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Robert W. Cacace —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1959.
Still living as of 1959.
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Daniel Cady (1773-1859) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., April
29, 1773.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-11, 1812-13; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1815-17; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1847-55; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Slaveowner.
Died in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
31, 1859 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Interment at Johnstown
Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.
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John Watts Cady (1790-1854) —
also known as John W. Cady —
of Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Montgomery
County, N.Y., June 28,
1790.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery and Hamilton counties, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1823-25.
Died in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., January
3, 1854 (age 63 years, 189
days).
Interment at Johnstown
Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer,
in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan L. Holt. |
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Francis Gordon Caffey (1868-1951) —
also known as Francis G. Caffey —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala.
Born in Gordonsville, Lowndes
County, Ala., October
28, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1917-21;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929-47;
took senior status 1947; senior judge, 1947-51.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala., September
20, 1951 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Verbena
Cemetery, Verbena, Ala.
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James Joseph Caffrey (1897-1961) —
also known as James J. Caffrey —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1945-47; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1946-47.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Durban, South
Africa, March 4,
1961 (age 63 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Joseph Caffrey and Mary (Cahill) Caffrey; married, September
14, 1923, to Janet Keating. |
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Peter Cagger (c.1815-1868) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., about 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1860.
Irish
ancestry.
Killed when he was accidentally thrown from his horsedrawn
carriage, in Central Park, New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 7,
1868 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Thomas Cahill (b. 1903) —
also known as John T. Cahill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
17, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1939-41.
Catholic.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael J. Cahill and Catherine (Cotter) Cahill; married, August
2, 1938, to Grace Pickens. |
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Thomas J. Cahill —
of New York.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1975-76.
Still living as of 1976.
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Joseph S. Calabretta —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly, 1968-73 (33rd District 1968-72, 36th District
1973).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Bellino. |
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Frederick Manwell Calder (1861-1921) —
also known as Frederick M. Calder —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
20, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1891-92; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1921; died in office 1921.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cerebral
apoplexy, while presiding in
court, in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
17, 1921 (age 59 years, 303
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) —
also known as C. Pope Caldwell —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., June 18,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate for
borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1940 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph A. Califano, Jr. —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 15,
1931.
Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-79.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., October
3, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1912-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;
defeated, 1929; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died October
12, 1952 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph M. Callahan —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1915-17; Bronx
County Clerk, 1918-21; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-55; resigned 1955;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1937-49.
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew F. Callahan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1927-28; defeated (Republican), 1924, 1944; candidate in Democratic
primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1947-48; defeated, 1928 (Republican
primary), 1942 (Democratic primary), 1948 (Republican primary), 1950
(Republican primary).
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Parnell J. T. Callahan (1912-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 16,
1912.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
New
York state assembly from Bronx County 12th District, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1969 (age 56 years, 256
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Patrick E. Callahan (born c.1861) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1910, 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Calli (b. 1923) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
27, 1923.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1951-64.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Optimist
Club.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ann Dunn. |
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Albert James Campbell (1857-1907) —
also known as Albert J. Campbell —
of Lake
County, Mich.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., December
12, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-88; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1897; U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1899-1901.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
9, 1907 (age 49 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Donald A. Campbell (1922-1992) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1951-68 (Montgomery County 1951-65, 123rd
District 1966, 104th District 1967-68).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died November
8, 1992 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Valentine Campbell (1823-1890) —
also known as James V. Campbell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
25, 1823.
Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1858-90; died in office 1890; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1870-71, 1878-79,
1886-87.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
26, 1890 (age 67 years, 29
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Timothy John Campbell (1840-1904) —
also known as Timothy J. Campbell —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Cavan, Ireland,
January
8, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1868-73, 1875,
1883; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1884-85; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1885-89, 1891-95 (8th District
1885-89, 1891-93, 9th District 1893-95); defeated, 1888 (County
Democratic, 8th District), 1894 (Independent, 9th District), 1896
(Gold Democratic, 9th District); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 7,
1904 (age 64 years, 90
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William W. Campbell (b. 1870) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Gasport, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; director, National Exchange Bank;
treasurer, Harrison Radiator Corporation; president, Lockport Felt
Company; secretary, Lockport Foundries
Corporation; member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1921-32.
Burial location unknown.
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William W. Campbell (b. 1887) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 10,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1921-23; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1925.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Aaron Cantor (1854-1921) —
also known as Jacob A. Cantor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1854.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1888;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1885-87;
member of New York
state senate, 1888-98 (10th District 1888-93, 14th District
1894-95, 20th District 1896-98); borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1894 (15th District), 1914 (20th District); president, New York City
Department of Taxes and Assessments, 1918-21.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1921 (age 66 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Maurice F. Cantor (b. 1895) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1927-29.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Joseph Capozzoli (1901-1982) —
also known as Louis J. Capozzoli —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cosenza, Italy,
March
6, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1939-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1941-45; general
sessions court judge in New York, 1950-57; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957-68; appointed 1957.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1982 (age 81 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bruce Faulkner Caputo (b. 1943) —
also known as Bruce F. Caputo —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
7, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 87th District, 1973-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1977-79; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1978.
Still living as of 1998.
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Albert Miller Card (b. 1845) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Ancram, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 21,
1845.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1866.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884) |
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Lawyer; a close ally of corrupt New York City political boss
William
M. Tweed; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1868-72; resigned 1872; in
1872, an effort was made to impeach
him, along with Justice George
G. Barnard, on charges
that they abused
judicial power in various ways to serve Boss Tweed, as well as
"robber barons" Jay Gould and Jim Fisk; rather than go through an
impeachment trial, Cardozo resigned
from the bench; meanwhile, Barnard's impeachment went forward, and he
was unanimously convicted.
Jewish.
Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938) —
also known as Benjamin N. Cardozo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
1870.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1914-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-26; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932-38.
Jewish.
Suffered a heart
attack in 1937, and a stroke in
early 1938, and died a few months later, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 9,
1938 (age 68 years, 46
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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John Francis Carew (1873-1951) —
also known as John F. Carew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
16, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1904; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1913-29 (17th District 1913-19,
18th District 1919-29); resigned 1929; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1929-43.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
10, 1951 (age 77 years, 359
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Hugh Leo Carey (1919-2011) —
also known as Hugh L. Carey —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
11, 1919.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-75 (12th District 1961-63,
15th District 1963-75); Governor of
New York, 1975-82.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., August
7, 2011 (age 92 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mario Joseph Cariello (1907-1985) —
also known as Mario J. Cariello —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
23, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1936-41; resigned
1941; municipal judge in New York, 1941-62; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1969-77.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Order of
Ahepa; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer,
in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
9, 1985 (age 78 years, 198
days).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Lee Pallante. |
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article |
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1936 |
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John Emmett Carland (1853-1922) —
also known as John E. Carland —
of Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1853.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1885-88; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Burleigh
County, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1896-1910; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1910-13.
Died November
11, 1922 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank A. Carlin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1924-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph F. Carlino (b. 1917) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 23,
1917.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1945-64; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1967.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joanne F. Hefferon. |
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John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) —
also known as John G. Carlisle —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Campbell County (part now in Kenton
County), Ky., September
5, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Charles
D. Foote; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned
1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.
Died, reportedly from intestinal
trouble and heart
disease, in the Hotel
Wolcott, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1910 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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John Nelson Carlisle (1866-1931) —
also known as John N. Carlisle —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Preble, Cortland
County, N.Y., August
24, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1891-96; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1898-1905; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
member, New York Public Service Commission, 1910-12; New York State
Commissioner of Highways, 1913-15.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 21,
1931 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Thomas Carmody (1859-1922) —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Milo, Yates
County, N.Y., October
9, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; Yates
County District Attorney, 1889; chief examiner, New York State
Civil Service Commission, 1893-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
New
York state attorney general, 1911-14; resigned 1914.
Catholic.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
22, 1922 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Penn Yan, N.Y.
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Benjamin Platt Carpenter (1837-1921) —
also known as B. Platt Carpenter —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 14,
1837.
Republican. Lawyer; Dutchess
County District Attorney, 1858; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868,
1872,
1884;
member of New York
state senate 11th District, 1876-77; Dutchess
County Judge, 1876-83; New York
Republican state chair, 1881-82; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1882; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1885; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889.
Died in Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., December
24, 1921 (age 84 years, 224
days).
Interment somewhere
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Morgan Carpenter and Maria (Bockee) Carpenter; married 1860 to Esther
Thorne. |
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Edwin J. Carpenter (b. 1897) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
29, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918) —
also known as Horace W. Carpentier —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Galway, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1824.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; banker;
member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1853, 1853-54; mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1854-55; president of telegraph
companies which developed a system of telegraph
lines in California and connecting to the Eastern U.S.
Philanthropist; also left more than $1 million to Columbia University
and to Barnard College on his death in 1918.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1918 (age about 93
years).
Interment somewhere
in Galway, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James Carpenter and Henrietta Carpenter. |
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Clark Ezra Carr (1836-1919) —
also known as Clark E. Carr —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Boston Corners, Erie
County, N.Y., May 20,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1861-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1864,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1889-93.
Died, in Mitchell Sanitarium,
Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
28, 1919 (age 82 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Wilbur John Carr (1870-1942) —
also known as Wilbur J. Carr —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born near Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, October
31, 1870.
Lawyer; assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1924-37; U.S.
Minister to Czechoslovakia, 1937-39.
Died in 1942
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William John Carr (1862-1917) —
also known as William J. Carr —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
10, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-17; died in office 1917.
Catholic.
Died in Good Ground (now Hampton Bays), Long Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., August
5, 1917 (age 54 years, 299
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward Codrington Carrington Jr. (1872-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1931.
Episcopalian.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Baltimore,
Md., December
30, 1938 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles J. Carroll (born c.1882) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1882.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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James J. Carroll —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1938; defeated,
1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James T. Carroll (b. 1875) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1875.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
New
York state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1920-21;
defeated, 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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V. Sumner Carroll (b. 1920) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
17, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Niagara
County Attorney, 1953-58; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (151st District 1966, 137th District
1967-72).
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to JoAnn P. Hayden. |
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William Brown Carswell (1883-1953) —
also known as William B. Carswell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1913-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-53; died in office
1953; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1927-49; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-president and trustee, Caledonian Hospital.
Christian
Reformed. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Elks.
Died, following surgery for a stomach
ailment, in Sherbrooke Hospital,
Sherbrooke, Quebec,
September
7, 1953 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bruce Carswell and Ann (Brown) Carswell. |
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Eunice H. Carter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1934.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Orrin N. Carter (b. 1854) —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
22, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Grundy
County Superintendent of Schools, 1880-82; Grundy
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-88; Cook
County Judge, 1894-1905; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1906-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benajah Carter and Isabel (Cole) Carter; married, August
1, 1881, to Nettie J. Steven. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book
1919 |
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Robert Lee Carter (1917-2012) —
also known as Robert L. Carter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Caryville, Washington
County, Fla., March
11, 1917.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1972-86;
took senior status 1986.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 2004.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 2012 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Levi Cary (b. 1835) —
also known as Alfred L. Cary —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sterling, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1835.
Lawyer; general solicitor, Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel C. Cary and Sophia (Eaton) Cary; married, September
6, 1864, to Harriet M. Van Slyck. |
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Jeremiah Eaton Cary (1803-1888) —
of Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., April
30, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1843-45.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June, 1888
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Interment at Grace
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Walter Case (1776-1859) —
of New York.
Born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1776.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1819-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
7, 1859 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Fishkill
Rural Cemetery, Fishkill, N.Y.
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Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) —
also known as Robert P. Casey; Bob Casey;
"Spike" —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
9, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964
(alternate), 1968,
1992
(delegation chair); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1969-77; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1980; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of amyloidosis
and complications of prostate
cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 30,
2000 (age 68 years, 142
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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William Joseph Casey (1913-1987) —
also known as William J. Casey —
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
13, 1913.
Lawyer; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1971-73; U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, 1981-87.
Died May 6,
1987 (age 74 years, 54
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Abram S. Cassedy (d. 1896) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1880-82.
Distressed over business losses, he shot himself,
and died later that day, in in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., April
29, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry Cassidy (1869-1926) —
also known as James H. Cassidy —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1910.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
23, 1926 (age 56 years, 299
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, N.Y.
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Owen Cassidy (b. 1863) —
of Montour Falls, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Hector, Schuyler
County, N.Y., 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 27th District, 1894;
member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1905-08; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1907 |
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Hamlet O. Catenaccio —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-46 (New York County 18th District 1941-44,
New York County 16th District 1945-46); defeated, 1936; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard L. Cates (b. 1925) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
22, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 3rd District, 1959-60.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Swartwood Catlin (1835-1916) —
also known as Isaac S. Catlin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 8,
1835.
Republican. Mayor of Owego, N.Y., 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; wounded during Battle of the Crater,
Petersburg, Va., July 1864, and lost his
right leg; received the Medal
of Honor for his actions that day; lawyer; candidate for
mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a week later, in the Hotel St.
George, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1916 (age 80 years, 195
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Vincent Cator (1851-1920) —
also known as Thomas V. Cator —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y., July 18,
1851.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1882-83;
California state election commissioner, 1901-20.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
20, 1920 (age 69 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) —
also known as Manny Celler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,
15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);
defeated (Liberal), 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
World Federalists; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1981 (age 92 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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William Wallace Chace —
also known as William W. Chace —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1915-17.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph A. Chadderdon (1845-1902) —
of Jordan, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in New York, 1845.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 21, 1872-73, 1875.
Died in 1902
(age about
57 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Curtis Chamberlain (1772-1834) —
also known as "The Hermit" —
of Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Honeoye Falls, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 5,
1772.
Lawyer; poet;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1818; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1809-11.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
8, 1834 (age 62 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Harry B. Chambers (c.1884-1954) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Somers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, New York City Board of Education,
1922; general counsel, New York Board of Trade; chair of
Bronx County Democratic Party, 1926-43, 1944-51; chief hearing
commissioner for New York region, U.S. Office of Price
Administration, 1943-44; president, New York City Tax Commission,
1946-49.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Somers, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
14, 1954 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie Hirschy. |
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Alexander Chananau (b. 1915) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., November
11, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly, 1958-72 (Bronx County 8th District 1958-65, 88th
District 1966, 82nd District 1967-72); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish
War Veterans; American
Arbitration Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Adele Hausthor. |
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Cowboy;
school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated (Republican), 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Murray A. Chanin —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Lawyer; real estate
broker; Village Improvement candidate for mayor
of Hempstead, N.Y., 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) —
also known as John W. Chanler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.
On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending President Andrew
Johnson's veto of Reconstruction
enactments, which he called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a
few malignant and mischievous men." On motion of Rep. Robert
C. Schenck, he was censured
for insulting
the House of Representatives.
Died in Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
19, 1877 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (1869-1942) —
also known as Lewis S. Chanler —
of Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
24, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1907-08; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1908; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1910-12.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1942 (age 72 years, 157
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island,
N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (Ward) Chanler; brother of William
Astor Chanler; married, September
24, 1890, to Alice Chamberlain; married, May 23,
1921, to Julia Lynch (Olin) Benkard; grandnephew of John
Jacob Astor III; second great-grandson of John
Armstrong Jr.; second great-grandnephew of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Armstrong and Edward
Livingston; third great-grandson of John
Armstrong and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Robert
Livingston the Younger; fifth great-grandnephew of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); first cousin once removed of William
Waldorf Astor; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer and James
Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin
Livingston; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William
Jay, Gerrit
Smith, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; fourth cousin of Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills and Robert
Reginald Livingston. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Clinton-DeWitt
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Alfred Clark Chapin (1848-1936) —
also known as Alfred C. Chapin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1882-83; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1883; New York
state comptroller, 1884-87; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891-92.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
October
2, 1936 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Atlas Chapin and Josephine Jerusha (Clark) Chapin;
married, February
20, 1884, to Grace Stebbins; married, January
6, 1913, to Charlotte (Storrs) Montant; father of Grace Chapin
(who married Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991)); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish and Alexa
Fish Ward; second cousin four times removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); third cousin of Arthur
Beebe Chapin; third cousin twice removed of John
Strong, Elijah
Hunt Mills, John
Putnam Chapin and Milton
Prince Higgins; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Clesson Allen, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878) and Graham
Hurd Chapin; fourth cousin of Zenas
Ferry Moody; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Strong, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Ebenezer
Strong, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Charles
James Folger, Jacob
Sloat Fassett, Arthur
Platt Howard and Edward
Stanley Kellogg. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Graham Hurd Chapin (1799-1843) —
also known as Graham H. Chapin —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
10, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wayne
County Surrogate, 1826-33; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1835-37.
Died in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
8, 1843 (age 44 years, 210
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Phineas Chapin and Love (Hurd) Chapin; married to Caroline
Elizabeth Holley; nephew of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); second cousin of Reuben
Bostwick Heacock; second cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Seth
Grosvenor Heacock; second cousin thrice removed of Roy
Dikeman Chapin; third cousin of Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878); third cousin once removed of Daniel
Upson, Gideon
Hard, Chester
William Chapin, Marshall
Chapin, John
Hall Brockway and John
Putnam Chapin; third cousin twice removed of John
Alsop, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Zenas
Ferry Moody and Andrew
Bliss Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Merritt Hard, Alfred
Clark Chapin, John
W. Chapin, Arthur
Beebe Chapin and Albert
Clark Chapin; fourth cousin of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Elijah
Boardman, John
Allen, William
Bostwick, Peter
B. Garnsey, Benjamin
Hard, Daniel
Warner Bostwick and Jesse
Hoyt; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Hazard, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Daniel
Greene Garnsey, Amaziah
Brainard, Timothy
Merrill, Thomas
Hale Sill, Ira
Yale, Luther
Walter Badger, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Willard
J. Chapin, Daniel
Kellogg, Levi
Yale, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, William
Whiting Boardman, John
William Allen, Roscius
R. Kennedy, Theodore
Sill, Barzillai
Bulkeley Kellogg, John
Milton Thayer, Charles
Upson, Calvin
Josiah Cowles, Gad
Ely Upson, Christopher
Columbus Upson, Andrew
Seth Upson, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton and Evelyn
M. Upson. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William F. Chapin (1831-1885) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 22,
1831.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer; Speaker
of Nebraska Territory House of Representatives, 1860; mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 1871-72.
English
ancestry.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
14, 1885 (age 54 years, 176
days).
Interment somewhere
in Greenwood, Neb.
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Image source:
City of Lincoln |
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Orlow W. Chapman (1832-1890) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellington, Tolland
County, Conn., 1832.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1868-71; U.S. Solicitor General,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of pneumonia
and an ear
infection, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1890 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Binghamton, N.Y.
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Elmer E. Charles (1862-1936) —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, January
3, 1862.
Lawyer; law partner of I.
Sam Johnson, 1886-1906; Wyoming
County District Attorney, 1895-1904; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1904-05.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., October
31, 1936 (age 74 years, 302
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Charles and Lurana (Witherell) Charles; married to
Sadie Baird. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Emory Albert Chase (b. 1854) —
also known as Emory A. Chase —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Hensonville, Greene
County, N.Y., August
31, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; first vice-president, Catskill Savings Bank;
director, Tanners' National Bank;
president, Catskill Rural Cemetery Association; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1897-1920; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1900-05; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906; defeated, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Chase and Laura O. (Woodworth) Chase; married, June 30,
1885, to Mary E. Churchill. |
| | | Image source: Empire State Notables
(1914) |
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Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817-1864) —
of Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., December
5, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1845-49.
Died in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., December
4, 1864 (age 46 years, 365
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Chase (1789-1838) —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., 1789.
Lawyer; Otsego
County District Attorney, 1821-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1827-29.
Died in Richfield, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
3, 1838 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs, N.Y.
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Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) —
also known as Andrew G. Chatfield —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
27, 1810.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
3, 1875 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Interment at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Cemetery, Belle Plaine,
Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Enos Chatfield and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield; married, June 27,
1836, to Eunice Electa Clark Beeman; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin thrice removed of Almon
Ferdinand Rockwell; second cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum and Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Truman
Hotchkiss; fourth cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Benjamin
Pulaski Chatfield and Glover
Wheeler Cable; fourth cousin once removed of Asahel
Otis, Nathan
Summers Beardslee and Hobart
Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Chatfield, in Fillmore
and Olmsted
counties, Minnesota, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Chester Clark Chatfield (1821-1857) —
also known as Chester C. Chatfield —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in New York, June 3,
1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1850-52; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1855; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1856.
Died in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., March
28, 1857 (age 35 years, 298
days).
Original interment at Old Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.; reinterment in 1874 at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
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Henry Martyn Cheever (b. 1832) —
also known as Henry M. Cheever —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Ebenezer Cheever; married to Sarah Buckbee. |
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Guy Warren Cheney (1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April
18, 1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Child Jr. (1818-1869) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Bakersfield, Franklin
County, Vt., March
22, 1818.
Democrat. Delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1838; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1855-57; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1866.
Died in Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 9,
1869 (age 50 years, 352
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Robert Andrew Childs (1845-1915) —
also known as Robert A. Childs —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March
22, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
principal; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., December
19, 1915 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Bronswood
Cemetery, Oak Brook, Ill.
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Timothy Childs (1785-1847) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1821-31; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1828, 1833; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1829-31, 1835-39, 1841-43 (27th
District 1829-31, 28th District 1835-39, 1841-43).
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Fe
County, N.M., November
8, 1847 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Forrest Spencer Chilton (1872-1946) —
also known as Forrest S. Chilton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Pequannock, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., 1872.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1912.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
6, 1946 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Beech Plains Cemetery, West Pierrepont, N.Y.
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John C. Chism (born c.1822) —
of Knowersville (now Altamont), Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; auctioneer;
member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1868.
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde C. Chittenden (1860-1953) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Lake City (now part of Seattle), King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; sawmill
owner; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1895-96; circuit
judge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1900-09.
Died in Lake City (now part of Seattle), King
County, Wash., April
12, 1953 (age about 92
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fletcher Chittenden and Mary Jane (Wheeler) Chittenden;
married to Grace Guild. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Cotton Chittenden (1788-1866) —
of New York.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
30, 1788.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1839-43.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1866 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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William Gardner Choate (1830-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
30, 1830.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1878-81.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age 89 years, 258
days).
Interment at In Memoriam Cemetery, Wallingford, Conn.
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Isaac Peckham Christiancy (1812-1890) —
also known as Isaac P. Christiancy —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born near Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., March
12, 1812.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1841-46; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1850-52; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee); justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1858-75; resigned 1875; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1872-73; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1875-79; resigned 1875; U.S. Minister to
Peru, 1879-81.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
8, 1890 (age 78 years, 180
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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Arthur Hill Christy (1923-2010) —
also known as Arthur H. Christy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 25,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1958-59.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 2010 (age 86 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis T. Christy and Catherine (Damon) Christy; married to
Muriel A. Horgan and Gloria Garvin Osborne. |
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Gaylord Church (1811-1869) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
11, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840-42; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died September
29, 1869 (age 58 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) —
also known as "Lulu Lloyd" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., about 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48;
resigned 1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City
Controller, 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, on board the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to
Shanghai, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
2, 1948 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. |
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John Charles Churchill (1821-1905) —
also known as John C. Churchill —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
17, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; Oswego
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1857-60; Oswego
County Judge, 1860-64; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1867-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1876;
candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1877; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1881-91.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 4,
1905 (age 84 years, 138
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Cosmo Anthony Cilano (1893-1937) —
also known as Cosmo A. Cilano —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1929-34.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of tuberculosis,
at the Ray Brook Sanitarium,
Ray Brook, Essex
County, N.Y., September
29, 1937 (age 44 years, 191
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Joseph J. Cioffi (born c.1902) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1940, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis A. Cioffi —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1947-54.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Richard Civiletti (b. 1935) —
also known as Benjamin Civiletti —
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1979-81.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2020.
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William E. Clancy —
of Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1943-52; member
of New
York Democratic State Committee, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Moose.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Schiffmacher. |
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Charles H. Clark (d. 1873) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1858.
Died, of heart
disease, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
20, 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Don Clark (1851-1930) —
also known as Clarence D. Clark —
of Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa; Evanston, Uinta
County, Wyo.
Born in Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, N.Y., April
16, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; Uintah
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1888;
delegate
to Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1890-93; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1895-1917; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912.
Died November
18, 1930 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Evanston, Wyo.
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Lester Williams Clark (1854-1922) —
also known as Lester W. Clark —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
23, 1922 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Lot Clark (1788-1862) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., May 23,
1788.
Lawyer; postmaster at Norwich,
N.Y., 1819-23, 1825-29; Chenango
County District Attorney, 1822-23, 1828-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1823-25; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County, 1846.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
18, 1862 (age 74 years, 209
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ramsey Clark (1927-2021) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law
professor; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
2021 (age 93 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67; took senior status 1967.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Archibald Smith Clarke (1778-1821) —
also known as Archibald S. Clarke —
of Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1778.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County, 1808-11; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1812-16; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1816-17.
Died in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., November
28, 1821 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Ledge
Lawn Cemetery, Newstead town, Erie County, N.Y.
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John Davenport Clarke (1873-1933) —
also known as John D. Clarke —
of Fraser, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
15, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; mining
business; farmer; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1921-25, 1927-33;
defeated in primary, 1924; died in office 1933; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932.
Killed in an automobile
accident; the car he was driving collided with another car, then
went off the road, plunging down a twelve-foot embankment and hitting
a tree, near Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y., November
5, 1933 (age 60 years, 294
days).
Interment at Locust
Hill Cemetery, Hobart, N.Y.
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John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) —
also known as J. Proctor Clarke —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence (Firenze), Italy,
of American parents, April
23, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1905-26.
Member, Union
League; American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Murray Hill Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1932 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment somewhere
in Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married, June 25,
1884, to Sarah M. Parker; married, July 8,
1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell. |
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Ranslure Weld Clarke (1816-1899) —
also known as Ranslure W. Clarke —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
27, 1816.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; postmaster
at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1869-77.
Died in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., January
15, 1899 (age 82 years, 353
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Elam Clarke and Cynthia (Lewis) Clarke; married to Lucy Chandler
Wilder and Susan O. Wilder. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater (1848-1933) —
also known as Alphonso T. Clearwater —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., September
11, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; Ulster
County District Attorney, 1878-86; Ulster
County Judge, 1890-98; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; appointed 1898; member, New York State
Probation Commission, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Dutch
and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
23, 1933 (age 85 years, 12
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Clearwater and Emily Baoudoin (Trumpbour) Clearwater;
married 1875 to Anna
Houghtaling Farrand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert J. Cleary (b. 1955) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
30, 1955.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1999-2002.
Still living as of 2012.
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Louis Gary Clemente (1908-1968) —
also known as L. Gary Clemente —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 10,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president and director, Unexcelled Chemical
Corporation; executive with Moderne Paint
Company, Premier Chemical
Corporation, and Ohio Bronze
Company; director, Mary Immaculate Hospital;
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Catholic.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in Mary Immaculate Hospital,
Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 13,
1968 (age 59 years, 338
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March
18, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,
June
2, 1886, to Frances Folsom and Frances
Clara Folsom; father of Richard
Folsom Cleveland (son-in-law of Thomas
Frank Gailor; brother-in-law of Frank
Hoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed of Francis
Landon Cleveland; second cousin of James
Harlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed of James
Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher and Joseph
Wheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lord and Rollin
Usher Tyler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman
K. Bass — George
B. Cortelyou — J.
Hampton Hoge |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Cleveland, a volcano on Chuginadak
Island, Alaska, is named for
him. — The town
of Grover,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — The Cleveland National
Forest (established 1908), in San
Diego, Riverside,
Orange
counties, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Meyrs
— Grover
C. Talbot
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— G. C.
Cooley
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Albright
— Grover
Cleveland Welsh
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
B. Hill
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Tye
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Studivan
— Grover
C. Layne
— Grover
C. Hudson
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Henderson
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Bower
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Gregg
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Brown
— Grover
C. Robinson III
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill
(1928-46). |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Troy Senik, A
Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:
Matthew Algeo, The
President Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland
Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous
Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — Charles
Lachman, A
Secret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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| |
Edward Sears Clinch (1846-1924) —
also known as Edward S. Clinch —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born November
8, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1906; appointed 1906;
defeated, 1906.
Baptist.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
24, 1924 (age 78 years, 16
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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 |
De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) —
also known as "Father of the Erie
Canal" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Napanoch, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 2,
1769.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York
council of appointment, 1801; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 1812; Governor of
New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Member, Freemasons.
Chief advocate for the Erie Canal,
completed 1825.
Slaveowner.
Died, from heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother of James
Graham Clinton; brother of Charles
Clinton, George
Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)); married, February
13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married, May 8,
1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father of George
William Clinton; nephew of George
Clinton; first cousin of Jacob
Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed of Charles
De Witt; first cousin five times removed of Abraham
Owen Smoot III and Isaac
Albert Smoot; second cousin once removed of Charles
D. Bruyn and Charles
Gerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed of David
Miller De Witt. |
| | | Political families: Clinton-DeWitt
family of New York; DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Peter
Gansevoort |
| | | Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County,
Ill., are named for him. |
| | | The township
and city of DeWitt,
Michigan, are named for
him. — The city
of De
Witt, Iowa, is named for
him. — The village
of DeWitt,
Illinois, is named for
him. — The city
of De
Witt, Missouri, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: De
Witt C. Stevens
— DeWitt
C. Walker
— De
Witt C. Stanford
— De
Witt C. Littlejohn
— De Witt
C. Gage
— DeWitt
C. Clark
— De
Witt C. Leach
— Dewitt
C. West
— John
DeWitt Clinton Atkins
— DeWitt
C. Wilson
— De
Witt C. Morris
— D.
C. Giddings
— DeWitt
C. Hough
— DeWitt
C. Jones
— De
Witt C. Tower
— D.
C. Coolman
— DeWitt
Clinton Cregier
— DeWitt
C. Hoyt
— DeWitt
Clinton Senter
— De
Witt C. Rugg
— DeWitt
C. Allen
— DeWitt
C. Peck
— DeWitt
C. Richman
— Dewitt
C. Alden
— DeWitt
C. Cram
— De
Witt C. Bolton
— DeWitt
C. Huntington
— DeWitt
C. Jones
— DeWitt
C. Pond
— De Witt
C. Carr
— DeWitt
C. Pierce
— DeWitt
C. Middleton
— De
Witt C. Badger
— DeWitt
C. Dominick
— DeWitt
C. Becker
— De
Witt C. Titus
— De
Witt C. Winchell
— Dewitt
C. Turner
— Dewitt
C. Ruscoe
— DeWitt
C. Brown
— DeWitt
C. French
— De
Witt C. Flanagan
— DeWitt
C. Cole
— DeWitt
C. Talmage
— Dewitt
Clinton Chase
— De
Witt C. Poole, Jr.
— DeWitt
C. Cunningham
— Dewitt
C. Chastain
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan
Cornog, The
Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,
1769-1828 |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
|
| |
Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947) —
also known as Hillary Clinton; Hillary Diane Rodham;
"Hill"; "Evergreen" —
of Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; First Lady
of the United States, 1993-2001; U.S.
Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 2009-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 2016.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2005.
Still living as of 2022.
| | |
Relatives:
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and Dorothy Emma (Howell) Rodham;
sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham; married, October
11, 1975, to William
Jefferson Clinton; mother of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of
Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). |
| | | Political family: Clinton
family of Wadesboro, North Carolina (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books by Hillary Clinton: Living
History (2003) — An
Invitation To The White House : At Home With History
(2000) — It
Takes A Village |
| | | Books about Hillary Clinton: Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary
Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — Gene
Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Gail
Sheehy, Hillary's
Choice — Michael Tomasky, Hillary's
Turn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate
Campaign — Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr., Hillary
Clinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich, The
Case For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and Eileen
McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — Jeff
Gerth & Don Van Natta, Jr., Her
Way : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Susan Morrison, ed., Thirty
Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women
Writers — Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes, HRC:
State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton |
| | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:
Barbara Olson, Hell
to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Peggy Noonan, The
Case Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,
Madame
Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House — Jack
Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Carl Limbacher, Hillary's
Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White
House — Ed Klein, The
Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far
She'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris, Rewriting
History — David N. Bossie, Hillary:
The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,
The
First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
|
| |
Emory P. Close (b. 1859) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
13, 1859.
Lawyer; director, Curtiss Navigation
Company (operator of vessels
on the Great Lakes); U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1897-99.
Burial location unknown.
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| |
Henry A. Clover (born c.1824) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in New York, about 1824.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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| |
Lemuel C. Clute (1834-1901) —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
7, 1834.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1887; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1888; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1892.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Ionia
County, Mich., April
18, 1901 (age 66 years, 254
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Richard Clute and Lucy Jane (Clements) Clute; married 1861 to Ellen
M. McPherson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Herbert P. Coats (b. 1872) —
of Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y., September
1, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1910-14.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of William H. Coats and Emma G. Coats; married 1895 to Bertha
E. Roberts. |
|
 |
George Henry Cobb (b. 1864) —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April
19, 1893, to Louisa Wenzel. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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| |
Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (1858-1943) —
also known as Aaron V. S. Cochrane —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., March
14, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Columbia
County District Attorney, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1897-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1902-28; resigned 1928;
president, Farmers Bank of
Hudson.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
7, 1943 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
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| |
John Cochrane (1813-1898) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
27, 1813.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; New York
state attorney general, 1864-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868
(speaker).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1898 (age 84 years, 164
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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| |
Washington Cockle (1811-1886) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1811.
Lawyer; banker; newspaper
editor; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1846-47; postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1847-49, 1880-85.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., July 15,
1886 (age 75 years, 74
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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 |
William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) —
also known as W. Bourke Cockran —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
February
28, 1854.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23
(12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95,
1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died
in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892,
1904
(speaker),
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1923 (age 69 years, 1
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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George A. Coe (c.1811-1869) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1846, 1847 (4th District 1846, 3rd District 1847);
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1855-58; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., October
21, 1869 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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William S. Coffey —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1910-12,
1915-17; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1934-.
Burial location unknown.
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John P. Cohalan (1873-1950) —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
17, 1873.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1906; member
of New
York state senate 22nd District, 1907-08; New
York County Surrogate, 1909-22.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died March
19, 1950 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Albert Martin Cohen (b. 1901) —
also known as Albert M. Cohen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 10,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1928-34.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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| |
Emil L. Cohen (born c.1912) —
Born about 1912.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1962; appointed 1962.
Burial location unknown.
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 |
William Nathan Cohen —
also known as William N. Cohen —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1897-98; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Empire State Notables (1914) |
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| |
Harold W. Cohn (b. 1913) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
25, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly, 1959-68 (Kings County 4th District 1959-65, 49th
District 1966, 57th District 1967-68).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lillian Bartell. |
|
 |
Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
22, 1869.
Lawyer; attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain");
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; among
the founders
of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1917-19; resigned 1919; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner of Woodrow
Wilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April
11, 1950 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Interment at Bemus
Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
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Everett Colby (1874-1943) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
10, 1874.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1903-05; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1906-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1913.
Died in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 19,
1943 (age 68 years, 191
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Ashley Trimble Cole (1876-1965) —
also known as Ashley T. Cole —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1876.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died February
23, 1965 (age 88 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashley William Cole and Mary Louise (Trimble) Cole; married, October
24, 1917, to Alice Mary Leavy. |
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| |
Chester Cicero Cole (b. 1824) —
also known as Chester C. Cole —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Oxford, Orange
County, N.Y., June 4,
1824.
Lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1864-76; law
professor.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Cole and Alice (Pullman) Cole; married, June 25,
1848, to Amanda M. Bennett. |
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| |
Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., September
17, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1856-60; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1863-65; U.S.
Senator from California, 1867-73.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
3, 1924 (age 102 years,
47 days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ernest E. Cole (1871-1949) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Savona, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
18, 1871.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1920-22; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1923-26; New York Commissioner
of Education, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1949
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Seamans
Cemetery, Savona, N.Y.
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George Wilson Cole (1858-1923) —
also known as George W. Cole —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
31, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Cattaraugus
County District Attorney, 1902-13; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1916-23; appointed 1916;
died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., March
30, 1923 (age 64 years, 89
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen S. Cole and Lemira P. (Berry) Cole; married to Lucia Ellen
Weber. |
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William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) —
also known as W. Sterling Cole —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., April
18, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45,
39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
15, 1987 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, N.Y.
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Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. (b. 1949) —
also known as Norm Coleman —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
17, 1949.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1994-2002; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1998; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ronald E. Coleman (b. 1917) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Roulette, Potter
County, Pa., June 22,
1917.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of
New York Court of Claims, 1961-64.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Roswell Carpenter Coleman (1840-1923) —
of Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., December
3, 1840.
Lawyer; justice of the peace; Orange
County Surrogate, 1884-95.
Died in Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., December
11, 1923 (age 83 years, 8
days).
Interment at Slate
Hill Cemetery, Goshen, N.Y.
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William Miller Collier (1867-1956) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
11, 1867.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president,
George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1956
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Frederick Collin (b. 1850) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., August
2, 1850.
Lawyer; director, Chemung Canal
Trust Co.; director, Arnot Realty
Corporation; director, Elmira, Corning, & Waverly Railway;
mayor
of Elmira, N.Y., 1894-98; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910-20; appointed 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Clark Collin and Maria Louisa (Park) Collin. |
| | | Image source: Empire State Notables
(1914) |
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Francis Dolan Collins (1841-1891) —
also known as Francis D. Collins —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Saugerties, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 5,
1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1872-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1875-79.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
21, 1891 (age 50 years, 261
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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William T. Collins (c.1886-1961) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1924;
New
York County Clerk, 1926-28; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1928-45; appointed 1928; New
York County Surrogate, 1946-57.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Brightwaters, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Collins; brother of Adelaide
Costigan; married to Mae Godfrey. |
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter; married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Andrew James Colvin (1808-1889) —
also known as Andrew J. Colvin —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Coeymans, Albany
County, N.Y., April
30, 1808.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1860-61.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 8,
1889 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Grove Cemetery, Coeymans, N.Y.
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Verplanck Colvin (1847-1920) —
also known as "Savior of the
Adirondacks" —
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
4, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
engineer;
candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1891.
Superintendent of the Adirondack Survey; successfully advocated for
the creation of the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Died in 1920
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Benjamin Coman (1858-1912) —
also known as Henry B. Coman —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y., December
8, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1907-12; died in office
1912.
Member, Elks.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., January
10, 1912 (age 53 years, 33
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Oneida, N.Y.
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Frank Comesky (b. 1858) —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
14, 1858.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; Rockland
County District Attorney, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1900.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Owen Comesky and Ann (Magie) Comesky. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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James Brien Comey (b. 1960) —
also known as James Comey —
of New York.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
14, 1960.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2002-03;
director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2013-17.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Frank Composto —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1950-58; member of
New
York state senate 13th District; elected 1958.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (1922-2003) —
also known as Barber B. Conable, Jr. —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Alexander, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., November
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 53rd District, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-85 (37th District 1965-73,
35th District 1973-83, 30th District 1983-85); president, World Bank.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
30, 2003 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment somewhere
in Alexander, N.Y.
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Martin Thomas Conboy Jr. (1878-1944) —
also known as Martin Conboy —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
28, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933-35.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1944 (age 65 years, 190
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Conboy and Bridget (Harlow) Conboy; married, July 31,
1912, to Bertha L. Mason. |
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George M. Dallas Condon (1860-1933) —
also known as George M. Condon —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., December
27, 1860.
Republican. School
teacher; dry goods
merchant; lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1917-30 (4th District 1917-26, 5th District
1927-30); defeated in primary, 1930.
Died in 1933
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Grand
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William F. Condon Jr. (1921-1984) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 15,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly 98th District, 1965.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., April
25, 1984 (age 62 years, 285
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
7, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880,
1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan Gold
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married, December
9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married, May 9,
1882, to Fanny Butterfield. |
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Abraham Bogart Conger (1814-1887) —
also known as Abraham B. Conger —
of Waldberg (now Congers), Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1852-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
1887 (age 72 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith Conger and Sarah (Bogart) Conger; married, November
12, 1836, to Mary Rutgers McCrea Hedges; third cousin twice
removed of Hugh
Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James
Lockwood Conger, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Frederick
Ward Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger and Charles
Franklin Conger. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The community
of Congers,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harmon Sweatland Conger (1816-1882) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Freeport, Cortland
County, N.Y., April 9,
1816.
Whig. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1847-51; circuit
judge in Wisconsin 12th Circuit, 1871-82; died in office 1882.
Died in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., October
22, 1882 (age 66 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Moore Conger (1819-1890) —
of Ira, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 21,
1819.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 1st District, 1855; livestock
commission business.
Accidentally
struck
by a gate at the Chicago stockyards, suffered a head injury, and died
two weeks later, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1890 (age 71 years, 171
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Omar Dwight Conger (1818-1898) —
also known as Omar D. Conger —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 1,
1818.
Republican. Lawyer; lumber
business; St.
Clair County Judge, 1850-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855-59 (31st District 1855-56, 26th District
1857-59); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1869-81 (5th District 1869-73, 7th
District 1873-81); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1881-87.
Died in Ocean City, Worcester
County, Md., July 11,
1898 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Robert S. Conklin (1876-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
2, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1907-10;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1930.
Died, from heart
disease, in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 4,
1931 (age 54 years, 306
days).
Interment somewhere
in Somers, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Conklin and Anna Jane (Hughes) Conklin; married, June 25,
1910, to Mary Bent. |
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Howard Conkling (1855-1938) —
of Luzerne, Warren
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1892-93, 1903, 1914-15 (Warren County 1892-93,
New York County 25th District 1903, New York County 29th District
1914-15); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1898.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
5, 1938 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) —
also known as "The Oneida Chieftan"; "My
Lord Roscoe" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
30, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District
1859-63, 21st District 1865-67); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1876;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880.
Died, from mastoiditis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1888 (age 58 years, 171
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred
Conkling and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Cockburn) Conkling; brother of Frederick
Augustus Conkling; married, June 25,
1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (daughter of Henry
Seymour; sister of Horatio
Seymour; granddaughter of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Morris
Woodruff Seymour); uncle of Alfred
Conkling Coxe, Alfred
Ronalds Conkling and Howard
Conkling; granduncle of Alfred
Conkling Coxe Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Abel
Huntington. |
| | | Political family: Conkling-Seymour
family of Utica, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The community
of Roscoe,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Roscoe
C. Chandley
— Roscoe
C. Patterson
— Roscoe
C. Waterbury
— Roscoe
C. McCulloch
— Roscoe
C. Marcum
— Roscoe
C. Emery
— Roscoe
Conkling Simmons
— Roscoe
Conkling Fitch
— Roscoe
C. Van Marter
— Roscoe
C. Summers
— Roscoe
C. Rowe
— Roscoe
C. Lennon
— Roscoe
C. Austin
— Roscoe
C. Hobbs
— Roscoe
C. Stacey
— Roscoe
C. Brown, Jr.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Roscoe Conkling: Donald
Barr Chidsey, The
gentleman from New York: A life of Roscoe
Conkling |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Lewis J. Conlan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1886.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Ward Connolly (1847-1894) —
also known as Daniel W. Connolly —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Cochecton, Sullivan
County, N.Y., April
24, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1883-85;
postmaster at Scranton,
Pa., 1885-89.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., December
4, 1894 (age 47 years, 224
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Maurice E. Connolly (1881-1935) —
of Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1911-28; resigned 1928; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1924;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1918; resigned
as borough president in April, 1928 during an investigation
of a sewer graft scandal;
convicted
in October 1928 of conspiracy to defraud
the city; sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$500; following an unsuccessful appeal, he served the prison
sentence in 1930-31.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
24, 1935 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice Connolly and Mary Jane Connolly; married to Helen M.
Connell; father of Helen F. Connolly (daughter-in-law of Leander
Bernard Faber). |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
J. Shearn |
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer,
at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Martin Connor (b. 1945) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1978-; defeated in primary, 2008;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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John H. Conroy (b. 1893) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born October
23, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1923-29.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John D. Conroy and Eunice (Beale) Conroy. |
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Albert Conway (1889-1969) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 3,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1928; county judge in New York, 1930-31;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1931-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1937-39; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1954-59.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1969 (age 80 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph P. Conway and Jane Lucille (Flanagan) Conway; married to
Alice O'Neil. |
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J. Edward Conway (b. 1902) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Eddyville, Ulster
County, N.Y., 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1933-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Constance Eberhardt Cook (1919-2009) —
also known as Constance E. Cook; Connie Cook;
Constance Eberhardt —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-73 (Tompkins County 1963-65, 138th District
1966, 125th District 1967-72, 128th District 1973); president of land
grant affairs, Cornell University, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1984.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zonta.
Co-sponsor, in 1970, of the bill which legalized abortion in New York
State.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
20, 2009 (age 89 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter Eberhardt and Catherine (Sellmann) Eberhardt;
married 1955 to Alfred
P. Cook. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Eli Cook Jr. (1814-1865) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., January
23, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1853-55.
Died in 1865
(age about
51 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Francis Cooke (1885-1967) —
also known as Edmund F. Cooke —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April
13, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 7th District, 1923-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1929-33; defeated,
1932.
Died in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., May 13,
1967 (age 82 years, 30
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alden, N.Y.
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Erastus Cooke (1818-1885) —
of Saugerties, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Laurens, Otsego
County, N.Y., September
3, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1880; defeated, 1861 (3rd
District); appointed 1880; defeated, 1880 (2nd District).
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 20,
1885 (age 66 years, 290
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Holden Cooke and Ruth (Joslyn) Cooke; married to Lucretia Root
'Lucie' Gates. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John H. Cooke (b. 1911) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 29,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1951-62 (51st District 1951-54, 57th District
1955-62); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1962-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard T. Cooke (b. 1913) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., July 5,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 57th District, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Stephen Mortimer Coon (1845-1913) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
18, 1845.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1888-89.
Died April 9,
1913 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen D. Coon and Sarah (Haight) Coon; married, November
23, 1870, to Mary F. Coit. |
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William H. Coon —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; Cortland
County District Attorney, 1928-31; chair of
Cortland County Republican Party, 1932-35; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1942-58.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Bronson Cooper (1850-1918) —
also known as Samuel B. Cooper; Sam Bronson
Cooper —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born near Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky., May 30,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Attorney, 1872-80; member of Texas
state senate, 1881-85; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1893-1905, 1907-09.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1918 (age 68 years, 83
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Lawrence E. Corbett Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y., May 11,
1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of
New
York state assembly, 1963-72 (Washington County 1963-65, 115th
District 1966, 107th District 1967-72).
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan V. Burns. |
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Edward T. Corcoran (c.1894-1937) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Mechanicville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., about 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District 1937,
but died before taking office.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Legion; Elks; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Rockefeller Institute hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1937 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dominic Corcoran; married to Margaret M. McCosker. |
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John William Corcoran (b. 1853) —
also known as John W. Corcoran —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., June 14,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1886, 1887; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891; superior court
judge in Massachusetts, 1892-93.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas L. J. Corcoran (c.1908-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1908.
Lawyer; assistant counsel (1937), counsel (1942) to Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman; head of the New York State War Council during World
War II; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947-55; died in office 1955.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a blood
clot, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
21, 1955 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Guy Carleton Haynes Corliss (b. 1858) —
also known as Guy C. H. Corliss —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 4,
1858.
Lawyer; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1889-98; Dean, Law
School, University of North Dakota.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus K. Corliss and Clarinda M. Corliss. |
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Jasper W. Cornaire (b. 1877) —
of Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., March
12, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1925-26, 1928-34; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1927-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Russell Edward Cornell (1821-1881) —
also known as Francis R. E. Cornell —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Coventry, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
17, 1821.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1861-62, 1865; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1868-74; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1875-81; died in office 1881.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 23,
1881 (age 59 years, 187
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George W. Cornell (1896-1988) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
29, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1959-64; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 36th District, 1967.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March
24, 1988 (age 91 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mathias Figueira Correa (b. 1910) —
also known as Mathias F. Correa —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 4,
1910.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1941-43; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rodolfo A. Correa and Erene (Figueira) Correa; married 1945 to Louise
Kennedy. |
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Edward Corsi (1896-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Abruzzi, Italy,
December
29, 1896.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1923; newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Immigration Commissioner, 1931; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938; New York State Industrial
Commissioner; appointed in 1954 as a special assistant on immigration
problems to U.S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, but was dismissed three months later; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1950.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in an auto
accident, when a car in which he was a passenger skidded off the
road and overturned, near Phoenicia, Ulster
County, N.Y., December
13, 1965 (age 68 years, 349
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Frederick Corsi and Julia (Pantano) Corsi; married, June 17,
1926, to Emma Gillies. |
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Joseph R. Corso —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1949-66 (Kings County 20th District 1949-65, 47th
District 1966).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1880
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute
nephritis and influenza,
in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Thomas F. Cosgrove (b. 1892) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 16,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
wounded in battle at Argonne Forest, October 21, 1918, and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1920-23.
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Grassmere, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Mark Americus Costantino (1920-1990) —
also known as Mark A. Costantino —
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April 9,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; city
court judge in New York, 1956-66; civil court judge in New York,
1966-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1971-87;
took senior status 1987.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 17,
1990 (age 70 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank J. Costello (1902-1980) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born March 9,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1937-45; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1946-49.
Died June 1,
1980 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Times, April 2, 1937 |
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Peter J. Costigan (b. 1930) —
of Setauket, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
16, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 2nd District, 1966-74.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary.
Still living as of 1974.
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Relatives:
Married to Victoria Dubenchek. |
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James Sproull Cothran (1830-1897) —
also known as James S. Cothran —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born near Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August
8, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1869; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1872;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1881-86; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1887-91.
Slaveowner.
Died, in a sanitarium
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1897 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Salvatore A. Cotillo (1886-1939) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
November
19, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1913, 1915-16;
member of New York
state senate, 1917-23 (20th District 1917-18, 18th District
1919-23); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1920;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-39; died in office
1939.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sons of
Italy.
Died, following an operation for a chest
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1939 (age 52 years, 250
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Natalie F. Couch —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; personal secretary to Supreme Court
Justice Arthur
S. Tompkins; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1932,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1934, 1936.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; government director, 1885-88, and receiver,
1892-98, of Union Pacific Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver
troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Frederic René Coudert Jr. (1898-1972) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
member of New York
state senate, 1939-46 (17th District 1939-44, 20th District
1945-46); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1947-59; campaign
chair for William
F. Buckley, Jr.'s campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1965.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1972 (age 74 years, 14
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Way Covert (1842-1910) —
also known as James W. Covert —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., September
2, 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1877-81, 1889-95;
defeated, 1872; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1882-83.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1910 (age 67 years, 246
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry D. Coville (b. 1872) —
of Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Central Square, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Central Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., April
10, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Oswego
County Attorney, 1907-14; Oswego
County Judge, 1915-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 37th District, 1938;
member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1944-56.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Covington (1838-1911) —
also known as George W. Covington —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
12, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; attorney for
Pennsylvania Railroad;
director, Delaware Railway
Company; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1881-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1911 (age 72 years, 206
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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Charles J. Cowan (born c.1927) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1965-73; defeated, 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
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Myron Melvin Cowen (1898-1965) —
also known as Myron M. Cowen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan, Harrison
County, Iowa, January
25, 1898.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1948-49; Philippines, 1949-51; Belgium, 1952-53.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1965 (age 67 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William T. Cowin (1901-1991) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
16, 1901.
Republican. Legal secretary to U.S. District Judge Grover
M. Moscowitz; lawyer; assistant U.S. Attorney; served in
the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1956; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1966, 1969-76; defeated,
1963, 1964; appointed 1966; defeated, 1966.
Jewish.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
1, 1991 (age 89 years, 77
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Leesburg, Fla.
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Warren Cowles (c.1824-1872) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.; Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in New York, about 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1866-68; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1869-72.
Died in 1872
(age about
48 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Conkling Coxe (1847-1923) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 20,
1847.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1882-1902;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1902-17.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
15, 1923 (age 75 years, 330
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1880-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., December
21, 1957 (age 77 years, 228
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Hanson Cleveland Coxe (b. 1859) —
also known as Hanson C. Coxe —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
26, 1859.
Lawyer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1904-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Macgrane Coxe (1859-1923) —
of Southfields, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., May 29,
1859.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1896-97; Honduras, 1896-97.
Died in 1923
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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J. Sargeant Cram —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1916.
Burial location unknown.
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John Cramer (1779-1870) —
of Half Moon, Saratoga
County, N.Y.; Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 17,
1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1805-06, 1810-11, 1842; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1833-37.
Died in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1870 (age 91 years, 15
days).
Interment at Waterford
Rural Cemetery, Waterford, N.Y.
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Paul M. Crandell (c.1877-1935) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Lawyer; mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1934-35; appointed 1934; nominated, but
died before the election 1935; died in office 1935.
After completing a speech at a meeting
of the New Rochelle Teachers Club, at Albert Leonard Junior High
School, suffered a heart
attack and died, from coronary
thrombosis, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1935 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Elvin Williamson Crane (b. 1853) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1887; candidate
for Governor of
New Jersey, 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Evan Crane (1869-1947) —
also known as Frederick E. Crane —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1902-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1917-34; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1935-39; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute.
Died in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
21, 1947 (age 78 years, 264
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Brother of Ida Elizabeth Crane (who married Edwin
Louis Garvin). |
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1936 |
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Sidney Clinton Crane (born c.1874) —
also known as Sidney C. Crane —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., about 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1912, 1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph F. Crangle (b. 1932) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 12,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1965; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1968,
1972,
1980,
1988.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1993.
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Joseph Force Crater (b. 1889) —
also known as Joseph F. Crater; "Good Time
Joe" —
of New York.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to Robert
F. Wagner, 1920-26; newspapers reported that the two became law
partners, but Wagner later denied it; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930; appointed 1930.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi; Tammany
Hall.
Mysteriously
disappeared (probably kidnapped and murdered)
on August 6, 1930; his body was never
found; he was declared legally dead in 1939.
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Andrew Murray Crawford (1853-1925) —
also known as Andrew M. Crawford —
of Marshfield (now Coos Bay), Coos
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cannonsville, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
29, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897; Oregon
state attorney general, 1903-15.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
29, 1925 (age 72 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward F. Crawford (b. 1919) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
1, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1957-73 (Oswego County 1957-65, 132nd District
1966, 117th District 1967-73); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 43rd District, 1967.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret M. Conlin. |
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Harold J. Crawford (b. 1900) —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1933-35.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas James Creamer (1843-1914) —
also known as Thomas J. Creamer —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Leitrim, Ireland,
May
26, 1843.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1865-67, 1889 (New York County 10th District
1865-66, New York County 14th District 1867, 1889); member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-75, 1901-03 (7th District
1873-75, 8th District 1901-03).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1914 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James J. Crisona (1907-2003) —
of Arverne, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Neponsit, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
30, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 12th District, 1946; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1955-57; defeated, 1946; resigned
1957; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1958-59; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1959-60.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died September
4, 2003 (age 96 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin W. Cristman —
of Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1914; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1915-16; Independent Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1819-1893) —
also known as Thomas L. Crittenden —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., May 15,
1819.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Consul in Liverpool, 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
23, 1893 (age 74 years, 161
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah O. (Lee) Crittenden and John
Jordan Crittenden; married to Catherine Lucy Todd; nephew of Thomas
Turpin Crittenden and Robert
Crittenden; grandson of John
Crittenden; first cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden and Thomas
Theodore Crittenden; first cousin once removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson; second cousin once removed of Howell
Cobb (1772-1818) and Zachary
Taylor; second cousin twice removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph and Dabney
Carr; second cousin thrice removed of Howell
Lewis; third cousin of Howell
Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; third cousin twice removed of Meriwether
Lewis, Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; third cousin thrice removed of George
Washington; fourth cousin of John
Lee, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; fourth cousin once removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, David
Shelby Walker, Fitzhugh
Lee, Francis
Preston Blair Lee, John
Gardner Coolidge and Edith
Wilson. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875) —
also known as Edwin B. Crocker —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Jamesville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
26, 1818.
Lawyer; justice of
California state supreme court, 1863; chief counsel, Central
Pacific Railroad,
1864-69.
Founder of the Crocker Art Museum; partially
paralyzed following an 1869 stroke.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., June 24,
1875 (age 57 years, 59
days).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Michael E. Crofoot (1822-1884) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., March
14, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oakland
County Probate Judge, 1849-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1856.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., May 11,
1884 (age 62 years, 58
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Louisa Crofoot and Charles Crofoot; married to Annie E.
Fitch. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Cromwell (1860-1934) —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1888; borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1898-1913; defeated, 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a week later, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1934 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Francis J. Cronin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1922-23.
Catholic.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Elisha Oscar Crosby (1818-1895) —
also known as Elisha O. Crosby —
of Vernon, Sutter
County, Calif.; New York.
Born in Tompkins
County, N.Y., 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from Sacramento
District, 1849; member of California
state senate, 1849-51; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1861-64.
Died in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., June 20,
1895 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest H. Crosby (b. 1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
4, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1887-89;
defeated, 1881.
Burial location unknown.
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Guernsey T. Cross (b. 1889) —
of Callicoon, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Neversink, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
27, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1920, 1922-24, 1927-28;
defeated, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1916 to Abbie
L. Dibble. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer; Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Paul A. Crotty (born c.1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; New York City Finance Commissioner, 1984;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984.
Still living as of 1984.
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Peter J. Crotty (c.1908-1992) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; general
counsel in New York for the United Steelworkers union; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1953; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1954-65; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1958; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 56th District, 1967.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Mercy Hospital,
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 3,
1992 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard Callender Crouch (b. 1866) —
also known as Leonard C. Crouch —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 30,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1913-33; appointed 1913;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court,
1923-32; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1932-36; defeated, 1928; appointed
1932.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Lorenzo Crounse (1834-1909) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Sharon, Schoharie
County, N.Y., January
27, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Nebraska
territorial legislature, 1866; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1867-73; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1873-77; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for Nebraska, 1879; Governor of
Nebraska, 1893-95; member of Nebraska
state senate 10th District, 1901.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 13,
1909 (age 75 years, 106
days).
Interment at Fort
Calhoun Cemetery, Fort Calhoun, Neb.
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Daniel Cruger (1780-1843) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
22, 1780.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War
of 1812; member of New York
state assembly, 1813-16, 1826 (Allegany and Steuben counties
1813-16, Steuben County 1826); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1816; postmaster at Bath,
N.Y., 1815-17, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1817-19; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1818-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), July 12,
1843 (age 62 years, 202
days).
Interment at Stone
Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, W.Va.
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Alfred B. Cruikshank (b. 1847) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fredericton, New
Brunswick, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
lawyer; United Democracy candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cruikshank and Matilda (Irwin) Cruikshank; married 1874 to Jessie
Goodliffe. |
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Cornell Crysler (1829-1900) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
27, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; postmaster at Independence,
Mo., 1873-85; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1884;
mayor
of Independence, Mo., 1890-91.
Died in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., June 2,
1900 (age 70 years, 248
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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William Edgar Culkin (1860-1949) —
also known as William E. Culkin —
of Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., October
15, 1860.
Lawyer; Wright
County Attorney, 1887; member of Minnesota
state senate 38th District, 1895-98.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 25,
1949 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Edgar Montgomery Cullen (b. 1843) —
also known as Edgar M. Cullen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
4, 1843.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1881-1903; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1900; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1904-13; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Henry J. Cullen and Eliza M. (McCue) Cullen; brother of Henry
J. Cullen Jr.. |
| | | Image source: Empire State Notables
(1914) |
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Henry J. Cullen Jr. (1841-1892) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1869-70.
Episcopalian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1892 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas P. Cullen —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-67 (Queens County 2nd District 1965, 36th
District 1966, 34th District 1967).
Still living as of 1967.
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Patrick W. Cullinan (1851-1926) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1880-81; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904,
1912
(alternate), 1920
(alternate); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 19,
1926 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Erastus Dean Culver (1803-1889) —
also known as Erastus D. Culver —
of Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y., March
15, 1803.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1838, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1845-47; U.S.
Minister to Venezuela, 1862-66; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868.
Died in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., October
13, 1889 (age 86 years, 212
days).
Entombed at Greenwich
Cemetery, Greenwich, N.Y.
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John Cunneen (b. 1848) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ennis, Ireland,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892;
New
York state attorney general, 1903-04; defeated, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Andrew Mark Cuomo (b. 1957) —
also known as Andrew M. Cuomo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
6, 1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1997-2001; New York
state attorney general, 2007-10; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2008;
Governor
of New York, 2011-.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2023.
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Mario Matthew Cuomo (1932-2015) —
also known as Mario M. Cuomo —
of Holliswood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 15,
1932.
Democrat. Played professional
baseball in 1952 for the minor-league Brunswick Pirates;
lawyer; law
professor; secretary
of state of New York, 1975-78; Liberal candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1979-82; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988;
Governor
of New York, 1983-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2015 (age 82 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry Hastings Curran (1877-1966) —
also known as Henry H. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1877.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1910; major in the
U.S. Army during World War I; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1920-21; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921; U.S. Commissioner of Immigration at
Ellis Island, 1923-26; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 8,
1966 (age 88 years, 151
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Elliott Curran and Eliza Phillips (Mulford) Curran; married,
October
12, 1905, to Frances Ford Hardy. |
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Paul Jerome Curran (1933-2008) —
also known as Paul J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-66 (New York County 6th District 1963-65,
70th District 1966); U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1973-75;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1982, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
4, 2008 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at St.
Catharine Cemetery, Sea Girt, N.J.
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Thomas Jerome Curran (1898-1958) —
also known as Thomas J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
chair
of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary
of state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military
Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 29,
1958 (age 59 years, 243
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John Currey (b. 1814) —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., October
4, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Anti-Lecompton Democratic
candidate for Governor of
California, 1859; justice of
California state supreme court, 1864-.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Currey and Reban (Ward) Currey; married 1845 to
Cornelia Elizabeth Scott; married 1881 to
Cornelia Ferris. |
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Dean F. Currie (1846-1932) —
of Kirkland, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1902; candidate for
New
York state assembly from Orleans County, 1915.
Died in 1932
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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Edward Curtis (1801-1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., October
25, 1801.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1837-41; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1841-44.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
2, 1856 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Milton Curtis (b. 1843) —
also known as George M. Curtis —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 18,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1864, 1866.
Burial location unknown.
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James L. Curtis (1870-1917) —
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 8,
1870.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1915-17; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1916-17.
African
ancestry.
Died October
24, 1917 (age 47 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Edmond Curtis (1823-1880) —
also known as William E. Curtis —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
29, 1823.
Lawyer; New York City superior court judge, 1872-80; died in
office 1880.
Died in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 6,
1880 (age 56 years, 281
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Watertown, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Holbrook Curtis and Elizabeth (Edmond) Curtis; married to Mary Ann
Scovill. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Boughton Curtiss (b. 1852) —
also known as George B. Curtiss —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
16, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; Broome
County District Attorney, 1883-89; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1900-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Curtiss and Huldah (Boughton) Curtiss; married, May 1,
1888, to Mary D. Bliss. |
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Ernest Curto —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1946-64.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen B. Cushing (c.1813-1868) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born about 1813.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County 2nd District, 1852; New York
state attorney general, 1856-57.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1868 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Wellington Cushman (1867-1909) —
also known as Francis W. Cushman; "Abe Lincoln of the
Pacific Coast" —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, May 8,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1899-1909 (at-large 1899-1909,
2nd District 1909); died in office 1909.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1909 (age 42 years, 59
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Charles A. Cusick —
of Weedsport, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1947-60; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 49th District, 1967.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Brockholst Cutting (1804-1870) —
also known as Francis B. Cutting —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
6, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1853-55.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1870 (age 65 years, 324
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Louis A. Cuvillier (1871-1935) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., February
4, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1907-09, 1911-13, 1920, 1922-33, 1935 (New York
County 30th District 1907-09, 1911-13, New York County 20th District
1920, 1922-33, 1935); defeated, 1909 (New York County 30th District),
1920 (New York County 20th District), 1933 (New York County 20th
District); died in office 1935; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., May 18,
1935 (age 64 years, 103
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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