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  John Taber (1880-1965) — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 5, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; county judge in New York, 1911-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1936 (member, Resolutions Committee); chair of Cayuga County Republican Party, 1920-24; U.S. Representative from New York, 1923-63 (36th District 1923-45, 38th District 1945-53, 36th District 1953-63). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., November 22, 1965 (age 85 years, 201 days). Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Franklin P. Taber and Mary (Parker) Taber; married, April 13, 1929, to Gertrude J. Beard.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Irving Taylor (1877-1946) — also known as Benjamin I. Taylor — of Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Redmen; Royal Arcanum; Foresters. Died, in United Hospital, Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., September 5, 1946 (age 68 years, 258 days). Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Maurice H. Taylor and Ella (Archer) Taylor; married to Harriet Tyler Bulkley.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert Lee Taylor (1912-1993) — also known as Robert L. Taylor — of Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., August 9, 1912. Democrat. Mayor of Salamanca, N.Y., 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, Moose; Elks; Rotary; Freemasons; Sons of the American Revolution; Alpha Zeta. Died July 6, 1993 (age 80 years, 331 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
  Richard Harkness Templeton (b. 1877) — also known as Richard H. Templeton — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 23, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1925-34. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Templeton and Charlotte (Harkness) Templeton; married 1908 to Mai Morgan.
  Herbert Tenzer (1905-1993) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 1, 1905. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1965-69. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died March 24, 1993 (age 87 years, 143 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Warren Thomas Thayer (1869-1956) — also known as Warren T. Thayer — of Chateaugay, Franklin County, N.Y. Born in Burke, Franklin County, N.Y., July 12, 1869. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of New York state assembly from Franklin County, 1916-20; member of New York state senate 34th District, 1921-34. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Alice Hyde Hospital, Malone, Franklin County, N.Y., March 2, 1956 (age 86 years, 234 days). Interment at East Side Cemetery, Chateaugay, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Thayer and Hulda (Hall) Thayer; married to Haseltine Miller.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William David Thomas (1880-1936) — also known as William D. Thomas — of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Middle Granville, Washington County, N.Y., March 22, 1880. Republican. Pharmacist; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1925-26; chair of Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1927-34; Rensselaer County Treasurer, 1927-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1936 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1934-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., May 17, 1936 (age 56 years, 56 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of David D. Thomas and Mary (McKenzie) Thomas.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
George L. Thompson George Lincoln Thompson (1864-1941) — also known as George L. Thompson — of Kings Park, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., November 22, 1864. Republican. Merchant; banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; member of New York state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1909-10, 1912; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1915-41; defeated, 1912; died in office 1941. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Lions. Died, from a heart attack, in Kings Park, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., September 1, 1941 (age 76 years, 283 days). Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Graveyard, St. James, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Richmond Ansel Thompson and Ennie Elizabeth (Handshaw) Thompson; married to Lottie F. Scott.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Milton G. Tibbitts (b. 1882) — of Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y. Born in New Hartford, Oneida County, N.Y., 1882. Republican. Mayor of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1950-51, 1954-57. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Irving Dilley Tillman (1886-1954) — also known as Irving D. Tillman — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., September 30, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; Chenango County Clerk, 1928-48; chair of Chenango County Republican Party, 1934-37. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a heart attack, in Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 3, 1954 (age 67 years, 338 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Irving J. Tillman and Arabel (Guiles) Tillman; married, January 16, 1917, to Roxa V. Hann; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan R. Herrick; fourth cousin once removed of James Hammond Trumbull, Erskine Mason Phelps, D-Cady Herrick and Walter Richmond Herrick.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Robert C. Titus Robert Cyrus Titus (1839-1918) — also known as Robert C. Titus — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Eden, Erie County, N.Y., October 24, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Erie County District Attorney, 1878-80; member of New York state senate 31st District, 1882-85; Buffalo superior court judge, 1886-95; Justice of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1896-97; candidate for judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1896; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Freemasons. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., April 27, 1918 (age 78 years, 185 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)
  Arthur Sidney Tompkins (1865-1938) — also known as Arthur S. Tompkins — of Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, N.Y., August 26, 1865. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Rockland County Republican Party, 1888; member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1890; Rockland County Surrogate, 1893-98; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1904; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1899-1903; Justice of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1907-36; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1933. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., January 20, 1938 (age 72 years, 147 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Sidney Brooks Tompkins and Mary Hazy Yocum (Taylor) Tompkins; married 1889 to Jeanie Craig Logan.
  Cross-reference: Natalie F. Couch
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Daniel D. Tompkins Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y., June 21, 1774. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1802-03; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805; Governor of New York, 1807-17; Vice President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821. Presbyterian or Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., June 11, 1825 (age 50 years, 355 days). Entombed at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Griffin Tompkins and Sarah Ann (Hyatt) Tompkins; brother of Caleb Tompkins; married, February 20, 1798, to Hannah Tompkins; father of Arietta Minthorne Tompkins (who married Gilbert Livingston Thompson) and Mangle Minthorne Tompkins; grandfather of Hannah Minthorne Tompkins (who married Theodore Chardavoyne Vermilye); great-grandfather of Guy Vernor Henry.
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Tompkins County, N.Y. is named for him.
  Tompkins Square Park, in Manhattan, New York, is named for him.
  Politician named for him: Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1896
  Edolphus Towns (b. 1934) — also known as Ed Towns — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Chadbourn, Columbus County, N.C., July 21, 1934. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (11th District 1983-93, 10th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Presbyterian or Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Phi Beta Sigma. Still living as of 2014.
  Cross-reference: Nydia M. Velázquez
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
Eugene M. Travis Eugene Mabbett Travis (1863-1940) — also known as Eugene M. Travis — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 10, 1863. Republican. Wholesale fruit and vegetable business; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1907-12; defeated, 1912; New York state comptroller, 1915-20. Methodist. Member, Royal Arcanum; Order of Heptasophs; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 25, 1940 (age 77 years, 45 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1884 to Fannie Bell Peck.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  James A. Trotter (1852-1928) — of Vassar, Tuscola County, Mich.; Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Schoharie County, N.Y., March, 1852. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Vassar village Clerk, 1877-80;; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; postmaster of Vassar, Mich., 1902. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., 1928 (age about 76 years). Cremated; ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Alexander Trotter and Phebe (Day) Trotter; married, October 3, 1877, to Mary A. 'Mamie' Meehan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James S. Truman (b. 1874) — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 24, 1874. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 41st District, 1925-28. Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
Charles C. Turner Charles Corning Turner (1854-1903) — also known as Carlos C. Turner — of Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook County, Ill. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 6, 1854. Wholesale produce broker; Consul for Uruguay in Chicago, Ill., 1892-1903. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook County, Ill., July 29, 1903 (age 48 years, 235 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
  Relatives: Married, October 3, 1893, to Laura Elizabeth Bradford.
  Image source: Chicago Tribune, January 12, 1896
  Oscar Durland Tuthill (1877-1936) — also known as Oscar D. Tuthill — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 15, 1877. Republican. Dairy business; first selectman of Greenwich, Connecticut, 1921-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Redmen; Rotary. Injured in an automobile accident in Briarcliff, N.Y., and died three days later, in Ossining Hospital, Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., September 29, 1936 (age 59 years, 258 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Jane Sherman.
  Ray B. Tuttle (1905-1983) — of Clarkson, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Brockport, Monroe County, N.Y., August 7, 1905. Democrat. Member of New York state senate 51st District; elected 1948; defeated, 1952. Member, Freemasons; Grotto. Died February 1, 1983 (age 77 years, 178 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Nellie I. Timerson.
  William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) — also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed; "Boss Tweed" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 3, 1823. Democrat. Chairmaker; fire fighter; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York state senate 4th District, 1868-73. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to twelve years in prison; escaped; captured in Spain and brought back to New York. Died in prison, in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 12, 1878 (age 55 years, 9 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Tweed and Eliza (Magear) Tweed; married, September 18, 1844, to Mary Jane C. Skaden.
  Cross-reference: Noah Davis — Charles O'Conor — Thomas Nast — George G. Barnard — Albert Cardozo
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Books about William M. Tweed: Seymour J. Mandelbaum, Boss Tweed's New York — Leo Hershkowitz, Tweed's New York : another look — Kenneth D. Ackerman, Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York
  Albert W. Twiggar (c.1870-1938) — of Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, N.Y., about 1870. Dentist; village president of Ossining, New York, 1923; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Law Preservation candidate for New York state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1933; Law Preservation candidate for New York state senate 26th District, 1934. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died, of pneumonia, in Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., October 30, 1938 (age about 68 years). Interment at Dale Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Twiggar and Caroline (Tompkins) Twiggar; married to Augusta Meeks.
  Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1893. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23; defeated, 1923; indicted by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a manufacturing company; a trial resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1928. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Arrested and indicted in 1939 on charges of protecting a physician who performed illegal abortions; in 1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in soliciting protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the criminal charges, disbarment proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried, and his obituary states that he was "exonerated". Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 6, 1941 (age about 48 years). Entombed at Union Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman; married to Esther or Estelle Blau.
  Charles Lee Underhill (1867-1946) — also known as Charles L. Underhill — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1867. Republican. Blacksmith; hardware merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1900; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1921-33. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 28, 1946 (age 78 years, 192 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Johnson Underhill and Sallie (Clements) Underhill; married, February 25, 1892, to Edith Lamprey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clarence C. Van Fleet (c.1888-1933) — of Middletown, Orange County, N.Y. Born about 1888. Republican. General manager, Middletown Oil Company; mayor of Middletown, N.Y., 1930-33; died in office 1933. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died September 22, 1933 (age about 45 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1917 to Blanche Marion Vincent.
  Frank E. Van Lare (b. 1900) — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Gates town (part now in Rochester), Monroe County, N.Y., February 22, 1900. Republican. Member of New York state senate, 1951-66 (51st District 1951-65, 58th District 1966). Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Grotto; Moose. Burial location unknown.
Stephen Van_Rensselaer Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 1, 1764. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18; member of New York state senate Western District, 1790-95; member of New York council of appointment, 1792; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of New York, 1813; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th District 1823-29). Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Slaveowner. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 26, 1839 (age 74 years, 86 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769) and Catharina (Livingston) Van Rensselaer; half-brother of Rensselaer Westerlo and Catherine Westerlo (who married John Woodworth); brother of Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer; married 1783 to Margarita Schuyler (daughter of Philip John Schuyler); married, May 17, 1802, to Cornelia Bell Paterson (daughter of William Paterson); father of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; uncle of Philip Schuyler; grandson of Philip Livingston; grandfather of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and William Livingston; great-grandson of Dirck Ten Broeck; great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; second great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; second great-grandfather of John Eliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Cuyler; third great-grandson of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Edward Philip Livingston; first cousin once removed of Philip P. Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston and Edward Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Cornelis Cuyler, John Cruger Jr. and Robert Reginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter Samuel Schuyler, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Nicholas Bayard, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, James Parker, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and John Jay II; second cousin twice removed of James Jay, Henry Cruger, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert Winthrop Kean and Brockholst Livingston; second cousin four times removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean; second cousin five times removed of Hamilton Fish (born 1951), Alexa Fish Ward and Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Gansevoort, Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) and John Cortlandt Parker; third cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin twice removed of William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed of Guy Vernor Henry, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; fourth cousin of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin Livingston, George Washington Schuyler and Philip N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Barent Van Buren, Martin Van Buren and Eugene Schuyler.
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Charles W. VanSlyke (1840-1917) — of Stockbridge, Ingham County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham County, Mich.; Loveland, Larimer County, Colo. Born in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., December 28, 1840. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; photography business; mayor of Mason, Mich., 1896-99; defeated, 1895. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Loveland, Larimer County, Colo., January 18, 1917 (age 76 years, 21 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Caroline B. Cook.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Van Wiggeren (1887-1968) — of Ilion, Herkimer County, N.Y. Born in Yorkville, Oneida County, N.Y., November 12, 1887. Republican. Engineer; Herkimer County Clerk, 1927-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; member of New York state senate, 1949-64 (40th District 1949-54, 41st District 1955-64). Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in 1968 (age about 80 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1913 to Gladys Bradbury.
  Albert Henry Vestal (1875-1932) — also known as Albert H. Vestal; Bert Vestal — of Anderson, Madison County, Ind. Born in Frankton, Madison County, Ind., January 18, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1917-32; died in office 1932. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, from a heart ailment, in the Navy Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 1, 1932 (age 57 years, 74 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Mary E. (Jackson) Vestal and William H. Vestal; married, January 8, 1903, to Maude Vestal.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John J. Volk — of Dayton, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Republican. Member of New York state assembly, 1906-08 (Cattaraugus County 2nd District 1906, Cattaraugus County 1907-08). Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Edward Butterfield Vreeland (1856-1936) — also known as Edward B. Vreeland — of Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Cuba, Allegany County, N.Y., 1856. Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; banker; postmaster at Salamanca, N.Y., 1889-91; U.S. Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (34th District 1899-1903, 37th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1936 (age about 80 years). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Myra S. Price.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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