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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant Oakey";
"Hans Yorkel" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer; writer; New
York County District Attorney, 1855-57, 1862-67; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian;
later Catholic.
English,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Hall (1814-1891) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hall —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Colorado.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., July 23,
1814.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1844; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1852-53; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1863-65.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1891 (age 77 years, 45
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Joseph Nelson Hallock (1861-1942) —
also known as Joseph N. Hallock —
of Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Southold, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
16, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1899-1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1942
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Southold, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
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Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) —
of Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
19, 1913.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1937; member of
New
York state senate, 1941-54 (2nd District 1941-44, 4th District
1945-54); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-73 (4th District 1959-63, 6th
District 1963-73); defeated, 1954; Republican Presidential Elector
for New York, 1972
(did not serve).
Jewish.
Member, Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died from complications of pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
10, 1997 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Laurens M. Hamilton —
of Sterlington, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Republican. Active in journalism and banking;
candidate for New York
state senate 24th District, 1932; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1934-37; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 6,
1808.
Whig. Lawyer; Lorain
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1894 (age 86 years, 140
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Walter Charles Hamm (1847-1922) —
also known as Walter C. Hamm —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
25, 1847.
Editorial writer for Philadelphia Press newspaper, 1883-1903;
U.S. Consul in Hull, 1903-11; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1914-19.
Died in 1922
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Richard Lockhart Hand (1839-1914) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., February
15, 1839.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1885, 1893.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law; Chi Psi.
Died October
7, 1914 (age 75 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
28, 1868.
Lawyer;
editor, Collier's Weekly magazine, 1903-12; Harper's Weekly,
1913-16; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1919.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
29, 1937 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil
engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister
to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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George W. Hartmann (b. 1904) —
of Pennsylvania; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1904.
Socialist. Editor, Social Frontier magazine; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1934, 1936;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of The Weekly
People, 1938-68; Socialist Labor candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1942; Industrial Government candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945 (Socialist Labor), 1949 (Industrial
Government), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965
(Socialist Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; resigned or
expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1840-41; railroad
builder; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York City Police
Department; the New York Times called him "the brains of the
department.".
English
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1884 (age 74 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
29, 1863.
Newspaper publishing magnate; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1903-07; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1904,
1920;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905 (Municipal Ownership), 1909 (Civic
Alliance); Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1906; Independence League candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910; movie
producer in 1915-21; the film
Citizen Kane is based on his life.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1951 (age 88 years, 107
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Anson Herrick (1812-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
21, 1812.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1863-65.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1868 (age 56 years, 16
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Elliot S. M. Hill (1820-1871) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
6, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1866-69.
Died September
29, 1871 (age 50 years, 297
days).
Interment somewhere in Troy, Pa.
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
23, 1877.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956
(Honorary
Vice-President); member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-55; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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James W. Hine (b. 1846) —
of Lowell, Kent
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in West Meredith, Delaware
County, N.Y., 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1883.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker;
newspaper columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
18, 1872.
Democrat. Magazine editor and publisher; one of the founding
members of the NAACP, 1909; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1924; president,
Rollins College, 1925-49.
Member, NAACP.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., April
26, 1951 (age 78 years, 251
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Alphonso Alva Hopkins (1843-1918) —
also known as Alphonso A. Hopkins; A. H.
Linton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington Flats, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
27, 1843.
Editor, American Rural Home (weekly newspaper), 1871-84; lecturer;
university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1874 (30th District), 1876 (30th
District), 1878 (30th District), 1900 (29th District), 1912 (15th
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1875; Prohibition candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1879; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1882; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York, 1912;
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1914; Prohibition candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Baptist;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Cliffside, Bergen
County, N.J., September
25, 1918 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Horton (1859-1942) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairville, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
11, 1859.
U.S. Consul in Athens, 1893-98, 1905-06; Salonika, 1910-11; literary editor, Chicago Times-Herald
newspaper, 1899-1901; editor, literary supplement, Chicago
American newspaper, 1901-03; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1906-10; Smyrna, 1911-17, 1919-22; Budapest, 1923-24.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 5,
1942 (age 82 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Raymond Horton (1822-1894) —
also known as Thomas R. Horton —
of Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1855-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860.
Died in Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 26,
1894 (age 72 years, 0
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Fultonville, N.Y.
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Thomas Yardley Howe Jr. (1801-1860) —
also known as Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.; Thomas Yardley How
Jr. —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; president and treasurer of railroads;
inspector, Auburn Prison, 1834-38; Cayuga
County Surrogate, 1836-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1851-53; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1853.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1860 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ferdinand Augustus Hoyt (1880-1944) —
also known as Ferdinand A. Hoyt —
of Beacon, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
1, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1911; defeated,
1911; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1942.
Died in Beacon, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
8, 1944 (age 64 years, 342
days).
Interment at Milltown Cemetery, Brewster, N.Y.
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