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Mathias Naphtali (1899-1987) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Ioannina, Greece,
December
14, 1899.
Liberal. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1950.
Jewish.
Greek
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in December, 1987
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Janet Napolitano (b. 1957) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
29, 1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1993-97; Arizona
state attorney general, 1999-2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
Governor
of Arizona, 2003-09; U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009-.
Female.
Methodist.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Abner Nash (1740-1786) —
of Jones
County, N.C.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., August
8, 1740.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member of North
Carolina state senate from Jones County, 1779; Governor of
North Carolina, 1780-81; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in
office 1786.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died while attending a session of the Continental
Congress, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Jacob P. Nathanson (1901-1986) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Russia,
February
21, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1927-33; defeated
in primary, 1933.
Jewish.
Charged
in 1930 with professional
misconduct by the Brooklyn Bar Association, over his handling of
a client's $500 bail payment; suspended
from the practice of law in 1931, and ordered to pay
restitution. Indicted
in October and November 1938 on charges
of forgery,
grand
larceny, and subornation
of perjury, over his involvement in fraudulent
bail bonds; pleaded
guilty to subornation
of perjury, and testified against other conspirators; disbarred
in 1939.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 2,
1986 (age 85 years, 9
days).
Interment somewhere
in Palm Beach County, Fla.
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Max E. Neal (1878-1962) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., May 9,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1936-56; resigned 1956.
Member, Elks; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in 1962
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Edward J. Neary —
of East Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1920-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Homer Augustus Nelson (1829-1891) —
also known as Homer A. Nelson —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
31, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dutchess
County Judge, 1855-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1863-65; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; secretary
of state of New York, 1868-71; member of New York
state senate 15th District, 1882-83; defeated, 1871.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., April
25, 1891 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Rensselaer Russell Nelson (1826-1904) —
also known as R. R. Nelson —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 12,
1826.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58.
Died October
15, 1904 (age 78 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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William Nelson (1784-1869) —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 29,
1784.
Whig. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1819-21; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1824-27; state court judge in New
York, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1847-51.
Died in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
3, 1869 (age 85 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Irving Daniel Neustein (1901-1979) —
also known as Irving D. Neustein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1931-37;
member, New York Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, 1938-41; when
his political activities came under investigation
by the U.S. Civil Service Commission as violating the Hatch
Act, he resigned;
though he was no longer a member, his ouster
from the appeal board was ordered two years later.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, in Jewish Home
for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1979 (age 78 years, 7
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Joseph E. Newburger (1853-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 1853.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1906-23.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from heart
disease, in his suite at the Hotel
Champlain, near Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 19,
1931 (age 77 years, 271
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Library of Congress |
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Josiah T. Newcomb (b. 1868) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., June 19,
1868.
Republican. Newspaper
work; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1902, 1904;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1909-12; defeated, 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard Newman (1907-1999) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1933, 1934,
1935; law secretary to Justice Samuel
H. Hofstadter, 1942-48; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964;
chair
of New York County Republican Party, 1958-60; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1966; appointed 1966; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1968-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-83; took senior status 1983.
Jewish.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1999 (age 91 years, 176
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Seth Newman (1836-1906) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Russia, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
7, 1836.
Lawyer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1888-90; resigned 1890; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
13, 1906 (age 69 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura F. Newell. |
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Charles Damon Newton (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles D. Newton —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Birdsall, Allegany
County, N.Y., May 25,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 43rd District, 1915-18; New York
state attorney general, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Newton and Polly A. (Brundage) Newton; married, August
10, 1887, to Nellie E. Durfee. |
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John Francis Neylan (1885-1960) —
also known as John F. Neylan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; counsel to, and close associate of, William
Randolph Hearst; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member, University of California Board of Regents,
1928-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a pulmonary
condition, in University Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
19, 1960 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Nichols (b. 1854) —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., March
20, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Greene
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1903-04; chair of
Greene County Republican Party, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Nichols (b. 1862) —
of Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y., May 2,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; chair of
Schoharie County Republican Party, 1916; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1917-29.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Nichols (b. 1831) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
28, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Brooklyn Warehouse &
Storage Company; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1881.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) —
also known as Eugene H. Nickerson —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August
2, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Circuit Judge Augustus
N. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan
F. Stone, 1944-46; Nassau
County Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94;
took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002.
His right arm
was paralyzed by polio in his youth.
Died, from complications of ulcer
surgery, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2002 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Courtlandt Nicoll (c.1880-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1915;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1918, 1925-26; defeated, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Died in Water Mill, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1938 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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DeLancey Nicoll (1854-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., June 24,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for American Tobacco
Company; New
York County District Attorney, 1891-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 14th District, 1915.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1931 (age 76 years, 280
days).
Interment at Nichols Cemetery, Shelter Island, N.Y.
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William MacRae Nicoll (b. 1893) —
also known as William M. Nicoll —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Dundee, Scotland,
May
7, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1924-29.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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Joseph A. Nicosia (b. 1903) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1934-35; defeated,
1930, 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Carpenter Niles (1858-1939) —
also known as Henry C. Niles —
of York
County, Pa.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 17,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania
19th District, 1925-29; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Pennsylvania, July 15,
1939 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Russell D. Niles —
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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William Watson Niles (1822-1900) —
also known as William W. Niles —
of Bedford Park, Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in West Fairlee, Orange
County, Vt., March
26, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Samuel
J. Tilden; member of New York
state assembly, 1872, 1881 (Westchester County 1st District 1872,
New York County 24th District 1881); candidate for New York
state senate, 1883.
Died in Bedford Park, Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., October
29, 1900 (age 78 years, 217
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William White Niles (1860-1935) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 22,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 30th District, 1895;
vice-president, Bronx Parkway Commission, 1907-25.
Died in Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
12, 1935 (age 74 years, 174
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Watson Niles and Isabel (White) Niles; married to Florence Brown;
grandson of Hugh
White. |
| | | Political family: Niles-White
family of Bronx and Waterford, New York. |
| | | Epitaph: Originator of The Bronx River
Parkway. / "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I
have kept the faith." -II.TIM.IV. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) —
also known as Richard M. Nixon; "Tricky
Dick"; "Searchlight" —
of Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Yorba Linda, Orange
County, Calif., January
9, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
Vice
President of the United States, 1953-61; President
of the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for Governor of
California, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Order of
the Coif.
Discredited by the Watergate scandal,
as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of
impeachment against him, over obstruction
of justice, abuse
of power, and contempt
of Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly
implicated
him in the Watergate
break-in; with impeachment certain, he resigned;
pardoned
in 1974 by President Gerald
R. Ford.
Died, from a stroke,
at New York
Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1994 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon and Hannah (Milhous) Nixon; married,
June
21, 1940, to Thelma
Catherine Ryan; father of Julie Nixon (daughter-in-law of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; granddaughter-in-law of Dwight
David Eisenhower); second cousin of John
Duffy Alderson. |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Carroll
family of Maryland; Eisenhower-Nixon
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Maurice
H. Stans — John
H. Holdridge — Clark
MacGregor — Harry
L. Sears — Harry
S. Dent — Christian
A. Herter, Jr. — John
N. Mitchell — G.
Bradford Cook — Raymond
Moley — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Nils
A. Boe — Murray
M. Chotiner — Richard
Blumenthal — G.
Gordon Liddy — Robert
D. Sack — Edward
G. Latch — William
O. Mills — Meyer
Kestnbaum |
| | | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's the
One!" |
| | | Epitaph: "The greatest honor history
can bestow is the title of peacemaker." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Richard M. Nixon: RN
: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) — Beyond
Peace (1994) — 1999:
Victory Without War (1988) — Leaders
(1982) — Memoirs —
Six
Crises (1962) — The
Challenges We Face (1960) — In
the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal
(1990) — No
More Vietnams (1985) — The
Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) — Real
Peace (1984) — The
Real War (1980) — Seize
The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World
(1992) |
| | | Books about Richard M. Nixon: Melvin
Small, The
Presidency of Richard Nixon — Joan Hoff, Nixon
Reconsidered — Jonathan Aitken, Nixon
: A Life — Garry Wills, Nixon
Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man — Thomas
Monsell, Nixon
on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in
Films, Television, Plays and Opera — Stephen E.
Ambrose, Nixon
: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 — Richard
Reeves, President
Nixon: Alone in the White House — Roger Morris, Richard
Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician —
Robert Mason, Richard
Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority — Jules
Witcover, Very
Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon
& Spiro Agnew |
| | | Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Lance Morrow,
The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power — Don Fulsom, Nixon's
Darkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most Troubled
President |
| | | Image source: United States Mint
engraving |
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Thomas F. Noonan (c.1877-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1936-40; appointed 1936;
died in office 1940; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1940; died in office 1940.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1940 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Daily News, December 7, 1940 |
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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
3, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; chemical
engineer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma
Xi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord; married to Eleanor
Greenbaum. |
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Clarence Norman Jr. (b. 1951) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 43rd District, 1983-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Ebenezer Foote Norton (1774-1851) —
also known as Ebenezer F. Norton —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
7, 1774.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1829-31.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 11,
1851 (age 76 years, 185
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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James E. Norton —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Iowa.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1923-34.
Burial location unknown.
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John Thomas Norton (b. 1865) —
also known as John T. Norton —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
4, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1895-96 (Rensselaer County 1st District 1895,
Rensselaer County 2nd District 1896); candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1900; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Gordon I. Novod —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1945-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Null —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; law partner of Harry
Kopp, 1927-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1942-49; defeated (American
Labor), 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph D. Nunan Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1930; member of
New
York state senate 2nd District, 1931-40; defeated, 1940; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1938;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st New York District,
1941.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Newton Wright Nutting (1840-1889) —
also known as Newton W. Nutting —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in West Monroe, Oswego
County, N.Y., October
22, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; Oswego
County District Attorney, 1869-71; Oswego
County Judge, 1878-83; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-85, 1887-89 (24th District
1883-85, 27th District 1887-89); died in office 1889.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., October
15, 1889 (age 48 years, 358
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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James Warren Nye (1814-1876) —
also known as James W. Nye —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 10,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; Madison
County Surrogate, 1844-47; Madison
County Judge, 1847-51; Free Soil candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1848; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860;
Governor
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1870-.
Died in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
25, 1876 (age 62 years, 198
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Olin Tracy Nye (b. 1874) —
also known as Olin T. Nye —
of Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born near Beaver Dams, Schuyler
County, N.Y., March
13, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Schuyler
County District Attorney, 1897; member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1901-04; defeated, 1899,
1927 (Independent); county judge in New York, 1906-17.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of E. M. W. Nye. |
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Theodore Sedgwick Nye —
also known as Theodore S. Nye —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; Gold Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jackson Oakley (1783-1857) —
also known as Thomas J. Oakley —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born near Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
10, 1783.
Lawyer; Dutchess
County Surrogate, 1810-11; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1813-15, 1827-28 (4th District
1813-15, 5th District 1827-28); member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1815-16, 1817-20; New York
state attorney general, 1819-21; appointed 1819; New York City
superior court judge, 1828-57; died in office 1857.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1857 (age 73 years, 182
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Otto George Obermaier (b. 1936) —
also known as Otto G. Obermaier —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
16, 1936.
Patent
examiner; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1989-93.
Still living as of 2006.
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John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Denis O'Brien (1837-1909) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., March
13, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Watertown, N.Y., 1879-80; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1880-84; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1880,
1888;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1880; New York
state attorney general, 1884-87; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1890-1907.
Died May 18,
1909 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Huntingtonville, N.Y.
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John Francis O'Brien (1874-1939) —
also known as John F. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 13,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1927-39; appointed 1927; died in
office 1939.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
25, 1939 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment somewhere
in Norwalk, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Denis
O'Brien and Margaret (McCahill) O'Brien; married to Hilda Le
Grand Lockwood. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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John Patrick O'Brien (1873-1951) —
also known as John P. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
1, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; defeated, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1951 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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John W. O'Brien (1853-1895) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
13, 1853.
School
principal; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1894.
Died in 1895
(age about
41 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth O'Brien (1895-1954) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-53; appointed 1934.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1954 (age 58 years, 311
days).
Entombed at Corpus
Christi Monastery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Morgan Joseph O'Brien (1852-1937) —
also known as Morgan J. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
28, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1888-1906; resigned 1906;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1896-1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1920,
1924;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age 85 years, 49
days).
Entombed at Corpus
Christi Monastery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Mortimer C. O'Brien (born c.1889) —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1913;
candidate for mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1935.
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Norman A. O'Brien —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 46th District, 1935-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1942-44; special assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount
Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born near Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 9,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
work; assistant to postmaster general James
A. Farley, 1933-39; Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1939-40;
First Assistant Postmaster General, 1940-43; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1944-48.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., October
13, 1962 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Franklin O'Connor (1844-1928) —
also known as Eugene F. O'Connor —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
10, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1886; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1888-89; candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1891.
Catholic.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
29, 1928 (age 83 years, 140
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank D. O'Connor (b. 1909) —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
20, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1949-52, 1955 (6th District 1949-52, 8th District
1955); defeated, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; American
Legion; Catholic
War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph O'Connor (1885-1960) —
also known as John J. O'Connor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Raynham, Bristol
County, Mass., November
23, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1923-39; defeated
(Andrew Jackson), 1938; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Phi
Kappa.
Died in 1960
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Vincent A. O'Connor (b. 1887) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 30,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles O'Conor (1804-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1853-54; senior
counsel for Jefferson
Davis during his treason trial; as special deputy attorney
general for New York State, was counsel for the prosecution in the
trial of William
M. Tweed; Straight Out Democratic candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., May 12,
1884 (age 80 years, 129
days).
Entombed at St.
Patrick's Old Cathedral, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining
business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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William O'Dwyer (1890-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland,
July
11, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kings
County District Attorney; county judge in New York, 1937-40;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1946-50; defeated, 1941; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1950-52.
Died in a hospital
at New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1964 (age 74 years, 136
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby (1867-1955) —
also known as Woodson R. Oglesby —
of Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., February
9, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1906; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1913-17; defeated,
1916.
Died in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
30, 1955 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Entombed at Eastern
Cemetery, Quitman, Ga.
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James Aloysius O'Gorman (1860-1943) —
also known as James A. O'Gorman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; district judge in New York, 1893-99; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker;
member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-11; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1911-17.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1943 (age 83 years, 12
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William H. O'Hare —
of Glendale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1915-19 (Queens County 3rd District 1915-17,
Queens County 6th District 1918-19).
Burial location unknown.
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Manfred Ohrenstein (b. 1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1961-93 (25th District 1961-65, 29th District 1966,
27th District 1967-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Still living as of 1993.
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John F. O'Keefe (1860-1936) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Wilson, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
28, 1860.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04, 1918; Saginaw city
corporation counsel, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1932
(alternate), 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died October
8, 1936 (age 75 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris O'Keefe and Margaret (Roman) O'Keefe; married 1894 to Ida
Catherine Callam. |
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Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (1856-1940) —
also known as J. Van Vechten Olcott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died June 1,
1940 (age 84 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Morrow Knox Olcott (b. 1862) —
also known as William M. K. Olcott —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1896-98; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1915;
vice-president and director, Lawyers Engineering
and Surveying Co.; director, Mary Powell Steamboat
Co.; director, Everard Brewing
Co.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott; brother of Jacob
Van Vechten Olcott; married, December
6, 1888, to Jessica A. Baldwin. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1897 |
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Denis O'Leary (1863-1943) —
of Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhasset, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., January
22, 1863.
Lawyer; Independence League candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1913-15; Queens
County District Attorney, 1915-21; candidate in Democratic
primary for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1921.
Died in Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
27, 1943 (age 80 years, 248
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Martin Oliner —
of Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Lawyer; mayor
of Lawrence, N.Y., 2010-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2015.
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Image source:
Newsday |
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Frank Oliver (1883-1968) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; chief, New York City Bureau of Licenses,
1908-11; secretary to U.S. Sen. James
A. O'Gorman, 1911-16; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1923-34; resigned
1934; special sessions court judge in New York, 1934-52.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
1, 1968 (age 84 years, 91
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Webster J. Oliver (1888-1969) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
14, 1888.
Democrat. Hardware
buyer; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1940-67; took senior status 1967.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
16, 1969 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Morrison Oliver (1792-1863) —
also known as William M. Oliver —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
15, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York,
1823-28, 1838-45; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1827-30; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1841-43.
Died in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., July 21,
1863 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Penn Yan, N.Y.
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Lewis W. Olliffe (c.1905-1966) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-54 (Kings County 1st District 1941-44, Kings
County 10th District 1945-54); defeated, 1934, 1938; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1953; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1954, 1959-66; appointed
1954; defeated, 1954; appointed 1959; died in office 1966; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956.
Sponsor, in the New York Assembly, of the law which ended racial and
religious discrimination in college admissions, 1948.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 7,
1966 (age about 61
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Cyrus Olney (b. 1815) —
of Clatsop
County, Ore.
Born in New York, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Clatsop County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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William C. Olsen (b. 1886) —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Richard O'Malley —
also known as Edward R. O'Malley —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1901-02; New York
state attorney general, 1909-10; defeated, 1910; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1923-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel J. O'Mara (b. 1893) —
of Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1932-34; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1957-58.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hanson Ordway (1860-1934) —
also known as Samuel H. Ordway —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1917; defeated, 1906;
appointed 1917; defeated, 1917.
Episcopalian.
Advocate for civil service reform.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1934 (age 73 years, 315
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Luke O'Reilly (b. 1862) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
10, 1862.
Democrat. Printer;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1930-34; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Luke O'Reilly and Margaret (Fitzpatrick)
O'Reilly. |
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Theodore Ornstein (1905-1988) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
3, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1939-44; appointed 1939.
Jewish.
Died October
13, 1988 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Samuel Orr (1890-1981) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born July 11,
1890.
Socialist. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1918, 1920, 1921;
defeated, 1918; expelled 1920; resigned 1920; delegate to Socialist
National Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate, 1922 (22nd District), 1928 (22nd District), 1933
(21st District); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1926, 1930, 1932,
1934; New York City Magistrate, 1941-51.
Jewish.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, but resigned in
protest when three other Socialist members were expelled again.
Died, in Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
29, 1981 (age 91 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Hitchins Orrett (b. 1858) —
also known as William H. Orrett —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1858.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Kingston, 1902-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Ward Osborn (1836-1898) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1868; member of Florida
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1870-72.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1898 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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William Church Osborn (b. 1862) —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
31, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1894;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1914-16; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1918; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Osborn and Virginia Reed (Sturges) Osborn; married,
June
3, 1886, to Alice H. Dodge. |
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Thomas A. Osborne (1800-1877) —
of Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 1,
1800.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1834; common pleas court
judge in New York, 1843-44.
Died April
27, 1877 (age 76 years, 300
days).
Interment at Peacock Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Walters, Eliza Jeanette Huston and Mary
Derby. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of Chautauqua
County (1875) |
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George Francis O'Shaunessy (1868-1934) —
also known as George F. O'Shaunessy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
May
1, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1909; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1911-19; defeated,
1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1918.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
28, 1934 (age 66 years, 211
days).
Interment at St.
Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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John L. Ostrander —
of Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1946-61.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Sterling Ostrander (1858-1924) —
also known as William S. Ostrander —
of Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 28,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 30th District, 1915.
Died June 21,
1924 (age 65 years, 359
days).
Interment somewhere
in Schuylerville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Proper Ostrander and Isabel Corliss (Winney) Ostrander;
married, October
17, 1883, to Cora Eliza Laing. |
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George Lorenzo Otis (1829-1882) —
also known as George L. Otis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
7, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1866; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
29, 1882 (age 52 years, 173
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Oran Gray Otis (1795-1836) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born December
5, 1795.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1831-32.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., June 28,
1836 (age 40 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Lawrence O'Toole (1902-1964) —
also known as Donald L. O'Toole —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
1, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-53 (8th District 1937-45, 13th
District 1945-53); defeated, 1952, 1954, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., September
12, 1964 (age 62 years, 42
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Irving S. Ottenberg (born c.1883) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1883.
Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915, 1923 (Socialist);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Ottinger (b. 1878) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1914; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1917-18; defeated, 1920; New York
state attorney general, 1925-28; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Lawrence Ottinger (b. 1929) —
also known as Richard Ottinger —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, January
27, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-71, 1975-85 (25th District
1965-71, 24th District 1975-83, 20th District 1983-85); defeated,
1972; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980;
law
professor.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2013.
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Percival D. Oviatt —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1933; appointed 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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William Lewis Owens (b. 1949) —
also known as Bill Owens —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 2009-15 (23rd District 2009-13,
21st District 2013-15).
Catholic.
Still living as of 2018.
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Anthony Pace (b. 1927) —
of West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 4,
1927.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Pace and Concetta (Arrigo) Pace; married 1951 to
Filomena Cerone. |
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Edward J. Pacelli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 8th District, 1950, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Pack (1899-1945) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
25, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1931-38; member of
New
York state senate, 1939-45 (22nd District 1939-44, 25th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died August
7, 1945 (age 46 years, 194
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Gordon Paddock (1865-1932) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
6, 1865.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1901-02; U.S. Consul General in Seoul, 1902-06; U.S. Vice Consul General in Seoul, 1906-09; Mukden, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Harbin, 1909; U.S. Consul in Tabriz, 1910-20; Teheran, 1920-22.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Somme département, France,
November
2, 1932 (age 67 years, 57
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, France.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Paddock and Annie (Gordon) Paddock. |
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Alfred Rider Page (1859-1931) —
also known as Alfred R. Page —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill., October
7, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1905-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-23; resigned 1923;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1916-23; law partner of George
L. Ingraham, 1923-25.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Chi Psi;
Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
3, 1931 (age 71 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Page and Angeline (Rider) Page; married, April
27, 1886, to Elizabeth M. Rose. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Roy M. Page —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1937-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Joseph Pagliaro Jr. (b. 1940) —
also known as Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
10, 1940.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for California
state assembly, 1970; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1970-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Burlingame, Calif., 1988-89, 1992-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Sigma
Nu; Lions.
Still living as of 1993.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Joseph Pagliaro and Edith (Bennett) Pagliaro; married 1969 to Bonnie
Kay Dickason. |
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman
car porter; lawyer; Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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H. Murray Pakulski (b. 1880) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1908,
1912
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Pakulski and Rosalie (Davidson) Pakulski; married, June 30,
1904, to Ada S. Feldman. |
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John Pallace Jr. (b. 1874) —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1901-04; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 4th District, 1903-04;
candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1904; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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George M. Palmer (born c.1861) —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmondville, Schoharie
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1897-99, 1902-06, 1908;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1908; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1910; New York
Democratic state chair, 1912-14.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Palmer (1785-1840) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Hoosick, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
29, 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1817-19, 1837-39 (12th District
1817-19, 13th District 1837-39); Clinton
County District Attorney, 1818-32; Clinton
County Judge, 1832-37; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1832.
Died in St.
Bartholomew, December
8, 1840 (age 55 years, 314
days).
Interment at St.
Bartholomew Cemetery, Gustavia, Saint-Barthélemy.
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Lewis Gilbert Palmer (1851-1911) —
also known as Lewis G. Palmer —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
17, 1851.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of Michigan
state senate, 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1890-94; circuit
judge in Michigan 27th Circuit, 1899-1911; died in office 1911.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1911
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald Jason Palmieri (b. 1950) —
of Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
5, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Mario J. Palumbo (b. 1933) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
13, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1969-88; elected West
Virginia state attorney general 1990.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1990.
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Arthur T. Pammenter (b. 1886) —
of Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1925-29.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Ira Panken (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold I. Panken —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., July 17,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1947-52.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Died in 1999
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Panken and Bessie (Palestine) Panken; married, October
2, 1934, to Bertha Hamowitz. |
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Jacob Panken (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ukraine,
January
13, 1879.
Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1908; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1909 (New York County 8th District), 1915 (New
York County 4th District); candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910, 1929, 1931; municipal
judge in New York, 1917-27; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from New York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1922, 1930; candidate
for Governor of
New York, 1926; candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Panken and Feiga (Berman) Panken; married, February
20, 1910, to Rachel Pallay. |
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August V. Pappert (b. 1874) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
28, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1911-13.
German
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Pardee (1808-1898) —
of Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
8, 1808.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1850-53 (Medina and Lorain counties 1850-51, 27th
District 1852-53).
Died in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, January
10, 1898 (age 89 years, 94
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wadsworth, Ohio.
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David Paris —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1931-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham X. Parker (1831-1909) —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Granville, Addison
County, Vt., November
14, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 3rd District, 1863-64;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1881-89 (19th District 1881-85,
22nd District 1885-89).
Died in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
9, 1909 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.
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Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) —
also known as Alton B. Parker; "Parker the
Silent" —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Esopus, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., May 14,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1877-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1908,
1912
(Temporary
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker);
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1885-97; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1897-1904; resigned 1904;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1904; law partner of William
F. Sheehan and Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-12.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in
his automobile through Central Park, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1926 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Alvan V. Parker —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1915-17, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Amasa Junius Parker (1807-1890) —
also known as Amasa J. Parker —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 2,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1834; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1837-39; circuit
judge in New York, 1844-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-55; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1856, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1864;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 13,
1890 (age 82 years, 345
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Amasa Junius Parker Jr. (1843-1938) —
also known as Amasa J. Parker, Jr. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y., May 6,
1843.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1882; member of
New
York state senate, 1886-87, 1892-95 (17th District 1886-87,
1892-93, 19th District 1894-95).
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 2,
1938 (age 94 years, 361
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Edward Griffin Parker (c.1826-1868) —
Born in Massachusetts, about 1826.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1850; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1850; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1868 (age about 42
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Mason Parker (1805-1873) —
also known as John M. Parker —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., June 14,
1805.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1855-59; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1859-73; died in office 1873.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., December
16, 1873 (age 68 years, 185
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
also known as Samuel W. Parker —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
9, 1805.
Farmer;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849.
German
and English
ancestry.
Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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John Gibson Parkhurst (1824-1906) —
also known as John G. Parkhurst —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida Castle, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
17, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; insurance
business; Branch
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1860
(Convention
Secretary), 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1868; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1872; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1888-89; postmaster at Coldwater,
Mich., 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 6,
1906 (age 82 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Parkhurst and Sally (Gibson) Parkhurst; married 1852 to Amelia
Noyes; married 1863 to Josie
B. Reeves; married 1874 to
Frances J. (Roberts) Fiske. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: History and Biographical
Record of Branch County (1906) |
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Gorham Parks (1794-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 27,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate for
Governor
of Maine, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, as of 1845-49.
Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1877 (age 83 years, 180
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George B. Parsons (b. 1907) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
18, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; assistant counsel to Sen. George
R. Fearon, 1933; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1934-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated,
1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer and president, Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Passannante (1920-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
president, Cosmopolitan Trucking
Corporation; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-90 (New York County 1st District 1955-65,
69th District 1966, 63rd District 1967-72, 64th District 1973-82,
61st District 1983-90).
Catholic.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Died of pancreatic
cancer at Tisch Hospital
of New York University Medical
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1996 (age 76 years, 309
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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George Elmer Pataki (b. 1945) —
also known as George Pataki —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 24,
1945.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Peekskill, N.Y., 1981-84; member of New York
state assembly 91st District, 1985-92; member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1993-94; Governor of
New York, 1995-2006; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 2004.
Catholic.
Hungarian,
Irish,
and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Basil Alexander Paterson (b. 1926) —
also known as Basil Paterson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-70 (31st District 1966, 27th District
1967-70); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972;
deputy mayor, New York City, 1978-79; secretary
of state of New York, 1979-82.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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David Alexander Paterson (b. 1954) —
also known as David A. Paterson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 20,
1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1996,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state senate 30th District; elected 2002, 2004; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 2007-08; Governor of
New York, 2008-10.
African
ancestry.
Legally
blind.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Paterson (1744-1808) —
of Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Lisle, Tioga County (now Broome
County), N.Y.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., 1744.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1775;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1792-93; Broome
County Judge, 1798, 1806; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1803-05.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., July 9,
1808 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Whitney Point, N.Y.; reinterment in 1892 at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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J. Lewis Patrie (b. 1869) —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1869.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1910-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Holly Patterson (1898-1980) —
also known as A. Holly Patterson; "Mr.
Republican" —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Uniondale, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 31,
1898.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Nassau
County Executive, 1953-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hempsted General Hospital,
Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1980 (age 82 years, 112
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Lester W. Patterson (c.1893-1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1922-25; Bronx
County Sheriff, 1926-29; Bronx
County Clerk, 1930-33.
Died November
15, 1947 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lillian C. Patterson; married to Ethyle Lang. |
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Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) —
also known as Robert P. Patterson —
of Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
12, 1891.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1945-47.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; American
Legion.
Killed, along with 22 other passengers and crew, and seven people on
the ground, in a plane
crash during rain and
heavy fog, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
22, 1952 (age 60 years, 344
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Walter Patterson (d. 1852) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y.
Farmer;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1821-23; postmaster;
Columbia
County Judge, 1828.
Slaveowner.
Died November
5, 1852.
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Worthington Pattison (1932-1990) —
also known as Edward W. Pattison; Ned
Pattison —
of West Sand Lake, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., April
29, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1975-79; defeated,
1970 (30th District), 1978 (29th District); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Died August
22, 1990 (age 58 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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John Pattison (b. 1859) —
of Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
13, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1908; member of Democratic
National Committee from Washington, 1912-16.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Pattison and Elizabeth (Stormont) Pattison; married 1885 to Mary
G. Cairns. |
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John K. Patton (b. 1856) —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
1, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Dow
Vroman; member of New York
state assembly, 1898-1907 (Erie County 7th District 1898-1906,
Erie County 8th District 1907).
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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William Paulding Jr. (1770-1854) —
of New York.
Born in Phillipsburgh (now Tarrytown), Westchester
County, N.Y., March 7,
1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1811-13; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1825-26, 1827-29.
Died in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
11, 1854 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Churchyard, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Sereno Elisha Payne (1843-1914) —
also known as Sereno E. Payne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., June 26,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87, 1889-1914 (26th District
1883-85, 27th District 1885-87, 1889-93, 28th District 1893-1903,
31st District 1903-13, 36th District 1913-14); died in office 1914;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1914 (age 71 years, 167
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 27,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-05.
Died in 1938
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Trask Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Wesley Ulysses Pearne (b. 1851) —
also known as Wesley U. Pearne —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Middletown, 1901-02, 1905-06;
defeated, 1902.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Marshall Pearne and Emily Ann (Swathel) Pearne; married,
April
25, 1883, to Harriette Cornelia Arnold. |
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Amos Jenkins Peaslee II (1887-1969) —
also known as Amos J. Peaslee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., March
24, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1953-56.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Kiwanis.
Died in 1969
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mickleton
Meeting Graveyard, Mickleton, N.J.
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Louis Peck —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaerville, Albany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Lyman
Tremain; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among
226 passengers and crew who perished
when the steamer collided
with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in
the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337
days). His remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr. (1838-1909) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
8, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-86; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1886-95; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909.
Episcopalian.
Died in Altamont, Albany
County, N.Y., October
24, 1909 (age 70 years, 350
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Ferdinand Pecora (1882-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicosia, Sicily, Italy,
January
6, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1934-35; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-50; resigned 1950;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1950.
Italian
ancestry.
Died December
7, 1971 (age 89 years, 335
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Pecora and Rosa (Messina) Pecora. |
| | | Image source: National Archives via
U.S. Senate |
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Philip Pell Jr. (1753-1811) —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1753.
Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1779-81, 1783-86; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1788-89.
Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 1,
1811 (age 57 years, 298
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.
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William W. Pellet —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) —
also known as Guy R. Pelton —
of New York.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
3, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1855-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Wyoming, July 24,
1890 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mahaiwe
Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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John G. Pembleton (b. 1880) —
of Tioga Center, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Waverly, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 8,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1912-13.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Welles Pendleton (1859-1936) —
also known as Cornelius W. Pendleton —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 71st District, 1893-96, 1899-1900; member of California
state senate, 1901-04; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1907-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
17, 1936 (age 77 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edmund Henry Pendleton (1788-1862) —
also known as Edmund H. Pendleton —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1788.
Lawyer; Dutchess
County Judge, 1830-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1831-33.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1862 (age about 73
years).
Entombed at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel
Pendleton and Susan (Bard) Pendleton; brother of Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; married to Frances M. Jones; uncle of George
Hunt Pendleton; grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; granduncle of Francis
Key Pendleton; first cousin of Philip
Clayton Pendleton; first cousin once removed of John
Pendleton Jr.; second cousin once removed of John
Penn, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew; third cousin twice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Charles
Sumner Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Francis Key Pendleton (1850-1930) —
also known as Francis K. Pendleton —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
3, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-20; defeated, 1909;
appointed 1911; resigned 1920.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Injured in an automobile
accident on Riverside Drive, and died two months later as a
result, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1930 (age 80 years, 204
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Alicia (Key) Pendleton and George
Hunt Pendleton; married, December
20, 1890, to Elizabeth La Montagne (sister-in-law of Nicholas
Murray Butler); nephew of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859); grandson of Francis
Scott Key and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; grandnephew of Edward
Lloyd (1779-1834) and Edmund
Henry Pendleton; great-grandson of Edward
Lloyd (1744-1796) and Nathaniel
Pendleton; great-grandnephew of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); second great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Philip
Key; first cousin four times removed of Matthew
Tilghman; second cousin of Henry
Lloyd; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Carroll, Barrister, John
Penn, James
Joseph Tilghman and William
Tilghman; third cousin once removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, Joseph
Henry Pendleton and William
Welby Beverley; third cousin twice removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Frisby
Tilghman and Zachary
Taylor; fourth cousin of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew, Tench
Tilghman, Edward
Tilghman Paca and Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sylvester Pennoyer (1831-1902) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 6,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; lumber
business; Governor of
Oregon, 1887-95; mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1896-98.
Died May 30,
1902 (age 70 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.; reinterment in 1924 at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Frederic E. Perham (b. 1869) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1904-05.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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James Breck Perkins (1847-1910) —
also known as James B. Perkins —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Paris, France.
Born in St. Croix Falls, Polk
County, Wis., November
4, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1898; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-10 (31st District 1901-03,
32nd District 1903-10); died in office 1910; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1910 (age 62 years, 127
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Randolph Perkins (1871-1936) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.; Woodcliff Lake, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Dunellen, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
30, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Westfield, N.J., 1905-06; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1905-07; chair of
Bergen County Republican Party, 1911-16; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1921-36 (6th District 1921-33,
7th District 1933-36); died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1936
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
director, Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins. |
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Nathan David Perlman (1887-1952) —
also known as Nathan D. Perlman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Prusice, Silesia (now Poland),
August
2, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Harry
Kopp from 1909; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1915-17; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1920-27; defeated,
1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for New York
state attorney general, 1936; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937.
Jewish.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1952 (age 64 years, 332
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Carl E. Person (b. 1936) —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1936.
Lawyer; Libertarian candidate for New York
state attorney general, 2010, 2014; Reform candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2013.
Still living as of 2014.
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Curtis Arnoux Peters (c.1879-1933) —
also known as Curtis A. Peters —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; campaign manager, Thomas
C. T. Crain for Supreme Court, 1924; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.
Died, of tolsythemia
vera, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1933 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Father of Peter Arno. |
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Nicholas M. Pette —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1920-21;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1938.
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus Pettibone (1784-1825) —
of Vernon, Oneida
County, N.Y.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Litchfield
County, Conn., May 26,
1784.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1814-15; circuit judge in
Missouri 2nd Circuit, 1821-23; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1823-25; appointed 1823; died in
office 1825.
Died in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., July 31,
1825 (age 41 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Pettit (1807-1877) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 24,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1835, 1841; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1839-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1843-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1853-55; circuit judge in Indiana, 1855-57;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856,
1864
(alternate); chief
justice of Kansas territorial supreme court, 1859-61; mayor
of Lafayette, Ind., 1867-71; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1871-77.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., June 17,
1877 (age 69 years, 328
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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John Upfold Pettit (1820-1881) —
also known as John U. Pettit —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45, 1865; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1865; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., March
21, 1881 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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William Townsend Pheiffer (1898-1986) —
also known as William T. Pheiffer —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Purcell, Chickasaw Nation County, Indian Territory (now McClain
County, Okla.), July 15,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate for Oklahoma
state senate 2nd District, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1941-43; defeated,
1942; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Dominican Republic, 1953-57.
Unitarian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
16, 1986 (age 88 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Walter Phelps (1839-1894) —
also known as William W. Phelps —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
24, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1873-75, 1883-89;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1881-82; Germany, 1889-93; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and
Appeals, 1893-94.
Died in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., June 17,
1894 (age 54 years, 297
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jay Phelps and Rachel Badgerly (Phinney) Phelps; married 1860 to Ellen
Maria Sheffield (sister-in-law of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; aunt of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren); father of Sheffield
Phelps; nephew of Norman
A. Phelps; grandfather of Phelps
Phelps; great-grandnephew of Noah
Phelps; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Elisha
Phelps; second cousin of Hiram
Bidwell Case; second cousin once removed of John
Smith Phelps; third cousin once removed of Amos
Pettibone and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Augustus
Pettibone, Gaylord
Griswold, Hezekiah
Case and Rufus
Pettibone; third cousin thrice removed of John
Strong, Oliver
Ellsworth, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Charles
Jenkins Hayden and Asahel
Pierson Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Augustus
Herman Pettibone, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler, Allen
Jacob Holcomb, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Carl
Trumbull Hayden. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Eugene A. Philbin (1857-1920) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1900; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1913-20; appointed 1913;
died in office 1920.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1920 (age 62 years, 264
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Cyrus W. Phillips (b. 1870) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 4th District, 1909-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse S. Phillips (b. 1871) —
of Andover, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Independence town, Allegany
County, N.Y., May 4,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1901-11; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Field Phillips (1824-1903) —
also known as Samuel F. Phillips —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1824.
Lawyer; North
Carolina state auditor, 1862-64; resigned 1864; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1871; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1872-85.
Presbyterian.
Represented Homer Plessy in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1903 (age 79 years, 273
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Kenneth M. Phipps (c.1917-1968) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1954-58;
Criminal Court judge, 1958-68.
African
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Veterans Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1968 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Phipps; married to Mae Elizabeth
Gramling. |
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George H. Pierce (1872-1967) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 27,
1872.
Lawyer; mayor of
Olean, N.Y., 1923-29; member of New York
state senate, 1943-62 (51st District 1943-44, 56th District
1945-54, 58th District 1955-62); defeated (Democratic), 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in October, 1967
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Wallace Edgar Pierce (1881-1940) —
also known as Wallace E. Pierce —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Black Brook, Clinton
County, N.Y., December
9, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1917-19; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1927-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1939-40; died in
office 1940.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the Congressional physician's
office, in the U.S.
Capitol, Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1940 (age 58 years, 25
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Edwards Pierrepont (1817-1892) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 4,
1817.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1857-60; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney General, 1875-76; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1876-77.
Suffered a stroke,
and died four days later, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1892 (age 75 years, 2
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Frederick Theodore Pierson (1873-1930) —
also known as Frederick T. Pierson —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 23,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1922.
Died September
13, 1930 (age 57 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter;
architect;
lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Junior
Order.
While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally
shot
in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward
Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
26, 1924 (age 58 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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John Sigsbee Pindar (1835-1907) —
also known as John S. Pindar —
of Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
18, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1885-87, 1890-91;
defeated, 1880 (15th District), 1888 (24th District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888.
Died in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., June 30,
1907 (age 71 years, 224
days).
Interment at Cobleskill
Cemetery, Cobleskill, N.Y.
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Frank J. Pino (b. 1909) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 5,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1945-55; resigned
1955; member of New York
state senate 15th District, 1956-63; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1964-67.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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R. Foster Piper (1889-1955) —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Duke Center, McKean
County, Pa., August
9, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 8th District, 1930-40; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1941-55; died in office
1955; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
4th Department, 1949.
Died, in a hospital
at Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
18, 1955 (age 66 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to
Winifred Fish; married to Helen A. Morse. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Perley A. Pitcher (d. 1939) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1925-39; died in office 1939; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 37th District, 1938.
Died February
20, 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Clarence Elwyn Pitts (1876-1928) —
also known as Clarence E. Pitts —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New Jersey, March
27, 1876.
Lawyer; New York Prohibition state chair, 1909-11; Prohibition
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1909, 1910, 1913;
Prohibition candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; Florida
Republican state chair, 1927.
Died in his law
office, Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., December
22, 1928 (age 52 years, 270
days).
Interment at Fernhill Memorial Gardens, Stuart, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Edwin Basil Pitts and Jennie Irene (Scouton) Pitts; married
1899 to
Pearle Stranahan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles S. Plank (1863-1905) —
of Waddington, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Rodman, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
27, 1863.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1900-05.
Died in 1905
(age about
41 years).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Seymour S. Plank and Rosina (Mattoon) Plank; married to Ada
Fint. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Clay Platt (1839-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Platt —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1864-65; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1894.
Episcopalian.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
16, 1904 (age 65 years, 52
days).
Interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of David Platt and Sarah 'Sally' (Gould) Platt; married to Jennie
Dusenberry. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York World, January
29, 1894 |
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Jonas Platt (1769-1834) —
of New York.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 30,
1769.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer and Onondaga counties, 1795-96; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1799-1801; member of
New
York state senate Western District, 1809-13; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1810; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1814-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Peru, Clinton
County, N.Y., February
22, 1834 (age 64 years, 237
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Livingston Platt (b. 1885) —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; mayor
of Rye, N.Y., 1930-43; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1938;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945; chair of
Westchester County Republican Party, 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carolina E. (Livingston) Platt. |
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Max Warley Platzek (1854-1932) —
also known as M. Warley Platzek —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
27, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1894;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-24.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
1932 (age 77 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
29, 1816.
Republican. Merchant;
lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad
builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1955-67 (Kings County 21st District 1955-65, 53rd
District 1966, 44th District 1967); U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1968-75; charged
in 1974 with conspiracy, the solicitation
and acceptance
of bribes, criminal conflict
of interest, and perjury;
on the tenth day of his trial,
he pleaded
guilty to conspiracy and conflict
of interest; sentenced
to six months in prison;
the prosecutor was Rudolph
W. Giuliani.
Jewish.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2005 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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George E. Polhemus —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Lyon Polk (1871-1943) —
also known as Frank L. Polk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Corporation counsel, New York City, 1914-15;
Counselor, U.S. State Department, 1915-19; Undersecretary of State,
1919-20; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1943 (age 71 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Theodore Medad Pomeroy (1824-1905) —
also known as Theodore M. Pomeroy —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cayuga, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
31, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860,
1876
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1861-69 (25th District 1861-63,
24th District 1863-69); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1875-76; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1878-79.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
23, 1905 (age 80 years, 82
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Charles A. Pooley (b. 1854) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
17, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1911-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Pooley and Mary A. (Menary) Pooley; married, June 4,
1884, to Carrie Adams. |
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Henry Varnum Poor (1914-1972) —
also known as Henry V. Poor —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
7, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Montreal, as of 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1950.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
10, 1972 (age 58 years, 277
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Deborah T. Poritz (b. 1936) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
26, 1936.
Lawyer; chief counsel to Gov. Thomas
H. Kean, 1989-90; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1994-96; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1996-2006.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2011.
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Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872) —
also known as Augustus S. Porter —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
18, 1798.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1838-39; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1839-45.
Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
18, 1872 (age 74 years, 244
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Lavinia (Steele) Porter;
half-brother of Peter
Buell Porter Jr.; nephew of Peter
Buell Porter; first cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Ulysses
Simpson Grant; second cousin twice removed of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop and Abel
Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Scudder, Asa H.
Otis and Alvred
Bayard Nettleton; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Frederick Webster, Lovel
Davis Parmelee and Theron
Ephron Catlin; fourth cousin of Ebenezer
Huntington, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Lancelot
Phelps, Theodore
Davenport, Abijah
Blodget and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
H. Huntington, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Abiel
Case, Samuel
George Andrews, Harrison
Blodget, John
Hall Brockway, Jairus
Case, Lorenzo
Burrows, Norman
A. Phelps, Anson
Levi Holcomb, George
Smith Catlin, Waitman
Thomas Willey, Lyman
Trumbull, William
Dean Kellogg, John
Smith Phelps, William
Gleason Jr., Almon
Case, James
Phelps, Robert
Coit Jr., Samuel
Lathrop Bronson, Abial
Lathrop, Roger
Wolcott and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
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John Porter (d. 1873) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts.
Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1821-28; Cayuga
County Surrogate, 1829-36; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1843-46.
Died in October, 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Sidney Post (1833-1895) —
also known as P. Sidney Post —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., March
19, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Consul in Vienna, 1866-74; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1874-79; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1887-95; died in
office 1895.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Nashville.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1895 (age 61 years, 293
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Joseph Potter (1820-1902) —
Born in Easton, Washington
County, N.Y., November
17, 1820.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1872-91.
Died in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., March
30, 1902 (age 81 years, 133
days).
Interment at Greenwich
Cemetery, Greenwich, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Potter and Anne (Austin) Potter; married to Catharine
Boies. |
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memorial |
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Robert Lewis Dorr Potter (1833-1893) —
also known as R. L. D. Potter —
of Berlin, Green Lake
County, Wis.
Born in New York, February
5, 1833.
Lawyer; mayor of
Berlin, Wis., 1893; died in office 1893.
Died November
2, 1893 (age 60 years, 270
days).
Interment at Wautoma Union Cemetery, Wautoma, Wis.
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David Matthew Potts (1906-1976) —
also known as David M. Potts —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
12, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 9th District, 1944; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; Bronx
County Surrogate, 1951-53; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1954, 1955.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
11, 1976 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Cuthbert Winfred Pound (b. 1864) —
also known as Cuthbert W. Pound —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 20,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law
professor; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1915-32; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound. |
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Gershom Powers (1789-1831) —
of New York.
Born in Croydon, Sullivan
County, N.H., July 11,
1789.
Lawyer; Cayuga
County Common Pleas Judge, 1823-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1829-31.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 25,
1831 (age 41 years, 349
days).
Interment at North
Street Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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William Theodore Powers (1897-1950) —
also known as William T. Powers —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1926, 1927;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1947-50; died in office 1950.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Patterson, Putnam
County, N.Y., August
28, 1950 (age 53 years, 197
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, N.J.
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Cyrus Dan Prescott (1836-1902) —
also known as Cyrus D. Prescott —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
15, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for New York Central Railroad;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1878; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1879-83.
Died in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
23, 1902 (age 66 years, 69
days).
Interment at Sauquoit
Valley Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y.
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Sol Price (1916-2009) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
23, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; Retailer
who started the "warehouse club" model copied by Sam's Club and
others; his Price Club chain merged with Costco; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
14, 2009 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Naum Prifti (1896-1965) —
also known as George N. Prifti —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Albania,
June
24, 1896.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Consul
for Albania in Boston,
Mass., 1926-35.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 26,
1965 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married to Theo Ford. |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, December
17, 1926 |
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Spencer G. Prime II (born c.1883) —
of Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., about 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1912-13.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) —
also known as L. Bradford Prince —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 3,
1840.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1876;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1871-75; member
of New
York state senate 1st District, 1876-77; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1878-82; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1882, 1884; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1889-93; member New
Mexico territorial council, 1909; delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1911.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
22, 1922 (age 82 years, 172
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robert Prince and Charlotte Goodwin (Collins) Prince;
married to Hattie Estelle Childs; married, November
17, 1881, to Mary Catherine Beardsley. |
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memorial |
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Anthony Joseph Principi (b. 1944) —
also known as Anthony J. Principi —
of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
16, 1944.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; staff director for U.S. Sen. Alan
Simpson, 1984-86; U.S.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001-05; resigned 2005; lobbyist
for Pfizer drug
company; chairman, QTC Management.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887) —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
9, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer; banker; Genesee
County Judge, 1841-46; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1853-57; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1862.
Died in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., June 7,
1887 (age 79 years, 210
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Joseph Meyer Proskauer (1877-1971) —
also known as Joseph M. Proskauer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; campaign manager for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, 1918-22; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923-30; appointed 1923;
resigned 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court 1st Department, 1927-30.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
10, 1971 (age 94 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley J. Pryor (born c.1925) —
of Maspeth, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Woodside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-68 (32nd District 1966, 30th District
1967-68).
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Hamilton Pulver (1843-1936) —
also known as Henry H. Pulver —
of Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., September
2, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1885-86; postmaster.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
25, 1936 (age 92 years, 145
days).
Interment at Laingsburg Cemetery, Laingsburg, Mich.
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Henry Purcell (1848-1931) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilna, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
13, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1904; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1911, 1914; appointed 1911;
defeated, 1911; appointed 1914; defeated, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
20, 1931 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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John Cecil Purcell (1885-1938) —
also known as John C. Purcell —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
28, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1932; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1936.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
27, 1938 (age 53 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry D. Purroy (1848-1903) —
of Fordham, New York, New York County (now Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; led the New York City Fire
Department in 1885-93, and brought many innovations; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896;
New
York County Clerk, 1893.
Spanish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1903 (age 54 years, 360
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Harrington Putnam (1851-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., June 29,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1909-21; appointed 1909.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 7,
1937 (age 85 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Mass.
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Harvey Putnam (1793-1855) —
of New York.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., January
5, 1793.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1838-39, 1847-51 (29th District
1838-39, 33rd District 1847-51); member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1843-46.
Died in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
20, 1855 (age 62 years, 258
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Attica, N.Y.
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