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William R. Alley —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Pig iron dealer; candidate for mayor
of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 1951.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Barnum (1818-1889) —
also known as William H. Barnum; "Seven Mule
Barnum" —
of Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston Corner, Berkshire County, Mass. (now Columbia
County, N.Y.), September
17, 1818.
Democrat. Pig iron manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1851; postmaster at Lime
Rock, Conn., 1851-67; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1867-76; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1876-88; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1877-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1876,
1880
(speaker),
1884,
1888
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1876-79.
Died in Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., April
30, 1889 (age 70 years, 225
days).
Interment at Lime
Rock Cemetery, Lime Rock, Salisbury, Conn.
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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Republican. Lead products business; president, Iron Mountain
Railroad;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Slaveowner.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Vermilye Brady (1811-1870) —
also known as William V. Brady —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 24,
1811.
Whig. Silversmith; jeweler;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1847-48; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1849-53; insurance
business.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1870 (age 58 years, 250
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Hervey Chittenden Calkin (1828-1913) —
of New York.
Born in Malden, Ulster
County, N.Y., March
23, 1828.
Democrat. Metal dealer; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1869-71.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
20, 1913 (age 85 years, 28
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Andrew J. Campbell (1828-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1828.
Republican. Architectural iron business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1876; elected
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District 1894, but died before
taking office.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1894 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William W. Campbell (b. 1870) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Gasport, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, National Exchange Bank;
treasurer, Harrison Radiator Corporation; president, Lockport Felt
Company; secretary, Lockport Foundries Corporation; member of
New
York state senate 47th District, 1921-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Gary Clemente (1908-1968) —
also known as L. Gary Clemente —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 10,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president and
director, Unexcelled Chemical
Corporation; executive with Moderne Paint
Company, Premier Chemical
Corporation, and Ohio Bronze Company; director, Mary
Immaculate Hospital;
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Catholic.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in Mary Immaculate Hospital,
Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 13,
1968 (age 59 years, 338
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Edward Cooper (1824-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1824.
Democrat. Early manufacturer of wrought iron; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860,
1876,
1880,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1879-80.
Died, of an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1905 (age 80 years, 122
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edwin Corning (1883-1934) —
of Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
30, 1883.
Democrat. President of Ludlum Steel Company; officer of Albany
Felt
Company; director of banks; New York
Democratic state chair, 1926-28; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1927-28.
Died in Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, August
7, 1934 (age 50 years, 311
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Charles A. Dana (b. 1881) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1910, 1912;
president, Spicer Manufacturing
Co.; president, Parish Pressed Steel Co.; president, Salisbury
Axle
Co. president, New York and New Jersey Water Co.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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James B. Davie (b. 1845) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
January, 1845.
Brass foundry business; Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1904, 1920, 1922; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1910 (2nd District), 1912 (3rd
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1914.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Doughty (b. 1850) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Beekman, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Brass manufacturing executive; banker;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1910.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in
iron and steel mills; supervised construction
of steel mills overseas; studied foreign industries as
representative of a steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Stillman Witt Eells (1873-1937) —
also known as Stillman W. Eells —
of New York.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
24, 1873.
Foundry business; U.S. Vice Consul in Hamilton, 1916-18; U.S. Consul in Mombasa, 1918; Nairobi, 1918-21; Funchal, 1921-25; Leeds, 1925-28; Colombo, 1928-31; Cardiff, 1931-33.
Died May 12,
1937 (age 64 years, 18
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Samuel Fassler (c.1889-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine),
about 1889.
Democrat. President, Fassler Iron Works; New York City
Commissioner of Buildings, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1940.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1958 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Married to Ruth Schlanger. |
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Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
lost
an arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering
Co.; manager, Buffalo Fertilizer
Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and
Smelting Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance;
member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
16, 1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Dexter Mason Ferry (1833-1907) —
also known as Dexter M. Ferry —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., August
8, 1833.
Republican. Founder and president, D. M. Ferry seed
company; president, American Harrow
Company; director, Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892,
1904;
Michigan
Republican state chair, 1896-99.
Died, from heart
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
10, 1907 (age 74 years, 94
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Wallace Turner Foote Jr. (1864-1910) —
also known as Wallace T. Foote, Jr. —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y., April 7,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
iron manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1910 (age 46 years, 254
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Port Henry, N.Y.
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Samuel Fowler (1779-1844) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
30, 1779.
Physician;
iron manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1833-37.
Died February
20, 1844 (age 64 years, 113
days).
Interment at North
Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.
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Elbert Henry Gary (1846-1927) —
of Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill., October
8, 1846.
Lawyer;
banker;
DuPage
County Judge, 1882-90; mayor
of Wheaton, Ill., 1890-92; founder (1901) and president
(1901-11), U.S. Steel.
Died, from chronic
myocarditis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
15, 1927 (age 80 years, 311
days).
Entombed at Wheaton
Cemetery, Wheaton, Ill.
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John W. Gates (1872-1966) —
of Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born near Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., August
18, 1872.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Salt Springs National Bank;
vice-president, Madison Onondaga Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; director, Globe Malleable Iron and
Steel Company; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1925-26; member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1927-32; defeated (Law Preservation),
1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 8,
1966 (age 93 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gates
Cemetery, Sullivan, N.Y.
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Julius Gerber —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia.
Socialist. Sheet metal worker; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis J. Goodman —
also known as Frank Goodman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Metal dealer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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James Graham (born c.1831) —
of Orange, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., about 1831.
Republican. Brass foundry business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1878, 1885-86; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1887-90; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Guggenheim —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West End, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
23, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining and
smelting business; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, of
Newsday, the daily newspaper
of Long Island, New York.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer,
in Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1971 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Meyer Robert Guggenheim (1885-1959) —
also known as M. Robert Guggenheim —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1885.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive, American
Smelting and Refining Corporation; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1953-54.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1959 (age 74 years, 183
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Republican. Mining and
smelting business; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Colorado; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) —
also known as Solomon R. Guggenheim —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
2, 1861.
Republican. Mining,
smelting, and railroad
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924.
Jewish.
Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Died near Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Entombed at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker; union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Harry Alfred Hanbury (1863-1940) —
also known as Harry A. Hanbury —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
January
1, 1863.
Republican. Founder of Hanbury Iron Works in Brooklyn;
candidate for New York
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1901-03; defeated,
1902.
Died in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., August
22, 1940 (age 77 years, 234
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Hannan (b. 1836) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1836.
Merchant;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Cambria County, 1875-76;
foundry business.
Burial location unknown.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought iron; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1880; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Lyman A. Holmes (b. 1858) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
7, 1858.
Republican. Worked in railway
construction and as superintendent of foundries;
vice-president, Romeo Savings Bank;
member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1917-20.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James P. Hooley (b. 1855) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, July 12,
1855.
Iron molder; organizer
for the Knights of Labor; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1884-85.
Irish
ancestry.
Interment at St.
John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Morgan Hooley and Mary Margaret (Coffey) Hooley. |
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Stephen Tyng Hopkins (1849-1892) —
also known as Stephen T. Hopkins —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1849.
Republican. Iron merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1887-89.
Died March 3,
1892 (age 42 years, 344
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,
U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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John Gilmore Johnson (b. 1852) —
of Peabody, Marion
County, Kan.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
22, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Racine Steel & Iron Manufacturing Co.; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1873 to Lura
Will. |
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James Keusch (born c.1843) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1843.
Democrat. Employed by Eureka Iron Company; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1879-81.
Burial location unknown.
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William Loeb Jr. (1866-1937) —
also known as "Stonewall Loeb" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
9, 1866.
Secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1903-09, and as such, the first
presidential press secretary; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909-13; vice-president, American Smelting and
Refining Co., owner of copper
mines and processing plants.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
19, 1937 (age 70 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Loeb and Louisa (Meyer) Loeb; married 1902 to
Katharine W. Dorr; father of William Loeb III. |
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article |
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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1878.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner
of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier;
director, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Goodyear Tire
and Rubber
Company, Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, National Aviation
Corporation; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
18, 1937 (age 58 years, 303
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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William Allan Newell (1883-1977) —
also known as W. Allan Newell —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April
22, 1883.
Republican. President, Newell Manufacturing Co. (brass works);
mayor
of Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1928-29; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1933-38.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange.
Died in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April 5,
1977 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar A. Newell and Adeline Barbara (Priest) Newell; married, October
10, 1917, to Edith Delano Judson. |
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memorial |
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1936 |
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Orville Howard Northrop (1859-1941) —
also known as Orville H. Northrop —
of East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
23, 1859.
Plumber;
tinsmith; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1910; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
20, 1941 (age 82 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
13, 1922.
Democrat. School
teacher; welder; social
worker; founder, in 1961, of ASPIRA, a non-profit organization
which promotes education and community for Puerto Rican and other
Latino youth; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967;
received the Medal
of Freedom, 1996; inducted into the Hunter College Hall of
Fame.
Female.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Lesbian.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
2002 (age 79 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Scott Pollack (b. 1966) —
also known as Andrew Pollack —
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
18, 1966.
Republican. Scrap metal business; real estate
investor; father of Meadow Jade Pollack, who was one of 17 killed
in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,
Parkland, Florida; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2020.
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George Edward Powers (b. 1892) —
also known as George E. Powers —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
15, 1892.
Sheet metal worker; candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1929 (Workers), 1933 (Communist);
Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1930; in April 1932, he was arrested
at City Hall Park, during a demonstration
which was characaterized as "riot"; convicted
of unlawful assembly, but the sentence was suspended; also in 1932,
he was publicly accused
of taking part in an alleged Communist
conspiracy to cause bank failures in Chicago by spreading
rumors (in a "whispering campaign" of "anti-bank propaganda"); he
denied this; Communist candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932; vice-president,
International Workers Order; Communist candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1934; Communist candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1936;
following the Hitler-Stalin pact in 1939, he resigned from the
Communist Party, took part in anti-Communist organizations; at Earl
Browder's trial for passport fraud in 1940, he testified for the
prosecution; Liberal candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1948, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Powers and Sarah Powers. |
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Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1924) —
also known as Henry B. Quinby —
of Gilford, Belknap
County, N.H.; Lakeport, Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, June 10,
1846.
Republican. Iron manufacturer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1889-90; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1891-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1892;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1909-11.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
8, 1924 (age 77 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Jacob Leonard Replogle (1876-1948) —
also known as J. Leonard Replogle —
of Westmont, Cambria
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New Enterprise, Bedford
County, Pa., May 6,
1876.
Republican. Steel manufacturer; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1940.
Died, from complications of influenza,
in the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1948 (age 72 years, 203
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Walter Schumann (1870-1929) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 1,
1870.
Iron and steel business; insurance
broker; U.S. Consul in Mainz, 1897-1907.
Died in Mainz, Germany,
December
1, 1929 (age 59 years, 153
days).
Interment at Hauptfriedhof Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugo Schumann and Elizabeth Schumann. |
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Lewis Selye (1803-1883) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 11,
1803.
Blacksmith;
iron manufacturer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1848-51, 1854; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1867-69.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
27, 1883 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Alan Nathaniel Steyne (1896-1946) —
also known as Alan N. Steyne —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; in metal export
business in China, 1928-29; U.S. Vice Consul in Montreal, 1929-31; Hamburg, 1932.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot,
and died soon after, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 22,
1946 (age 49 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron and Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Carl Plin Taylor (1884-1968) —
also known as Carl P. Taylor —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., January
2, 1884.
Worked on construction of the Panama
Canal; steel construction
business; built many oil storage
tanks; candidate for mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1939.
Died in Lynwood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
25, 1968 (age 84 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Roland Lyman Taylor and Marion (JacksoN) Taylor; married, November
29, 1905, to Mayme Alice Brokaw; married 1916 to Etta
L. Porter. |
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Star-Tribune, September 27, 1939 |
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Frank J. Taylor (1884-1958) —
also known as Frank J. Barrett Jr. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1884.
Democrat. Riveter; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1913-25; Kings
County Sheriff, 1926-28; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate); New York City Commissioner of Welfare, 1930-34; New York
City Controller, 1935-37; assistant to the president of Todd Shipyards;
president, American Merchant
Marine Institute (chief negotiator with East Coast maritime
unions), 1938-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 7,
1958 (age 74 years, 53
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Adoptive son of James Taylor; son of Frank J. Barrett; married to
Josephine McCarthy. |
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John Townsend (1783-1854) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., June 14,
1783.
Whig. Foundry business; banker; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1829-31.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
26, 1854 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John S. VanAlstyne (born c.1834) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1834.
Iron works manager; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1867.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Westbrook (b. 1890) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., April 6,
1890.
Democrat. Sheet metal worker; president,
Local 15, Sheet Metal Workers; delegate,
Central Federation of Labor, 1912; president,
Troy Building Trades Council, 1918; president,
New York State Council of Sheet Metal Workers, 1921-22; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1924.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) —
also known as Cornelius V. Whitney;
"Sonny" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
20, 1899.
Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam American Airways;
chairman, Hudson Bay Mining and
Smelting Company; horse
breeder; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along with David
O. Selznick, he helped to finance and produce Hollywood
films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
13, 1992 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married, March 5,
1923, to Marie Norton (who later married William
Averell Harriman); married, September
29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married, June 18,
1941, to Eleanor Searle; married, January
24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson of William
Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry
Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry
B. Payne and James
Scollay Whitney; second great-grandson of Henry
Collins Flagg; first cousin of William
Henry Vanderbilt III and John
Hay Whitney; first cousin once removed of Frances
Payne Bolton; second cousin of William
Armistead Moale Burden and Oliver
Payne Bolton; second cousin once removed of Shirley
Carter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Mackie Burgess. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morton
family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Republican. Millwright;
foundry owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad
rails; railroad
promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster at Chattanooga,
Tenn., 1877-82; hotel
owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Beekman Winthrop (1874-1940) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
18, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1904-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1907-09; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1909-13; director,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
Lackawanna Steel Co., and National City Bank.
Died November
10, 1940 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank Spencer Witherbee (1852-1917) —
also known as Frank S. Witherbee —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y., May 12,
1852.
Republican. President, Troy Steel Company; vice-president,
Tennessee Coal,
Iron, and Railroad
Company; president, Cubitas Iron Ore Company; president, Lake
Champlain & Moriah Railroad;
vice-president Cheever Iron Ore Company; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896
(alternate), 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
13, 1917 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Washington
County, N.C., April 1,
1850.
Republican. Manufacturer of axles;
owner of a brass foundry; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died June 27,
1917 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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