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William Stormont Hackett (1868-1926) —
also known as William S. Hackett —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
7, 1868.
Democrat. President, Albany City Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1922-26; died in office 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Injured in an automobile
accident in Cuba, and died three weeks later, from the injuries
and erysipelas,
in American Hospital,
Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
March
4, 1926 (age 57 years, 87
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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George Clinton Hafford (1862-1941) —
also known as George C. Hafford —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 10,
1862.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1928.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Michigan, August
19, 1941 (age 79 years, 40
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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George Marlette Haight (1879-1967) —
also known as George M. Haight —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Onondaga Valley, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
5, 1879.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1914, 1924;
defeated, 1915; chair of
Onondaga County Democratic Party, 1920-22, 1932-34; candidate for
New
York state senate 38th District, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Crouse Irving Hospital,
Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April, 1967
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment at Onondaga
Valley Cemetery, Onondaga Valley, N.Y.
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Leonard Wood Hall (1900-1979) —
also known as Leonard W. Hall —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
2, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1927-28, 1934-38;
Nassau
County Sheriff, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1939-52 (1st District 1939-45, 2nd
District 1945-52); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956
(speaker);
Nassau
County Surrogate, 1952-57; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1953-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 2,
1979 (age 78 years, 243
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Joseph Nelson Hallock (1861-1942) —
also known as Joseph N. Hallock —
of Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
16, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1899-1901.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1942
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Southold, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Hallock and Maria J. (Dickerson) Hallock; married to Ella
Boldry. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
also known as "Alexander the
Coppersmith" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Shot
and mortally
wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married, December
14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of Alexander
Hamilton Jr., James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; great-grandfather of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton; ancestor *** of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Hamilton,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Dudley
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
— Alex
Woodle
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his
portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $2 to $1,000. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Historical
Society of the New York Courts |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Donald
Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1957) |
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Samuel Lawrence Hammerman (1891-1965) —
also known as S. Lawrence Hammerman —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Kings Park, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
18, 1891.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in January, 1965
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Hammerman and Amelia (Ornstein) Hammerman; married 1918 to Esther
Borstein. |
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Chauncey B. Hammond (b. 1882) —
of near Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira town, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
5, 1882.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1935-39; resigned 1939;
member of New York
state senate, 1940-52 (41st District 1940-44, 46th District
1945-52).
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Shubael Hammond (1851-1906) —
of Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Junius town, Seneca
County, N.Y., July 29,
1851.
Democrat. Farmer; supervisor
of Meridian Township, Michigan, 1890-92, 1896-1900; Ingham
County Sheriff, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich., December
16, 1906 (age 55 years, 140
days).
Interment at Leek Cemetery, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, Mich.
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William H. Hampton —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1935-44; defeated, 1944.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Mackie Hampton and Agnes (Hately) Hampton; married to
Esther Kolpien. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) —
also known as Winfield S. Hancock —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., February
14, 1824.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1868,
1876;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880.
Member, Freemasons; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Governor's Island, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1886 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Montgomery
Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock
Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Rhodes Hanley (1876-1961) —
also known as Joe R. Hanley —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, May 30,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
ordained
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Rotary;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in Perry Nursing
Home, Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October
31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Arthur Thomas Hannett (1884-1966) —
also known as Arthur T. Hannett —
of Gallup, McKinley
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., February
17, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
mayor
of Gallup, N.M., 1918-22; Governor of
New Mexico, 1925-27; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico, 1939-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks.
Died March
18, 1966 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March
21, 1866.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bertram Eugene Harcourt (1881-1940) —
also known as Bertram E. Harcourt —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., August
14, 1881.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1940; died in office 1940.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack in front of the Broadhurst Theatre,
and died soon after, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
9, 1940 (age 59 years, 117
days).
Interment at Boxwood
Cemetery, Medina, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Harcourt and Sarah E. (Hagadorn) Harcourt; married to Bertha
H. Hacking. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) —
also known as Philip J. A. Harper —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born October
21, 1824.
Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers;
village
president of Hempstead, New York, 1870.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart and
kidney
trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
1896 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Jacob Harris (1877-1960) —
also known as Samuel J. Harris —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 7,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1940-45.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., 1960
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Joel Harris and Rachael Adeline (Brown) Harris; married,
June
14, 1921, to Goldie G. Weisburg. |
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Louis Bret Hart (1869-1939) —
also known as Louis B. Hart —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., March
30, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Surrogate, 1905-39; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 18,
1939 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hart and Hannah (Marcy) Hart; married, April
19, 1897, to Emelie Monteath Weed. |
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John Francis Harter (1897-1947) —
also known as J. Francis Harter —
of Eggertsville, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
1, 1897.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Moose; Eagles.
Died December
20, 1947 (age 50 years, 110
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Gustave Hartman (1880-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
August
12, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1905-06;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1908; municipal judge
in New York, 1913-17, 1921-29; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923, 1924, 1929; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Founder and president, Israel Orphan Asylum, New York City.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1936 (age 56 years, 92
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument at Hartman
Triangle, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Kalman Hartman and Sarah 'Sallie' (Luchs) Hartman; married, September
9, 1928, to May Weisser. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved husband, devoted
brother, a life of service." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Times, November
13, 1936 |
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Charles A. Harwood (1880-1950) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1910; U.S.
District Judge for Canal Zone, 1937-38; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1941-46.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1950 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Harwood and Johanna Harwood; married 1915 to Alma
H. Hendricks. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Conrad Hasenflug (1863-1932) —
also known as "Cooney" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Frankfort (Frankfurt am Main), Germany,
February
27, 1863.
Democrat. Wholesale
produce business; saloon
owner; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1900-01; member
of New
York state senate 9th District, 1905-08; defeated, 1908.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Redmen.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
24, 1932 (age 69 years, 271
days).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Conrad Hasenflug and Elizabeth (Stickler) Hasenflug; brother of
Henry
Hasenflug Sr.. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Reuben Locke Haskell (1878-1971) —
also known as Reuben L. Haskell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
5, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1912; county judge in New York, 1920-25; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Royal
Arcanum; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Delta
Chi.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
2, 1971 (age 92 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, N.Y.
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Ernest I. Hatfield (b. 1890) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Pleasant town, Westchester
County, N.Y., April, 1890.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1943-47 (Dutchess County 2nd District 1943-44,
Dutchess County 1945-47); resigned 1947; member of New York
state senate, 1948-64 (33rd District 1948-54, 35th District
1955-64).
French
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Grotto;
Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Smith Havens (1834-1906) —
also known as Charles S. Havens —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Born in Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1834.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1878.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his general
store, Center Moriches, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
23, 1906 (age 71 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Long Island, N.Y.
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Oswald D. Heck (1902-1959) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., February
13, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1932-59 (Schenectady County 1st District 1932-44,
Schenectady County 1945-59); died in office 1959; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1937-51; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons; American Bar
Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., May 21,
1959 (age 57 years, 97
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to Beulah
W. Slocum. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Horace Heffren (1831-1883) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 27,
1831.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1883; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., May 20,
1883 (age 51 years, 358
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Heiberger (c.1862-1932) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1862.
Republican. Real estate
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
23, 1932 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Pauline Volkert. |
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Sidney S. Hein (1907-1972) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1961; director, Franklin National Bank,
Eagle Insurance
Company of New Jersey, Peninsula Hospital,
and Brunswick Hospital.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Foresters.
Died, from a heart
attack, at the Inwood Country Club, Inwood, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1972 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugo Hein and Regina (Pulitzer) Hein; married to Frederica
Clark. |
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Chester Arthur Heitman (b. 1880) —
also known as Chester A. Heitman —
of Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
12, 1880.
Investment
securities business; Republican candidate for New York
state senate 24th District, 1924; mayor
of Spring Valley, N.Y., 1930; defeated (Democratic), 1935;
Democratic candidate for New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1934.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Perry Henderson (1842-1909) —
also known as Henry P. Henderson —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Tully, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1876; law partner of George
M. Huntington, 1881-88; justice of
Utah territorial supreme court, 1886-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Utah Territory, 1892.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 3,
1909 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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William Henkel Jr. (1885-1929) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, March 1,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1916; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following surgery for an abdominal
infection, in the Post Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
22, 1929 (age 44 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence James Henry (1902-1973) —
also known as Clarence J. Henry; Cass
Henry —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
15, 1902.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1961-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in a hospital
at Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
23, 1973 (age 71 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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D-Cady Herrick II (1908-1974) —
of Slingerlands, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 5,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1947-54.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Alpha
Delta Phi; Pi
Delta Epsilon.
Died February
20, 1974 (age 65 years, 352
days).
Interment at North Chatham Cemetery, North Chatham, N.Y.
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Merton W. Herrick (1834-1907) —
of St.
Croix County, Wis.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., November
19, 1834.
School
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; St.
Croix County Treasurer, 1867-72; lumber
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1881.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died March
24, 1907 (age 72 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alvin Earl Heutchy (b. 1915) —
also known as Alvin E. Heutchy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Kensington, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March
15, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1948.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Freemasons; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (1896-1971) —
also known as Bourke B. Hickenlooper —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Blockton, Taylor
County, Iowa, July 21,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1934-38; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1939-43; Governor of
Iowa, 1943-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1944,
1952,
1956
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1945-69.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 75 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Harry B. Hickey (1875-1945) —
of Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Brant, Erie
County, N.Y., January
21, 1875.
Democrat. Furniture
business; meat
merchant; candidate for New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1923;
postmaster at Fredonia,
N.Y., 1936-42 (acting, 1936-37).
Member, Freemasons; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, in the Silver Creek Hospital,
Silver Creek, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
20, 1945 (age 70 years, 58
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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Frank Wayland Higgins (1856-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Higgins —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
18, 1856.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1888;
member of New York
state senate, 1894-1902 (32nd District 1894-95, 50th District
1896-1902); Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1903-04; Governor of
New York, 1905-06.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., February
12, 1907 (age 50 years, 178
days).
Interment at Mt.
View Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.
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Charles H. Hitchcock (b. 1850) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1899-1901; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1924-25.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Devoe Pell Hodson (1856-1932) —
also known as Devoe P. Hodson —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., March
23, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1906-13; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
member, New York State Public Service Commission, 1914-19; candidate
for New York
state attorney general, 1917.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 16,
1932 (age 76 years, 54
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Horatio Hodson and Harriett Ward (Pell) Hodson; married to
Mariette Wood. |
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memorial |
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Almeth White Hoff (1878-1950) —
also known as Almeth W. Hoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1911-12, 1914-15;
defeated, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1944.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
22, 1950 (age 71 years, 272
days).
Interment at Rahway
Cemetery, Rahway, N.J.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Samuel H. Hofstadter (b. 1894) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Austria,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1925-28;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1929-32; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1933-60.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Percy Hooker (b. 1860) —
also known as S. Percy Hooker —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Black Earth, Dane
County, Wis., December
5, 1860.
Republican. Medicine
maker; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1902-06; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1907-08.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1907 |
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke,
in a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jacob H. Hoysradt (1858-1911) —
of Ancram, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in 1858.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1894.
Member, Freemasons; Grange.
Killed
himself with chloroform,
in Ancram, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
14, 1911 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1880 to Carrie
Miller. |
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Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) —
also known as Lucius F. Hubbard —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1836.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain
business; railroad
builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of
Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
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Irving G. Hubbs (1870-1952) —
of Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1912-28; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1918-23; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1929-39; resigned 1939.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 22,
1952 (age 81 years, 247
days).
Interment at Pulaski
Cemetery, Pulaski, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George L. Hubbs and Catherine (Snyder) Hubbs; married, January
3, 1893, to Nancy Clark 'Nannie' Dixson. |
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memorial |
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1936 |
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March
12, 1864.
Republican. Grain
business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901; postmaster;
president, Williamsburg Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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William S. Hults Jr. (1906-1999) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 18,
1906.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1943-44; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1945-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died in 1999
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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Isaac L. Hunt Jr. —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Progressive. Member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1882-84;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Kress Huson (1828-1875) —
also known as Samuel K. Huson —
of Dundee, Yates
County, N.Y.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in New York, 1828.
Physician;
postmaster at Lawrence,
Kan., 1859-61; mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1862.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., January
2, 1875 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Huson and Rebecca (Kress) Huson; married to Polly Ann
Spicer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James William Husted (1833-1892) —
also known as James W. Husted; "Bald
Eagle" —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
31, 1833.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1869-81, 1884-92 (Westchester County 3rd District
1869-78, Rockland County 1879-80, Westchester County 3rd District
1881, 1884-92); died in office 1892; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1886-87, 1890;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney
disease and heart
failure, in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
25, 1892 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Arthur Mastick Hyde (1877-1947) —
also known as Arthur M. Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.; Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., July 12,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
mayor of Princeton, Mo., 1908-10; Progressive candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1912; Governor of
Missouri, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932;
president, Sentinel Life
Insurance Company of Kansas City; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, following cancer
surgery, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1947 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
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