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Leonard John Saccio (b. 1911) —
also known as Leonard J. Saccio —
of Bethlehem, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Southbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
24, 1911.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1970-73.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Sachs (b. 1929) —
of Bellmore, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
22, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 5th District, 1965; defeated,
1965.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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William Augustus Sackett (1811-1895) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Aurelius (now Auburn), Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
18, 1811.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1849-53.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1895 (age 83 years, 292
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Charles Clarence Sackmann (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles C. Sackmann —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
25, 1879.
Lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1921-24; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1923-24; district
judge in Colorado, 1925-31.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1946
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1912 to Elna
A. Hug. |
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Henry Salant (b. 1874) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
September
13, 1874.
Progressive. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1913; defeated, 1914, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Salant and Dora (Geffen) Salant; married, August
5, 1919, to Ethel Neale. |
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George Romayne Salisbury (1863-1920) —
also known as George R. Salisbury —
of Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
10, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; Saratoga
County District Attorney, 1899-1903; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1917-20; appointed 1917;
died in office 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
24, 1920 (age 57 years, 45
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Schuylerville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos M. Salisbury and Lucinda E. (Welch) Salisbury; married 1897 to Emma
Ingalls; married 1899 to Jane
Brewer 'Jennie' Schermerhorn. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Carl S. Salmon (b. 1887) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., May 28,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Amsterdam, N.Y., 1924-29.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward P. Salomon (1828-1909) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Prussia (now Germany),
August
11, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1862-64; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1862-64; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1868;
candidate for New York City superior court judge, 1882.
Jewish.
Died in Frankfort (Frankfurt am Main), Germany,
April
21, 1909 (age 80 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Frank S. Samansky —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1954-58; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1965-67.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry A. Samberg (b. 1896) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1924-33; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Loomis Sanborn (1850-1920) —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Brasher Falls, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., November
17, 1850.
Walworth
County Register of Deeds, 1875-79; lawyer; law partner of
John
C. Spooner; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1905-20;
died in office 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., October
18, 1920 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Leonard Burke Sand (1928-2016) —
also known as Leonard B. Sand —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., May 24,
1928.
Law clerk to U.S. District Judge Irving
R. Kaufman; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1978-93;
took senior status 1993.
Died in Sleepy Hollow, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
3, 2016 (age 88 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry D. Sanders (1874-1953) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Stafford, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
27, 1874.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Stafford
Rural Cemetery, Stafford, N.Y.
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Wilbur Fiske Sanders (1834-1905) —
also known as Wilbur F. Sanders —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Leon, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 2,
1834.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1864, 1867, 1880, 1886;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana Territory, 1868
(speaker);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1900
(alternate); member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1873-80; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1890-93.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., July 7,
1905 (age 71 years, 66
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Elliott Sandford —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; chief
justice of Utah territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Sanford (c.1804-1876) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1804.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1843-44; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1846-47; candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1847.
Died August
28, 1876 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Jonah Sanford (1790-1867) —
of Hopkinton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
30, 1790.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1830-31; common pleas
court judge in New York, 1831-37; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Hopkinton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., December
25, 1867 (age 77 years, 25
days).
Interment at Hopkinton
Cemetery, Hopkinton, N.Y.
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Nathan Sanford (1777-1838) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
5, 1777.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New York, 1803-15; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1808-09, 1810-11; member of
New
York state senate Southern District, 1811-15; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1815-21, 1826-31; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Chancellor
of New York, 1823-26; received 30 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1824.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
17, 1838 (age 60 years, 346
days).
Interment at St.
George's Episcopal Church Graveyard, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Rollin Brewster Sanford (1874-1957) —
also known as Rollin B. Sanford —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicholville, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., May 18,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1908-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1915-21; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1957 (age 82 years, 363
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Brenda Kay Sannes (b. 1958) —
also known as Brenda K. Sannes —
Born in Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., 1958.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 2014-.
Female.
Still living as of 2017.
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Alfred Edward Santangelo (1912-1978) —
also known as Alfred E. Santangelo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1947-50, 1953-56; defeated, 1950; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1957-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1966.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Phi Delta; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March
30, 1978 (age 65 years, 299
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John J. Santucci (1931-2016) —
of South Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 2,
1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 11th District, 1968-77; candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1969; Queens
County District Attorney, 1977; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died June 26,
2016 (age 85 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph A. Sapio —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1954, 1954, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Willis Hubbard Sargent (1896-1976) —
also known as Willis H. Sargent —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
11, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1925-33; member
of California
state assembly, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wellesley Island, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1976 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank C. Sargent. |
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Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert L. Satterlee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary for U.S. Senator William
M. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during the
Spanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad,
1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1906-07; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League; Navy
League; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1947 (age 83 years, 256
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee;
married, November
15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. Pierpont
Morgan); second great-grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Walter
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Walter Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed
of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Henry
Cruger; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish; fourth cousin of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Savage (1779-1863) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., February
22, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington and Warren counties, 1813-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1815-19; Washington
County District Attorney, 1818-20; New York
state comptroller, 1821-23; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1823-37; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Slaveowner.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
19, 1863 (age 84 years, 239
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Anthony P. Savarese Jr. —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1949-64 (Queens County 7th District 1949-54,
Queens County 13th District 1955-64); defeated, 1964.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Sawyer (1834-1911) —
also known as Andrew J. Sawyer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Mottville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
18, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1877-80, 1897-98 (Washtenaw
County 2nd District 1877-80, Washtenaw County 1st District 1897-98);
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Maccabees;
Elks.
Died August
18, 1911 (age 76 years, 273
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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Lorenzo Sawyer (1820-1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 23,
1820.
Lawyer; district judge in California 12th District, 1862-63;
justice
of California state supreme court, 1864-69; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1868-69; Judge of U.S.
Circuit Court for the 9th Circuit, 1870-91; died in office 1891; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1891; died in
office 1891.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
7, 1891 (age 71 years, 107
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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John Godfrey Saxe —
also known as John G. Saxe —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1911-12; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Saxe (b. 1874) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
28, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1905-08 (17th District 1905-06, 18th District
1907-08); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1915.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fabian Saxe and Theresa (Helburn) Saxe. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Charles T. Saxton (b. 1846) —
of Clyde, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Clyde, Wayne
County, N.Y., July 2,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1884
(alternate), 1900;
member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County 1st District, 1887-89; member of
New
York state senate 28th District, 1890-93; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1895-96.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Saxton and Eliza A. Saxton; married, October
1, 1868, to Helen M. Field. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
K. Apgar |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery
and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977 (age 71 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married, September
29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan. |
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Ira T. Sayre (b. 1858) —
of Flushing, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Hector, Schuyler
County, N.Y., March 6,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles V. Scanlan (b. 1893) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1947-50; defeated, 1950, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1954, 1958.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Schaap —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913-14;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1916.
Jewish.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry G. Schackno —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1919-33; resigned 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938.
Burial location unknown.
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Alvin Anthony Schall (b. 1944) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1944.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1992-2009; took
senior status 2009.
Still living as of 2017.
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Peter C. Schaumber —
Born in New York.
Republican. Lawyer; member, National Labor Relations Board,
2002-; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 2008-09.
Still living as of 2009.
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Morris Samuel Schector (1878-1944) —
also known as Morris S. Schector —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Romania,
January
11, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1912;
candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1912, 1913, 1914.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
27, 1944 (age 66 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
1, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
27, 1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Lynn Schenk (b. 1945) —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
5, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1988,
2004;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 49th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jacob R. Schiff (born c.1880) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1906; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Reeve Schley (1881-1960) —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., April
28, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936,
1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1944;
Lend-Lease Administrator in charge of Soviet supplies, 1942;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J., June 26,
1960 (age 79 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick D. Schmidt (b. 1932) —
of South Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 30,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-72, 1975-92 (Queens County 13th District
1965, 25th District 1966, 29th District 1967-72, 38th District
1975-92).
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Moose; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Married to Julia Mary Casassa. |
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William Joseph Schneider (b. 1959) —
also known as William J. Schneider —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
25, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives 85th District, 1998-2002; Maine
state attorney general, 2011-13.
Still living as of 2013.
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Eric Tradd Schneiderman (b. 1954) —
also known as Eric T. Schneiderman —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
31, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 31st District; elected 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008; New York
state attorney general, 2011-18; resigned 2018; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; published
reports alleged that he had physically
abused four women; at first, he claimed that this had been sexual
role playing, but within hours, he resigned
his position; following an investigation,
no criminal charges were brought.
Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Louis A. Schoffel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1922-25; Bronx
County Register, 1925-32.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Lorna Gail Schofield (b. 1956) —
also known as Lorna G. Schofield —
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., January
22, 1956.
Lawyer; assistant U.S. Attorney; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 2012-.
Female.
Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2017.
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James Teller Schoolcraft (1855-1937) —
also known as J. Teller Schoolcraft —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., May 31,
1855.
Lawyer; postmaster at Schenectady,
N.Y., 1894-98; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1914-15.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., February
12, 1937 (age 81 years, 257
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Augustus Schoonmaker Jr. (1828-1894) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born March 2,
1828.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Ulster
County Judge, 1864-72; member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1876-77; New York
state attorney general, 1878-79; defeated, 1879; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-90.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 9,
1894 (age 66 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marius Schoonmaker (1811-1894) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April
24, 1811.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1850-51; resigned 1851; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1851-53; village
president of Kingston, New York, 1866, 1869-70; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
5, 1894 (age 82 years, 256
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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John F. Schrader (b. 1855) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 39th District, 1903-04; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Dakota.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Frederick C. Schraub —
of New York.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Times, November 1, 1896 |
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Charles Ellis Schumer (b. 1950) —
also known as Charles E. Schumer; Chuck
Schumer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 45th District, 1975-80; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1981-99 (16th District 1981-83,
10th District 1983-93, 9th District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988
(member, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1999-.
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2014.
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Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) —
also known as Carl Schurz —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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The community
of Schurz,
Nevada, is named for
him. — Mount
Schurz, in Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Park,
in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Schurz Elementary
School, in Watertown,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Elementary
School, in New
Braunfels, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Carl
S. Thompson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis
Trefousse, Carl
Schurz: A Biography |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) —
also known as Karl C. Schuyler —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., April 3,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1932-33; defeated, 1920, 1932.
Struck
by an automobile, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1933 (age 56 years, 119
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Schuyler and Eleanor 'Nellie' (Farnan) Schuyler; married
to Delia Alsena Shepard (who later married Eugene
Donald Millikin); grandnephew of George
Washington Schuyler; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Eugene
Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ralph Schwartz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 13th District, 1935-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Jacob J. Schwartzwald —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1933; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1935-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1955-67.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Charles Fred Schwarz —
also known as C. Fred Schwarz —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1912-14.
Burial location unknown.
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John F. Scileppi (b. 1902) —
of Malba, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 17,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1940-51; county
judge in New York, 1951-62; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ignatius Scileppi and Nunzia Scileppi; married, January
30, 1929, to Katherine I. Shea. |
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Glenni William Scofield (1817-1891) —
also known as Glenni W. Scofield —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Dewittville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
11, 1817.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1849-51; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1857-59 (19th District 1857-58, 11th District
1859); district judge in Pennsylvania 18th District, 1861-63; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1863-75 (19th District 1863-73,
at-large 1873-75); Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1878-81; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1881-91; resigned 1891.
Died in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., August
30, 1891 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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George Cromwell Scott (1864-1948) —
also known as George C. Scott —
of Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, N.Y., August
8, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1912-15, 1917-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, 1922-43; took
senior status 1943.
Died October
6, 1948 (age 84 years, 59
days).
Interment at Graceland
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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John Morin Scott (1730-1784) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1730.
Lawyer; general in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New York
council of appointment, 1777; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1777-82; secretary
of state of New York, 1778-84; died in office 1784; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1780-82.
Scottish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1784 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Henry Joel Scudder (1825-1886) —
also known as Henry J. Scudder —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
18, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1873-75; candidate for
New York City superior court judge, 1882.
Member, Union
League.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1886 (age 60 years, 145
days).
Interment at Old Northport Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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Townsend Scudder (1865-1960) —
of Glen Head, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 26,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1899-1901, 1903-05; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20, 1927-35; defeated,
1920; appointed 1927; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1921; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
22, 1960 (age 94 years, 211
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.; cenotaph at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1873.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; defeated, 1905; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; defeated (Progressive), 1913;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1958 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Charles Brown Sears (b. 1870) —
also known as Charles B. Sears —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1917-40; appointed 1917;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th
Department, 1922-33; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Albert Sedita (1907-1975) —
also known as Frank A. Sedita —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 20,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1936; candidate for
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1952; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1958-61, 1966-73; resigned 1973; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1966.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 2,
1975 (age 67 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Walter Loomis Sessions (1820-1896) —
also known as Walter L. Sessions —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., October
4, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1853-54;
member of New York
state senate, 1860-61, 1866-67; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75, 1885-87 (31st District
1871-73, 32nd District 1873-75, 34th District 1885-87); defeated,
1874.
Died in Panama, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., May 27,
1896 (age 75 years, 236
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Panama, N.Y.
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Harold Marsh Sewall (1860-1924) —
also known as Harold M. Sewall —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, January
3, 1860.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1885-87; U.S. Consul General in Apia, 1887-92; lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1896, 1903-07; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896,
1916;
U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1897-98; member of Maine
state senate, 1907-09; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1914; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1924.
Died, in a private hospital
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1924 (age 64 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Frederick William Seward (1830-1915) —
also known as Frederick W. Seward —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 8,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State,
1861-65, 1877-79; on April 14, 1865, the same evening that Abraham
Lincoln was assassinated, Lewis Powell, a co-conspirator of John
Wilkes Booth, came to the Seward home intending to kill his father,
Secretary of State William
H. Seward; Frederick, trying to block Powell, was attacked
and suffered a skull fracture; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1875; candidate
for secretary
of state of New York, 1875.
Died April
25, 1915 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Lawyer; co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper
in 1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, he
made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed
the territory "Seward's Folly".
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel
Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to Frances
Adeline Miller; father of Frederick
William Seward and William
Henry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (who
married John
Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George
Frederick Seward; granduncle of Frederick
Whittlesey Seward Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Seward
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
W. Jones — Samuel
J. Barrows — Frederick
W. Seward — Elias
P. Pellet |
| | | Seward counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | Seward Mountain,
in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin
County, New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The town
of Seward,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Alaska, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: W.
Seward Whittlesey
— W.
H. Seward Thomson
— William
S. Shanahan
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William H. Seward: Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan, William
Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Augustus Sherrill Seymour (1836-1897) —
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
30, 1836.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1871; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1872-74; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1874; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina,
1882-97; died in office 1897.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1897 (age 60 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour and Mary (Sherill) Seymour; married, October
22, 1863, to Nancy Ophelia Roberts Barton; first cousin thrice
removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Seymour; third cousin of Silas
Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour, Thomas
Henry Seymour and Orlo
Erland Wadhams. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conkling-Seymour
family of Utica, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
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David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867) —
also known as David L. Seymour —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Newington, Hartford
County, Conn., December
2, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1843-45, 1851-53;
defeated, 1844, 1852, 1858; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Lanesborough, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
11, 1867 (age 63 years, 313
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ida Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashbel Seymour and Mary (Lowrey) Seymour; married, July 27,
1837, to Maria Lucy Curtiss; fifth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin once removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; first cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour; third cousin of Thomas
Henry Seymour; third cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; fourth cousin of Charles
Robert Sherman, Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Gershom
Birdsey, Benjamin
Hard, Timothy
Merrill, Charles
Taylor Sherman, Silas
Seymour, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Augustus
Sherrill Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) —
also known as Henry W. Seymour —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 21,
1834.
Lawyer; farmer; lumber
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th
District 1887-88); resigned 1888; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated
(Democratic), 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1906 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married, October
27, 1869, to Isabel Randell; married, June 30,
1875, to Elizabeth Craig; married, June 29,
1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and McNeil
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) —
also known as "The Great Decliner" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Pompey Hill, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1845; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1843; Governor of
New York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1868; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York.
Episcopalian.
Died in Deerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
12, 1886 (age 75 years, 257
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry
Seymour; brother of Julia Catherine Seymour (who married Roscoe
Conkling); married, May 31,
1835, to Mary Bleecker; nephew of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857); uncle of Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who married Charles
Stebbins Fairchild); grandson of Moses
Seymour; first cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour and George
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell and Morris
Woodruff Seymour; second cousin of Edwin
Barber Morgan, Christopher
Morgan, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; second cousin once removed of Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Seymour Mountain,
in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin
County, New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seymour,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article |
| | | Books about Horatio Seymour: Stewart
Mitchell, Horatio
Seymour of New York |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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John Sammis Seymour (1848-1931) —
also known as John S. Seymour —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., September
28, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1891-92; Connecticut Commissioner of
Insurance, 1893; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1893-97.
Died June 16,
1931 (age 82 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Hubbell Seymour (b. 1855) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., October
30, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1901-02.
Member, Union
League; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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McNeil Seymour (1822-1870) —
of Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
5, 1822.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County 2nd District, 1855.
Died in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 7,
1870 (age 48 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Norman Seymour and Lydia (Kelsey) Seymour; married, January
8, 1857, to Elmira Adaline Burpee; uncle of Norman
Alexander Seymour; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Whitney North Seymour Jr. (1923-2019) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 7,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1966-68 (28th District 1966, 26th District
1967-68); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1968; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1970-73;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 29,
2019 (age 95 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Luther Shafer (b. 1848) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., 1848.
Lawyer; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1883-87, 1893-95.
Burial location unknown.
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John R. Sharpstein (1823-1892) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 23,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kenosha
County District Attorney, 1851; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1852-53 (16th District 1852, 8th District 1853); U.S.
Attorney for Wisconsin, 1853-57; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1857-58; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1860;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1863; law partner of Henry
L. Palmer, 1863-64; district judge in California 12th District,
1874; justice of
California state supreme court, 1880-92; died in office 1892.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1892 (age 69 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Crittenden. |
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Aaron Shaw (1811-1887) —
of Lawrenceville, Lawrence
County, Ill.
Born near Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., December
19, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1850, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-59, 1883-85 (7th District
1857-59, 16th District 1883-85); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1860;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1863-69.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., January
7, 1887 (age 75 years, 19
days).
Interment at Haven
Hill Cemetery, Olney, Ill.
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John B. Shea (b. 1854) —
of Fordham, New York, New York County (now Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., 1854.
Democrat. Surveyor;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1885-88.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence J. Shearn (c.1870-1953) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Leeds, Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., about 1870.
Lawyer; counsel and political associate to William
Randolph Hearst; counsel for Brooklyn Manhattan Transit, now part
of the New York City subway
system; Independence League candidate for Governor of
New York, 1908; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-19; defeated, 1911;
appointed 1915; resigned 1919; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1918-19; commissioner for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith in a 1928 investigation of sewer graft in the borough of
Queens, New York City, which resulted in the conviction of Maurice
E. Connolly.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1953 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Charles Sheehan (1848-1916) —
also known as John C. Sheehan —
of New York.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; New York City Police
Commissioner, 1892; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1896;
vice-president and director, Long Acre Electric
Light & Power Company.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from heart
failure, in his law
office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1916 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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William Francis Sheehan (1859-1917) —
also known as William F. Sheehan; "Blue-Eyed
Billy" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with Charles
F. Tabor, from 1883, Alton
B. Parker, 1905-12, Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-15, and George
L. Ingraham, 1916-17; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1885-91; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1891; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1889-93; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1891, 1896; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1892-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1915.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1917 (age 57 years, 128
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y.
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1894, 1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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James Sheldon (b. 1821) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Judge, 1852-65; Buffalo superior court judge, 1872-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo
(1886) |
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Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828-1917) —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Worcester, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1856; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1869-75; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Louisiana; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1917 (age 88 years, 140
days).
Cremated.
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Edward Morse Shepard (1850-1911) —
also known as Edward M. Shepard —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic Reform candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1901.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., July 28,
1911 (age 61 years, 5
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833-1893) —
also known as Elliott F. Shepard —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 25,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Theron
R. Strong, 1868-73; banker; newspaper
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1892.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1893 (age 59 years, 242
days).
Entombed at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Lorenzo Bingham Shepard (1821-1856) —
also known as Lorenzo B. Shepard —
of New York.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., May 27,
1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1849-50; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1852,
1856;
New
York County District Attorney, 1854; New York City Corporation
Counsel, 1855-56.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1856 (age 35 years, 114
days).
Original interment at New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of David Shepard; married, July 5,
1842, to Lucy Morse; father of Edward
Morse Shepard. |
| | | Epitaph: "This monument Is erected by
the voluntary subscriptions of Citizens who valued him as a public
officer, of Associates and Clients Who trusted him as a Counsellor,
of Friends who loved him as a man, Just, generous and true, In all
the relations of Life." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Thomas I. Sheridan (born c.1893) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1922-30.
Burial location unknown.
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George Corlis Sherman (1799-1863) —
also known as George C. Sherman —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
14, 1799.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1844-45.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April
23, 1863 (age 63 years, 130
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Samuel Sherman (1828-1901) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 2,
1828.
Republican. Lawyer; accompanied the ailing Vice
President-elect, William
Rufus de Vane King, on his visit to Cuba in 1853; probate judge
in Connecticut, 1873; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1874.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
22, 1901 (age 73 years, 142
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1814-1887) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington
County, N.Y., March
24, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
canal commission, 1857-59; lobbyist
for railroad
interests.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1887 (age 72 years, 286
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Carl G. Sherwood (1855-1938) —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., January
18, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 29th District, 1889-90; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1912; circuit judge in South Dakota,
1912-17; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1922-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Kiwanis.
Died in Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak., August
17, 1938 (age 83 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Near Clark, Clark County, S.Dak.
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Henri W. Shields —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard L. Shientag (d. 1952) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; City Court judge, 1924-30; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-52; died in office
1952; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1949.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1952.
Burial location unknown.
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Florence Perlow Shientag —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1954.
Female.
Still living as of 2003.
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Alfred A. Shlickerman (1870-1929) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
September
14, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1901.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1929
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Nellie Koslin. |
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pneumonia,
following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
26, 1930 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Searles G. Shultz (1897-1975) —
of Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1947-54; member
of New
York state senate 44th District, 1955-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died December
31, 1975 (age 78 years, 246
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Skaneateles, N.Y.
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Abner Woodruff Sibal (1921-2000) —
also known as Abner W. Sibal —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April
11, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1956-60; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1961-65; defeated,
1964, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Alexandria,
Va., January
27, 2000 (age 78 years, 291
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Mark Hopkins Sibley (1796-1852) —
also known as Mark H. Sibley —
of Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1796.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1837-39; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1840-41; resigned 1841; county judge
in New York, 1847-51.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
8, 1852 (age about 56
years).
Interment at West
Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) —
also known as Daniel E. Sickles; "Devil
Dan" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1819.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1847; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District
1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated (Democratic), 1894; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Shot and killed
Philip
Barton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of the
national anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859; charged
with murder,
but with the help of his attorney Edwin
M. Stanton, was acquitted after the first
successful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,
1863; lost a
leg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the Army
Medical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1914 (age 94 years, 195
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank St. John Sidway (1869-1938) —
also known as Frank S. Sidway —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born December
15, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; chair of
Erie County Republican Party, 1910; in 1912, he was found
guilty of civil
contempt in connection with his brother's divorce case, and fined
$900; later, an appellate court reversed this decision; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1914.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
17, 1938 (age 68 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Sidway and Charlotte (Spalding) Sidway; married to Amelia
Roberts. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Jesse Silbermann (1877-1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 30,
1877.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1908-09; New
York City Magistrate, 1920-31; removed from
office in July 1931 by the Appellate Division, for being improperly
influenced by a party leader in the sentencing of a defendant.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1947 (age 69 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Silbermann and Caroline Silbermann; married to Mabel
Saunders. |
| | | Image source: New York Times, July 3,
1931 |
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Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) —
also known as Benjamin D. Silliman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
14, 1805.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County, 1838; delegate to Whig National
Convention from New York, 1839 (speaker); Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-66;
Republican candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1873.
At the time of his death, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in New
York State, and the oldest graduate of Yale University.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
24, 1901 (age 95 years, 132
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868) —
also known as Gold S. Silliman —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
26, 1777.
Whig. Lawyer; postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1849-53.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 3,
1868 (age 90 years, 221
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Arthur J. Sills (1917-1982) —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, following a stroke,
in Perth Amboy General Hospital,
Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., December
26, 1982 (age 65 years, 64
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Jacob Silverstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Caroline Klein Simon —
also known as Caroline K. Simon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of New York, 1959-63; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1963-64.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard M. Simon (b. 1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1936.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 46th District; elected 1966; candidate in
Democratic primary for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1969; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives:
Married to Lorraine Werner. |
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George W. Simpson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1913-16; defeated, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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William T. Simpson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1914-17, 1920;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1921-22; defeated, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1924; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Sisisky (born c.1896) —
of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Maspeth, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., about 1896.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1921-24.
Burial location unknown.
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George J. Skinner (b. 1869) —
of Camden, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Vienna town, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
16, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1924-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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Roger Skinner (1773-1825) —
of Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 1,
1773.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1808-10; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1815-19; member
of New
York state senate Eastern District, 1817-21; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1819-25;
died in office 1825.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
19, 1825 (age 52 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Joseph Slater (1885-1943) —
also known as Fred J. Slater —
of Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 26,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 4th District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 46th District, 1929-34; defeated, 1934, 1936.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Farm
Bureau; Elks; Moose.
Died, following a heart
attack, at I. M. Bassett Hospital,
Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
20, 1943 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Greece, N.Y.
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George A. Slater —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1912; member
of New
York state senate 24th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Gregory Moneta Sleet (b. 1951) —
also known as Gregory M. Sleet —
of Delaware.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1951.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1993-98; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1998-2017; took senior status 2017.
Still living as of 2017.
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John Slidell (1793-1871) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1793.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; member
of Louisiana state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned
1845; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
States Envoy to France, 1861.
Scottish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
29, 1871 (age about 78
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894) —
also known as Henry W. Slocum —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, September
24, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1859; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1883-85 (3rd District
1869-73, at-large 1883-85); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892.
Died April
24, 1894 (age 66 years, 212
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Marcus Cauffman Sloss (1869-1958) —
also known as M. C. Sloss —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1869.
Lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1900-06; justice of
California state supreme court, 1906-19.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 17,
1958 (age 89 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Sloss and Sarah (Greenebaum) Sloss; married 1899 to Hattie
L. Hecht. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Asa Francis Smith (c.1847-1925) —
also known as Asa F. Smith —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., about 1847.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1898 (3rd District), 1914 (10th
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1902; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908, 1918 (Prohibition),
1919, 1920 (Prohibition), 1922 (Prohibition).
Died, a week after being overcome by fumes
from his gas stove, in Prospect Heights Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
16, 1925 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard C. Smith (1923-1993) —
of Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Barnesboro (now part of Northern Cambria), Cambria
County, Pa., July 29,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1962-65; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1966-68.
Member, Rotary.
Died October
19, 1993 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Interment at Northport
Rural Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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Clarence W. Smith (1853-1937) —
of Wells, Hamilton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., October
19, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1902-03; mayor
of Johnstown, N.Y., 1914-15, 1918-19.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in Mount Stewart, Prince
Edward Island, June 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Central
Cemetery, Jay, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eli Smith and Mary (Atwood) Smith; married to Cora E.
Bruce. |
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Delazon Smith (1816-1860) —
of Linn
County, Ore.
Born in New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
5, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1854; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1857;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1859.
Died November
19, 1860 (age 44 years, 45
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Albany, Ore.
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Donald Stuart Smith (c.1929-2002) —
also known as Donald Smith —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, about 1929.
Lawyer; superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1972-87.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
2002 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Earl A. Smith (1876-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., December
14, 1876.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1917-19 (New York County 23rd District 1917, New
York County 22nd District 1918-19); magistrate.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1938 (age 61 years, 349
days).
Interment somewhere
in Milford, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Smith and Elizabeth (Hart) Smith; married 1906 to
Florence Rochotte. |
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Edward Delafield Smith (1826-1878) —
also known as E. Delafield Smith —
of New York.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 8,
1826.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1861-65.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Shrewsbury, Monmouth
County, N.J., April
12, 1878 (age 51 years, 339
days).
Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Shrewsbury, N.J.
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Felix Octavius Willoughby Smith (1872-1920) —
also known as Felix W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
June
25, 1872.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Catania, 1909-10; Warsaw, 1910; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1910-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1911; U.S. Consul in Aden, as of 1914; Batum, as of 1916.
Died January
11, 1920 (age 47 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) —
of Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 6,
1797.
Lawyer; hotelier;
abolitionist; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1840 (Liberty), 1858; candidate for President
of the United States, 1848 (Liberty), 1852, 1856; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1853-54; resigned
1854; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1874 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Peterboro
Cemetery, Peterboro, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth (Livingston) Smith; married 1822 to Ann
Carroll Fitzhugh (sister of Henry
Fitzhugh); grandson of James
Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Dirck
Ten Broeck; third great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; first cousin twice removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelis
Cuyler; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo and Edward
Philip Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800) and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and Nicholas
Cornelius Blauvelt; third cousin once removed of Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Gansevoort, John
Jacob Astor III, John
Dewitt Blauvelt, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Henry Cassorte Smith (1856-1911) —
also known as Henry C. Smith —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., June 2,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1899-1903; defeated,
1902.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
7, 1911 (age 55 years, 188
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Henry Kendall Smith (1811-1854) —
also known as Henry K. Smith —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, April 2,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Buffalo,
N.Y., 1846-49; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1850-51.
English
ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
23, 1854 (age 43 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Sally Ann Thompson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pictorial History of the
Superior Court of Buffalo (1886) |
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Henry Perkins Smith III (1911-1995) —
also known as Henry P. Smith III —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
29, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1961-63; Niagara
County Judge, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-75 (40th District 1965-73,
36th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
1, 1995 (age 84 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Horace Boardman Smith (1826-1888) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., August
18, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Chemung
County Judge, 1859-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (27th District 1871-73,
28th District 1873-75); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1883-88; resigned 1888.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
26, 1888 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Howard Alexander Smith (1880-1966) —
also known as H. Alexander Smith —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1941-43; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1942-44; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944-59.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
27, 1966 (age 86 years, 270
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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James E. Smith (d. 1935) —
also known as "The Stormy Petrel" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Phenix, West Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1899-1902;
assistant district attorney, New York County, 1910-22.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1935.
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Smith and Bridget (Moynihan) Smith; married to Sarah Quinn
(daughter of John
Quinn). |
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James Murdock Smith (1816-1899) —
also known as James M. Smith —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Poultney, Rutland
County, Vt., August
23, 1816.
Lawyer; Buffalo superior court judge, 1873-86; appointed 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
27, 1899 (age 83 years, 96
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Harvey Douglass Smith and Harriet (Murdock) Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pictorial History of the
Superior Court of Buffalo (1886) |
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John A. Smith —
of North Lawrence, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Jack Smith (b. 1941) —
also known as Lawrence J. Smith; Larry
Smith —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
25, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 16th District, 1983-93.
Sentenced
in 1993 to three months in federal prison
for tax
evasion.
Still living as of 2014.
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Oscar J. Smith —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1920;
defeated, 1920, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924 (Independent
Wet), 1932 (Republican).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter P. Smith (c.1877-1960) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933-45; appointed 1933;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1936.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a few hours later, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
3, 1960 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Richard B. Smith (1878-1937) —
also known as Dick Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
27, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1924-37; died
in office 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Delta
Chi.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage while at the Citizens Club, and died about an hour
later, in Syracuse University Hospital,
Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
26, 1937 (age 58 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward C. Smith and Mary N. (Gannon) Smith; married, June 24,
1903, to Anna Leonard. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Richard G. Smith (1922-1999) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County, 1953-56; defeated
in primary, 1950; circuit
judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1957-64; appointed 1957;
resigned 1964; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died December
4, 1999 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947 to Joyce
Cummings. |
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Sanford Willard Smith (1869-1929) —
also known as Sanford W. Smith —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869, reportedly in the same house where President Martin
Van Buren was born in 1782.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1901; Columbia
County Judge, 1902; member of New York
state senate, 1905-08 (24th District 1905-06, 25th District
1907-08); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1918-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1928; appointed 1928.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
24, 1929 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chatham
Rural Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Smith and Rachel (Shaw) Smith; married, July 1,
1896, to Maud Peck Harding. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Theophilus Washington Smith (1784-1845) —
also known as Theophilus W. Smith —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1784.
Studied law in the office of Aaron
Burr; lawyer; newspaper
editor; candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1820; member of Illinois
state senate, 1823-26; advocated the legalization of slavery in
Illinois; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1825-42; impeached
by the Illinois Legislature in 1833, on charges
of oppressive
conduct and corruption;
the Senate acquitted him on a vote of 12-10 (two-thirds required).
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 6,
1845 (age 60 years, 220
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Thomas K. Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1911-13,
1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Lloyd Smith (b. 1856) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., April
18, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1884;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1888-1925; appointed
1888; resigned 1925; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court 3rd Department, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Smith (b. 1901) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1926-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilmot Moses Smith (1852-1906) —
also known as Wilmot M. Smith —
of Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
21, 1852.
Lawyer; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1885-90; Suffolk
County Judge, 1891; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1896-1906; died in office
1906.
Died in Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
30, 1906 (age 54 years, 9
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.
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Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Suffered a debilitating attack
of vertigo, from which he never completely recovered, contracted
pneumonia,
and died, in the Dennis Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
18, 1900 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph Tyree Sneed III (1920-2008) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., July 21,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1973-87; took
senior status 1987.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
9, 2008 (age 87 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Nathan R. Sobel (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer; counsel to Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman, 1937; County Court Judge; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1962-67; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1967;
appointed 1967; Kings
County Surrogate, 1969-76.
Died, from an adverse
reaction to medication, in New York
Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 20,
1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham David Sofaer (b. 1938) —
Born in Bombay (Mumbai), India,
May
6, 1938.
Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J.
Skelly Wright, 1965-66, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
J. Brennan, 1966-67; lawyer; assistant U.S. Attorney; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1979-85;
resigned 1985; legal advisor, U.S. Department of State, 1985-90.
Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Alex J. Soled (b. 1926) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born May 18,
1926.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1950, 1952;
candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1958.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2001.
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Abraham Solomon (1906-1983) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
21, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1937, 1942;
candidate for New York
state senate 23rd District, 1938.
Died, in Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
15, 1983 (age 77 years, 84
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Hyman Solomon and Eva Solomon; married to Mona
Papierno. |
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (1928-2010) —
also known as Theodore C. Sorensen; Ted
Sorensen —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., May 8,
1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; special counsel to President John
F. Kennedy, 1961-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died in 2010
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1949-59.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Elwell Spafford (1878-1941) —
also known as Edward E. Spafford —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March
12, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; National Commander, American Legion, 1927-28;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1930.
Member, American
Legion.
In 1941, during divorce proceedings, he was accused
of conspiring with German
agents in America; in an interview published in 1943 by
journalist John Roy Carlson, he espoused strongly antisemitic
and pro-Hitler
views.
Died, in the Naval Academy Hospital,
Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
13, 1941 (age 63 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram Duncan Spafford and Georgia F. Spafford; married, May 22,
1912, to Lucille M. Stevens; married 1922 to
Lillian Mercer Pierce. |
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 6,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1907-08, 1911-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Foresters
of America.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Spellacy and Catharine A. (Bourke) Spellacy; married, November
25, 1903, to Nellie Walsh; married to Elizabeth
Gill. |
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Edgar A. Spencer (1847-1911) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
23, 1847.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1903-11; died in office
1911.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., May 5,
1911 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas Spencer and Mehitable Parthena (Glazier) Spencer;
married to Frances M. Hosmer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joshua Austin Spencer (1790-1857) —
also known as Joshua A. Spencer —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 13,
1790.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1841-45; member
of New
York state senate 5th District, 1846-47; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1848; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1852.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., April, 1857
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward J. Speno (1920-1971) —
of East Meadow, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
23, 1920.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1955-71 (4th District 1955-65, 5th District 1966,
4th District 1967-71); died in office 1971; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1964;
chair
of Nassau County Republican Party, 1965-67; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 50 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Speno; married to Audrey Bernichon. |
| | | Cross-reference: Joseph
M. Margiotta |
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Political Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Spingarn and Amy Judith Spingarn. |
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Francis Barretto Spinola (1821-1891) —
also known as Francis B. Spinola —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stony Brook, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
19, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1856, 1877, 1881, 1883 (Kings County 2nd District
1856, New York County 16th District 1877, 1881, 1883); member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1891 (age 70 years, 26
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; law partner of Arthur
Loomis Sanborn; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Lewis C. Spooner (born c.1851) —
of Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, N.Y., about 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1915-16 (District 57
1907-10, District 48 1915-16); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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John Thomas Spriggs (1825-1888) —
of Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England,
April
5, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oneida
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853; Oneida
County Treasurer, 1854; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864,
1872,
1880;
mayor
of Utica, N.Y., 1868-80; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1883-87; defeated,
1878, 1886.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
23, 1888 (age 63 years, 262
days).
Interment at Whitesboro
Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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George E. Spring —
of Franklinville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 51st District, 1915-17; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Arnon Lyon Squiers (1869-1921) —
also known as Arnon L. Squiers —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
6, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1920-21; died in office 1921.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar
Association.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in St. John's Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
28, 1921 (age 52 years, 22
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Eben H. P. Squire —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Squire (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of
New York Court of Claims, 1956-77.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Watson Carvosso Squire (1838-1926) —
also known as Watson C. Squire —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 18,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1884-87; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1889-97.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 7,
1926 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Consider Alphonso Stacy (1817-1888) —
also known as Consider A. Stacy —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in New York, January
6, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1846-48; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1858; postmaster at Tecumseh,
Mich., 1887.
Died in Michigan, November
5, 1888 (age 71 years, 304
days).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Consider Hastings Stacy and Polly (Bass) Stacy; married to Mary
Maria Walker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 29,
1935.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1966-2002 (48th District 1966, 42nd District
1967-72, 43rd District 1973-82, 45th District 1983-2002).
Died, of lung
cancer, in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 24,
2005 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Entombed at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) —
of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia;
Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 14,
1939 (age 60 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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John Barry Stanchfield (1855-1921) —
also known as John B. Stanchfield —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., March
30, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1886-88; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1895-96; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1904,
1912
(speaker);
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died of kidney
failure, in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 25,
1921 (age 66 years, 87
days).
Interment somewhere
in Elmira, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John K. Stanchfield; married 1886 to Clara
S. Spaulding. |
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad;
founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Winifred Claire Stanley (1909-1996) —
also known as Winifred C. Stanley —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
14, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1943-45.
Female.
Died in 1996
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Griswold, New London
County, Conn., June 27,
1805.
Journalist;
orator;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton and Joseph Stanton; married, May 1,
1840, to Elizabeth
Smith Cady; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert
Treat; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Belcher; second cousin once removed of Erskine
Mason Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill
Avery; third cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman; third cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton and Giles
Russell Taggart; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams, George
Champlin and John
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Albert
Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of David
Hough, John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, John
Quincy Adams, Christopher
Grant Champlin, Solomon
Taintor, Daniel
Cady, Daniel
Packer, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Lorenzo
Burrows, Asa
Packer, Albert
Smith Gallup and Abial
T. Browning. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Lenoir
family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Henry Stanton (1843-1900) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 28,
1843.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1876-77; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1877.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., March
28, 1900 (age 56 years, 243
days).
Interment at West
Side Catholic Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Charles William Stapleton (1851-1935) —
also known as Charles W. Stapleton —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., November
23, 1851.
Lawyer; Madison
County Clerk, 1885-91; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1894-95.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
6, 1935 (age 84 years, 13
days).
Interment somewhere
in Hamilton, N.Y.
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Luke D. Stapleton (1869-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-17; defeated, 1906;
appointed 1908; resigned 1917; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1913-17.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
12, 1923 (age 53 years, 63
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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W. D. L. Starbuck —
of New York.
Lawyer; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1929-34.
Burial location unknown.
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George Anson Starkweather (1794-1879) —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., May 19,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1847-49.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
15, 1879 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) —
also known as Ozora P. Stearns —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in DeKalb, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., January
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Olmsted
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11th
District, 1874-95.
Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 2,
1896 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Elijah Steele (1817-1883) —
of Pike (unknown
county), Wis.; Yreka, Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born near Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
13, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Wisconsin
state senate 16th District, 1850; superior court judge in
California, 1867; member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1868.
Died in 1883
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Yreka, Calif.
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Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
One of dozens killed in the wreck of the
steamboat Seawanhaka, which burned and
sank
in the East
River, June 28,
1880.
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Joseph Steinberg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1915, 1919-24 (New York County 26th District
1915, New York County 15th District 1919-24); defeated, 1915;
candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Steingut (1920-c.1990) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 20,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-77 (Kings County 18th District 1953-65, 44th
District 1966, 41st District 1967-77); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1970; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died about 1990 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) —
also known as Laurence A. Steinhardt —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1937-39; Soviet Union, 1939-41; Turkey, 1942-45; Czechoslovakia, 1945-48; Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in a plane
crash near Ramsayville, Ontario,
March
28, 1950 (age 57 years, 173
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Jolly Stephens (b. 1875) —
also known as John J. Stephens —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1875.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Plymouth, 1899-1911; U.S. Vice Consul in Plymouth, as of 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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Micah Sterling (1784-1844) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., November
5, 1784.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1821-23; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1836-39.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April
11, 1844 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868) —
of Keeseville, Essex
County, N.Y.; Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y., March
13, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1835-36, 1842, 1862; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1843-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; county judge
in New York, 1847-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1860.
Died in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., May 17,
1868 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Stetson and Lois (Smedley) Stetson; married, February
24, 1831, to Helen Hascall; third cousin of Charles
Stetson, Caleb
Stetson and Isaiah
Stetson; third cousin once removed of Charles
Page, Erwin
J. Baldwin, Ernest
Harvey Woodford, Francis
Everett Baldwin and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; third cousin twice removed of James
Kilbourne, Warren
Walter Rich, Charles
Stetson Wilson and Clarence
Cutting Stetson; third cousin thrice removed of George
Franklin Chapin, Charles
Evans Hughes Jr. and George
Henry Augur; fourth cousin of Samuel
Lount Kilbourne; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel
Garrison, Byron
H. Kilbourn and Charles
Dudley Kilbourn. |
| | | 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 |
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick P. Stevens (1810-1866) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Piermont, Grafton
County, N.H., October
26, 1810.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York, 1837; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1856-57; defeated (People's), 1857; member of
New
York state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1864.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
23, 1866 (age 55 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Stevens III (1749-1838) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1749.
Lawyer; inventor;
New
Jersey state treasurer, 1776-79; colonel in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; successfully advocated for the first
U.S. patent law (1790); innovated steam-powered ships and
locomotives; built railroads
in New Jersey.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Bergen Township, Bergen County (part now in Hoboken, Hudson
County), N.J., March 6,
1838 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Stevens and Elizabeth (Alexander) Stevens; brother of Mary
Stevens (who married Robert
R. Livingston); married, October
17, 1782, to Rachel Cox; grandson of James
Alexander; great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster and Johannes
de Peyster; second great-granduncle of Robert
Reginald Livingston; first cousin of Philip
Peter Livingston; first cousin once removed of William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Johannes
DePeyster, William
Duer and Denning
Duer; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin four times removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; first cousin six times removed of Hamilton
Fish, Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; second cousin once removed of Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Matthew
Clarkson and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip
DePeyster. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Stevens (built 1942 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Raymond Bartlett Stevens (1874-1942) —
also known as Raymond B. Stevens —
of Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., June 18,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1909-13, 1923; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1914, 1920; member, U.S. Shipping
Board, 1917-20; resigned 1920; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1940;
member, Federal Trade Commission, 1933; member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1935-42; chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1937-42.
Advisor in foreign affairs to the King of Siam, 1926-35.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 18,
1942 (age 67 years, 334
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Grafton County, N.H.
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William A. Stevens (b. 1879) —
of Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Stapleton Heights, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1920-29; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924;
New
Jersey state attorney general, 1931.
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Brady M. Stewart —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1940,
1948;
county judge in Kentucky, 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel Hammond Stewart (1847-1919) —
also known as Nathaniel H. Stewart; Nat H.
Stewart —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., July 20,
1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1894, 1910; candidate
for mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1896, 1901, 1902; circuit
judge in Michigan 9th Circuit, 1913-14; appointed 1913.
Member, Elks.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April 4,
1919 (age 71 years, 258
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 10,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913; charged
in 1913 with extorting
a bribe
of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note
company, over a bill that Kendall supported; tried in
the State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to
21; indicted
on May 12 by a grand jury for soliciting
a bribe; tried
soon after, and convicted
on May 24; this removed him from office; sentenced
to four to eight years in prison;
after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered the real
estate business; indicted
in 1934 on charges that he defrauded
his former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking a
Naval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go to
trial; arrested
in March 1941 and indicted
in April on charges that he attempted to bribe
a Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an
associate; pleaded
guilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, his legs were
amputated.
Died, while a prisoner
awaiting sentence, in Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
20, 1942 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,
February
14, 1887, to Celia A. Blanck. |
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Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950) —
also known as Henry L. Stimson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1906-09;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1910; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1911-13, 1940-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1927-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1929-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
20, 1950 (age 83 years, 29
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Theodore Stitt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1920-21;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Percy D. Stoddart (c.1892-1957) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1938-57 (2nd District 1938-48, 10th
District 1948-57); died in office 1957.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Died, in Community Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
19, 1957 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Addison G. Stone (b. 1849) —
of Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., March
16, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Wallingford, 1894, 1910.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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George P. Stone (b. 1848) —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Wheatland, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
18, 1848.
Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1892;
circuit
judge in Michigan 29th Circuit, 1900-05; defeated (Democratic),
1905, 1911; Democratic candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1907; law partner of O. L.
Smith, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Stone and Phila (Preston) Stone; married, January
27, 1874, to Isabella Colton. |
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer; Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, in
court, while reading his dissent in the case of Girouard v.
United States, and died later that day, in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Horace M. Stone (1890-1944) —
of Marcellus, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Marcellus town, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1923-36;
candidate for New York
state senate 38th District, 1936.
Died March 7,
1944 (age 54 years, 61
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Marcellus, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rollin M. Stone and Mary (Baker) Stone; married to Norma
Walsh. |
| | | Epitaph: "Counselor at Law, Legislator,
Patriot." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Henry Randolph Storrs (1787-1837) —
of Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
3, 1787.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1817-21, 1823-31 (16th District
1817-21, 14th District 1823-31); state court judge in New York, 1825.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 28,
1837 (age 49 years, 328
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Horatio J. Stow (1809-1859) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Lewiston, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., July 8,
1809.
Lawyer; Recorder (judge) of Buffalo, 1839-44; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1858-59; died in office 1859.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
19, 1859 (age 49 years, 226
days).
Interment somewhere in Lewiston, N.Y.
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Claude Vinton Stowell (b. 1882) —
also known as Claude V. Stowell —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Lindleytown, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 26,
1882.
Lawyer; Steuben
County District Attorney; Prohibition candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1916; candidate in Prohibition primary
for New
York state comptroller, 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Merrick Stowell (1838-1921) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Scriba, Oswego
County, N.Y., October
3, 1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Oswego
County Judge, 1899; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1915.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., May 9,
1921 (age 82 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester J. Straub (b. 1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
member of New York
state assembly 35th District, 1967-72; member of New York
state senate, 1973-75; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1998-2008; took
senior status 2008.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Polish
National Alliance; Jaycees;
Lions.
Still living as of 2008.
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Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) —
also known as Oscar S. Straus —
of New York.
Born in Germany,
December
23, 1850.
Progressive. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1887-89, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1906-09; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1909-10; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1912; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
Jewish U.S. cabinet member.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 3,
1926 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument at Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
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Audrey Strauss (born c.1948) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1948.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2020-.
Female.
Still living as of 2020.
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Paul Eric Strauss (b. 1964) —
also known as Paul Strauss —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
11, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Randall Sanford Street (1780-1841) —
also known as Randall S. Street —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Catskill, Albany County (now Greene
County), N.Y., 1780.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1819-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
21, 1841 (age about 61
years).
Original interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; reinterment
in 1888 at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Silas A. Strickland (1830-1878) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
17, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1868;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March
31, 1878 (age 47 years, 195
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Theron Rudd Strong (1802-1873) —
also known as Theron R. Strong —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
7, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1835-39; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1839-41; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1842; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1851-59; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1859; law partner of Elliott
F. Shepard, 1868-73.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1873 (age 70 years, 188
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William Strong (1808-1895) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., May 6,
1808.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1847-51; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857-68; resigned 1868; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-80; retired 1880.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
19, 1895 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Maria (Claussen) von
Struve; married 1863 to
Lascelle Florence Knighton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) —
also known as Elmer E. Studley —
of Raton, Colfax
County, N.M.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near East Ashford, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
24, 1869.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
6, 1942 (age 72 years, 347
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Anthony Suarez (b. 1953) —
of Florida.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
16, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 35th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Alvin M. Suchin (b. 1919) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-75 (96th District 1966, 89th District
1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Kiwanis;
B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon Sufrin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1913-14;
defeated (Republican), 1914; Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry D. Suitor (d. 1945) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1934-45; died in
office 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died March
25, 1945.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Charles Hardin Sullivan (c.1899-1968) —
also known as Charles H. Sullivan —
of Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Northport, N.Y., 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
chair
of Suffolk County Democratic Party, 1936-40.
Died, in Huntington Hospital,
Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1968 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jane M. Bruderlein. |
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Frank P. Sullivan (b. 1862) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-95; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1907-11.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Sullivan and Mary Sullivan; married, June 17,
1900, to Minnie W. Hall. |
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John Leo Sullivan —
also known as John L. Sullivan —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1909-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip A. Sullivan (b. 1882) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockton, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
8, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1924-25; appointed 1924;
defeated, 1925.
Burial location unknown.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March
18, 1863.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-12); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1896,
1900,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Thomas R. Suozzi (b. 1962) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
31, 1962.
Democrat. Accountant;
lawyer; mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1994-2001; defeated, 1991; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2008;
Nassau
County Executive, 2002-09; candidate for Governor of
New York, 2006; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 2017-.
Catholic.
Italian,
English,
and Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Abner C. Surpless (c.1884-1960) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Howard
W. Ameli; city council member, New York City, 1937-40;
magistrate, New York City, 1942-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1940.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in the White Nursing
Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
11, 1960 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Surpless (c.1875-1911) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1906-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from the effects of malaria
and typhoid
fever, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
23, 1911 (age about 36
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Surpless. |
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Jacob Livingston Sutherland (1788-1845) —
also known as Jacob Sutherland —
of North Blenheim, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Bangall, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 4,
1788.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1819-23; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; elected New York
state senate 3rd District 1822, but never took office; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1822-35; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 12,
1845 (age 56 years, 342
days).
Interment at Washington
Street Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887) —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 12,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Columbia
County District Attorney, 1832-43; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1851-53; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1857-71.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1887 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Robert J. Sweeney —
of Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Lawyer; mayor
of Freeport, N.Y., 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) —
also known as Edwin F. Sweet —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
21, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1904-06; defeated, 1906; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., April 2,
1935 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Monroe Marsh Sweetland (1860-1944) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., August
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1917.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Delta
Chi.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
12, 1944 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
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Parton Swift (b. 1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., July 14,
1876.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
New
York state senate 48th District, 1920-24; defeated (Progressive),
1914; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1934-45.
Burial location unknown.
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James Wadsworth Symington (b. 1927) —
also known as James W. Symington —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
28, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1969-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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