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Kenneth Seaborne MacAffer (b. 1900) —
also known as Kenneth S. MacAffer —
of Menands, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Green Island, Albany
County, N.Y., March 1,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1922; chair of
Albany County Republican Party, 1938-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1940,
1944,
1948;
member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1950-58; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1950.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Abram Bennett Macardell (1877-1958) —
also known as Abram B. Macardell —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Hope, Orange
County, N.Y., July 28,
1877.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; mayor
of Middletown, N.Y., 1924-29; defeated, 1921, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Moose; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., January
10, 1958 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Middletown, N.Y.
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Robert Sayre MacCormack (1872-1938) —
also known as Robert S. MacCormack —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
president of a fruit
auction company; president, New York Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Exchange; director, Franklin National Bank of
New York; mayor
of Westfield, N.J., 1936-38; died in office 1938.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1938 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
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Henry Edmund Machold (1880-1967) —
also known as H. Edmund Machold —
of Ellisburg, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 5,
1880.
Republican. Dairy farmer; banker; utility
executive; member of New York
state assembly, 1912-24 (Jefferson County 1st District 1912-17,
Jefferson County 1918-24); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1921-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1924;
New York
Republican state chair, 1928-29; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; executive committee chairman, St. Regis Paper
Company.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, in the Upstate Medical
Center, Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
6, 1967 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Ellisburg
Cemetery, Ellisburg, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Bernard P. Machold and Martha (Mehlman) Machold; married, November
14, 1900, to Jennie Ella Ward. |
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William Kingsland Macy (1889-1961) —
also known as W. Kingsland Macy —
of Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1889.
Republican. Business
executive; banker; chair of
Suffolk County Republican Party, 1926-51; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948;
New York
Republican state chair, 1930-34; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938;
member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1946; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1947-51; defeated,
1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 15,
1961 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Cemetery, Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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Walter Warren Magee (1861-1927) —
also known as Walter W. Magee —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 23,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1915-27; died in
office 1927.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 27,
1927 (age 66 years, 4
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Hubert Carpenter Mandeville (b. 1867) —
also known as Hubert C. Mandeville —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
29, 1867.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 41st District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons; Psi
Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar W. Mandeville and Carri E. Mandeville; married 1892 to Mary
F. Stoops. |
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Harry Ray Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Harry R. Marble —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in West Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 27,
1876.
Republican. School
teacher; railroad
office employee; farmer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1934-50.
Universalist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harrison R. Marble and Sabra (Simmons) Marble; married, March
21, 1900, to Effie May Cottrell. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Louis W. Marcus (1863-1923) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 18,
1863.
Erie
County Surrogate, 1896; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1905-23; died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
18, 1923 (age 60 years, 92
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Harrison Markham (1840-1923) —
also known as Henry H. Markham —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wilmington, Essex
County, N.Y., November
16, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
gold and silver mining
business; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1885-87; Governor of
California, 1891-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following a stroke,
in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
9, 1923 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Haskell Harold Marks (b. 1880) —
also known as Haskell H. Marks —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
24, 1880.
Republican. Jeweler;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1929-33;
defeated, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Marks and Anna (Aronberg) Marks. |
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Samuel Marks (b. 1861) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
24, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1909;
defeated, 1909.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Order
of Heptasophs.
Burial location unknown.
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L. Richard Marshall (1917-1983) —
of Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., August
21, 1917.
Republican. Feed mill
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-77 (Chemung County 1963-65, 139th District
1966, 126th District 1967-77).
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in June, 1983
(age 65
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) —
also known as Thoroughgood Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 2,
1908.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; resigned
1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; NAACP; National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1946 First
African-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
24, 1993 (age 84 years, 206
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at Lawyers'
Mall, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1929, to Vivien Burey; married, December
17, 1955, to Cecilia
Suyat; father of Thurgood
Marshall Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Marshall
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
Curtis Bryson |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: Juan
Williams, Thurgood
Marshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,
Justice
Thurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His Judicial
Biography — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1936-1961 — Gilbert King, Devil
in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of
a New America |
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Frederick Stanley Martin (1794-1865) —
also known as Frederick S. Martin —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Rutland
County, Vt., April
25, 1794.
County judge in New York, 1840-45; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1848-49; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1850; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1851-53.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 28,
1865 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.; reinterment in 1896 at Mt.
View Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.
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Edwyn E. Mason (born c.1916) —
of Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in De Peyster, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., about 1916.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-72 (Delaware County 1953-65, 124th District
1966, 113th District 1967-72); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons; Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Grange.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Melva
Bettinger. |
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner Chemical
Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks; American Bar
Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Agnes
E. Warner. |
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Burr Mattice (1856-1903) —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y., July 10,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Otsego
County District Attorney, 1893; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1897-1903; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
9, 1903 (age 47 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Marshuetz Mayer (1865-1925) —
also known as Julius M. Mayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908;
New
York state attorney general, 1905-06; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1912-21; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1921-24; resigned
1924.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1925 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo;
married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of Woodrow
Wilson and Ellen
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson of John
Floyd. |
| | | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Byron
R. Newton — Nat
Rogan |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May
1919 |
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Charles Paul McClelland (1854-1944) —
also known as Charles P. McClelland —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland,
December
19, 1854.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1885-86,
1891; member of New York
state senate, 1892-93, 1903 (12th District 1892-93, 22nd District
1903); resigned 1903; member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers,
1903-26; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-39; retired 1939.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 6,
1944 (age 89 years, 170
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin McClung (b. 1867) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New Windsor, Orange
County, N.Y., 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1908-11.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel McClung and Margaret (Upright) McClung. |
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Robert Cameron McEwen (1920-1997) —
also known as Robert C. McEwen —
of Oswegatchie town, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., January
5, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1954-64 (39th District 1954, 40th District
1955-64); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-81 (31st District 1965-73,
30th District 1973-81).
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Elks; Rotary.
Died of cardiac
arrest, at the A. Barton Hepburn Hospital,
Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 15,
1997 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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John Joseph McFall (1918-2006) —
also known as John J. McFall —
of Manteca, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
20, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Manteca, Calif., 1948-50; member of California
state assembly, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from California, 1957-79 (11th District 1957-63,
15th District 1963-75, 14th District 1975-79); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Grange;
American
Legion; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Lions.
Died March 7,
2006 (age 88 years, 15
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Allen McIlmoyl (1853-1937) —
also known as Henry A. McIlmoyl —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Cardinal, Ontario,
April
5, 1853.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
surgeon;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., September
21, 1937 (age 84 years, 169
days).
Interment at Iroquois Point Cemetery, Iroquois, South Dundas, Ontario.
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Edwin Jonathan McIntosh (1826-1909) —
also known as Jonathan McIntosh —
of Lodi, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., November
6, 1826.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1880-81.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lodi, San Joaquin
County, Calif., April
19, 1909 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Woodbridge, Calif.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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William James McKone (1866-1928) —
also known as William J. McKone —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Montezuma, Cayuga
County, N.Y., August
23, 1866.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1906-15.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
28, 1928 (age 62 years, 5
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin McKone and Mary C. (Bell) McKone; married 1892 to Minnie
Townsend; grandnephew of Samuel
Bell. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1911 |
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Robert H. McKune (1823-1894) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., August
19, 1823.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1875-78.
Member, Freemasons.
While attempting to quell a riot in 1877, he was attacked,
and his skull was fractured.
Died, of heart
failure, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
9, 1894 (age 71 years, 51
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married 1844 to Elmira
Smith. |
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles W. Mead (born c.1852) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Chautauqua
County, N.Y., about 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Albany County Republican Party, 1884; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1903-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred L. Meiss (b. 1885) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
14, 1885.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; jailer;
Oneida
County Sheriff, 1923-25; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1934-37.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Albert Merritt (d. 1911) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Member of New
Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1882-84.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 3,
1911.
Burial location unknown.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Steamship
captain; wholesale
grocer; lawyer; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-96; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Wilson Messer (1876-1958) —
of Campbell town, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Campbell town, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
23, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; automobile
dealer; real estate
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1924-36;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary.
Died in 1958
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (White) Messer and Thomas Messer; married, June 3,
1920, to Maude B. Woodcock. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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George R. Metcalf (1914-2002) —
of near Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
5, 1914.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
New
York state senate, 1951-65 (47th District 1951-54, 48th District
1955-65); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1968.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles.
Died, in Auburn Memorial Hospital,
Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 30,
2002 (age 88 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Bradley. |
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Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873-1944) —
also known as Charles D. Millard —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
1, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1920-37; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1931-37; resigned
1937; Westchester
County Surrogate, 1937-43.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Psi
Upsilon.
Fearing that he was losing his mind, he jumped
from the north end of the Henry Hudson Bridge, and fell 150
feet to his death on the rocks below, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
11, 1944 (age 71 years, 10
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Arthur I. Miller (b. 1879) —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in England,
January
4, 1879.
Democrat. Auctioneer;
merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 5th District, 1923-24,
1926-27; defeated, 1927; real estate
sales; purchasing
agent.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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Cary Roy Miller (1872-1919) —
also known as Cary R. Miller —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Millersburg, Elkhart
County, Ind., February
25, 1872.
U.S. Vice Consul in Stockholm, 1918-19, died in office 1919.
Member, Freemasons.
Shot
and killed
himself, in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1919 (age 47 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakridge
Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
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Charles P. Miller (b. 1884) —
of South Byron, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Byron, Genesee
County, N.Y., October
1, 1884.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1919-31.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank G. Miller (b. 1863) —
of Apalachin, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., July 12,
1863.
Republican. Bookkeeper;
grocer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1930-37; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Isaac Newton Mills (1851-1929) —
also known as Isaac N. Mills —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., September
10, 1851.
Republican. Westchester
County Judge, 1884-95; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1901-02; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1907-21; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an infection
that followed surgery, in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 14,
1929 (age 77 years, 307
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Church Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
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Presumably named
for: Isaac
Newton |
| | | Relatives: Son of Isaac Mills and Susan
E. (Arnold) Mills; married to Cara Maria Burnett. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.) Herald,
December 31, 1921 |
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William F. R. Mills (b. 1856) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1856.
Republican. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1918-19; president, City Elite Laundry Co.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1881 to
Corwina Rouse. |
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Donald Jerome Mitchell (1923-2003) —
also known as Donald J. Mitchell —
of Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Ilion, Herkimer
County, N.Y., May 8,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; optometrist;
mayor
of Herkimer, N.Y., 1956-59; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-72 (Herkimer County 1965, 122nd District
1966, 112th District 1967-72); U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1973-83.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks;
Freemasons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
27, 2003 (age 80 years, 142
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Herkimer, N.Y.
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Richard H. Mitchell (1869-1933) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1898; member
of New
York state senate 21st District, 1899-1900; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1917-33; died in office 1933.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke,
and died four days later without regaining consciousness, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1933 (age 63 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James B. Mitchell and Emma (Henry) Mitchell; married, November
15, 1906, to Maud Augusta Riegelman. |
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Robert Monell (1787-1860) —
of Greene, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., April
25, 1787.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1814-15, 1825-26, 1828; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1819-21, 1829-31 (15th District
1819-21, 21st District 1829-31); circuit judge in New York, 1831-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Greene, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
29, 1860 (age 73 years, 218
days).
Interment at Canal
Street Cemetery, Greene, N.Y.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.; Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1758.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Spotsylvania County, 1788; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, February
16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright and Elizabeth
Kortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George
Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur); nephew of Joseph
Jones; uncle of Thomas
Bell Monroe and James
Monroe (1799-1870); granduncle of Victor
Monroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who married Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop; third great-granduncle of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed of William
Grayson; second cousin of Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and John
Brady Grayson. |
| | | Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Monrovia,
Liberia, is named for
him. — Mount
Monroe, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Fort
Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, Hampton,
Virginia, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Rosse
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— J.
Monroe Driesbach
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Jones
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— J.
M. Alford
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
— James
M. Miley
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and
1890s. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Frank C. Moore (1896-1978) —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
March
23, 1896.
Republican. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1938;
New
York state comptroller, 1943-50; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1951-53; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Freemasons; Eagles;
National
Rifle Association; Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Crystal River, Citrus
County, Fla., April
23, 1978 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elmlawn
Cemetery, Tonawanda, N.Y.
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Thomas Channing Moore (b. 1872) —
also known as T. Channing Moore —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1872.
Republican. Sales
manager; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1920-26,
1929.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Phi
Delta Theta; Union
League; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. W. C. Moore; married 1907 to Bertha
Douglas Stone; grandson of Francis
Elias Spinner. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Sherman Moreland (b. 1870) —
of Van Etten, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Etten town, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
22, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1903-07; defeated, 1907.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Chauncey Moreland and Elizabeth (Simpson)
Moreland. |
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Edward M. Morgan (1857-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
16, 1857.
Republican. Postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1907-17, 1921-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons.
On November 9, 1908, near his home on 146th Street, he was shot
and wounded by Eric Mackay, an "eccentric stenographer", who then
shot and killed himself.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in Lutheran Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
9, 1925 (age 67 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances Paterson. |
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Grover M. Moscowitz (1886-1947) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., August
31, 1886.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-47;
died in office 1947; his practice of giving lucrative bankruptcy
receiverships to members of his former partner's law firm was condemned
as unethical
by the U.S. House on April 8, 1930.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
31, 1947 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Cremated.
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Joseph Mullin (1848-1897) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 29,
1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1888;
member of New York
state senate, 1892-97 (21st District 1892-93, 22nd District
1894-95, 35th District 1896-97); died in office 1897.
Member, Freemasons.
Died suddenly, at the University Club, New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1897 (age 49 years, 95
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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