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Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip J. Lader (b. 1946) —
of Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
17, 1946.
Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1997-2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2001.
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John Joseph LaFalce (b. 1939) —
also known as John J. LaFalce —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
6, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 53rd District, 1971-72; member of New York
state assembly 140th District, 1973-74; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1975-2003 (36th District 1975-83,
32nd District 1983-93, 29th District 1993-2003); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip Fox LaFollette (1897-1965) —
also known as Philip F. LaFollette —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., May 8,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1925-26; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1931-33, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1952.
Died August
18, 1965 (age 68 years, 102
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914 (14th District), 1932
(20th District); major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. |
| | | Cross-reference: Vito
Marcantonio — Clendenin
Ryan |
| | | LaGuardia Airport,
in Queens,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. Paul
Jeffers, The
Napoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —
Thomas Kessner, Fiorello
H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York —
Mervyn D. Kaufman, Fiorello
LaGuardia — Alyn Brodsky, The
Great Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New
York |
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Philip Adam Laing (1856-1948) —
also known as Philip A. Laing —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 14,
1856.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1919-20; appointed 1919;
defeated, 1919; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
3, 1948 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Interment at Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, N.Y.
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John S. Lambert (1851-1936) —
of Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnsonville, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
4, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; Chautauqua
County Judge, 1882-89; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1890-1921.
Died in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 15,
1936 (age 85 years, 162
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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Paul Christopher Lambert (b. 1928) —
also known as Paul C. Lambert —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
14, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1984-89; U.S. Ambassador to
Ecuador, 1990-92.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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George D. Lamont (1819-1876) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., 1819.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1859; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1872-76; died in office 1876.
Died January
15, 1876 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Wright Lamoreux (b. 1843) —
of Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., March 8,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1870; county judge in Wisconsin, 1879-93; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Commissioner of U.S. General Land Office, 1893-97.
Burial location unknown.
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Judson Stuart Landon (1832-1905) —
also known as Judson S. Landon —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
16, 1832.
Lawyer; Schenectady
County District Attorney, 1857; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1874-1901; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1891-1900.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
7, 1905 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) —
also known as Franklin K. Lane —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 15,
1864.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; candidate for Governor of
California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1906-13; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20.
Died, of a heart
attack 12 days after appendicitis
surgery, at the Mayo Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 18,
1921 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Cremated.
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George F. Langbein (b. 1842) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
June
29, 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1887; member
of New
York state senate 7th District, 1888-89.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
27, 1835.
Lawyer; New York
state treasurer, 1874; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1882-83.
Dutch
and English
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
4, 1899 (age 64 years, 219
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Frederick Lansing (1838-1894) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., February
16, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1889-91.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
31, 1894 (age 55 years, 349
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Gerrit Yates Lansing (1783-1862) —
also known as Gerrit Y. Lansing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
4, 1783.
Lawyer; Albany
County Probate Judge, 1816-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1831-37; president,
Albany Savings Bank,
1854-62; president, Albany Insurance
Company, 1859-62.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
3, 1862 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (b. 1754) —
also known as John Lansing, Jr. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
30, 1754.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1780-84, 1785-87, 1788-89; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1786; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1785; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1786-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Albany
County, 1788; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1790-1801.
Christian
Reformed.
Mysteriously
disappeared in New York City, December 12, 1829, after leaving
his hotel to post a letter; his fate is
unknown.
Cenotaph at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Robert Lansing (1799-1878) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
2, 1799.
Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1826-33, 1845-46; member of New York
state senate, 1832-35, 1854-55 (5th District 1832-35, 21st
District 1854-55).
Died October
3, 1878 (age 79 years, 243
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Robert Lansing (1864-1928) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
17, 1864.
Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1915-20.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Psi
Upsilon.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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James Joseph Lanzetta (1894-1956) —
also known as James J. Lanzetta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1933-35, 1937-39;
defeated, 1934, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1940;
justice, New York City Domestic Relations Court, 1948-56.
Catholic.
Died, at the Greystone Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1956 (age 61 years, 311
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Ernest Lappano (b. 1897) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; deputy
collector of Internal Revenue, 1921-26; lawyer; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
New
York state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1934;
defeated, 1932, 1934.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Laragh —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael J. Larkin —
of New York.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1926; appointed 1926; law
partner of John
P. Gualtieri, 1929-37.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan A. Lashin —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 12th District, 1945-51.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Morris Edward Lasker (1917-2009) —
also known as Morris E. Lasker; Edward Morris
Lasker —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hartsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1950; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1968-83;
took senior status 1983.
Died, of cancer,
in Mount Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
25, 2009 (age 92 years, 161
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Jepson Latham (b. 1908) —
also known as Henry J. Latham —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 2nd District, 1938; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-59 (3rd District 1945-53, 4th
District 1953-59); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1959-60; defeated, 1957.
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Slocum Latham (1827-1882) —
also known as Milton S. Latham —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 23,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1853-55; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1855-57; Governor of
California, 1860; U.S.
Senator from California, 1860-63.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1882 (age 54 years, 285
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Abial Lathrop (1845-1930) —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.; Eutaw, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Stafford, Genesee
County, N.Y., November
9, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1889-93, 1896-1901; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1900.
Member, Knights
of Honor.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
10, 1930 (age 84 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lathrop and Elizabeth Harriet (Moody) Lathrop; married 1875 to Martha
Fredrika Heidtman; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel
Lathrop and Peter
Buell Porter; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Elijah
Abel, Zina
Hyde Jr., Theodore
Davenport, Nathaniel
Huntington, Erastus
Corning, James
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Elisha
Mills Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Peter
Augustus Porter, Charles
A. Hungerford, William
Barret Ridgely, Clayton
Hyde Lathrop and Austin
Eugene Lathrop. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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George Latimer (b. 1935) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 20,
1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1976-90; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1984,
1988
(speaker).
Catholic.
Lebanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Almet Reed Latson (b. 1860) —
also known as Almet R. Latson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar J. Lauer (1871-1948) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge, New York City Municipal Court,
1906-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-39; resigned 1939.
In 1938, his wife pleaded guilty in Federal Court to charges that she
smuggled expensive clothing and diamonds from Europe to the U.S.; she
was fined and sentenced to three months in prison and fined. In 1939,
the state legislature moved to investigate
whether Judge Lauer had knowledge of his wife's smuggling
activities; he denied this, but immediately resigned
his seat.
Died, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1948 (age 76 years, 365
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Emanuel Lauer and Cecilia (Hornthal) Lauer; married to
Elma M. Kramer. |
| | | Image source: Empire State Notables
(1914) |
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John Laurance (1750-1810) —
of New York.
Born near Falmouth, England,
1750.
Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1785-87; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1787-89; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1789-93; U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1794-96; resigned 1796; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1796-1800.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1810 (age about 60
years).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Thomas Laverne —
of Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1961-72 (52nd District 1961-65, 57th District 1966,
50th District 1967-72).
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh A. Lavery (b. 1906) —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
2, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1934-37;
defeated, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Charles Blakeslee Law (1872-1929) —
also known as Charles B. Law —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y., February
5, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; state court judge in New York, 1916; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died while swimming
(presumably drowned)
at his summer home on Kattskill Bay, near Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., September
15, 1929 (age 57 years, 222
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Lawrence (1761-1797) —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 11,
1761.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Queens
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County, 1790-92, 1794-96; New York
state attorney general, 1792-95; appointed 1792.
Died in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., July 14,
1797 (age 36 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth (Fish) Lawrence; married to
Elisabeth Berrien. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Philip Kissick Lawrence (c.1793-1841) —
also known as P. K. Lawrence —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1793.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1836-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
19, 1841 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
1849-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Leon M. Layden (1893-1955) —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in West Pawlet, Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt., December
17, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Washington
County Surrogate, 1926-28; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1941; defeated, 1932;
appointed 1941; defeated, 1941.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died in an ambulance,
en route from Whitehall to the Glens Falls hospital, in Washington
County, N.Y., February
8, 1955 (age 61 years, 53
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Louis E. Lazarus (b. 1877) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April
21, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1909.
Jewish.
Member, Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Enrico A. Lazio (b. 1958) —
also known as Rick Lazio —
of Brightwaters, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brunswick Hospital,
Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
13, 1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1996;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 2000; candidate for Governor of
New York, 2010.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Law Learned (1821-1904) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., July 24,
1821.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1870-84.
Died in 1904
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Timothy A. Leary (d. 1946) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scitico, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 20th District, 1915;
municipal judge in New York, 1919; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1933-40.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1946.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Leary and Mary (McCarthy) Leary. |
| | | Image source: New York Times, April 20,
1946 |
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Elias Warner Leavenworth (1803-1887) —
also known as Elias W. Leavenworth; E. W.
Leavenworth —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
20, 1803.
Lawyer; village
president of Syracuse, New York, 1839-41, 1846-47; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1849, 1859; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1850, 1857; secretary
of state of New York, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1875-77.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
25, 1887 (age 83 years, 340
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834) —
of Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
10, 1783.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1815-16.
Died July 21,
1834 (age 50 years, 223
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Randall James Le Boeuf (1870-1939) —
also known as Randall J. Le Boeuf —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y., March
10, 1870.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1909-10; appointed 1909.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
14, 1939 (age 69 years, 188
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah Ann (Saunders) Le Boeuf and Peter J. Le Boeuf; married to
Katharine Washbu. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Archibald A. Lee (b. 1881) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1881.
Lawyer; Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1914; Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1938; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907 to
Florence Hughes. |
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Noble Wishard Lee (1896-1978) —
also known as Noble W. Lee —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
27, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; law
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1938; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District; elected 1940.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; National
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
8, 1978 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) —
also known as Warren I. Lee —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bartlett, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
5, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District
1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died December
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 323
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James J. Leff —
Conservative. Lawyer; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Alonzo Mark Leffingwell (1842-1928) —
also known as Alonzo M. Leffingwell —
of Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
26, 1842.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1891 (22nd District), 1892 (24th
District); candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1905, 1906, 1920.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 28,
1928 (age 85 years, 276
days).
Interment at North Watertown Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Wood Leffingwell and Sarah (Carpenter) Leffingwell;
married, August
31, 1870, to Harriet A. Cook; married, October
5, 1923, to Charlotte Fuller Rice; uncle of John
Leffingwell Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Calvin
Fillmore; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington and Luther
Walter Badger; third cousin once removed of Zina
Hyde Jr., Millard
Fillmore and John
Leslie Russell; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Daniel
Webster, Bela
Edgerton, Heman
Ticknor, John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles; fourth cousin of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Titus Backus, Augustus
Brandegee, Leslie
Wead Russell, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Charles
Hazen Russell and John
Clarence Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Theodore
Davenport, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Elisha
Mills Huntington, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, David
Edgerton, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton, Matthew
Griswold, Charles
Edward Hyde, Frank
Bosworth Brandegee, John
Sedgwick Hyde, Edward
Warden Hyde and George
Leffingwell Reed. |
| | | 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). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Louis J. Lefkowitz (1904-1996) —
also known as "The People's Lawyer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;
municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
New
York state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1961.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1996 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Lefkowitz and Mollie (Isaacs) Lefkowitz; married, June 14,
1931, to Helen Schwimmer. |
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Ira J. Lefton (b. 1920) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 7th District, 1964.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Reimold Lehlbach (1876-1937) —
also known as Frederick R. Lehlbach —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1915-37 (10th District 1915-33,
12th District 1933-37); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1924,
1928.
Died August
4, 1937 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Irving Lehman (1876-1945) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909-23; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1924-39; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1940-45.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
22, 1945 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin M. Leipner (b. 1903) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1937-38; member
of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1945-46; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1964.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Leipner and Annie Leipner. |
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Henry W. Lengyel (1920-1999) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
28, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; legislative counsel to State Senator Henry
A. Wise, 1955-58; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1958-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
26, 1999 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Frederick Lent Jr. (1931-2012) —
also known as Norman F. Lent —
of East Rockaway, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oceanside, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
23, 1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; confidential law secretary to Justice Thomas
P. Farley, 1960-62; member of New York
state senate, 1963-70 (2nd District 1963-65, 6th District 1966,
7th District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-93 (5th District 1971-73, 4th
District 1973-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from cancer,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 11,
2012 (age 81 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward S. Lentol (1909-1981) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
26, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1949-62; member
of New
York state senate, 1963-72 (18th District 1963-65, 20th District
1966, 14th District 1967-72); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1973-79.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1981 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Leonard (1812-1891) —
also known as William H. Leonard —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Amenia, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 11,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1861-67, 1872; defeated,
1872; Member of the New York Commission of Appeals, 1870-72.
Died in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
30, 1891 (age 78 years, 323
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Sebastian Leone (1924-2016) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Irwin
R. Brownstein; later, law secretary to Justice Philip
M. Kleinfeld; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1970-76; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1977-2000.
Died November
14, 2016 (age 91 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Leone and Josephine (Gilistro) Leone; married 1966 to Helene
Morgenstern. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Ira Lloyd Letts (b. 1889) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Saunderstown, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., May 29,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1927-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1942.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Judson Letts and Emma (Slater) Letts; married, December
29, 1917, to Madeline Houghton Greene; father of Houghton
Letts. |
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J. Sidney Levine (d. 1955) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1945-55; died in
office 1955.
Died December
22, 1955.
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Leviss (1917-2007) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 21,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964;
borough
president of Queens, New York, 1969-71; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1971-93.
Jewish.
Died September
7, 2007 (age 90 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Levitt (1900-1980) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 28,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; New York
state comptroller, 1955-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1980
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Jefferson Levy (1881-1955) —
also known as Aaron J. Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1908-13;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
municipal judge in New York, 1913-23; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
21, 1955 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mokom
Sholom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Levy and Annie (Bernstein) Levy; married, March
10, 1903, to Libbie Finkelstein. |
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David A. Levy (b. 1953) —
of New York.
Born in Johnson
County, Ind., December
18, 1953.
Lawyer; utility
company executive; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1993-95; defeated
(Conservative), 1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jacob Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1909-12.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Jefferson Monroe Levy (1852-1924) —
also known as Jefferson M. Levy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1911-15 (13th District
1899-1901, 1911-13, 14th District 1913-15).
Jewish.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the War of 1812.
Inherited Thomas
Jefferson's home, Monticello, from his uncle; maintained and
preserved it for later generations.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1924 (age 71 years, 325
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus),
March
1, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; American
Labor candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1941; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932
(Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office
1971.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died, in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 72 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married 1922 to Pearl
G. Spivak. |
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Meyer Levy (1887-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 26th District, 1916-17;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1923-24; defeated, 1924.
Jewish.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias; Order
Brith Abraham.
Died, in Park East Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1967 (age 79 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances S. Levy. |
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Abner Lewis (1801-1879) —
of Panama, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Wells, Rutland
County, Vt., August
17, 1801.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1838-39; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1845-47; Chautauqua
County Judge, 1847-52; Temperance candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1870.
Methodist.
Died in Winona, Winona
County, Minn., October
12, 1879 (age 78 years, 56
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Albert B. Lewis (b. 1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born October
16, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; accountant;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1967-78.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Sara Ann Beresniakoff. |
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David C. Lewis —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Dixon Hall Lewis (1802-1848) —
also known as Dixon H. Lewis —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Lowndesboro, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., August
10, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1829-44 (3rd District 1829-33, 4th
District 1833-41, at-large 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-44); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1844-48; died in office 1848.
He weighed as much as 500 pounds, and was probably the heaviest-ever
member of Congress.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1848 (age 46 years, 76
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edmund H. Lewis (1884-1972) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
30, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1930-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1933-40; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1953-54.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died July 31,
1972 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry E. Lewis (c.1880-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-48; died in office
1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his cottage at the Saranac Inn,
Upper Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
23, 1948 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Lewis and Emma (Lowenthal) Lewis; brother of Oscar
A. Lewis; married to Rose Nathan. |
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Lawrence H. Lewis (b. 1840) —
of Cuba, Crawford
County, Mo.
Born in Amboy, Oswego
County, N.Y., October, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1905-06,
1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Loran Ludowick Lewis (1825-1916) —
also known as Loran L. Lewis —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Mentz, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 9,
1825.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1870-73; candidate for Buffalo
superior court judge, 1877; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1883-95; president, Third
National Bank of
Buffalo; appointed in 1901 as defense counsel for Leon Czolgosz,
assassin of President William
McKinley.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 8,
1916 (age 90 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Merton Elmer Lewis (b. 1861) —
also known as Merton E. Lewis —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
10, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1894;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1897, 1899-1901;
member of New York
state senate 43rd District, 1902-06; New York
state attorney general, 1917-18; appointed 1917; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1918.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Chadwick Lewis and Rhoda Ann (Willard) Lewis; married, January
2, 1886, to Adaline Louise Moody; married, November
8, 1899, to Eva J. Gates. |
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Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90,
Dutchess County 1791-92); New York
state attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1792-1801; Governor of
New York, 1804-07; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 7,
1844 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Clarence Lexow (1852-1910) —
of South Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
16, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of T.
Tileston Wells; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1890; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
member of New York
state senate, 1894-98 (16th District 1894-95, 23rd District
1896-98); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Police corruption in New York City; police corruption in New York
City; also chaired joint legislative committee which drafted the bill
creating New York City in its present boundaries, including the
then-separate city of Brooklyn.
Died, from pneumonia,
in South Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., December
31, 1910 (age 58 years, 106
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Morton King Lexow (1885-1976) —
also known as Morton Lexow —
of Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in South Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
28, 1885.
Lawyer; Rockland
County District Attorney, 1922-32.
Died in Allendale, Bergen
County, N.J., February
3, 1976 (age 90 years, 128
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Spring Valley, N.Y.
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George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) —
also known as G. Gordon Liddy —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., November
30, 1930.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; FBI
agent; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and
directed the burglaries
of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal
led to President Richard
Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted
on charges of burglary
and wiretapping;
sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977
after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk
show host.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., March
30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Tom Liddy (b. 1962) —
of Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 20,
1962.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 2000; chair of
Maricopa County Republican Party, 2003-05; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arizona, 2004;
talk
show host.
Still living as of 2012.
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Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) —
also known as Leonard Madden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1912;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921; in March
1939, he was charged,
along with two others, over a stock
fraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;
meanwhile, in a separate case, he was indicted
in Broome County.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, apparently of pneumonia,
while attempting to kill
himself with poison,
in his room at the Tudor Hotel
(where he had registered under the assumed name "Leonard Madden"),
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1939 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel J. Lieberman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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William R. Lieberman (b. 1909) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 23,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer; writer for
the Wall Street Journal newspaper,
1926-29; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1934;
defeated, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Simon J. Liebowitz (c.1906-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1960-68 (10th District 1960-65, 18th District 1966,
15th District 1967-68); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969-75.
Jewish.
Member, Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 24,
1998 (age about 92
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Light (b. 1855) —
also known as John H. Light —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., March
27, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Fairfield
County Treasurer, 1899-1906; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1901-02; common
pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1901-05; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1910-15; appointed 1910.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Belden Light and Ann (Keenan) Light; married, August
3, 1881, to Ida M. Lockwood. |
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Lawrence Boyd Lindemer (1921-2020) —
also known as Lawrence B. Lindemer —
of Stockbridge, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
21, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1951-52; defeated in primary, 1952; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1957-61; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1957-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964
(alternate); candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1966; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1969-75; defeated, 1968; appointed
1969; resigned 1975; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1975-76; appointed 1975; defeated,
1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in the Silver Maples Hospice,
Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 21,
2020 (age 98 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Vliet Lindsay (1921-2000) —
also known as John V. Lindsay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1959-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1966-73; defeated in Republican primary,
1969; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and pneumonia,
in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
19, 2000 (age 79 years, 25
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Myron Plato Lindsley (1825-1883) —
also known as Myron P. Lindsley —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Middlesex, Yates
County, N.Y., September
18, 1825.
Lawyer; mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1865; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1883
(age about
57 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard R. Lipowicz —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 49th District, 1925-28; defeated, 1928; elected
(Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Lipson (1913-2003) —
also known as Mitch Lipson —
of Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1913.
Secret
Service agent; One of the first
Jews in the U.S. Secret Service; worked as bodyguard for Presidents
Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry
S. Truman; lawyer.
Jewish.
Died in Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
22, 2003 (age about 89
years).
Cremated.
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Magnus Lipton (b. 1902) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., March
22, 1902.
Republican. Accountant;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1934; defeated,
1934.
Member, Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edgar Littlefield (1851-1915) —
also known as Charles E. Littlefield —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, York
County, Maine, June 21,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1885-88; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1887-88; Maine
state attorney general, 1889-92; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1892,
1896
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1899-1908; defeated
(People's), 1898; resigned 1908.
Died, from an embolism
ten days after surgery, in the Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1915 (age 63 years, 315
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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Flavius Josephus Littlejohn (1804-1880) —
also known as Flavius J. Littlejohn —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Herkimer
County, N.Y., July, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1838, 1841-43; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1841, 1848, 1855; member of Michigan
state senate, 1845; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1849; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1856; circuit
judge in Michigan 9th Circuit, 1858-69; village
president of Allegan, Michigan, 1870-72, 1873-75.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., May 15,
1880 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Allegan, Mich.
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Martin Wiley Littleton (1872-1934) —
also known as Martin W. Littleton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., February
12, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1911-13; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
19, 1934 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Fidus Livermore (1811-1880) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Sangerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1843-44; candidate for mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1859; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1860,
1872;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1874, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 28,
1880 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Livermore and Melinda (Bassett) Livermore; married 1831 to
Caroline Sophia Lewis; married 1852 to Sarah
Eliza Lewis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) —
also known as Charles L. Livingston —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1800.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1829-33; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1834-37.
Died in 1873
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip
Peter Livingston and Cornelia (Van Horne) Livingston; married to
Margaret Allen; nephew of Catherine Livingston (who married Nicholas
Bayard) and Susanna Livingston (who married John
Kean (1756-1795)); grandson of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), 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, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), John
Cruger Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean; first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; first cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; second cousin of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; 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), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger, Henry
Rutgers, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston and Brockholst
Livingston; second cousin four times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed of 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 family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) —
also known as C. Ludlow Livingston —
of Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 10,
1870.
Republican. Electrical
engineer;
lawyer; U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-15; Barbados, 1915-20; Charlottetown, 1921-22.
Catholic.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ludlow Livingston and Mary (Keif) Livingston; married, November
12, 1891, to Mary Keating; father of Philip Anson Livingston and
Brockholst
Livingston; great-grandson of Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Henry
Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of William
Livingston and Walter
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder, Anthony
Brockholls, Pieter
Van Brugh, Phillip
French and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandnephew of Johannes
Cuyler; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of Henry
Brockholst Ledyard; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Jay and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Matthew
Clarkson; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Samuel Schuyler and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Stephanus
Bayard, John
Cruger Jr. and Pierre
Van Cortlandt; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836) and James
Alexander Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Henry
Cruger, Robert
Van Rensselaer, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, James
Livingston and James
Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Bronson
Murray Cutting; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer and Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); third cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish; third cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston and John
Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Herbert
Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, John
Jacob Astor III, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Reginald Livingston and Robert
Winthrop Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Edward Livingston (1796-1840) —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., April 3,
1796.
Lawyer; clerk of the New York State Assembly, 1822-25 and
1826-28; Albany
County District Attorney, 1825-38; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1833, 1835, 1837; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1837.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 16,
1840 (age 44 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Henry Livingston and Maria (Livingston) Livingston; married
to Sarah Ray Lansing (daughter of John
Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.); nephew of Henry
Walter Livingston and Edward
Philip Livingston; grandson of Walter
Livingston; grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792); great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790) and Philip
Livingston; great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder, Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Pieter
Van Brugh and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); third great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Cuyler; fourth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer
Westerlo; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Bronson
Murray Cutting and Robert
Reginald Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Brockholst
Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin once removed of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, James
Alexander Hamilton, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), James
Parker and Herbert
Livingston Satterlee; second cousin thrice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin of Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, Peter
Gansevoort, Hamilton
Fish, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean; third cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed of George
Washington Schuyler, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer 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 Wikipedia article |
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Jacob Henry Livingston (1896-1950) —
also known as Jacob H. Livingston —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1926-35; member
of New
York state senate 9th District, 1935-38; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 9th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1946-50; died in office
1950.
Jewish.
Member, Maccabees.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
21, 1950 (age 54 years, 81
days).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847) —
also known as Peter R. Livingston —
of Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
3, 1766.
Whig. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1815-22, 1826-29 (Southern District 1815-22, 2nd
District 1826-29); member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1823; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1823; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1828; delegate to Whig National Convention
from New York, 1839 (Convention Vice-President).
Died in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
19, 1847 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Reformed Church, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert James Livingston and Susanna (Smith) Livingston; brother of
Maturin
Livingston; married to Joanna Livingston; great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger; great-granduncle of Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; second great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston and Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859); first cousin twice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Benjamin
Tallmadge, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge, Gerrit
Smith and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jacob Astor III and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton and Charles
Dunsmore Millard; second cousin four times removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin of Henry
Walter Livingston; third cousin once removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Peter
Gansevoort, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. and Charles
Wolcott Parker. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
27, 1746.
Lawyer; law partner of John
Jay; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, 1781-83; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1798; U.S. Minister to France, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
26, 1813 (age 66 years, 91
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;
brother of Alida Livingston (who married John
Armstrong Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan
Lewis) and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); married 1770 to Mary
Stevens (daughter of John
Stevens; sister of John
Stevens III); father of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who married
Edward
Philip Livingston (1779-1843)); uncle of Robert
Livingston Tillotson; grandson of Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); grandnephew of John
Livingston and Gilbert
Livingston; granduncle of John
Jacob Astor III; great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Robert
Livingston the Younger; great-grandnephew of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle of William
Waldorf Astor; second great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandfather of Robert
Reginald Livingston; second great-granduncle of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; ancestor *** of Robert
Livingston Beeckman; first cousin once removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer and James
Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin
Livingston; second cousin once removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston (1779-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William
Jay, Gerrit
Smith, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893) and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Winthrop Kean, Brockholst
Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of Thomas
Howard Kean, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; third cousin of Nicholas
Bayard and James
Parker; third cousin once removed of Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John
Sluyter Wirt and Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin of Peter
Gansevoort. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Livingston counties in Ky., La. and N.Y. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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William Livingston (1723-1790) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
30, 1723.
Lawyer; member of New York
colonial assembly, 1759-61; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; Governor of
New Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1776-90; died in office 1790; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., July 25,
1790 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Originally entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catherine (Van Brugh)
Livingston; brother of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Philip
Livingston (1716-1778); married 1745 to
Susannah French (granddaughter of Phillip
French); father of Susannah Livingston (who married John
Cleves Symmes), Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who married John
Jay) and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; nephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; uncle by marriage of James
Duane and William
Duer (1747-1799); uncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who married Nicholas
Bayard) and Susanna Livingston (who married John
Kean (1756-1795)); grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); granduncle of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); great-grandfather of Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; great-granduncle of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer (1805-1879), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and Denning
Duer; second great-grandfather of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second great-granduncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; third great-grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Brockholst
Livingston; third great-granduncle of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean; fourth great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fifth great-granduncle of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin once removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), John
Cruger Jr., Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); first cousin twice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed of William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; first cousin five times removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Henry
Cruger; second cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second cousin twice removed 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; second cousin thrice removed of Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; second cousin four times removed of Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography |
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Francis V. D. Lloyd (b. 1896) —
of Ridgefield Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1896.
Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey 5th District, 1930-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Austin Lloyd and Grace Morris (Van Duyne) Lloyd; married to
Evelyn M. Roth. |
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Philip Raymond Lochner Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Philip R. Lochner, Jr. —
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 3,
1943.
Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1990-91.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Raymond Lochner and Maryl (Browning) Lochner; married, June 23,
1973, to Sally Soth. |
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Charles Clapp Lockwood (1877-1958) —
also known as Charles C. Lockwood —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
2, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1914; member of New York
state senate, 1915-22 (4th District 1915-18, 7th District
1919-22); law partner of Nathaniel
L. Goldstein during the 1920s; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1927-29; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1928; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-47.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
21, 1958 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Davenport Lockwood (1877-1949) —
also known as Charles D. Lockwood —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
11, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford; elected 1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
6, 1949 (age 72 years, 25
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Daniel Newton Lockwood (1844-1906) —
also known as Daniel N. Lockwood —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y., June 1,
1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1875-77; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1877-79, 1891-95;
defeated, 1878, 1884; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1880,
1896;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1886-89;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1894.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 1,
1906 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Stephen Timothy Lockwood (1874-1971) —
also known as Stephen T. Lockwood —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
7, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1915-22; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1971
(age about
97 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Lockwood and Oriel A. (Wood) Lockwood; married 1899 to Sada
F. Daly. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; professional actor
in 1933-40, appearing in movies
such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The
Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952
(speaker),
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed while finishing a
speech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less
than an hour later at St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Meyer London (1871-1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kalvaria, Russia,
December
29, 1871.
Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1891; became a citizen
in 1896; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909 (Socialist), 1911, 1925
(Socialist); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1915-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1910 (9th District), 1912 (12th District), 1918 (12th
District), 1922 (12th District); delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Jewish.
Struck
by a car as he was crossing First Avenue, near Eighteenth Street,
in Manhattan, and died soon after at Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1926 (age 54 years, 159
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Bevis Longstreth (b. 1934) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
29, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1981-84.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Bevis Longstreth and Mary Agnes (Shiras) Longstreth;
married, August
10, 1963, to Clara St. John. |
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John Wesley Longyear (1820-1875) —
also known as John W. Longyear —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Shandaken, Ulster
County, N.Y., October
22, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1863-67; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee); federal
judge, 1870.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
11, 1875 (age 54 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born February
15, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1928.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1935 on federal charges
of taking
bribes while serving as a special master overseeing a patent
case; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediately reindicted
on an extortion
charge;
that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals. Charged
in 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, with
conspiracy to violate federal banking
laws by accepting fees for granting loans; tried
and convicted
on three counts; sentenced
to serve one year in jail;
also disbarred.
Pleaded
guilty in 1939 to charges
that he bribed
federal judge Martin
T. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.
Died in 1967
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward V. Loughlin (1894-1969) —
also known as Ed Loughlin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1964;
leader of
New York County Democratic Party, 1944-47.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
East Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
18, 1969 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Madge Lessing. |
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John T. Loughran (1889-1953) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
23, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1930-34; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1934-45; appointed 1934; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1945-53; appointed 1945.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., March
31, 1953 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Bernard Loughran and Margaret (Coffey) Loughran; married, June 15,
1915, to Cornelia Brodhead. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Henry C. Loveridge (1856-1934) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
13, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., March 2,
1934 (age 77 years, 201
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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David Perley Lowe (1823-1882) —
also known as David P. Lowe —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born near Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
22, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1863-64; district judge in Kansas, 1867-71,
1879-82; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1871-75; chief
justice of Utah territorial supreme court, 1875.
Died in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., April
10, 1882 (age 58 years, 231
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan.
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George Henry Lowe (b. 1939) —
also known as George H. Lowe —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 1,
1939.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1978-82.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of John Elmer Lowe and Mary Catherine (Mullin) Lowe; married, June 5,
1965, to Barbara Ann Blewitt. |
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard K. Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated,
1970, 1972 (primary), 1972 (Liberal), 1974, 1976, 1978 (primary).
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Seymour Lowman (1868-1940) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung town, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
7, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1909-10; chair of
Chemung County Republican Party, 1910-34; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1919-24; defeated, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-33; president, Elmira Savings Bank,
1933; president, Lowman Construction
Corp.; president, U.S. Cut Flower
Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1940
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lowman and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman; married, September
9, 1893, to Katherine Harding 'Kate' Smith. |
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James Monroe Lown Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as James M. Lown, Jr. —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., May 16,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1918-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Lee Luce (b. 1862) —
also known as Robert L. Luce —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., September
19, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1916;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919; defeated, 1916;
appointed 1919; defeated, 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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Freeborn Garrettson Luckey (1819-1898) —
also known as Freeborn G. Luckey —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., May 26,
1819.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1852.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 1898 (age 78 years, 229
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y.
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Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) —
also known as J. Edward Lumbard —
of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took
senior status 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 3,
1999 (age 97 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married,
September
4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter. |
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Hyman Lurio (d. 1924) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Russia.
Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911, 1918 (Socialist).
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
28, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Clayton Riley Lusk (1872-1959) —
also known as Clayton R. Lusk —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., December
21, 1872.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; law partner of Rowland
L. Davis, 1902-15; member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1919-24.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Union
League; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., February
14, 1959 (age 86 years, 55
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Martin J. Lutz —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1927.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Paul Lydon (1868-1946) —
also known as Richard P. Lydon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-38.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1946 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Henry Lydon and Ellen R. (Buckley) Lydon. |
| | | Image source: New York Times, March 9,
1946 |
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Joseph Stebbins Lyman (1785-1821) —
of New York.
Born in Northfield, Franklin
County, Mass., February
14, 1785.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1819-21.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
21, 1821 (age 36 years, 35
days).
Interment at Federal
Street Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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John A. Lynch —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 5th District, 1916-17.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Lynch (1908-1978) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., March
10, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; Middlesex
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1941-46; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1951-55; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1956-77 (Middlesex County 1956-65, District
7 1966-73, 17th District 1974-77).
Died, of cancer,
in Whitestone Hospital,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 3,
1978 (age 69 years, 358
days). The John A. Lynch Memorial Bridge, which takes Route 18
across the Raritan River, is named for
him.
Interment at Resurrection Burial Park, Piscataway, N.J.
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Walter Aloysius Lynch (1894-1957) —
also known as Walter A. Lynch —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-51 (22nd District 1940-45,
23rd District 1945-51); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950; New York
Democratic state chair, 1953; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-57; died in office 1957.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
10, 1957 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Edwin Rogers Lynde (1901-1981) —
also known as Edwin R. Lynde —
of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
10, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1929-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carleton M. Lynde and Virginia (Rogers) Lynde; married, June 26,
1927, to Violet Panal. |
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William Pitt Lynde (1817-1885) —
also known as William P. Lynde —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
16, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wisconsin
territory attorney general, 1845-46; U.S.
Attorney for Wisconsin, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1848-49, 1875-79 (1st District
1848-49, 4th District 1875-79); candidate for justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1849; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1860-61; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1869-70.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
18, 1885 (age 68 years, 2
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Frank A. Lyon (b. 1855) —
of Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Quincy, Branch
County, Mich.; Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Walworth, Wayne
County, N.Y., January
4, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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George F. Lyon (b. 1849) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Barker town, Broome
County, N.Y., July 13,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1896-1919; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Lyon and Pamelia A. (Livermore) Lyon; married, April 9,
1884, to Elizabeth R. Mather. |
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George W. Lyon —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1886.
Burial location unknown.
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William Penn Lyon (b. 1822) —
also known as William P. Lyon —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
28, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859-60; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1859-60; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; circuit judge in Wisconsin 1st Circuit,
1865-71; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1871-93; appointed 1871; chief
justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1892-93.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: William
Penn |
| | | Relatives: Son of Isaac Lyon and Eunice
(Coffin) Lyon; married, November
18, 1847, to Adelia Caroline Duncombe. |
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