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Manuel Luis Quezon (1878-1944) —
also known as Manuel L. Quezon —
of Lucena, Philippines;
Tayabas, Philippines.
Born in Baler, Tayabas Province, Philippines,
August
19, 1878.
Lawyer; Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands,
1909-16; resigned 1916; president, Philippine Islands, 1935-44.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
1, 1944 (age 65 years, 348
days).
Originally entombed at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment at Manila
North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.
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Elmer F. Quinn (b. 1894) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1894.
Democrat. Confidential secretary to Judge and Tammany leader George
W. Olvany; lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1926-52 (12th District 1926-44, 18th District
1945-52).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Peter Anthony Quinn (1904-1974) —
also known as Peter A. Quinn —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1936-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; municipal judge in New York, 1949-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1961-74.
Catholic.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
23, 1974 (age 70 years, 227
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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William Francis Quinn (1919-2006) —
also known as William Quinn —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 13,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for Hawaii
territorial senate, 1956; Governor
of Hawaii Territory, 1957-59; Governor of
Hawaii, 1959-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 1960;
president, Dole Pineapple
Company, 1965-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for Hawaii;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1976.
Catholic.
Died, two months after breaking his hip in a fall, in
Kahala Nui retirement
community, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
28, 2006 (age 87 years, 46
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and
sugar planter;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Maxwell Milton Rabb (1910-2002) —
also known as Maxwell M. Rabb —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair
Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
2002 (age 91 years, 254
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ellwood M. Rabenwold (b. 1884) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born November
21, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1923-24.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin J. Rabin (1896-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1945-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948-66.
Jewish.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
22, 1969 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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Samuel Rabin —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 8th District, 1945-54; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1955-60, 1968 (10th District 1955-60,
11th District 1968); judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1974.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Patrick Radwan (1911-1959) —
also known as Edmund P. Radwan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
22, 1911.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New York
state senate 54th District, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1951-59 (43rd District 1951-53,
41st District 1953-59); defeated (New Deal), 1941.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 47 years, 350
days).
Interment at St.
Stanislaus Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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John J. Rafferty (b. 1896) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
17, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1931-35; mayor
of Middlesex, N.J., 1933; chair of
Middlesex County Democratic Party, 1934; Judge, New Jersey Court
of Errors and Appeals, 1935-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1948.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Reena Raggi (b. 1951) —
of New York.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., 1951.
Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thomas
E. Fairchild, 1976-77; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1986; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1987-2002;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 2002-.
Female.
Still living as of 2006.
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George Raines —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1871-78; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888
(speaker),
1892,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burial location unknown.
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John Raines (1840-1909) —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 6,
1840.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1881-82, 1885; member of New York
state senate, 1886-89, 1895-1909 (28th District 1886-89, 26th
District 1895, 42nd District 1896-1909); U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1889-93; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908
(alternate).
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
16, 1909 (age 69 years, 224
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Gilbert Ramirez —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 50th District, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Manuel Ramos (b. 1917) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Puerto Rico, November
23, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 79th District, 1967-72.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jose Ramos=Lopes (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bayamón, Bayamón
Municipio, Puerto Rico, December
2, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1959-67 (New York County 14th District 1959-65,
75th District 1966, 70th District 1967).
Catholic.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Aida Cartagena. |
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William Rand Jr. (b. 1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1964.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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Alexander Williams Randall (1819-1872) —
also known as Alexander W. Randall —
of Prairieville, Milwaukee County (now Waukesha, Waukesha
County), Wis.; Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis.; Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Ames, Montgomery
County, N.Y., October
31, 1819.
Lawyer; postmaster at Prairieville,
Wis., 1843-46; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1855; circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit,
1856; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1858-62; U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1861-63; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1866-69.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., July 26,
1872 (age 52 years, 269
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) —
also known as Franklin P. Randall —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., June 2,
1812.
School
teacher; lawyer; railroad
promoter; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-50; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 23,
1892 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Charles Bernard Rangel (b. 1930) —
also known as Charles B. Rangel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 11,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 72nd District, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-2003 (18th District 1971-73,
19th District 1973-83, 16th District 1983-93, 15th District
1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alfred J. Ranieri —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 1st District, 1956, 1958;
candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1969.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 6,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general
counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel,
1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 26,
1996 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Henry Reed Rathbone (1837-1911) —
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 1,
1837.
Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; on April
14, 1865, he was seated in the box at Ford's Theater with President
Abraham
Lincoln; when John Wilkes Booth shot the president, Rathbone
attempted to apprehend Booth, and suffered knife wounds; subsequently
his mental health deteriorated; U.S. Consul in Hanover, as of 1882-83.
On December 23, 1883, he killed
his wife, and stabbed himself in a suicide attempt; he was charged
with murder, convicted,
and found insane; he died more than 25 years later, in the Asylum for
the Criminal Insane, Hildesheim, Germany,
August
14, 1911 (age 74 years, 44
days).
Original interment at Stadtfriedhof Engesohde, Hanover, Germany; reinterment 1952 to
unknown location.
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George Oscar Rathbun (1803-1870) —
also known as George Rathbun —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipioville, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Auburn,
N.Y., 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1843-47.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
5, 1870 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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George Washington Ray (1844-1925) —
also known as George W. Ray —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Otselic, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
3, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; director, Norwich Furniture
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-85, 1891-1902 (21st District
1883-85, 26th District 1891-1902); U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1902-08.
Baptist.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Redmen.
Died in 1925
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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Leo Frederick Rayfiel (1888-1978) —
also known as Leo F. Rayfiel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1939-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1945-47.
Jewish.
Died in Wayne, Passaic
County, N.J., November
18, 1978 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Wellwood
Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edward R. Rayher (1883-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Hartsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
20, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1921-22.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 12,
1958 (age 74 years, 265
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Read (1881-1962) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 28,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,
1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Michigan
state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Congregationalist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Read (1841-1911) and Jane (Davidson) Read; married, March
20, 1915, to Ethel Katherine White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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1939 |
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Heman J. Redfield (1788-1877) —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
27, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; Genesee
County District Attorney, 1821; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1823-25; postmaster at Le Roy,
N.Y., 1836; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-57.
Died in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., July 22,
1877 (age 88 years, 207
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Warren Redlich (b. 1966) —
Born in Long Island (unknown
county), N.Y., 1966.
Lawyer; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 2004; Libertarian
candidate for Governor of
New York, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Allen Redlich and Rita Redlich. |
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Daniel Alden Reed (1875-1959) —
also known as Daniel A. Reed —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheridan, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
15, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1919-59 (43rd District 1919-45,
45th District 1945-53, 43rd District 1953-59); died in office 1959.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Chi; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 157
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Cemetery, Sheridan, N.Y.
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George Leffingwell Reed (1885-1958) —
also known as George L. Reed —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
4, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., October
8, 1958 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Edward Reed and Ella Frances (Leffingwell) Reed; married 1911 to Helen
Roberta Moorhead; second cousin four times removed of Matthew
Griswold and Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Herman
Arod Gager; third cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, James
Hillhouse, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Roger
Griswold, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Phineas
Lyman Tracy and Albert
Haller Tracy; fourth cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Titus Backus, Thomas
Worcester Hyde and Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Thomas W. Reed II (b. 1971) —
also known as Tom Reed —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., November
18, 1971.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Corning, N.Y., 2008-09; U.S.
Representative from New York, 2010-18 (29th District 2010-13,
23rd District 2013-18).
Still living as of 2018.
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Tapping Reeve (1744-1823) —
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
1, 1744.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1792; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1798-1815.
Founder
of the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the U.S.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
13, 1823 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Henry Augustus Reeves (1832-1916) —
also known as Henry A. Reeves —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
7, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1869-71; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1887; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888.
Died in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 4,
1916 (age 83 years, 88
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robert A. Regan (b. 1957) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born February
4, 1957.
Republican. Lawyer; counsel to N.Y. State Sen. Ronald
B. Stafford, 1993; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1998-.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Married to Amy Bartlett. |
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Willard Placide Reid (b. 1862) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
24, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1896-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Reid and Angie (Davis) Reid; married 1891 to Ada
Kitching. |
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John F. Reidy (b. 1893) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., August
23, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1924-33.
Burial location unknown.
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William N. Reidy —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1949-52.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Elias Gerson Reiger (1892-1931) —
also known as E. Gerson Reiger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer; social
worker; candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1927.
Died, of tuberculosis,
1931
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Augusta Reiger. |
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Edward F. Reilly (b. 1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1856.
Democrat. Bookbinder;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1885; defeated,
1882, 1883; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1886-88.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Terence Reilly. |
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Michael Kieran Reilly (1869-1944) —
also known as Michael K. Reilly —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Empire, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 15,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1908,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1913-17, 1930-39;
defeated, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Elks; Moose.
Died October
14, 1944 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Edward Gene Rendell (b. 1944) —
also known as Ed Rendell; "Fast Eddie";
"Mount Rendell" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
5, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1992-2000; defeated in primary, 1987; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1999-2001; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2003-11; defeated in primary, 1986.
Jewish.
Member, Pi
Lambda Phi.
Still living as of 2020.
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Paul C. Reuss (b. 1906) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 27,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1948; Judge of
New York Court of Claims, 1961-64.
Burial location unknown.
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James Bronson Reynolds (b. 1861) —
also known as James B. Reynolds —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
17, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary to New York Mayor Seth
Low, 1902-03; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William T. Reynolds and Sarah M. (Painter) Reynolds; married 1898 to
Florence Blanchard Dike. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, January 1902 |
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John Hazard Reynolds (1819-1875) —
also known as John H. Reynolds —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Moriah, Essex
County, N.Y., January
21, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Albany,
N.Y., 1853-54; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1859-61; Member of
the New York Commission of Appeals, 1873-74.
Died in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
24, 1875 (age 56 years, 246
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Leon C. Rhodes (b. 1877) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Guilford, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
23, 1877.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1922-34; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1933-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Kathleen Maura Rice (b. 1965) —
also known as Kathleen Rice —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
15, 1965.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nassau
County District Attorney, 2006-14; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 2010; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 2015-.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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Samuel Allen Rice (1828-1864) —
also known as Samuel A. Rice —
of Mahaska
County, Iowa.
Born in Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
27, 1828.
Lawyer; Iowa
state attorney general, 1856-61; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Mortally
wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, and died at
Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, July 6,
1864 (age 36 years, 161
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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Adelbert P. Rich (b. 1860) —
of Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 16,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1887-93; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1890, 1904-29; Justice of
the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1904, 1917.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Rich and Frances (Pitty) Rich; married, August
8, 1881, to Ida May Chase. |
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Warren Walter Rich (1863-1916) —
also known as Warren W. Rich —
of Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., September
18, 1863.
Lawyer; U.S. Consular Agent in Salina Cruz, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Salina Cruz, as of 1916.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Delaware, August
17, 1916 (age 52 years, 334
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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Eben Richards (1866-1942) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1866.
Lawyer; Consul
for Costa Rica in St.
Louis, Mo., 1895-1903; oil
executive; president, Mexican Central Railroad.
Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital,
Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y., October
9, 1942 (age 76 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eben Richards and Caroline (Maxwell) Richards; married to Perle
(Pierce) Ruchards. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Evarts Richards (b. 1855) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Meriden, Plainfield, Sullivan
County, N.H., March 2,
1855.
Lawyer; inventor;
Consul
for Paraguay in New
York, N.Y., 1896-1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Smith Richards and Helen Dorothy (Whiton)
Richards. |
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Ransom Lloyd Richardson (1873-1959) —
also known as Ransom L. Richardson —
of Fillmore, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., January
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1912-13.
Died in Fillmore, Allegany
County, N.Y., March
11, 1959 (age 86 years, 45
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Fillmore, N.Y.
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Harold Riegelman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
19, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1922; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
acting postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Riegelman and Bertha (Meyer) Riegelman; married, November
1, 1919, to Gladys B. Liebman. |
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Edward J. Riegelmann (1869-1941) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 4th District, 1908; Kings
County Sheriff, 1916-17; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1918-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1925-39.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
16, 1941 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Riegelmann and Margaret Riegelmann. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Leonard S. Ring (1911-1945) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1940; served in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Jewish.
Killed
in action while preparing to lead troops across the Ruhr River,
in Germany,
February
8, 1945 (age about 33
years).
Interment at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
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Richard J. Riordan (b. 1930) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 1,
1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1993-2001; candidate for Governor of
California, 2002.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Leon RisCassi (b. 1908) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Olivebridge, Ulster
County, N.Y., April
29, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1941-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis RisCassi and Adeline RisCassi. |
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Roberto A. Rivera-Soto (b. 1953) —
of Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
10, 1953.
Lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2004-11.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Catherine Mullaney. |
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Francis E. Rivers (born c.1893) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1930; City
Court Judge, 1943.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Gaston Ahi Robbins (1858-1902) —
also known as Gaston A. Robbins —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., September
26, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1893-96, 1899-1900.
During the fire that
destroyed the Park Avenue Hotel,
already burned, he jumped from a sixth story window, and fell to
his death, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1902 (age 43 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, Erie
County 4th District 1880); New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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John Glover Roberts Jr. (b. 1955) —
also known as John Roberts —
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
27, 1955.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2003-05; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 2005-.
Catholic.
Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2020.
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Edward Livingston Robertson (1876-1937) —
also known as Edward L. Robertson —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1935-37; died in office 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Chi Phi.
Attended a Cornell v. Syracuse football
game, and died shortly afterwards, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in his car, on
the Cornell University campus, in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., October
16, 1937 (age 61 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Livingston |
| | | Relatives: Son of Charles Robertson and
Rebecca (Duane) Robertson; married to Elizabeth
Comstock. |
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Fred B. Robertson (1871-1959) —
also known as Fred Robertson —
of Atwood, Rawlins
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Craigville, Orange
County, N.Y., July 2,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; Rawlins
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-03; member of Kansas
state senate 39th District, 1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1924;
Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1924-28.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., November
1, 1959 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Robertson and Nancy J. (Haley) Robertson; married, May 15,
1900, to Luella Jane Hotchkiss. |
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William Henry Robertson (1823-1898) —
also known as William H. Robertson —
of Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1849-50;
member of New York
state senate, 1854-55, 1872-81, 1888-91 (7th District 1854-55,
9th District 1872-79, 12th District 1880-81, 1888-91); Westchester
County Judge, 1856-67; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1867-69; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1884,
1892,
1896.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
6, 1898 (age 75 years, 57
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bedford, N.Y.
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Beverley Randolph Robinson (1876-1951) —
also known as Beverley R. Robinson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; New York City Alderman, 1904-06; member of
New
York state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1907-09;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
21, 1951 (age 75 years, 89
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Beverly Randolph Robinson and Anna Eloize (Foster) Robinson;
married 1917 to Gladys
Endicott. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James R. Robinson (b. 1885) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 27,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1923-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. James R. Robinson; married to Elsie L.
Williams. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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John J. Robinson (b. 1888) —
of Centerport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 10,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1913.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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James Adam Robson (1851-1916) —
also known as James A. Robson —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Gorham, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
1, 1851.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1903-16; died in office 1916.
Died in Gorham, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
1, 1916 (age 65 years, 31
days).
Interment at Gorham Cemetery, Gorham, N.Y.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Martin Rodell —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-71 (Queens County 10th District 1965, 28th
District 1966, 21st District 1967-71).
Member, Jewish
War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 1971.
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Relatives:
Married to Sonya Bilmes. |
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Adolph Julius Rodenbeck (1862-1960) —
also known as Adolph J. Rodenbeck —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1899-1901; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1902-03; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1903-16; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1916-32; appointed 1916.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
98 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles T. Rodenbeck and Fredericka C. Rodenbeck. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1901 |
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Eugene Rodriguez —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Julius Edward Roehr (b. 1860) —
also known as Julius E. Roehr —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 6,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Wisconsin
state senate 8th District, 1897-1903.
Burial location unknown.
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George Francis Roesch (b. 1855) —
also known as George F. Roesch —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1883, 1885,
1888-89; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1890-93.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Watson Merrick Rogers (1844-1911) —
also known as Watson M. Rogers —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
3, 1844.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1902-11; died in office 1911.
Slipped and fell on an
icy
sidewalk, suffered a head injury, and died three weeks later, in
Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1911 (age 66 years, 60
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) —
also known as William P. Rogers —
Born in Norfolk, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 23,
1913.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1957-61; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1973.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
2, 2001 (age 87 years, 193
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Benito Romano (b. 1950) —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., 1950.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1989.
Puerto
Rican and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2006.
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Angelo Dominic Roncallo (1927-2010) —
also known as Angelo D. Roncallo —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 28,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; Nassau
County Controller, 1968-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1973-75; defeated,
1974; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1977-95.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Sons of
Italy; Elks.
Died in Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 4,
2010 (age 82 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adam L. Roof (1810-1885) —
of Lyons, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in New York, February
22, 1810.
Lawyer; surveyor;
Ionia
County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia District, 1845; member
of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1849-50.
Died January
26, 1885 (age 74 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lyons
Township Cemetery, Lyons, Mich.
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John James Rooney (1903-1975) —
also known as John J. Rooney —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
29, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1952
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1944-74 (4th District 1944-45, 12th
District 1945-53, 14th District 1953-74).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1975 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt;
"F.D.R." —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
30, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928;
speaker, 1944;
contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were
paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of
New York, 1929-33; President
of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February
15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton
J. Cermak were shot
at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange;
Knights
of Pythias.
Led the nation through the Depression and World War II.
Died of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether
County, Ga., April
12, 1945 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument at Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at West
Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,
March
17, 1905, to Eleanor
Roosevelt (niece of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne
Douglas Robinson); father of James
Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; first cousin of Warren
Delano Robbins and Katharine
Price Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of Helen
Lloyd Aspinwall (who married Francis
Emanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed of Elizabeth
Kortright; first cousin four times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who married
William
Phillips); second cousin once removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr. and Jabez
Williams Huntington; second cousin five times removed of Samuel
Huntington, George
Washington, Joshua
Coit, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Samuel
Gager; third cousin twice removed of Philip
DePeyster and James
I. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed of Sulifand
Sutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt, Roger
Wolcott and Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919). |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Ross
T. McIntire — Milton
Lipson — W.
W. Howes — Bruce
Barton — Hamilton
Fish, Jr. — Joseph
W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Rexford
G. Tugwell — Raymond
Moley — Adolf
A. Berle — George
E. Allen — Lorence
E. Asman — Grenville
T. Emmet — Eliot
Janeway — Jonathan
Daniels — Ralph
Bellamy — Wythe
Leigh Kinsolving |
| | | The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge
(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, between Lubec,
Maine and Campobello
Island, New Brunswick, Canada, is named for
him. — The borough
of Roosevelt,
New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), is named for
him. — F. D. Roosevelt Airport,
on the Caribbean island of Sint
Eustatius, is named for
him. — The F. D. Roosevelt Teaching
Hospital, in Banská
Bystrica, Slovakia, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Frank
Garrison
— Franklin
D. Roosevelt Keesee
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No
Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in
World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR
: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin
Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,
That
Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —
Jonas Klein, Beloved
Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of
Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles
Peters, Five
Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of
1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —
Steven Neal, Happy
Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence
of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.
Brands, Traitor
to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley, Franklin
and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Alan
Brinkley, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub, Young
Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and
Life — Karen Bornemann Spies, Franklin
D. Roosevelt (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Franklin D.
Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's
Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great
Depression — John T. Flynn, The
Roosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom, New
Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged
America |
| | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Philip Roth, The
Plot Against America: A Novel |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914-1988) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Campobello Island, New
Brunswick, August
17, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1949-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1954; Liberal candidate for Governor of
New York, 1966.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
17, 1988 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of James
Roosevelt and Elliott
Roosevelt; married, June 30,
1937, to Ethel du Pont (first cousin twice removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont); married, August
31, 1949, to Suzanne Perrin; married, July 1,
1970, to Felicia (Schiff) Warburg Sarnoff (granddaughter of Felix
Moritz Warburg); married, May 6,
1977, to Patricia Louise Oakes; married 1984 to Linda
McKay Stevenson Weicker; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; half-first cousin of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
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 — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Elihu Root (1845-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
15, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-85; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1899-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(Temporary
Chair), 1912;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1905-09; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1909-15; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union
League; American
Society for International Law; American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1937 (age 91 years, 358
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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Erastus Root (1773-1846) —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hebron, Windham County (now Tolland
County), Conn., March
16, 1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1798-99, 1800-02, 1817-21,
1826-28, 1830; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1827-28, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1803-05, 1809-11, 1815-17, 1831-33
(14th District 1803-05, 12th District 1809-11, 8th District 1815-17,
11th District 1831-33); defeated, 1838; member of New York
state senate, 1811-15, 1840-43 (Middle District 1811-15, 3rd
District 1840-43); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1823-24; defeated, 1824.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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Alexander I. Rorke (d. 1967) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Lawyer; orator;
as assistant district attorney for New York County, 1916-21, he
prosecuted many cases against left wing political and labor union
leaders; Judiciary candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in French Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1967.
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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Otto A. Rosalsky (b. 1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904;
general sessions court judge in New York, 1905-28.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Rosalsky and Yetta (Weinberg) Rosalsky; married, July 23,
1907, to Bessie Simon. |
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Ely Rosenberg (b. 1876) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1898; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916;
candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1924.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Rosenberg and Fannie (Kroner) Rosenberg. |
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S. William Rosenberg (b. 1916) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Brighton, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
16, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1961-72 (Monroe County 2nd District 1961-65,
145th District 1966, 132nd District 1967-72).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Daitz. |
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William Rosenblatt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1945-70.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973) —
also known as Samuel I. Rosenman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
13, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1922-26; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-43; resigned 1943;
special counsel to presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry
Truman, 1943-46.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1973
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ben Rosenthal (1898-1953) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1898.
Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1935-40; municipal judge in California, 1940.
Jewish.
Died in 1953
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923-1983) —
also known as Benjamin S. Rosenthal —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 8,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1962-83 (6th District 1962-63, 8th
District 1963-83, 7th District 1983); died in office 1983.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1983 (age 59 years, 210
days).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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David Ross (1920-1997) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Zeradov, Poland,
November
28, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1951-53; resigned
1953; state court judge in New York, 1969-79, 1979-97.
Died of leukemia,
at Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
25, 1997 (age 76 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Winans Ross (1812-1895) —
also known as Lewis W. Ross —
of Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., December
8, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1840-41, 1844-45; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Fulton County,
1862; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1863-69; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 35th District,
1869-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1880.
Died in Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill., October
20, 1895 (age 82 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, Ill.
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William McAllister Ross (1850-1934) —
also known as William M. Ross —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Maine, Broome
County, N.Y., July 12,
1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Onondaga
County Judge, 1894-1914; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1915-20.
Died, from heart
disease, in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
19, 1934 (age 83 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Ross and Mary (Wilson) Ross; married 1880 to Jessie
A. Johnson. |
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Victor Henry Rothschild II (1908-1991) —
also known as V. Henry Rothschild II —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1959.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Lambda Phi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1991 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Rowan (1870-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1919-21.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
3, 1930 (age 59 years, 329
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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George H. Rowe —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1918-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Henry Roy (1866-1919) —
also known as Robert H. Roy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1912; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1919; died in office 1919.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from pleural
and mediastinal carcinoma, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
10, 1919 (age 52 years, 124
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) —
also known as Kenneth C. Royall —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., July 24,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., May 25,
1971 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Robert Edward Rubin (b. 1938) —
also known as Robert Rubin —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
29, 1938.
Lawyer; economist;
investment
banker; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1995-99.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2020.
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Roy H. Rudd —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1937-44; member
of New
York state senate 9th District, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Ruger (born c.1875) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1875.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1923-24;
defeated, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Howard Ruger (1833-1907) —
of Georgia.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., April 2,
1833.
Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Georgia, 1868; superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1871-76.
Died June 3,
1907 (age 74 years, 62
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Lawrence M. Rulison (b. 1917) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 2,
1917.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1946-58 (Onondaga County 3rd District 1946-54,
Onondaga County 1st District 1955-58); member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1959-64.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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David Rumsey (1810-1883) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., December
25, 1810.
Whig. Lawyer; Steuben
County Surrogate, 1840-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1847-51; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1873-80; appointed 1873.
Died in Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y., March
12, 1883 (age 72 years, 77
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Grove
Cemetery, Bath, N.Y.
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Thomas J. Runfola —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1951-58; defeated,
1958.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Russell (b. 1868) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Saugerties, Ulster
County, N.Y., October
21, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1919-20, 1923-24, 1926-29; resigned
1929.
Member, Delta
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hazen Russell (1845-1912) —
also known as Charles H. Russell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 11,
1845.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1880-81; member of
New
York state senate 3rd District, 1882-83; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1912 (age 66 years, 247
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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J. Ward Russell (1879-1967) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Yates
County, N.Y., 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1920; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1952-53, 1958-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1967
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Wead Russell (1840-1903) —
also known as Leslie W. Russell —
of Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April
15, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; county judge
in New York, 1877-81; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; New York
state attorney general, 1882-83; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1891; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1891-1902.
Universalist.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
3, 1903 (age 62 years, 294
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; general attorney, Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell; married, June 23,
1880, to Mary Gushert. |
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Lucio F. Russo —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1953-74 (Richmond County 2nd District 1953-65,
64th District 1966, 58th District 1967-72, 60th District 1973-74).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Tina Iarossi. |
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John Rutherfurd (1760-1840) —
of Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
20, 1760.
Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1789-90; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1791-98.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bergen
County, N.J., February
23, 1840 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Entombed at Christ
Church Cemetery, Belleville, N.J.
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Nelson Ruttenberg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter H. Ruvolo (c.1895-1943) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
about 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1938; member of
New
York state senate, 1939; resigned 1939; municipal judge in New
York, 1940-43.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Lutheran Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
27, 1943 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Catherine E. Foran. |
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Edward F. X. Ryan —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Larchmont, N.Y.; elected 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
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Thomas Ryan (1837-1914) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
25, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Shawnee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-73; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1877-89 (3rd District 1877-85, 4th
District 1885-89); resigned 1889; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1889-93.
Died in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., April 5,
1914 (age 76 years, 131
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1890-1968) —
also known as Thomas J. Ryan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
10, 1968 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William Fitts Ryan (1922-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., June 28,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1961-72; died in
office 1972; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1968.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
First
member of the U.S. House to speak out against the Vietnam War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1972 (age 50 years, 81
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Church Cemetery, Croom, Md.
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