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Politician members in New York

  Elaine Bloom (b. 1937) — of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 16, 1937. Democrat. Member of Florida state house of representatives 106th District, 1974-78, 1986-2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1976 (alternate), 1992, 1996; candidate for Florida state senate 36th District, 1978; candidate for U.S. Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2000. Female. Jewish. Member, League of Women Voters; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2000.
Carrie Chapman Catt Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) — also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman — of Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wis., January 9, 1859. School teacher; superintendent of schools; woman suffrage activist; president, National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and 1915-20; founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1982. Died, from a heart attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., March 9, 1947 (age 88 years, 59 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Lucius Lane and Maria (Clinton) Lane; married, February 12, 1885, to Leo Chapman; married, June 10, 1890, to George W. Catt.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — National Women's Hall of Fame
  Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1948)
Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) — also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St. Hill — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 30, 1924. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980; Honorary Co-Chair, 1984; speaker, 1988. Female. Methodist. African ancestry. Member, League of Women Voters; NAACP; Americans for Democratic Action; National Organization for Women; Urban League; Delta Sigma Theta. Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993. Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Fla., January 1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill; married, October 8, 1949, to Conrad Chisholm; married, November 26, 1977, to Arthur Hardwick, Jr.
  Cross-reference: Bevan Dufty
  Campaign slogan: "Unbought and unbossed."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — National Women's Hall of Fame
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) — also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 13, 1892. Republican. Psychologist; U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964; speaker, 1952, 1960. Female. Methodist. Member, League of Women Voters; Phi Beta Kappa; American Association of University Women; Delta Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta Sigma Phi; American Legion Auxiliary. Died May 26, 1990 (age 97 years, 255 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
  Relatives: Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt; married, December 21, 1918, to Ralph Edwin Church.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Marion Constantine (1889-1987) — also known as Marion Hamilton — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Passaic, Passaic County, N.J.; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor County, Vt. Born in Seymour, New Haven County, Conn., May 29, 1889. Stenographer; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Passaic County, 1947. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Died in February, 1987 (age 97 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Robert A. Hamilton and Harriet (Beecher) Hamilton; married to Joseph H. Constantine.
  Sara Buek Crawford (b. 1876) — also known as Sara B. Crawford — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 2, 1876. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Westport, 1925-28, 1931-38; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1939-41. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Burial location unknown.
  Helen Gordon Davis (b. 1926) — of Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1926. Democrat. Member of Florida state house of representatives, 1975-88; member of Florida state senate, 1989. Female. Member, NAACP; League of Women Voters. Inducted 1998 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame. Still living as of 2001.
  Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) — also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink Lady" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Boonton, Morris County, N.J., November 25, 1900. Actress and opera singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940 (alternate), 1944 (speaker), 1948; vice-chair of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent). Female. Scottish and Irish ancestry. Member, League of Women Voters; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died, of cancer, in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 28, 1980 (age 79 years, 216 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Walter Hamer Gahagan and Lillian Rose (Mussen) Gahagan; married, April 5, 1931, to Melvyn Douglas.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile
  Hazel Nell Dukes (b. 1932) — also known as Hazel N. Dukes — of Roslyn Heights, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., March 17, 1932. Democrat. Member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1975-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996; member, Rules Committee, 2008; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Female. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, League of Women Voters; NAACP. Still living as of 2008.
  June Margolin Eisland — also known as June M. Eisland — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984 (alternate), 1988, 1996, 2000. Female. Jewish. Member, NAACP; League of Women Voters. Still living as of 2000.
  Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) — of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 16, 1948. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; mayor of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009. Female. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women Voters; National Organization for Women. Still living as of 2009.
  Helen Getler (b. 1925) — of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 30, 1925. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972. Female. Jewish. Member, Delta Sigma Pi; League of Women Voters. Still living as of 1993.
  Anne Clark Martindell (1914-2008) — also known as Anne C. Martindell; Anne Clark; Mrs. Jackson Martindell — of Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 18, 1914. Democrat. School teacher; vice-chair of New Jersey Democratic Party, 1969-74; member of New Jersey state senate 14th District, 1974-77; member of Democratic National Committee from New Jersey, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1979-81; Western Samoa, 1979-81. Female. Episcopalian. Member, League of Women Voters. Died June 11, 2008 (age 93 years, 329 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of William Clark and Marjory (Blair) Clark; married, August 12, 1948, to Jackson Martindell.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Annie Mathews (1866-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 6, 1866. Democrat. Dressmaker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; New York County Register, 1922-29; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Died, in Glenwood Nursing Home, Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., October 24, 1959 (age 92 years, 352 days). Burial location unknown.
  Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) — also known as Lucy Maurer; Lucille Shirley Darvin — of Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md. Born, in Bushwick Hospital, Rockland County, N.Y., November 21, 1922. Democrat. Economist; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967-68; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1969-87; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1970; Maryland state treasurer, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988. Female. Jewish. Member, League of Women Voters; National Trust for Historic Preservation; American Association of University Women; National Organization for Women. Elected to Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, 1990. Died of a brain tumor, in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md., June 17, 1996 (age 73 years, 209 days). Interment at Jewish Community Cemetery, New Hempstead, N.Y.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) — also known as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt — of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1884. Democrat. First Lady of the United States, 1933-45; delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, 1945-53; member, United Nations Commission on Human Rights; newspaper columnist; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1952, 1956, 1960; member, President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62. Female. Member, League of Women Voters; NAACP. Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973. Died, of tuberculosis, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 7, 1962 (age 78 years, 27 days). Interment at Roosevelt Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt and Anna (Hall) Roosevelt; sister of Gracie Hall Roosevelt (who married Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt); married, March 17, 1905, to Franklin Delano Roosevelt; mother of James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; niece of Theodore Roosevelt and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson; grandniece of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt; great-grandniece of James I. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece of William Bellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter of Archibald Bulloch; first cousin of Theodore Douglas Robinson, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Corinne Robinson Alsop, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and William Sheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed of Corinne A. Chubb and John deKoven Alsop; first cousin twice removed of Susan Roosevelt Weld; second cousin thrice removed of Philip DePeyster; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Roosevelt Jr..
  Political family: Roosevelt family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail — National Women's Hall of Fame
  Books about Eleanor Roosevelt: Hazel Rowley, Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Maurine H. Beasley, Eleanor Roosevelt: Transformative First Lady
  Dorothy H. Rose (b. 1920) — of Angola, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 21, 1920. Democrat. Librarian; member of New York state assembly, 1965-68 (Erie County 8th District 1965, 163rd District 1966, 147th District 1967-68). Female. Catholic. Member, League of Women Voters; Grange; Delta Kappa Gamma. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Thomas A. Rose.
  Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) — also known as Alice V. McSherry — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 18, 1894. Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member of Connecticut state senate 24th District, 1943-46. Female. Member, Grange; League of Women Voters. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry.
  Alice Sachs (1905-1997) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., December 18, 1905. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958, 1960; candidate for New York state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964, 1980, 1984; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Female. Jewish. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; League of Women Voters; B'nai B'rith; Urban League; Phi Beta Kappa; American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP. Died at the Hallmark Nursing Centre in North Granville, Washington County, N.Y., March 29, 1997 (age 91 years, 101 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Sachs and Flora (Weil) Sachs.
  Olive C. Sanford (b. 1875) — of Nutley, Essex County, N.J. Born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., December 19, 1875. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1935-36, 1938-42; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County, 1947. Female. Member, League of Women Voters; American Association of University Women. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1900 to F. H. Sanford.
  Anna Mary Tibbets — also known as Anna Tibbets — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Tibbetts Hills, Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Democrat. School teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948. Female. Unitarian. Member, American Association of University Women; League of Women Voters. Burial location unknown.
  Edith P. Welty (c.1881-1957) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, about 1881. Successfully advocated for city manager system in Yonkers, 1938; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1949. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Died, in St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., December 31, 1957 (age about 76 years). Burial location unknown.
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