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Stephen G. Daley —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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William Davis Daly (1851-1900) —
also known as William D. Daly —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., June 4,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1891; district
judge in New Jersey, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1892,
1896;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1893-98; member of New Jersey
Democratic State Committee, 1896-98; New Jersey
Democratic state chair, 1896; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1899-1900; died in
office 1900.
Died, from uremia,
in Theodore Pettit's boarding
house, Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1900 (age 49 years, 57
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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John Dalzell (1845-1927) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Swissvale, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-1913 (22nd District
1887-1903, 30th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
2, 1927 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Damico —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Dana (b. 1881) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1910, 1912;
president, Spicer Manufacturing
Co.; president, Parish Pressed
Steel Co.; president, Salisbury Axle Co.
president, New York and New Jersey Water Co.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Sardis Dana —
of Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Holland, Hampden
County, Mass.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1834.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Dana; married to Mary Faulkner. |
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Elliott Danforth (1850-1906) —
of Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., March 6,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1880,
1896,
1900,
1904;
New
York state treasurer, 1890-93; New York
Democratic state chair, 1896-98; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1898.
Died in 1906
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John V. Daniels (1809-1881) —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
5, 1809.
Lawyer; postmaster at Rochester,
Minn., 1858-59; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1862-68, 1876-77 (12th District 1862-68, 10th
District 1876-77); mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1865-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 10, 1875, 1881; died in
office 1881.
Baptist.
Died September
24, 1881 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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Warren O. Daniels —
of Parishville, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1934-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Emil Ames Dapper (1844-1906) —
also known as Emil A. Dapper —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1844.
Socialist. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1902.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
13, 1906 (age 62 years, 265
days).
Interment at Valley
City Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Carl E. Darling (b. 1903) —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
20, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1936-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick R. Darling and Emma A. Darling; married, June 28,
1930, to Katherine L. Hall. |
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1936 |
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Richard Joseph Daronco (1931-1988) —
also known as Richard J. Daronco —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1931.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1979-87; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1987-88;
died in office 1988.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Shot
and killed,
by Charles L. Koster, in Pelham Heights, Pelham, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 21,
1988 (age 56 years, 294
days). Koster, a retired police officer, was angry over ruling
the judge had issued two days earlier; he killed himself at the scene.
Burial location unknown.
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Lev L. Dassin (b. 1965) —
of New York.
Born September
10, 1965.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2008-09.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel Arza Davenport (1834-1911) —
also known as Samuel A. Davenport —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born near Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., January
15, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1860; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1897-1901.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
1, 1911 (age 77 years, 198
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Auguste Davezac (1780-1851) —
also known as Auguste Genevieve Valentin
D'Avezac=de=Castera —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Les Cayes, Haiti,
1780.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1831-39, 1845-50; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1842, 1844.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
15, 1851 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Leopold David (1878-1924) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1923-25.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
failure, November
21, 1924 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Irwin Delmore Davidson (1906-1981) —
also known as Irwin D. Davidson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
2, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1937, 1939-48 (New York County 7th District 1937,
1939-44, New York County 5th District 1945-48); resigned 1948; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1955-56; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1967-68.
Jewish.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
1, 1981 (age 75 years, 211
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Long Island Sound.
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James Henry Davidson (1858-1918) —
also known as James H. Davidson —
of Green Lake
County, Wis.; Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Colchester, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1858.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Green
Lake County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1897-1913, 1917-18 (6th District
1897-1903, 8th District 1903-13, 6th District 1917-18); died in
office 1918.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1918 (age 60 years, 49
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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John C. Davies (b. 1857) —
of Camden, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
17, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1887; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1893-95; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1894;
New
York state attorney general, 1899-1902; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Davies and Esther M. (Hempstead) Davies; married, September
9, 1890, to Elma B. Dorrance. |
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John R. Davies (born c.1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1908-17;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1914; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1925.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. (1903-1964) —
also known as Benjamin J. Davis, Jr.; Ben
Davis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., September
8, 1903.
Communist. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 18th District, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1942; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1946; arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and expelled
from his New York city council seat; served more than three years in
prison.
African
ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
22, 1964 (age 60 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) —
also known as Cushman K. Davis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 16,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73; Governor of
Minnesota, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900.
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American
War, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1900 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.; later interred in 1901 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Allen Davis (b. 1858) —
also known as George A. Davis —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Lancaster, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
5, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1890; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 31st District, 1894;
member of New York
state senate, 1896-1910 (49th District 1896-1906, 50th District
1907-10).
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Interment at Lancaster
Rural Cemetery, Lancaster, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Lillie N. Grimes. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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George Rex Davis (1788-1867) —
also known as George R. Davis —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., 1788.
Tailor;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1818-19, 1830-31, 1842-43;
Speaker
of the New York State Assembly, 1831, 1843.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., June 24,
1867 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Amy Lottridge. |
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George T. Davis —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; Oneida
County Special County Judge, 1899; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1910; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1916-19.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry K. Davis —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822-1907) —
also known as Bancroft Davis —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1822.
Lawyer; newspaper
correspondent; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1869; U.S.
Minister to Germany, 1874-77; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1878-82; official reporter, U.S. Supreme
Court, 1883.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1907 (age 84 years, 364
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
13, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
24, 1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y.
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Joseph Graham Davis Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Gray Davis —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
26, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
war; chief of staff for Gov. Jerry
Brown, 1974-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-87; California
state controller, 1987-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
1996
(delegation co-chair), 2000,
2004;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1995-99; Governor of
California, 1999-2003.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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Leslie Ammerton Davis (b. 1876) —
also known as Leslie A. Davis —
of Port Jefferson, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Jefferson, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
29, 1876.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Batum, 1912-14; Harput, 1914-18; Helsingfors, as of 1919-24; Zagreb, as of 1926-29; Patras, 1930; Oporto, 1930-34; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, as of 1938.
Burial location unknown.
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Millard Davis (b. 1883) —
of Kerhonkson, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Boiceville, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
3, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1925-32.
Interment at Pine
Bush Cemetery, Kerhonkson, N.Y.
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Noah Davis (1818-1902) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., September
10, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1857-68, 1873-87; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1870-72.
Presided over the two trials of William
M. Tweed in 1873.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
20, 1902 (age 83 years, 191
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Rowland Lucius Davis (1871-1954) —
also known as Rowland L. Davis —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 10,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Clayton
R. Lusk, 1902-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1915-41; appointed 1915;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court,
1921-39 (4th Department 1921-26, 3rd Department 1926-31, 2nd
Department 1931-39).
Died in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., February
1, 1954 (age 82 years, 206
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Frederick Trubee Davison (1896-1974) —
also known as F. Trubee Davison —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1922-26;
Assistant Secretary of War for Air, 1926-32; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1932; president, American Museum of Natural
History, 1933-51; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; personnel
director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1951-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Skull
and Bones; American
Legion.
Died in Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
14, 1974 (age 78 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Pomeroy Davison and Kate (Trubee) Davison; married, April
16, 1920, to Dorothy Peabody. |
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| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 24,
1925 |
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.;
director, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways
Co., Third Avenue Railway
Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Co., American Eagle Fire
Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married, April
24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
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Harlow P. Davock (b. 1848) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
11, 1848.
Republican. Civil
engineer; worked on many railroad
and canal
projects; lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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John Madison Davy (1835-1909) —
also known as John M. Davy —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario,
June
29, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1868-71; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1872-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1889-1903.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., April
21, 1909 (age 73 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Alice
Taylor. |
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David F. Day —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1878; candidate for
Buffalo superior court judge, 1886.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Dayan (1792-1877) —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 8,
1792.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1827-28; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1828; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1831-33; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1835-36; Lewis
County District Attorney, 1840-45.
Died in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., December
25, 1877 (age 85 years, 170
days).
Interment at Lowville
Rural Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y.
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Charles Willoughby Dayton (1846-1910) —
also known as Charles W. Dayton —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
3, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1881;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-10; defeated, 1901;
died in office 1910.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1910 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Isaac Dayton (c.1819-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary); member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1884.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
18, 1900 (age about 81
years).
Interment somewhere
in Hudson, N.Y.
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Pierce H. Deamer Jr. (1907-1986) —
of Bergenfield, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1952-61;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1962-65.
Died in June, 1986
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gilbert Dean (1819-1870) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
14, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1851-54 (8th District 1851-53, 12th
District 1853-54); resigned 1854; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1854-55; appointed 1854.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
12, 1870 (age 51 years, 59
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.; reinterment at Portland
Evergreen Cemetery, Brocton, N.Y.
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William Albro De Groot (b. 1869) —
also known as William A. De Groot —
of Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1904, 1906-09 (Queens County 2nd District 1904,
1906, Queens County 4th District 1907-09); candidate for New York
state senate 2nd District, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) —
also known as George B. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; oil
producer; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Arthur K. Delaney (1841-1905) —
of Horicon, Dodge
County, Wis.; Mayville, Dodge
County, Wis.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Fort Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1869-70; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1881-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1885-87;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1888,
1892;
mayor
of Juneau, Alaska, 1900-01.
Died in Paso Robles, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., January
21, 1905 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund J. Delany (1906-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1937-42; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1959 (age 53 years, 7
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Delany and Estelle M. Delany. |
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John J. Delany (1861-1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1904-06;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-15; defeated, 1909;
died in office 1915.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1915 (age 54 years, 138
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Alexander Del Giorno (b. 1900) —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
February
28, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1945-51; resigned
1951; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1957-64.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ida Serra. |
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Stephen Wallace Dempsey (1862-1949) —
also known as S. Wallace Dempsey —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartland, Niagara
County, N.Y., May 8,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 40th District, 1915-31; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1949 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Harvey Denby (1830-1904) —
also known as Charles H. Denby —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Mt. Joy, Botetourt
County, Va., June 16,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1876,
1884;
U.S. Minister to China, 1885-98.
Episcopalian.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., January
13, 1904 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Mary Dolores Welch Denman (c.1932-2000) —
also known as M. Dolores Denman —
of New York.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1978; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1979-2000; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1981-2000.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., 2000
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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John J. DePasquale (b. 1896) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 10th District, 1945-50;
candidate for New York
state senate 27th District, 1950; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1958.
Burial location unknown.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
23, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary
of state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French
Huguenot, Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Society
of the Cincinnati; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married, November
9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married, December
28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew of Roger
Sherman; second cousin twice removed of Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts and George
Frisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed of Aaron
Burr; third cousin once removed of Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar, Maxwell
Evarts and Arthur
Outram Sherman; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Merton
William Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed of Reuben
Bostwick Heacock; fourth cousin of John
Frederick Addis, Henry
de Forest Baldwin and Roger
Sherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed of John
Adams Dix, Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Charles
Warren Fairbanks, Newton
Hamilton Fairbanks, John
Stanley Addis and Archibald
Cox. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The village
of Depew, New
York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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Charles S. Desmond (1896-1987) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Eden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
2, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1924; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1940; appointed 1940; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1941-59; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1959-66.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died February
19, 1987 (age 90 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Desmond and Katherine (Jordan) Desmond; married, June 28,
1928, to Helen Marie Ryan. |
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Courken George Deukmejian (b. 1928) —
also known as George Deukmejian;
"Duke" —
of California.
Born in Menands, Albany
County, N.Y., June 6,
1928.
Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1963-67; member of California
state senate, 1967-79; California
state attorney general, 1979-83; Governor of
California, 1983-91.
Episcopalian.
Member, Navy
League; American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bernard S. Deutsch (b. 1884) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Maryland, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; Independent candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Devany Jr. (b. 1899) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 8th District, 1930-44;
Constitutional candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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John Edward Develin (1821-1888) —
also known as John E. Develin —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1846-47, 1867 (New York County 1846-47, New York
County 19th District 1867); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1880.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
trouble, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
23, 1888 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Develin and Deborah (Ireland) Develin. |
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Michael Devereaux —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879-80; mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1890-92, 1896-98, 1907-08; candidate for
Michigan
state board of education, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
24, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel,
Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond
Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Eastman
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Abbott
family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway,
which runs through Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange,
Ulster,
Greene,
Albany,
Schenectady,
Montgomery,
Herkimer,
Oneida,
Madison,
Onondaga,
Cayuga,
Seneca,
Ontario,
Monroe,
Genesee,
Erie,
and Chautauqua
counties in New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political
Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Charles Gerrit De Witt (1789-1839) —
also known as Charles G. De Witt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenhill, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
7, 1789.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1829-31; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Central America, 1833-39.
Died on
board a river steamer on the Hudson River near Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., April
12, 1839 (age 49 years, 156
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y.
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David Miller De Witt (1837-1912) —
also known as David M. De Witt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
25, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ulster
County District Attorney, 1863-70; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1873-75; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1883; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1885-86.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 23,
1912 (age 74 years, 211
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Henry R. DeWitt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 1st District, 1914-16.
Burial location unknown.
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William Hedges DeWitt (1853-1902) —
also known as William H. DeWitt —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1883-85; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1886-89; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1889-96; member of Republican
National Committee from Montana, 1900-02.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., January
18, 1902 (age 48 years, 308
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) —
of Lunenburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 14,
1761.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1788-90; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1800; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1801; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1814, 1815, 1816.
Died in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., May 4,
1816 (age 54 years, 356
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Israel Tripp Deyo (1854-1953) —
also known as Israel T. Deyo —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., January
28, 1854.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1890-93; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 39th District, 1915.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., 1953
(age about
99 years).
Interment at Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.
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Martin Weld Deyo (1902-1951) —
also known as Martin W. Deyo —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., December
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1933-34; member
of New
York state senate 40th District, 1935-36; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1940-49; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1949.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Improved
Order of Red Men; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died October
20, 1951 (age 48 years, 312
days).
Interment at Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.
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Homer E. A. Dick (b. 1884) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Three Mile Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., March
22, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 46th District, 1915;
member of New York
state senate 46th District, 1922-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Dick and Ida (Maine) Dick. |
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Samuel Byron Dicker (b. 1889) —
also known as Samuel B. Dicker —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1889.
Republican. Statistician;
lawyer; director, Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1939-55; appointed 1939; resigned 1955.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moritz Dicker and Rose (Weinberg) Dicker. |
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Howard W. Dickey —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1927-34; defeated,
1934.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Monroe Dickinson (1842-1924) —
also known as Charles M. Dickinson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
15, 1842.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; poet; one
of the founders of the Associated Press news service, 1892; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; U.S. Consul General in Constantinople, 1897-1906; U.S. Consular Agent in Sofia, 1901-03; Progressive candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 3,
1924 (age 81 years, 231
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) —
also known as Donald M. Dickinson; Don M.
Dickinson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Ontario, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
17, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1876; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1880,
1892;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1888-89.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association.
Died October
15, 1917 (age 71 years, 271
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) —
also known as "Crook" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Vilna, Lithuania,
February
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,
19th District 1945); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-53.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
According to old Russian records found in
the mid-1990s, he was a paid
agent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, and
received some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".
Died, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1954 (age 69 years, 76
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Richard A. DiCostanzo (b. 1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1943-46 (18th District 1943-44, 22nd District
1945-46).
Burial location unknown.
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Karl Soden Dietz —
also known as Karl S. Dietz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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S. Samuel DiFalco (1906-1978) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
July
26, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1935; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1949-56; New
York County Surrogate, 1957-76.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Justice Irving
Saypol, on official
misconduct charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son; the charges were later dismissed. Indicted
in February 1978 for criminal
contempt, in connection with his statements to a grand jury, but
died before trial.
Died, from a heart
attack, while dining
with friends at the Columbus Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1978 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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John Forrest Dillon (1831-1914) —
also known as John F. Dillon —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Northampton, Montgomery County (now Fulton
County), N.Y., December
25, 1831.
Lawyer; law
professor; author;
district judge in Iowa 7th District, 1859-63; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1864-69; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1867-69; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1870-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1914 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.
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Henry Dimin (c.1886-1948) —
also known as Harry Dimin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
about 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1920; defeated,
1918.
Died of cancer,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
25, 1948 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) —
also known as Anthony J. Dimond; Tony
Dimond —
of Valdez, Chugach
census area, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
30, 1881.
Democrat. Prospector;
lawyer; mayor of
Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member of Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936,
1940;
district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, May 28,
1953 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Benedict D. Dineen (1890-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1890.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; Judge, New York Municipal Court, 1928-38; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1940-58; died in office 1958.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Holy
Name Society; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1958 (age 67 years, 277
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Dineen and Margaret (McDonald) Dineen; married 1928 to Mary
Smith. |
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Sylvester A. Dineen (b. 1898) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
11, 1898.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1925-33.
Burial location unknown.
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David Norman Dinkins (1927-2020) —
also known as David N. Dinkins —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 10,
1927.
Democrat. Served in U.S. Marines, 1945-46; lawyer; member of
New
York state assembly 78th District, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1986-89; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1990-93; defeated, 1993; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
First
Black mayor of New York City.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 2020 (age 93 years, 136
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Andrew J. DiPaola (born c.1924) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1968-71; defeated, 1963.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Samuel Diven (1809-1896) —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Catharine (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., February
10, 1809.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of George
Miles, and later, of Samuel
G. Hathaway; railroad
promoter; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1843 (Allegany County), 1854 (Chemung County);
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1880-82.
Presbyterian.
Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 11,
1896 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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William Cornelius Dixon (b. 1904) —
also known as William C. Dixon —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Dexter, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 1,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1934; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1939.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dixon and Celia (Potter) Dixon; married, November
20, 1934, to Arvilla Pratt. |
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Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) —
also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs —
of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Sherman Square Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett)
Dobbs; married, June 7,
1884, to Mary Ready Ragland. |
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Francis Henry Dodds (1858-1940) —
also known as Francis H. Dodds —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born near Waddington, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 9,
1858.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1909-13; defeated,
1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., December
23, 1940 (age 82 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Peter F. Dodds (b. 1849) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., January
4, 1849.
School
teacher; lawyer; law partner of Isaac
A. Fancher, 1875-82; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1894-1917.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Isidore Dollinger (1903-2000) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
13, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1937-44; member of
New
York state senate 26th District, 1945-48; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1949-61 (24th District 1949-53,
23rd District 1953-61); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964;
Bronx
County District Attorney, 1960-68; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1968-75.
Jewish.
Died in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
30, 2000 (age 96 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Norton Dolph (1835-1897) —
also known as Joseph N. Dolph —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Schuyler
County, N.Y., October
19, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1865-68; member of Oregon
state senate, 1866-74; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1883-95.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March
10, 1897 (age 61 years, 142
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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D. Clinton Dominick III (b. 1918) —
of near Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 4,
1918.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1950; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1955-58; member
of New
York state senate, 1959-70 (33rd District 1959-65, 42nd District
1966, 37th District 1967-70).
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael L. Donahue (b. 1940) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
26, 1940.
Libertarian. Lawyer; bank
officer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1998; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 12th District, 2000; candidate for
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 2002; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Dorothea E. Donaldson —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948,
1952;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Honor Donlon (1893-1977) —
also known as Mary H. Donlon; Mary Donlon
Alger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
25, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948;
chair, New York State Industrial Board, 1944-45; chair, New York
State Workers Compensation Board, 1945-54; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1955-66; took senior status 1966.
Female.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 5,
1977 (age 83 years, 192
days).
Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery, Lake Placid, N.Y.
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James Donnelly (b. 1927) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1966-69.
Member, Optimist
Club; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1969.
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Joe Donnelly (b. 1955) —
of Granger, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
28, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 2008;
member, Rules Committee, 2020.
Still living as of 2020.
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Charles D. Donohue (c.1881-1928) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912;
member of New York
state assembly, 1913-23 (New York County 9th District 1913-17,
New York County 5th District 1918-23); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-28; died in office 1928.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from acute
indigestion, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1928 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Daniel Michael Donovan Jr. (b. 1956) —
also known as Dan Donovan —
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
6, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer; Richmond
County District Attorney, 2004-15; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 2015-.
Irish
and Polish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Jerome Francis Donovan (1872-1949) —
also known as Jerome F. Donovan; Jeremiah F.
Donovan —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stony Creek, Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
1, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1901-02; defeated,
1902; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1918-21; defeated,
1920.
Died in Stony Creek, Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1949 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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John Joseph Donovan Jr. (1913-1955) —
also known as John J. Donovan, Jr. —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
14, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1951-55 (24th District 1951-54, 26th District
1955); died in office 1955.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Delta
Theta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a few hours later, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1955 (age 42 years, 26
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John J. Donovan and Harriet (O'Connor)
Donovan. |
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Richard Donovan; Dick
Donovan —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, and died soon after, in a hospital
at Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) —
also known as William J. Donovan; "Wild
Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
1, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1922-24; candidate
for Governor of
New York, 1932; general in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1953-54.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action during World War I. During World War II, he
founded and led the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, which later
became the Central Intelligence Agency.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1959 (age 76 years, 38
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James J. Dooling (1893-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
leader of Tammany Hall, 1934-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936;
chair
of New York County Democratic Party, 1936.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1937 (age 44 years, 24
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John T. Dooling (c.1871-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1901-03; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;
director, Staten Island Midway Railway
Co.; president, New York City Board of Elections; chief assistant
district attorney of New York County; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1938.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Agnes' Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
15, 1949 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Library of Congress |
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Charles Hutchins Doolittle (1816-1874) —
also known as Charles H. Doolittle —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y., February
19, 1816.
Lawyer; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1853; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1869-74; died in office 1874.
While sailing from New York to Europe on the steamer
Abyssinia, he was lost
overboard and presumed drowned,
in North
Atlantic Ocean, May 21,
1874 (age 58 years, 91
days). His body was not recovered.
Cenotaph at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987) —
also known as Francis E. Dorn —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
18, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1941-42;
defeated, 1937, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1948 (7th District), 1949 (7th District), 1950 (7th District), 1960
(12th District), 1962 (15th District); candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Eagles;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer,
in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1987 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles William Dorsett (1850-1936) —
also known as Charles W. Dorsett —
of Minnesota.
Born in Sinclairville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
28, 1850.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1904, 1906, 1916 (primary).
Swedenborgian.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
26, 1936 (age 85 years, 180
days).
Interment somewhere
in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Robert Doscher (b. 1912) —
of Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pearl River, Rockland
County, N.Y., October
14, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1941-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1958-60; defeated, 1964.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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James Duane Doty (1799-1865) —
also known as James D. Doty —
of Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., November
5, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; federal
judge, 1828-32; member
Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1834-35; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1839-41; Governor
of Wisconsin Territory, 1841-44; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1849-53; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1863-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 13,
1865 (age 65 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fort
Douglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Joseph M. Doty (1820-1868) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Martinsburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., April, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Ogdensburg,
N.Y., 1845-47.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 19,
1868 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) —
also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B.
Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
21, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1895-98; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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Thomas Henry Dowd (1859-1953) —
also known as Thomas H. Dowd —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., August
20, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1932;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1923; appointed 1923;
defeated, 1923.
Died in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., October
20, 1953 (age 94 years, 61
days).
Entombed at St.
Bonaventure Cemetery, Allegany, N.Y.
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Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1916;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920.
Pleaded
guilty in 1934 for embezzling
$20,000 in Liberty bonds from an estate he represented as attorney;
made restitution,
resigned
his law license, and received a suspended sentence.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor James Dowling (1866-1934) —
also known as Victor J. Dowling —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of William
Q. Titus, 1887-1901; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1894; member
of New
York state senate 18th District, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905-31; resigned 1931;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1911-31.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Stricken with a cerebral
hemorrhage in the office
of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and died soon after, in
Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1934 (age 67 years, 246
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Denis Dowling and Eliza Fierlants (Faider) Dowling; married, June 16,
1891, to Mary Agnes Ford. |
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article |
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1934 |
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John V. Downey —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1937-43; member
of New
York state senate, 1944-46 (3rd District 1944, 6th District
1945-46); defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Catholic
War Veterans; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice E. Downing —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1939-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1930 to Teresa
Rita Robinson. |
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Edward A. Dox —
of Richmondville, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schoharie
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1913-16; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Myndert Dox (1813-1891) —
also known as Peter M. Dox —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
11, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1842; county judge in New
York, 1855-56; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1872.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., April 2,
1891 (age 77 years, 203
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Ralph Watson Dox (1885-1951) —
also known as Ralph W. Dox —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., May 9,
1885.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nuremberg, 1910-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., March 3,
1951 (age 65 years, 298
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Lockport, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Dox and Emma (Watson) Dox. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1916) |
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Denis Joseph Driscoll (1871-1958) —
also known as D. J. Driscoll —
of St. Marys, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in North Lawrence, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., March
27, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1899-1922; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1920-21; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1935-37;
defeated, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in St. Marys, Elk
County, Pa., January
18, 1958 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys, Pa.
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Michael Edward Driscoll (1851-1929) —
also known as Michael E. Driscoll —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (27th District 1899-1903,
29th District 1903-13); defeated, 1912.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
19, 1929 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Charles J. Druhan (1877-1933) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
22, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1926-33; defeated, 1920;
died in office 1933.
Member, Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 24,
1933 (age 55 years, 275
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas L. Druhan and Marcella (Cummings) Druhan; married to Agnes
Dorman (sister of John
Jay Dorman). |
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Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) —
also known as Robert J. Dryfoos —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
11, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972,
1980,
1988;
chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov. Mary
Ann Krupsak, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91;
retired from office while under
investigation over alleged campaign
finance and federal
tax violations, but no charges were filed; lobbyist.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, from complications of a head
injury, in New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
2006 (age 63 years, 203
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Richard Dudley (1911-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Dudley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., March
11, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1949-53; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1961-64; appointed 1961;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1965-85.
African
ancestry.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 2005 (age 93 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wesley Coleman Dudley (1867-1938) —
also known as Wesley C. Dudley —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Colden, Erie
County, N.Y., 1867.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896;
Erie
County District Attorney, 1909-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1916-27; appointed 1916;
resigned 1927.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
10, 1938 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Charles Holland Duell (1850-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., April
13, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1880; U.S.
Commissioner of Patents, 1898-1901; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
29, 1920 (age 69 years, 291
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Rodolphus Holland Duell (1824-1891) —
also known as R. Holland Duell —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Warren, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
20, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Cortland
County District Attorney, 1850-55; Cortland
County Judge, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1856,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1871-75 (21st District
1859-63, 23rd District 1871-73, 24th District 1873-75); U.S.
Commissioner of Patents, 1875-77.
Died in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., February
11, 1891 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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William Duer (1805-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1805.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1840-41; defeated, 1832; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul
in Valparaiso, 1851-53.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
25, 1879 (age 74 years, 92
days).
Interment at Silver
Mount Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Duer and Anna Bedford (Bunner) Duer; married to Lucy A. Chew;
nephew of William
Alexander Duer; grandson of William
Duer (1747-1799); great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; second great-grandson of James
Alexander; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Denning
Duer; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster, James
Parker, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Alexander Duer (1780-1858) —
also known as William A. Duer —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1780.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1813-19 (Dutchess County 1813-17, Albany County
1817-19); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1822-29; president,
Columbia College (now Columbia University), 1829-42.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 30,
1858 (age 77 years, 264
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Duer (1747-1799) and Catherine (Alexander) Duer; brother of John
Duer; married to Hannah Maria Denning (daughter of William
Denning); father of Denning
Duer; uncle of William
Duer (1805-1879); grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; great-grandson of James
Alexander; great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; second great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger, Henry
Rutgers, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; second cousin four times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; second cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster, James
Parker, Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; third cousin twice removed of William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; fourth cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edwin Duffey (b. 1868) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
14, 1868.
Lawyer; Cortland
County District Attorney, 1898-1901; New York State Commissioner
of Highways, 1915; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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James Patrick Bernard Duffy (1878-1969) —
also known as James P. B. Duffy —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
25, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1935-37; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1937; appointed 1937;
defeated, 1937.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
8, 1969 (age 90 years, 44
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Thomas A. Duffy —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1949-56; member
of New
York state senate 8th District, 1957-65; defeated, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) —
also known as P. Henry Dugro —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; hotelier;
banker;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; New York City
superior court judge, 1887-95; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920; died in office
1920.
Alsatian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, from pneumonia,
in his apartment at the Savoy Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1920 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Duke Jr. —
of Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1916-23; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) —
also known as Allen W. Dulles;
"Spymaster" —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 7,
1893.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member,
President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY,
1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from influenza
and pneumonia,
in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1953-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1959.
Died of cancer
and pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 24,
1959 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother of Allen
Welsh Dulles; married, June 26,
1912, to Janet Pomeroy Avery; grandson of John
Watson Foster; great-grandnephew of John
Welsh; third great-grandnephew of Joshua
Coit; first cousin twice removed of Langdon
Cheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin once removed of Samuel
Welsh; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Coit Jr.; second cousin four times removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Abel
Huntington; second cousin five times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin of Lewis
Wardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell and William
Brainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, William
Woodbridge, Zina
Hyde Jr., Isaac
Backus, Theodore
Davenport, Henry
Titus Backus and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of John
Leffingwell Randolph. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Edward
Corsi |
| | | Washington Dulles International Airport
(opened 1962), in Loudoun
and Fairfax
counties, Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 13,
1951 |
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Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830-1896) —
also known as Elmer S. Dundy —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, March 5,
1830.
Lawyer; member
Nebraska territorial council, 1858-62; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1863-67; U.S.
District Judge for Nebraska, 1868.
Died October
28, 1896 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Harry F. Dunkel (b. 1898) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton
County, N.Y., May 14,
1898.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1932-35; member
of New
York state senate 35th District, 1935-38.
Member, Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Russell Goodier Dunmore (1884-1935) —
also known as Russell G. Dunmore —
of New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
28, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1922-35; died in
office 1935; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1927.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
14, 1935 (age 51 years, 16
days).
Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, New Hartford, N.Y.
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George Hedford Dunn (1794-1854) —
also known as George H. Dunn —
of Indiana.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1794.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832-34; candidate for
Indiana
state senate, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1837-39; Indiana
state treasurer, 1841-44; circuit judge in Indiana, 1847-50; railroad
promoter.
Died in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
12, 1854 (age 59 years, 58
days).
Original interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
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John R. Dunne (b. 1930) —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Baldwin, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
28, 1930.
Republican. Lawyer; confidential law secretary to Justice Thomas
P. Farley, 1963-66; member of New York
state senate, 1966-89 (7th District 1966, 6th District 1967-89).
Still living as of 1989.
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Edward John Dunphy (1856-1926) —
also known as Edward J. Dunphy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1889-95 (7th District 1889-93, 8th
District 1893-95); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 29,
1926 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Tappan Dunwell (1852-1908) —
also known as Charles T. Dunwell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., February
13, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
agent; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1903-08; died in
office 1908.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 12,
1908 (age 56 years, 120
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Winslow Dunwell (1850-1907) —
also known as James W. Dunwell; Jimmy
Dunwell —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in East Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., December
18, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; counsel to the New York Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1896-1907; died in office
1907.
Died in Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., May 22,
1907 (age 56 years, 155
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y.
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George Harman Durand (1838-1903) —
also known as George H. Durand —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., February
21, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of John
J. Carton; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1873-75; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1892; appointed 1892; defeated,
1893; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 8,
1903 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Henry Rees Durfee (1840-1915) —
also known as Henry R. Durfee —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
5, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County 2nd District, 1871; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1894.
Died in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., December
24, 1915 (age 75 years, 80
days).
Interment at Palmyra
Cemetery, Palmyra, N.Y.
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A. J. Durland (born c.1855) —
of Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb.
Born in New York, about 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles C. Dwight (1830-1902) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1830.
Lawyer; Cayuga
County Judge, 1861; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1868, 1897-1900.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 8,
1902 (age 71 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Dwight and Mary (Edwards) Dwight; married to Abigail
Alsop; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin of Aaron
Burr and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin five times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge and Greene
Carrier Bronson; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge and Elisha
Hunt Allen; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, William
Chapman Williston, William
Fessenden Allen, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Maurice
Lauchlin Wright, George
Landon Ingraham, George
Williston Nash, Charles
Dunsmore Millard, Franklin
Clark Pomeroy and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Morris
Woodruff, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas A. Dwyer (b. 1905) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1940-54.
Burial location unknown.
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Emory F. Dyckman (b. 1877) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Delaware
County, N.Y., December
19, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1926-27;
defeated, 1927, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Marvin Reed Dye (1895-1997) —
also known as Marvin R. Dye —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Forestville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 12,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1940-45; judge of
New York Court of Appeals; elected 1944; elected unopposed 1958.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died October
25, 1997 (age 102 years,
105 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John C. Dyott (b. 1873) —
of Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
12, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Howell County, 1917-22.
Burial location unknown.
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