
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Catherine M. Abate (b. 1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., December
8, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984
(alternate), 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1995-98; candidate for nomination for
New
York state attorney general, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2004.
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Leon Abbett (1836-1894) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
8, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1865-66,
1869-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1872,
1876
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1892;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1875-77; Governor of
New Jersey, 1884-87, 1890-93; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1893-94; appointed
1893; died in office 1894.
Died, from diabetes
and other conditions, in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
4, 1894 (age 58 years, 57
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Alson Bailey Abbott (1844-1894) —
also known as Alson B. Abbott —
of Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
3, 1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1878; president, Canton Bridge
Company.
While cleaning a shotgun
for hunting,
it accidentally
discharged, killing him, in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., August
27, 1894 (age 49 years, 297
days).
Interment at Pineview
Cemetery, Queensbury, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William F. Abbott and Sarah Job (Abbott) Abbott; married 1873 to Sarah
Morgan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clark Hamilton Abbott (b. 1869) —
Born in Otisco, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1910.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Myron W. Abbott and Sarah (Clark) Abbott. |
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George Birch Abbott (1850-1908) —
also known as George B. Abbott —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kings
County Surrogate, 1889-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-08; died in office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from "blood poisoning" (infection),
and pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
10, 1908 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Abbott and Diancy (Pickering) Abbott; married,
November
20, 1878, to Eva Topping Reeve. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Brooklyn (N.Y.) Daily
Eagle, February 10, 1908 |
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Walter W. Abbott (b. 1894) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 20,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1930-33; mayor of
Rome, N.Y., 1942-43.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Abbott and Anna (Pritchard) Abbott; married, September
7, 1920, to Marion A. FitzGibbons. |
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Peter A. Abeles (1886-1952) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Oltenitza, Romania,
February
15, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; accountant;
member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1919-20; defeated, 1920, 1922;
magistrate.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in a stationery
store on Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1952 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aron Abeles and Rebecca (Isser) Abeles; married, November
11, 1913, to Minerva Lobel. |
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Milton A. Abelove (1912-1986) —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., June 9,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 36th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Luke's Memorial Hospital,
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 22,
1986 (age 74 years, 43
days).
Interment at Temple Beth El Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Thomas J. Abinanti (born c.1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Greenburgh, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972,
1988
(alternate); candidate for New York
state senate 35th District, 1996, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; served on prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes
trials; U.S. Representative to United Nations European office; worked
on Marshall Plan for postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina. |
| | | Epitaph: He established "one man, one
vote" as a principle of American law. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Melville E. Abrams (1912-1966) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Isidore
Dollinger; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-66 (Bronx County 5th District 1955-65, 90th
District 1966); died in office 1966.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
10, 1966 (age 54 years, 238
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Robert Abrams (b. 1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 4,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-69 (89th District 1966, 81st District
1967-69); borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1970-78; resigned 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984;
New
York state attorney general, 1979-93; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Abrams and Dorothy (Kaplan) Abrams. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Elliott Abramson (b. 1939) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
26, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Max Abramson and Kate (Heichman) Abramson; married 1964 to
Rochelle Lattman. |
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Matthew T. Abruzzo (1889-1971) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
30, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; clerk to U.S. Judge Martin
T. Manton; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1936-66;
took senior status 1966; senior judge, 1966-71.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1971 (age 82 years, 28
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Bella Savitzky Abzug (1920-1998) —
also known as Bella S. Abzug; Bella Savitzky;
"Battlin' Bella"; "Mother Courage";
"Bellicose Bella" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 24,
1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-77 (19th District 1971-73,
20th District 1973-77); defeated, 1978 (18th District), 1986 (20th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1976; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1993.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Urban
League; National
Organization for Women; American Civil
Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Jewish Congress.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1994.
Died, of complications from heart
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1998 (age 77 years, 250
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Milo M. Acker (1853-1922) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartsville, Steuben
County, N.Y., October
3, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; director, First National Bank of
Hornell; vice-president, Urbana Wine
Co. ; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1888-91; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 27th District, 1894;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1922
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Hornell
Rural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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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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A. Lawrence Acquavella (c.1906-1968) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1948; magistrate; civil court judge;
director, Bushwick Hospital.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
20, 1968 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Constance Abbate. |
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Andrew Addison Adams (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew A. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
27, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1888-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court,
1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married 1890 to Lois
Andrew. |
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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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George Bethune Adams (1845-1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 3,
1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1901-11;
died in office 1911.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Hague, Warren
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 66 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Adams (1778-1854) —
of Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Oak Hill, Greene
County, N.Y., August
26, 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; Greene
County Surrogate, 1810; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1812-13; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1815, 1833-35.
Died in Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y., September
25, 1854 (age 76 years, 30
days).
Interment at Thomson
Street Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y.
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John Joseph Adams (1848-1919) —
also known as John J. Adams —
of New York.
Born in Douglas Town, New
Brunswick, September
16, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-87).
Died suddenly, of heart
disease (a year after suffering a stroke of
paralysis), in the Ansonia Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1919 (age 70 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph Henry Adams (c.1859-1924) —
also known as Joseph H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
19, 1924 (age about 65
years).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, D.C.
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William Everett Adams (1922-1983) —
also known as William E. Adams —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind., December
25, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of
New
York state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District
1967-70); indicted
in December 1969 on charges of lying to a
grand jury when he testified that he returned a cash
campaign contribution from a medical services company; tried in
1970 and found not guilty.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma
Nu; Knights
of Pythias.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a week later, in Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
14, 1983 (age 60 years, 110
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Henry Adams (1841-1903) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., March
27, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1887-1903; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1900.
Died in 1903
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) —
also known as William C. Adamson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Bowdon, Carroll
County, Ga., August
13, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143
days).
Interment at Carrollton
City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (b. 1964) —
of Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born May 13,
1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 15th District, 2009-.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2012.
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Joseph Patrick Addabbo (1925-1986) —
also known as Joseph P. Addabbo —
of New York.
Born in Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
17, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-86 (5th District 1961-63, 7th
District 1963-83, 6th District 1983-86); died in office 1986.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from cancer
and a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1986 (age 61 years, 24
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Mortimer Clark Addoms (1842-1930) —
also known as Mortimer C. Addoms —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1842.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905; defeated, 1904;
appointed 1905; defeated, 1905.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
25, 1930 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Addoms and Mary Agnes (Clark) Addoms; married 1875 to Mary
Ann Baldwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frank F. Adel (1884-1967) —
of Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1884.
Lawyer; trustee, Ridgewood Savings Bank;
member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1919; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1932-54 (2nd District 1932-48, 10th
District 1948-54); Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1940-54.
Died in Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
14, 1967 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Meyerrose. |
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Bernard Ades (1903-1986) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Maryland, July 3,
1903.
Communist. Lawyer; accountant;
defense attorney for Euel Lee (alias "Orphan Jones") in his 1932-33
trial for the murder of the Davis family; during the trial, Ades was
attacked
and injured by a mob in Snow Hill, Maryland; later, he was disbarred
for casting
aspersions on the judicial system; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1934; fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the
Spanish Civil War, 1937.
Jewish.
Died in New York, May 27,
1986 (age 82 years, 328
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, Md.
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Isaac Adler (1868-1941) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., May 10,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1930-31.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly while attending a city
planning meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 24,
1941 (age 73 years, 45
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Milton Harold Adler (1905-1988) —
also known as Milton H. Adler —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., December
28, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1944, 1948;
candidate for New York
state senate 25th District, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1956, 1958.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1988 (age 82 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Adler and Bella (Pollack) Adler. |
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Simon Louis Adler (1867-1934) —
also known as Simon L. Adler —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., August
30, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1911-26; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of New York, 1927-34;
died in office 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a heart
attack at breakfast, and died soon after, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 23,
1934 (age 66 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Arthur Melville Agnew (b. 1878) —
also known as Arthur M. Agnew —
of Grantwood, Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1913-15;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Agnew and Maria (McGovern) Agnew; married, October
20, 1910, to Elizabeth Johnston. |
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John Littleton Ahearn (1914-2004) —
also known as John Ahearn —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1964; candidate for Arizona
state attorney general, 1968; member of Arizona
Democratic State Committee, 1970-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona, 1972,
1976,
1984.
Catholic.
Died June 23,
2004 (age 89 years, 206
days).
Interment at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz.
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William J. Ahearn (c.1894-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
commissioner of records, New York County Surrogate's Court, 1934;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1957 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Frederick M. Ahern (c.1886-1950) —
also known as Fred M. Ahern —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1911-12, 1914-17.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1950 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Clarence Aiken (b. 1856) —
also known as E. Clarence Aiken —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 6,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; director and counsel, New York, Auburn &
Lansing Railroad;
mayor
of Auburn, N.Y., 1906-07; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1915.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Ira Aiken and Ellen (Olney) Aiken; married, July 13,
1881, to Frances Baker. |
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Frank R. Aikens (b. 1855) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1855.
Lawyer; member of Dakota
territorial legislature, 1887-89; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1889; district judge in South
Dakota, 1889-94.
In 1891, when affluent Easterners came to South Dakota to live in a
hotel for 90 days, so as to be eligible for the state's easy divorce
law, he ruled that hotel guests were not bona fide South Dakota
residents, disrupting the divorce plans of a number of celebrities.
Later that year, a committee of Sioux Falls ministers accused
the judge of drunkenness
and licentiousness.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Marion Aimee (1896-1966) —
also known as Joseph M. Aimee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; West Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
19, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1934, 1936.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from myocardial
infarct, in ABC Hospital,
Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, April
21, 1966 (age 70 years, 33
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Danforth E. Ainsworth (b. 1848) —
of Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Clayton, Jefferson
County, N.Y., November
29, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1886-89, 1893-95 (Oswego County 2nd District
1886-89, Oswego County 1893-95).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1874 to Miss
Porter. |
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Lucien Lester Ainsworth (1831-1902) —
of Iowa.
Born in New Woodstock, Madison
County, N.Y., June 21,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state senate, 1860-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1871-73; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1875-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa, April
19, 1902 (age 70 years, 302
days).
Interment at West
Union Cemetery, West Union, Iowa.
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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I.
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Herman M. Albert (1901-1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
15, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1926-33; Bronx
County Register, 1933-41.
Jewish.
Died, in Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
4, 1947 (age 45 years, 173
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph Albert and Rose (Alter) Albert. |
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Carlos Coolidge Alden (b. 1866) —
also known as Carlos C. Alden —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilmington, Will
County, Ill., June 4,
1866.
Progressive. Lawyer; law
professor; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1912; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1913; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward A. Alden and Adelaide (Cousens) Alden; married, June 29,
1898, to Suzanne Weismer. |
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Francis J. Alder (b. 1912) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 26,
1912.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1951-56.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974) —
also known as Winthrop W. Aldrich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
2, 1885.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president,
Equitable Trust
Company, 1929; president, Chase National Bank,
1930-34; chairman, 1934-53; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1953-57.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Bankers Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1974 (age 88 years, 115
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Nicholas Aleinikoff (1861-1921) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine,
1861.
Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909 (Socialist), 1911, 1913
(Socialist), 1914 (Socialist), 1915, 1917 (Socialist), 1918
(Socialist); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1912.
Ukrainian
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 25,
1921 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) —
also known as Archibald S. Alexander —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
28, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1948 (Democratic), 1952; assistant
secretary of the U.S. Army, 1949-50; undersecretary, 1950-52; member
of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1952; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1954-55; candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly District 6-A, 1969; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
4, 1979 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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James Alexander (1691-1756) —
Born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland,
May
27, 1691.
In Scotland, he joined the Jacobite Rising of 1715, a revolt
that attempted to install James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old
Pretender") as king; to avoid prosecution
for treason,
he fled
to New York; surveyor;
lawyer; member New York governor's council, 1721-32, 1737; Colonial
Attorney-General of New York, 1721-23.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New York, April 2,
1756 (age 64 years, 311
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Dean Alfange (1899-1989) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
December
2, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1941 (Democratic, 17th District),
1948 (Liberal, 24th District); American Labor candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho.
One of the founders of the Liberal Party of New York.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
24, 1989 (age 89 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George W. Alger (1872-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
12, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930 (Republican), 1932
(Independent); labor arbitrator; impartial chairman of garment
industry labor relations, 1931-35; state commissioner to
investigate mortgage guarantee companies in 1930s; special master
directing reorganization of the R.K.O. movie
company, 1937 member and chair of Motion
Picture Appeal Board, 1941 member, President's Loyalty Review
Board after World War II.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1967 (age 94 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles J. Alger and Harriot (Murdoch) Alger; married, August
20, 1903, to Grace E. Drew. |
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Jotham Powers Allds (1865-1923) —
also known as Jotham P. Allds —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., February
1, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1896-1902; member of New York
state senate, 1903-10 (26th District 1903-06, 27th District
1907-08, 37th District 1909-10); resigned 1910; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Accused
by Sen. Benn
Conger, in 1910, of accepting bribes
from bridge companies nine years earlier; following an investigation,
the State Senate found him
guilty by a vote of 40 to 9, and he resigned
to avoid expulsion.
Died, of liver
disease, at Norwich Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., September
11, 1923 (age 58 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jotham Gillis Allds and Lucy Charlotte (Powers)
Allds. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) —
also known as Frederick H. Allen —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 30,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
village
president of Pelham Manor, New York, 1904-06; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920
(alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Newport Hospital,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Beechwoods
Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; brother of William
Fessenden Allen; married, June 30,
1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens; grandson of Samuel
Clesson Allen; third great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Gouverneur
Morris; second cousin twice removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Chester
Ashley; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth and Abijah
Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Josiah
Meigs and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Albert
Asahel Bliss and Philemon
Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph
Churchill Strong, Theodore
Davenport, Chester
William Chapin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, William
Alfred Buckingham, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919), Judson
H. Warner, Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900) and Josiah
Quincy. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James A. Allen (b. 1871) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chenaultt, Breckinridge
County, Ky., June 1,
1871.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1902; defeated
(Republican), 1903; Republican candidate for New York
state senate 16th District, 1905; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; Independence League candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910.
Disciples
of Christ.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. S. Allen and Letitia (Gilliland) Allen; married, October
31, 1900, to Lula Pearl Jeffers. |
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John Johnson Allen (b. 1843) —
also known as John J. Allen —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
4, 1843.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1874.
Burial location unknown.
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Seth S. Allen (b. 1864) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Clinton
County, N.Y., October
20, 1864.
School
teacher; lawyer; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac C. Allen and Henrietta (Fuller) Allen; married 1892 to Della
Parsons. |
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William Fitch Allen (1808-1878) —
also known as William F. Allen —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., July 28,
1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1843-44; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1845-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1847-67; New York
state comptroller, 1868-70; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-78; defeated, 1863; died in
office 1878.
Died, from "congestion of
the brain", in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 3,
1878 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norwood Francis Allman (1893-1987) —
also known as Norwood F. Allman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., July 24,
1893.
Lawyer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Antung, 1917; Nanking, 1918; Tientsin, 1918-19; Tsinanfu, as of 1919-21; Shanghai, 1921; Chungking, 1921; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1922-24.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., February
28, 1987 (age 93 years, 219
days).
Interment at Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery, Greensboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John Isaac Allman and Nannie Kate (English) Allman; married 1920 to Mary
Louise Hamilton; married to Dorothy Dennis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Bradford Almy (b. 1845) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Enfield, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
10, 1845.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Tompkins
County Judge and Surrogate, 1898; mayor of
Ithaca, N.Y., 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Meyer Alterman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1923-37;
defeated, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Frank Xavier Altimari (1928-1998) —
also known as Frank X. Altimari —
of Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
4, 1928.
Lawyer; district judge in New York, 1966-70; county judge in
New York, 1970-73; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1974-82; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1982-85; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1985-96; took
senior status 1996.
Catholic.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 19,
1998 (age 69 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Altman (b. 1919) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 30,
1919.
Lawyer; aide to Robert
F. Kennedy during his 1964 campaign for U.S. Senator in New York;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-68 (95th District 1966, 84th District
1967-68).
Jewish.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Berman. |
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Joseph Altman (1892-1969) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
30, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1925-35; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1944-67.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in April, 1969
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Gold Alvord (1810-1897) —
also known as Thomas G. Alvord; "Old
Salt" —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
20, 1810.
Lawyer; lumber
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1844, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1870-72, 1874-75, 1877-82
(Onondaga County 1844, Onondaga County 2nd District 1858, 1862, 1864,
Onondaga County 1st District 1870-72, 1874-75, 1877-82); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1858, 1864, 1879; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1865-66; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1894.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
26, 1897 (age 86 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Edward J. Amann Jr. (b. 1925) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1952;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-73 (Richmond County 1st District 1953-65,
65th District 1966, 59th District 1967-72, 61st District 1973).
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Catholic
War Veterans.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome G. Ambro (1898-1979) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1925-33; defeated
in primary, 1937; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1936; candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1960.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Huntington Station, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
17, 1979 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August
10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. |
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Edward B. Amend (1858-1914) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 2,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1903-14; died in office 1914.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died October
20, 1914 (age 56 years, 140
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Fremont Amidon (1856-1937) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Clymer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
17, 1856.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1896-1928; took senior status
1928.
Died, from tuberculosis
and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
26, 1937 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith Amidon and Charlotte A. (Curtis) Amidon; married, November
15, 1892, to Beulah R. McHenry. |
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Carol Bagley Amon (b. 1946) —
of New York.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April
23, 1946.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1990-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Hyman Amsel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1942; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Birdie Amsterdam (1901-1996) —
also known as "First Lady of the
Judiciary" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1940-54; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1958-75.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society.
Died, in Beth Israel Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1996 (age 95 years, 105
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Floyd E. Anderson (1891-1976) —
of Port Dickinson, Broome
County, N.Y.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934-51; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 1st District, 1941-42; member
of New
York state senate, 1943-51 (40th District 1943-44, 45th District
1945-51); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1953-58.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in February, 1976
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Warren Mattice Anderson (1915-2007) —
also known as Warren M. Anderson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
16, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New York
state senate, 1953-88 (45th District 1953-54, 47th District
1955-65, 55th District 1966, 47th District 1967-82, 51st District
1983-88); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1985-86.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Wilson Memorial Regional Medical
Center, Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., June 1,
2007 (age 91 years, 228
days).
Interment at Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Roger B. Andewelt (1946-2001) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
4, 1946.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1987-2001; died in office 2001.
Died, of cancer,
in Washington,
D.C., August
7, 2001 (age 55 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Hersey Andrew (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry H. Andrew —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert S. Andrews (b. 1876) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Candor, Tioga
County, N.Y., April
21, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; treasurer and general manager, Owego Light and
Power Co.; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David W. Andrews and Thirza J. (Howard) Andrews; married, August
9, 1899, to Susie C. Tompkins. |
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Charles Andrews (1827-1918) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 27,
1827.
Republican. Lawyer; Onondaga
County District Attorney, 1853-56; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1861-62, 1868; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1870-81; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1881-82, 1892-97.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
22, 1918 (age 91 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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William Shankland Andrews (1858-1936) —
also known as William S. Andrews —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Taunton, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
25, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1900-21; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1917-29; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Three days after his wife's death, he fell from
his bed, suffered a broken neck, and died as a result, in Taunton, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
5, 1936 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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William T. Andrews —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1935-48 (New York County 21st District 1935-44,
New York County 12th District 1945-48).
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, April
10, 1926, to Regina M. Anderson. |
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1936 |
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Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (1905-1966) —
also known as Victor L. Anfuso —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily, Italy,
March
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
Consul-General
for San Marino in Washington,
D.C., 1950; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1951-53, 1955-63; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1963-66; died in office 1966.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Suffered a heart
attack during a political
caucus meeting at the Warwick Hotel,
and died soon after, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1966 (age 61 years, 293
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Angel (1815-1894) —
also known as Benjamin F. Angel —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
28, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; Livingston
County Surrogate, 1836-40, 1844-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1852,
1864;
U.S. Consul in Honolulu, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1857-61.
Died in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
11, 1894 (age 78 years, 287
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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Edward Mott Angell (1868-1927) —
also known as Edward M. Angell —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Moreau, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1922-27; died in office
1927.
Quaker.
Died, probably from infection,
six days after appendicitis
surgery, in Glens Falls Hospital,
Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., November
25, 1927 (age 59 years, 323
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Penn Angell and Francena (Mott) Angell; married, October
18, 1913, to Gertrude Abigail Sheldon. |
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Robert Philo Anibal (1845-1908) —
also known as Robert P. Anibal —
of Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Benson, Hamilton
County, N.Y., February
22, 1845.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Hamilton
County Judge and Surrogate, 1872-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1896;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1901.
In May 1901, the Herkimer County District Attorney accused
him of offering a
bribe to a witness
in a criminal trial; Anibal denied this.
Died in Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
14, 1908 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philo Anibal and Mary (Orcutt) Anibal; married, April
24, 1872, to Frances E. Van Arnam. |
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Floyd W. Annabel (c.1886-1944) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Howard, Steuben
County, N.Y., about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1935; appointed 1935;
defeated, 1935.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Bath Hospital,
Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
13, 1944 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Olive Dutcher. |
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Louis Loomis Ansart (1877-1955) —
also known as Louis L. Ansart —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa., July 30,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1936.
Died in Westchester
County, N.Y., November
21, 1955 (age 78 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix Ansart and Harriet Rowena (Loomis) Ansart. |
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Timothy Thomas Ansberry (1871-1943) —
also known as Timothy T. Ansberry —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, December
24, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; Defiance
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1903; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1907-15; defeated, 1904;
Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1915-16; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
law partner of Joseph
E. Davies.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died following a gall
bladder operation complicated by heart
disease, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1943 (age 71 years, 193
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Hanford Ansley (1875-1961) —
also known as George H. Ansley —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
20, 1961 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Martin Charles Ansorge (1882-1967) —
also known as Martin C. Ansorge —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
1, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1921-23; defeated,
1912, 1914, 1916, 1922; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927, 1928, 1929; director,
United Air
Lines, 1934-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Co-sponsor of the Edge-Ansorge bill to create the New York Port
Authority. Represented Henry
Ford in negotiations over his formal apology for anti-Semitic
books and articles he had published.
Died, in the Ansonia Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1967 (age 85 years, 34
days).
Interment at Temple
Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Benjamin Antin (1884-1956) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlinez, Ukraine,
August
4, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1921-22; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1923-30; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Khorassan; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
22, 1956 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Antin and Frances (Schwartzman) Antin; married, August
18, 1918, to Dora Polsky. |
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Frank Aranow (1883-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minsk, Russia (now Belarus),
May
19, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1915-17.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 1971 (age 87 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Blanche Bodenheimer. |
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Richard Joseph Arcara (b. 1940) —
also known as Richard J. Arcara —
of New York.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 6,
1940.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1975-81; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of New York, 1988-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Michael Angelo Arcuri (b. 1959) —
also known as Michael A. Arcuri; Mike
Arcuri —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 11,
1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oneida
County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Anthony J. Argondizza (c.1899-1958) —
of Maspeth, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1924; arraigned
in January 1937, and pleaded not guilty on a charge
of making a
false oath as a bankruptcy trustee; apparently the case never
proceeded to trial; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Maspeth, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 21,
1958 (age about 59
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) —
also known as George A. Arkwright —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
19, 1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-64; appointed 1950;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1954-62.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Henry Armbrecht (1874-1941) —
also known as William H. Armbrecht —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
9, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Alabama
state attorney general, 1901; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1904-12; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 10,
1941 (age 67 years, 151
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Norman Armour (1887-1982) —
of Gladstone, Somerset
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Brighton, England
of American parents, October
14, 1887.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1932-33, 1933-35; Canada, 1935-38; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1938-39; Argentina, 1939-44; Spain, 1945; Venezuela, 1950-51; Guatemala, 1954-55.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1982 (age 94 years, 348
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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David Maitland Armstrong (1836-1918) —
also known as D. Maitland Armstrong —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., April
15, 1836.
Lawyer; artist;
designer and maker of stained glass windows; U.S. Consul in Rome, 1869-71; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Papal States, 1869; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1871-73.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1918 (age 82 years, 41
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Marlboro, N.Y.
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Harold C. Armstrong (1904-1987) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., August
19, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1934-43;
candidate for New York
state senate 38th District, 1958.
Died in November, 1987
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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James Sinclair Armstrong (1915-2000) —
also known as J. Sinclair Armstrong —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
15, 1915.
Lawyer; banker;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1953-57; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1955-57; Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, 1957-59.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 2000 (age 85 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sinclair Howard Armstrong and Katharine Martin (LeBoutillier)
Armstrong; married, June 29,
1940, to Elisabeth Stillman; married, November
12, 1960, to Joan Shepard (Miller) Gilchrist; married, November
22, 1978, to Charlotte P. (Horwood) Faircloth. |
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Perry M. Armstrong —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1916-17.
Burial location unknown.
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William W. Armstrong (1864-1944) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1895-98; member
of New
York state senate, 1899-1908 (44th District 1899-1906, 46th
District 1907-08).
Irish
ancestry.
Died July 20,
1944 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank B. Arnold (1839-1890) —
also known as Michael Edwards; Benjamin Franklin
Arnold —
of Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
March
29, 1839.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County 2nd District, 1885-87; member
of New
York state senate 23rd District, 1888-89; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1890, 1890.
Irish
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his law
office, Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1890 (age 51 years, 257
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Cemetery, Unadilla, N.Y.
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George Longan Arnold (b. 1922) —
also known as George Arnold —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 3,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1954;
administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Matthew
Neely, 1956-57.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Newton Arnold (1815-1884) —
also known as Isaac N. Arnold —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
30, 1815.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1842-43, 1855; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (2nd District 1861-63, 1st
District 1863-65).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
24, 1884 (age 68 years, 146
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Arnoux (1831-1907) —
also known as William H. Arnoux —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1831.
Lawyer; New York City superior court judge, 1882-94.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., April
23, 1907 (age 75 years, 223
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin once
removed of Benjamin
Franklin Flanders and Cassius
Montgomery Clay Twitchell. |
| | | Political families: Eastman
family; Flanders
family of Vermont; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders
family of New Hampshire; Fairbanks-Adams
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | The village
of Arthur,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The village
of Chester,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — Lake
Arthur, in Polk
County, Minnesota, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
Arthur Pike
— Chester
A. Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
also known as Harold J. Arthur —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cancer,
in the Air Force Base Hospital,
Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Sidney H. Asch (b. 1919) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1953-61; resigned
1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Arbitration Association; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Ray Stephens Ashbery (1902-1974) —
also known as Ray S. Ashbery —
of Trumansburg, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 17,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1949-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in May, 1974
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1937 to Jean
Bradley. |
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Jessie Ashley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1912.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Max Asotsky (1889-1947) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
19, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; druggist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 3rd District,
1923-40.
Jewish.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
30, 1947 (age 58 years, 195
days).
Interment at Sheffield Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Joseph M. Aspinall (b. 1854) —
also known as Joseph Aspinwall —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1888-89, 1891;
member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1892-93; Kings
County Judge, 1896; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Nancy Friedman Atlas (b. 1949) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 20,
1949.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Nicholas Atlas (born c.1903) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1930; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957.
Burial location unknown.
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Gordon Auchincloss (c.1887-1943) —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1887.
Lawyer; assistant treasurer, Democratic National Committee,
1916; secretary to his father-in-law, Col. Edward M. House, during
negotiations of the Armistice in 1918 and the Paris Peace Conference
in 1919; director, Chase National Bank and
International Paper
Company; bankruptcy trustee and receiver.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from Hodgkin's
disease, in the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1943 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Vincent H. Auleta (1886-1961) —
also known as Vincenzo Auleta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1886.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1926-30;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1930.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, in University Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1961 (age 75 years, 176
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Anna J. Schoenherr. |
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Thomas A. Aurelio (c.1892-1973) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
magistrate; on August 28, 1943, New York County District Attorney Frank
S. Hogan charged
in a formal statement that Aurelio's nomination by both major parties
for Supreme Court had been brought about by gangster
and ex-convict Frank Costello, and released the transcript of a
telephone conversation in which Aurelio thanked Costello and pledged
undying loyalty; his candidacy was repudiated
by both parties, but they were unable to remove his name from the
ballot; disbarment
proceedings were also unsuccessful; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944-61.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
5, 1973 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Benjamin Hale Austin (1832-1885) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
10, 1832.
Lawyer; associate justice, Sandwich Islands Supreme Court.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, July 5,
1885 (age 53 years, 176
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard Austin (1896-1959) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1935-59; died in
office 1959.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks; Federal
Bar Association.
After giving a short speech at the swearing-in
of City Court Justice Louis
B. Heller, he collapsed and died from a heart
attack, in the Central Courts
Building, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
6, 1959 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robert Averill (b. 1872) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1906-07 (Monroe County 3rd District 1906, Monroe
County 4th District 1907).
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin S. Averill and Mary (Caulkins) Averill. |
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