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Arthur Wachtel (b. 1904) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
24, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1939-45 (Bronx County 3rd District 1939-44, Bronx
County 5th District 1945); member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1946-54.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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John F. Wadlin (d. 1953) —
of Highland, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died April
30, 1953.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John J. F. Wadlin and Charlotte (Voight) Wadlin; married 1935 to
Beatrice Hasbrouck. |
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Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) —
also known as Lowell Wadmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., March
16, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1986 (age 90 years, 193
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Peter Joseph Wagner (1795-1884) —
of Fort Plain, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
14, 1795.
Whig. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1839-41.
Died in Fort Plain, Montgomery
County, N.Y., September
13, 1884 (age 89 years, 30
days).
Interment at Fort
Plain Cemetery, Fort Plain, N.Y.
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Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877-1953) —
also known as Robert F. Wagner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nastatten, Hessen-Nassau, Germany,
June
8, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1905, 1907-08 (New York County 30th District
1905, New York County 22nd District 1907-08); member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1909-18; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1913-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-26; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1924-26; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1927-49; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Introduced Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, Railway
Pension Law, and other social and economic legislation in the U.S.
Senate. On July 18, 1934, he while touring port facilities in Oregon
during a labor dispute, he and his party were fired
on (ten shots) by guards.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1953 (age 75 years, 330
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1864-1945) —
also known as J. Mayhew Wainwright —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly, 1902-08 (Westchester County 2nd District 1902-06,
Westchester County 4th District 1907-08); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1923-31; director,
Rye National Bank;
trustee, St. Luke's Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from pyelonephritis
and coronary
artery disease, in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 3,
1945 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Howard Wainwright and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant)
Wainwright; married, November
23, 1892, to Laura Wallace Buchanan; third great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Robert
Gilbert Livingston; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707), David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); third cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; fourth cousin of Montgomery
Schuyler Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, John
Jacob Astor III and Guy
Vernor Henry. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Clinton-DeWitt
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 |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1923) |
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Stuyvesant Wainwright II (1921-2010) —
of Wainscott, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1953-61; defeated,
1960; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1956.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
2010 (age 88 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Byron Sylvester Waite (1852-1930) —
also known as Byron S. Waite —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Penfield, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
27, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1889-90, 1895-96; assistant
prosecuting attorney; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1899-1900; appointed 1899;
member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers, 1902-26; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-30; retired 1930.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
31, 1930 (age 78 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
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Eleazer Wakeley (1822-1912) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Whitewater, Walworth
County, Wis.; Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., June 15,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
territorial House of Representatives, 1847-48; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1852-55 (14th District 1852, 12th District
1853-55); justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1857-61; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; district judge
in Nebraska 3rd District, 1883-92; appointed 1883.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
21, 1912 (age 90 years, 159
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Abram Wakeman (1824-1889) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1824.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1855-57; postmaster at
New
York City, N.Y., 1862-64; organized railroads
on Long Island, N.Y.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1889 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Seth Wakeman (1811-1880) —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Franklin
County, Vt., January
15, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; Genesee
County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County 1st District, 1856-57; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., January
4, 1880 (age 68 years, 354
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Cyrus Packard Walbridge (1849-1921) —
also known as Cyrus P. Walbridge —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Madrid, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Republican. Carpenter;
lawyer; druggist; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1893-97; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896 ; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1921 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Ebenezer William Walbridge (1779-1856) —
also known as Ebenezer W. Walbridge —
of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., October
28, 1779.
Lawyer; banker; paper mill
business; village
president of Lansingburgh, New York, 1809-10, 1838; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17, 1819-20.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March
23, 1856 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Troy
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Albert Wald (b. 1889) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1930, 1934.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Waldman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Yancherudnia, Russia (now Ukraine),
January
5, 1892.
Socialist. Civil
engineer; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1918, 1920;
expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1924; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1927 (Socialist), 1937
(American Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928, 1930, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish
and Ukrainian
ancestry.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled
again on September 21.
Suffered a severe stroke,
and died four years later, in the Jewish Home
and Hospital for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1982 (age 90 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police
officer; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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B. Roger Wales (1879-1929) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 17,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1925-29; died in office 1929.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died November
25, 1929 (age 50 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas Walgren (b. 1940) —
also known as Doug Walgren —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
28, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1977-91;
defeated, 1970 (27th District), 1972 (27th District), 1972 (18th
District), 1990 (18th District).
Still living as of 2014.
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Aldace Freeman Walker (1842-1901) —
also known as Aldace F. Walker —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-89; president, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa
Fe Railway,
1894-95.
Congregationalist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
12, 1901 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Aldace Walker and Mary Ann (Baker) Walker; married to
Katharine Shaw. |
| | | Epitaph: "An upright lawyer and
legislator, a faithful soldier and public officer, an able
administrator of important railway interests." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cora T. Walker (born c.1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1925.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1958; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1972.
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Frank Comerford Walker (1886-1959) —
also known as Frank C. Walker —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 30,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1909-12; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1913; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1932-33; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1940-45; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1959 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at St. Patricks Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
also known as Gilbert C. Walker —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
1, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
president, New York Underground Railroad
Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Harry Clay Walker (1873-1932) —
also known as Harry C. Walker —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., March
18, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Binghamton, N.Y., 1918; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1919-20; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., November
2, 1932 (age 59 years, 229
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Henry Nelson Walker (1811-1886) —
also known as Henry N. Walker —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
30, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1844; Michigan
state attorney general, 1845-47; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1859-60.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
24, 1886 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) —
also known as James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker;
"Beau James"; "The Night
Mayor" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member
of New
York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District
1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Resigned
as mayor during an investigation
of corruption in his administration.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1946 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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John M. Walker Jr. (b. 1940) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
26, 1940.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1985-89; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1989-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thaddeus H. Walker (1831-1895) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., September
12, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County 1st District, 1858;
candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1872; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1880.
Died in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., November
14, 1895 (age 64 years, 63
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Thomas Joseph Walker (1877-1945) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
25, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1905; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1906-10; member of Montana
state senate, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Montana, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1938; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1940-45, 1940-45; died in office 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
18, 1945 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at St. Patricks Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Carleton L. Wallace (b. 1865) —
also known as Carl L. Wallace —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1865.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1899-1902, 1905-06, 1909-10;
member of Minnesota
state senate 34th District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Edwin W. Wallace (born c.1888) —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; farmer; real estate
business; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1924-33.
Burial location unknown.
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William Copeland Wallace (1856-1901) —
also known as William C. Wallace —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 21,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892,
1900.
Died in Warwick, Orange
County, N.Y., September
4, 1901 (age 45 years, 106
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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David A. Wallach (b. 1895) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Wallach and Clara Wallach; married to Madeleine
Spiro. |
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S.
Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Thomas McDonald Waller (1839-1924) —
also known as Thomas M. Waller; Thomas
Armstrong —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1867-68, 1872,
1876; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1876; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1870-71; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1873; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1876; Governor of
Connecticut, 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1884;
U.S. Consul General in London, 1885-89; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention
from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died January
24, 1924 (age about 84
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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William John Wallin (1879-1963) —
also known as William J. Wallin —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association.
Fell
from the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at the
Saw Mill River Nursing
Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1963 (age 84 years, 140
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isabel (Watson) Wallin and John Cooper Wallin; married to Evelyn
M. Walsh. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Walmsley —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Upper Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1943-60.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James F. Walsh (b. 1864) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lewisboro, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
15, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1901-02, 1919-20;
Speaker
of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1919-20;
member of Connecticut
state senate 27th District, 1903-04, 1907-08; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1905-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James F. Walsh and Annie E. Walsh; married, April
11, 1893, to Emily Gene Tweedale. |
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James Joseph Walsh (1858-1909) —
also known as James J. Walsh —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1895-96; defeated,
1896.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 8,
1909 (age 50 years, 351
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John J. Walsh (b. 1903) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
19, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1945-48.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Walsh and Nora (O'Neil) Walsh; married to Agnes
Parks. |
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Michael F. Walsh (1894-1956) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
24, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1938-39; secretary
of state of New York, 1939-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1943-54; retired 1954.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 22,
1956 (age 62 years, 149
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Walsh; married to Catherine Dundon. |
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Robert Jay Walsh (b. 1854) —
also known as R. Jay Walsh —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lewisboro, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
1, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1885-88; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1889-93; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1900;
political boss of Greenwich.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Walsh —
of Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1925-28.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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William E. Walsh (b. 1903) —
of Coos Bay, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
29, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Coos
County District Attorney, 1931-33; member of Oregon
state senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
co-owner, Radio
Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Henry Walters —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1908-10; member
of New
York state senate 38th District, 1911-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Walton —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1915-22 (27th District 1915-18, 29th District
1919-22); candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Burial location unknown.
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Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) —
also known as Reuben H. Walworth —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bozrah, New London
County, Conn., October
26, 1788.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23; Chancellor
of New York, 1828-47; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1848.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Antiquarian Society.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
27, 1867 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Jerome Wanshel —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Larchmont, N.Y., 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
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Hamilton Ward (1829-1898) —
of Belmont, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 3,
1829.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1865-71; New York
state attorney general, 1880-81; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1891-98; died in office
1898; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1895-98; died in office 1898.
Died, from heart
disease, in Belmont, Allegany
County, N.Y., December
28, 1898 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Belmont, N.Y.
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John Ward (1767-1816) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
14, 1767.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1791-97; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1798-1809; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1801-02.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
19, 1816 (age 49 years, 218
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Theodore Hackett Ward —
also known as Theodore H. Ward —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Earle S. Warner (b. 1880) —
of Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Phelps town, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
12, 1880.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1933-45 (43rd District 1933-44, 48th District
1945); defeated (Democratic), 1914; resigned 1945; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1945-49; appointed 1945.
Member, Elks; Exchange
Club; Grange;
American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry D. Warner. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Fred L. Warner (b. 1877) —
of Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., September
16, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County, 1915-22;
defeated in primary, 1922; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1921-22.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Ingham County News, June 18, 1936 |
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Ivan Warner (1919-1994) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1958-60; member of
New
York state senate 27th District, 1961-65, 1967-68; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1970.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Lions.
Died, of cancer,
at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1994
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Tom Warner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
6, 1948.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1993-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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John E. Warren (1827-1896) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
18, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1854-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1863-64.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
July
6, 1896 (age 69 years, 170
days).
Interment somewhere
in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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Isidor Wasservogel (1875-1962) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1921-45; defeated, 1914.
Died February
8, 1962 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First
Department |
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Alexander Hamilton Waterman (1825-1856) —
also known as Alexander H. Waterman —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
6, 1825.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Curaçao, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
8, 1856 (age 30 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Alexander
Hamilton |
| | | Relatives: Son of George Washington
Waterman and Catherine (Van Slyke) Waterman; married, September
11, 1850, to Jeannette Frisbee Ingham; first cousin of Robert
Whitney Waterman; second cousin twice removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799) and Luther
Waterman; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington and Samuel
Gager; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman and William
Harrison Waterman; third cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Elisha
Waterman, Zina
Hyde Jr. and Henry
Arthur Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Ebenezer
Huntington, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
R. Gager, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Samuel
Austin Gager; fourth cousin of Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Hale Sill, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Frederick
William Lord, Theodore
Sill, Henry
Titus Backus, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Edmond
Otis Dewey, George
Martin Dewey and Sterry
Robinson Waterman. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Thomas Glasby Waterman (1787-1862) —
also known as Thomas G. Waterman; Thomas
Waterman —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1787.
Lawyer; Broome
County District Attorney, 1822-23; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1824; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1827-30; lumber
business.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., January
7, 1862 (age 74 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Lopez Watson (1922-2001) —
also known as James L. Watson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1955-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956;
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1966-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-91; took senior status 1991.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American
Legion; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 2001 (age 79 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey Watterson (1879-1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1906.
While trying to close a window in his law
office, he fell
through the window to his death 110 feet below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1908 (age 29 years, 273
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Lewis H. Weatherby (born c.1829) —
of Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo.
Born in New York, about 1829.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 12th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas G. Weaver —
of New York.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957, 1966.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William L. Webber (1825-1901) —
of Milford, Oakland
County, Mich.; East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney; land commissioner and general
solicitor, Flint and Pere Marquette Railway,
1870-85; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1875; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1876
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
15, 1901 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Webber and Phoebe (Smith) Webber; married 1849 to Nancy
M. Whithington. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861-1922) —
also known as Bartow S. Weeks —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Round Hill, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
25, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1898; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1913, 1914-22; appointed
1913; defeated, 1913; appointed 1914; died in office 1922.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Astor Weeks and Aletha (White) Weeks; married 1900 to
Antoinette Mataran; married 1901 to Emma
B. Sears; married 1918 to
Josephine (de Martigny) Smith. |
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Frederick E. Weeks (c.1871-1946) —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., about 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Westchester
County District Attorney, 1915-17, 1922; mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1920-25.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in St. Agnes Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1946 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abiel Weeks and Elmira F. (Miller) Weeks; married to Catherine A.
Halpin. |
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Edward Weil —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1911-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Morris Weinfeld (b. 1898) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1924-27;
defeated, 1922, 1927.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Phi
Sigma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Moses M. Weinstein (1912-2007) —
also known as Morris Weinstein —
of Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1959-69 (Queens County 7th District 1959-65, 24th
District 1966, 25th District 1967-69); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1968; chair of
Queens County Democratic Party, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 10th District, 1967;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1970.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla., November
30, 2007 (age 95 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Muriel
M. Marshall. |
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Irving M. Weiss —
of New York.
Born in Hungary.
Socialist. Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from New York, 1920; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Melvyn I. Weiss (b. 1935) —
of Oyster Bay Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
1, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996.
Pleaded
guilty in 2008 to federal charges of making illegal
kickbacks to clients to induce them to sue; sentenced
to 30 months in prison,
fined
$250,000, and ordered to pay restitution
of $9.75 million.
Still living as of 2010.
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Royal Hurlburt Weller (1881-1929) —
also known as Royal H. Weller —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1923-29; died in
office 1929; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1929 (age 47 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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George B. Wellington —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1916-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Wells (1814-1867) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dagsboro, Sussex
County, Del., May 27,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; Tompkins
County District Attorney, 1845-47; Tompkins
County Judge, 1847-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1859-61.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 18,
1867 (age 53 years, 52
days).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Guilford Wiley Wells (1840-1909) —
also known as G. Wiley Wells —
of Mississippi.
Born in New York, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1875-77; U.S.
Consul General in Shanghai, 1877.
Died March
21, 1909 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Wells (1817-1877) —
of Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., July 1,
1817.
Lawyer; Fulton
County Judge, 1847-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1851-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856.
Died in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., May 30,
1877 (age 59 years, 333
days).
Interment at Johnstown
Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.
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Owen Augustine Wells (1844-1935) —
also known as Owen A. Wells —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y., February
4, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1893-95; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., January
29, 1935 (age 90 years, 359
days).
Interment at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Thomas Tileston Wells (1865-1946) —
also known as T. Tileston Wells —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, September
12, 1865.
Lawyer; law partner of Clarence
Lexow; Honorary
Consul-General for Romania in New
York, N.Y., 1919-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1946 (age 80 years, 223
days).
Interment at Christ Episcopal Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.
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William W. Wemple (b. 1862) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Duanesburg, Schenectady
County, N.Y., January
19, 1862.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Schenectady
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1903-06; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1907-08.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Mark S. Weprin —
of Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Hollis, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 24th District, 1994-; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Saul Weprin (1927-1994) —
of Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
5, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 24th District, 1971-94; died in office 1994; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1991-94; died in office 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
11, 1994 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William E. Werner (b. 1855) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Monroe
County Judge, 1889-94; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1896-1903; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1901-07; candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Werner and Magdalina Werner; married 1889 to Lillie
Boller. |
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Robert C. Wertz (b. 1932) —
of St. James, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Nissequogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
18, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1971-2001 (4th District 1971-82, 6th District
1983-2001).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2001.
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Walter W. Westall —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1919-22;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1923-34; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851) —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
29, 1776.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1817-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
18, 1851 (age 74 years, 354
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eilardus Westerlo and Catharina (Livingston) Westerlo;
half-brother of Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; brother of Catherine Westerlo (who
married John
Woodworth); married, May 5,
1805, to Jane Lansing; uncle of Philip
Schuyler and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; grandson of Philip
Livingston; grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; granduncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck; great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; second great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); second great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Edward
Philip Livingston; first cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler, John
Cruger Jr. and Robert
Reginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; second cousin four times removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; second cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin of Peter
Gansevoort and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker, Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; third cousin twice removed of William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; fourth cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Barent
Van Buren, Martin
Van Buren, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Wexler (b. 1961) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
2, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 19th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Edwin Whalen (1874-1951) —
also known as Robert E. Whalen —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 29,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 30th District, 1938.
Died, from a heart
attack, while vacationing in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
12, 1951 (age 77 years, 14
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Thomas Michael Whalen III (1934-2002) —
also known as Thomas M. Whalen III; Tom
Whalen —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1983-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984.
Killed when his car hit a
tree, in Albany
County, N.Y., March 4,
2002 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Wheaton (1785-1848) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
27, 1785.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1824; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Denmark, 1827-35; Prussia, 1835-37; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1837-46.
Died March
11, 1848 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ezra Wheeler (1820-1871) —
of Berlin, Green Lake
County, Wis.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Chenango
County, N.Y., December
23, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1853; Green
Lake County Judge, 1854-62; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1863-65; Register of
U.S. Land Office, Pueblo, Colorado, 1870-71.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
19, 1871 (age 50 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Berlin, Wis.
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Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler (1848-1918) —
also known as Hamilton K. Wheeler —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Ballston town, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
5, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1893-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1900.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., July 19,
1918 (age 69 years, 348
days).
Interment at Mound
Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill.
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Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) —
also known as "Fighting Joe" —
of Wheeler, Lawrence
County, Ala.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1836.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1906 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married, February
6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter of Peter
Early); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. |
| | | Wheeler County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Wheeler Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale
and Lawrence
counties, Alabama, and the Wheeler Lake
reservoir, which extends into Limestone,
Morgan,
and Madison
counties, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Albert Smith White (1803-1864) —
also known as Albert S. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Blooming Grove, Orange
County, N.Y., October
24, 1803.
Lawyer; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837-39, 1861-63 (7th District
1837-39, 8th District 1861-63); U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1839-45; railroad
president.
Died in Stockwell, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
4, 1864 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Horace White (1865-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
7, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1896-1908 (36th District 1896-1906, 38th District
1907-08); Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1909-10; Governor of
New York, 1910-11.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
26, 1943 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Mary Jo White (b. 1947) —
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
27, 1947.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1992-93; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1993-2002; chair,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2013-16.
Female.
Still living as of 2019.
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Peter White (1820-1908) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1820.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer; banker;
founder of Cleveland Cliffs mining
company; postmaster at Carp
River, Mich., 1851-56; Marquette,
Mich., 1856; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1857-58;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1875-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1876,
1888,
1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1882; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1904-08; died in office 1908.
Died in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., 1908
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Presque
Isle Park, Marquette, Mich.
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Roderick White (c.1816-1856) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born about 1816.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1845; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1856; died in office 1856.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 26,
1856 (age about 40
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Stewart Whitehouse (1858-1929) —
also known as Samuel S. Whitehouse —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
21, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1905, 1906 (Democratic),
1908 (Democratic).
Died in Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
8, 1929 (age 71 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Newhall Whitehouse and Mary Ann (Taylor) Whitehouse;
married 1879 to Mary
Grover Hoover. |
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Sheldon Whitehouse (b. 1955) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; clerk for Judge Richard
Neely, 1982-83; executive counsel and director of policy for Gov.
Bruce
Sundlun, 1991-92; director, Rhode Island Department of Business
Regulation, 1992-94; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1994-98; Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1999-2003; candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 2002; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 2008,
2012.
Still living as of 2018.
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen
of the World; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857-1911) —
also known as Edward B. Whitney —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
15, 1857.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1904,
1906; appointed 1909; defeated, 1910; appointed 1910; died in office
1911.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
5, 1911 (age 53 years, 143
days).
Interment at Cornwall
Cemetery, Cornwall, Conn.
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William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) —
also known as William C. Whitney —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., July 5,
1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established
the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.
English
ancestry.
Died, from peritonitis,
following appendicitis
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1904 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New Preston, Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1799.
Lawyer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1831-35 (27th District 1831-33,
28th District 1833-35); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-48; law
professor.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
19, 1851 (age 52 years, 99
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; cenotaph at New Preston Village Cemetery, New Preston, Washington, Conn.
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William Augustus Whittlesey (1796-1866) —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 14,
1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1849-51; mayor
of Marietta, Ohio, 1856, 1860, 1862.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
6, 1866 (age 70 years, 115
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Eliphalet Wickes (1769-1850) —
of Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1769.
Lawyer; postmaster at Jamaica,
N.Y., 1797-1805, 1807-35; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1805-07; Queens
County District Attorney, 1818-21.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., June 7,
1850 (age 81 years, 67
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Sheldon F. Wickes (b. 1904) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., November
5, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1939-45.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank B. Wickes and Charlotte Fox Wickes. |
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Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; secretary
of Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 14,
1864 (age about 44
years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed in
the Civil War.
Burial location unknown.
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James Whitney Wilkin (1762-1845) —
also known as James W. Wilkin —
of Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Wallkill, Orange
County, N.Y., 1762.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1795-96, 1807-09; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1800-04, 1810-14; member of New York
council of appointment, 1802; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1815-19; Orange
County Clerk, 1819-21; Orange
County Treasurer.
Slaveowner.
Died in Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., February
23, 1845 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Slate
Hill Cemetery, Goshen, N.Y.
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Morton Smith Wilkinson (1819-1894) —
also known as Morton S. Wilkinson —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Wells, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
22, 1819.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1859-65; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1869-71; defeated
(Democratic), 1888; member of Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1874-77.
Died in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
4, 1894 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Mankato, Minn.
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William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as William Willett, Jr. —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Woodmere, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,
1904; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911; indicted
in 1912 on charges
that he bought
the nomination for Supreme Court justice; tried
and convicted
in 1914, sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$1,000; released on parole in 1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Hotel
McAlpin, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1938 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Grandison Williams (1829-1892) —
also known as Charles G. Williams —
of Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Royalton, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
18, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1869-72; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1873-83.
Died in 1892
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Elisha Williams (1773-1833) —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born August
29, 1773.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1800-01, 1807-08, 1812-15,
1816-17, 1819-21, 1828; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1833 (age 59 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Williams; married 1795 to Lucia
Grosvenor. |
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George Henry Williams (1823-1910) —
also known as George H. Williams —
of Lee
County, Iowa; Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., March
23, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Iowa 1st District,
1847-52; justice of
Oregon territorial supreme court, 1853-57; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Marion County,
1857; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1865-71; U.S.
Attorney General, 1872-75; mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1902-05.
Episcopalian.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April 4,
1910 (age 87 years, 12
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Henry D. Williams —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1918; served in
the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1925-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph L. Williams (1821-1895) —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.; El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, 1821.
Lawyer; Lake
County State's Attorney; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1872-73.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
7, 1895 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Lawrence G. Williams (b. 1892) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 31,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1933-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver T. B. Williams (b. 1835) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.; Seward, Seward
County, Neb.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1835.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1866; postmaster at Columbus,
Neb., 1866; People's Independent candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Pardon Clarence Williams (1842-1925) —
also known as Pardon C. Williams —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellisburg, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 12,
1842.
Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1875; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1884-1911; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1895-98.
Episcopalian.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
18, 1925 (age 82 years, 190
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Perry Gittean Williams (1876-1965) —
also known as Perry G. Williams —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born October
29, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Lewis
County District Attorney, 1907-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912,
1920,
1928,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 32nd District, 1915;
chair
of Lewis County Republican Party, 1932; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938.
Died, in the Sunset Nursing
Home, Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
29, 1965 (age 89 years, 0
days).
Interment at Constableville Cemetery, Constableville, N.Y.
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Seward Henry Williams (1870-1922) —
also known as Seward H. Williams —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
7, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1910-13; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1915-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio, September
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 299
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio.
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Pliny W. Williamson —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Russellville, Brown
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1935-58 (25th District 1935-44, 31st District
1945-58).
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
24, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) —
also known as Philip H. Willkie —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
7, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1960;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-54.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Died April
10, 1974 (age 54 years, 124
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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Charles Herbert Wilson —
also known as Charles H. Wilson —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Malcolm Wilson (1914-2000) —
also known as Malcolm Wilson —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1939-58 (Westchester County 5th District 1939-44,
Westchester County 1st District 1945-58); served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1959-73; Governor of
New York, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
13, 2000 (age 86 years, 16
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Edward Held Wilson (1874-1942) —
also known as Edward H. Wilson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
24, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1940.
Died, of cancer,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
26, 1942 (age 68 years, 94
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Crawford 'Ike' Wilson and Elvina P. Wilson; married to Eva
Capron. |
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Edward J. Wilson —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Windels (1885-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, in Norwalk Hospital,
Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
15, 1967 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Windels and Pauline (Klink) Windels. |
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George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) —
also known as George W. Wingate —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 1,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; led construction of elevated
railways in Brooklyn; marksmanship promoter; president, National
Rifle Association, 1886-1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
22, 1928 (age 87 years, 265
days).
Interment at Friends
Burying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Walter G. Winne (b. 1889) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
18, 1889.
Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1916-19; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1922-28; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1916 to Althea
M. Sharp. |
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George H. Winner Jr. (b. 1949) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., July 31,
1949.
Republican. Lawyer; legislative assistant to State Sen. William
T. Smith, 1971-78; member of New York
state assembly, 1979-2001 (126th District 1979-92, 127th District
1993-2001); member of New York
state senate 53rd District; elected 2004; elected unopposed 2006;
elected 2008; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Beekman Winthrop (1874-1940) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
18, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1904-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1907-09; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1909-13; director,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
Lackawanna Steel Co.,
and National City Bank.
Died November
10, 1940 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry A. Wise (b. 1906) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
21, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New York
state senate, 1948-64 (42nd District 1948-54, 43rd District
1955-64); chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1950-55; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank L. Wiswall —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1920; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1921-22; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles S. Witkowski (1907-1993) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 4,
1907.
School
teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1957-61; defeated, 1961.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 89
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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Harris Llewellyn Wofford (1926-2019) —
also known as Harris Wofford —
of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 9,
1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1986; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-95; appointed 1991; defeated,
1994.
Died January
21, 2019 (age 92 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mortimer J. Wohl (1888-1931) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
20, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.
Member, American
Legion.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were charged
with ambulance
chasing activities; he disputed the charges.
Died, from septicemia,
in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
14, 1931 (age 43 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wohl and Fannie Whol; married, November
11, 1923, to Adelaide Finkelstein. |
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Joseph C. Wolff (b. 1849) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Besancon, France,
January
9, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1893; member
of New
York state senate 11th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York State Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
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James H. Wood —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1913-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Wood (1769-1847) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in West Hills, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
14, 1769.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1795-98, 1799-1800; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1818, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1819-29.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 2,
1847 (age 77 years, 169
days).
Interment at Old
Burying Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.
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Egburt E. Woodbury (b. 1861) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Cherry Creek, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
29, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1891-93 (Chautauqua County 2nd District 1891-92,
Chautauqua County 1893); Chautauqua
County Surrogate, 1901; New York
state attorney general, 1915-17; resigned 1917.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York State Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
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David Woodcock (1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Ithaca,
N.Y., 1809-21; member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat
Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) —
also known as Stewart L. Woodford —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1870; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872,
1880
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1897-98.
Member, Delta
Psi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1913 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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William H. Woodhead (b. 1860) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
17, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives First Berkshire District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1809-1875) —
also known as Lewis B. Woodruff —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 19,
1809.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York, 1849-55; New
York City superior court judge, 1856-61; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1868-69; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court
for the 2nd Circuit, 1869-75; died in office 1875.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
10, 1875 (age 66 years, 83
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Francis H. Woods (c.1844-1913) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., about 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1868; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1878, 1878;
postmaster at Albany,
N.Y., 1894-99.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August, 1913
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose Murray. |
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John Woodworth (1768-1858) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Schodack, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., November
12, 1768.
Lawyer; Rensselaer
County Surrogate, 1793-1804; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1802-03; member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1803-07; New York
state attorney general, 1804-08; appointed 1804; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1819-28.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 1,
1858 (age 89 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eleazer Wooster (1811-1870) —
of Poestenkill, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in New Hampshire, October
2, 1811.
Lawyer; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1866-67.
Died January
11, 1870 (age 58 years, 101
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Poestenkill, N.Y.
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Edward Herbert Wright (1863-1930) —
also known as Edward H. Wright —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; Cook
County Commissioner, 1897-1900; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
African
ancestry.
Died, in Colonial Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., August
6, 1930 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Public Library |
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John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) —
also known as John C. Wright —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
17, 1783.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1861 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Keith L. T. Wright —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 70th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 2005; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Maurice Lauchlin Wright (1845-1911) —
also known as Maurice L. Wright —
of Mexico, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Scriba town, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
27, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War;
lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1892-1905.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
14, 1911 (age 65 years, 321
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Russell Wright —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1935-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Silas Wright Jr. (1795-1847) —
of Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; New York
state comptroller, 1829-34; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1844;
Governor
of New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846.
Died in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
27, 1847 (age 52 years, 95
days).
Interment at Silas
Wright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument at Weybridge Town Center, Weybridge, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thrice
removed of Henry
Merrill Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Ellsworth Goodell; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; fourth cousin of Morris
Woodruff, Martin
Keeler, Marshall
Chapin and William
Dean Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Theodore
Dwight, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Charles
Phelps Huntington, George
Catlin Woodruff, Stephen
Hiram Keeler, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, William
Chapman Williston, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, Arthur
Chapin and John
Wingate Weeks. |
| | | 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). |
| | | Wright counties in Minn. and Mo. are
named for him; Wright County,
Iowa may have been named for him. |
| | | Wright Peak,
in the Ardirondack Mountains, Essex
County, New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until
1913. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Inzer B. Wyatt (1907-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., March
29, 1907.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1962-77.
Died, of pneumonia
and heart
failure, in New York
Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
17, 1990 (age 82 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hope Johnston. |
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Abram Ralph Wyckoff (1862-1944) —
also known as Abram R. Wyckoff —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
13, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Geneva,
N.Y., 1906-15.
Died in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
2, 1944 (age 82 years, 50
days).
Interment somewhere in Geneva, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius Wyckoff and Mary Ann (Swartout) Wyckoff; married, September
16, 1896, to Ethel Agnes Catchpole. |
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Wilson R. Yard —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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John Barentse Yates (1784-1836) —
also known as John B. Yates —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., February
1, 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1815-17; county judge
in New York, 1835; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1836; died in office 1836.
Christian
Reformed.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 10,
1836 (age 52 years, 160
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Near Chittenango, Madison County, N.Y.
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Joseph Christopher Yates (1768-1837) —
also known as Joseph C. Yates —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
9, 1768.
Democrat. Lawyer; one of the founders
of Union College, 1795; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1798-1807; member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1805-08; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1808-22; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; Governor of
New York, 1823-24.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., March
19, 1837 (age 68 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank L. Young (1860-1930) —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Byron, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1909-12;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1922-30; died in office
1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from acute
indigestion, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 21,
1930 (age 69 years, 202
days).
Interment at Dale
Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young; married to Mary Yawger
and Mary Lockwood; married 1916 to Mary
E. Cummings. |
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Fred A. Young (b. 1904) —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., August
27, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1936-38; member of New York
state senate, 1939-49 (35th District 1939-44, 40th District
1945-49); resigned 1949; chair of
Lewis County Republican Party, 1939-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1964;
New York
Republican state chair, 1963-64; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1963-64.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Horace Olin Young (1850-1917) —
also known as H. Olin Young —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in New Albion, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., August
4, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1879-80; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-96; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1903-13; resigned
1913.
Died in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., August
5, 1917 (age 67 years, 1
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ishpeming, Mich.
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John Young (1802-1852) —
of Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., June 12,
1802.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1832, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1836-37, 1841-43; Governor of
New York, 1847-49.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1852 (age 49 years, 316
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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John Carroll Young (b. 1904) —
of Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Manlius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
29, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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Samuel Young (1779-1850) —
of Ballston town, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1813-15, 1826; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1814-15, 1826; member of New York
state senate, 1817-21, 1835-40, 1846-47 (Eastern District
1817-21, 4th District 1835-40, 1846-47); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1824; secretary
of state of New York, 1842-45.
Died in Ballston town, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1850 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Briggs
Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
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William Young (b. 1870) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Lycoming County Republican Party, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly, 1905-07 (New York County 21st District 1905-06,
New York County 17th District 1907).
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Young and Caroline (Van Patten) Young. |
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William Jones Youngs (1851-1916) —
also known as William J. Youngs —
of Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., June 24,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1879-80; Queens
County District Attorney; private secretary to Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1902-15; newspaper
editor.
Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
27, 1916 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61; imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Jewish.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Zaretzki (b. 1900) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1948-74 (23rd District 1948-65, 32nd District 1966,
28th District 1967-74).
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth P. Zebrowski (1945-2007) —
also known as Ken Zebrowski —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1945.
Lawyer; Rockland
County Legislator, 1973-2003; board chairman and acting
president, Nyack Hospital;
candidate for New York
state senate, 1999, 2000; member of New York
state assembly 94th District, 2005-07; died in office 2007.
Catholic.
Died, of hepatitis
C, in Nyack Hospital,
Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March
18, 2007 (age 61 years, 126
days).
Interment at St.
Anthony's Cemetery, Nanuet, N.Y.
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Kenneth Paul Zebrowski Jr. (born c.1981) —
also known as Kenneth P. Zebrowski, Jr. —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born about 1981.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 94th District, 2007-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Lee M. Zeldin (b. 1980) —
of Shirley, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in East Meadow, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
30, 1980.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 2011-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 2015-; defeated, 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans.
Still living as of 2018.
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Herbert Zelenko (1906-1979) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
16, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1955-63.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
23, 1979 (age 72 years, 344
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Martha Kregman Zelman —
of Holliswood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1969.
Female.
Still living as of 1969.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
| | | The champion racehorse
"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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N. P. Zimmer (b. 1868) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 34th District,
1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Missouri Official Manual 1923 |
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Herbert A. Zimmerman —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1917-22 (Erie County 8th District 1917, Erie
County 7th District 1918-22).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Zuckerbrot (1909-1966) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland),
August
23, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1940; candidate
for New York
state senate, 1942 (11th District), 1946 (8th District).
Jewish.
Died April
28, 1966 (age 56 years, 248
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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