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Theron Preston Keator (1850-1917) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
1, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; lecturer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1884.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1917 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Kelly (1818-1892) —
of Idaho.
Born in Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
9, 1818.
Member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1863-64; justice of
Idaho territorial supreme court, 1865-70; newspaper editor and
publisher.
Died April 9,
1892 (age 73 years, 213
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999) —
also known as John F. Kennedy, Jr.;
"John-John"; "The American
Son" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
founder, George magazine.
Catholic.
Killed, along with his wife and sister-in-law, in a plane
crash, near Martha's Vineyard, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, July 16,
1999 (age 38 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Phineas M. Kent (1808-1888) —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in Whitesborough, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
20, 1808.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52; postmaster at New
Albany, Ind., 1853; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1856.
Died in Brookston, White
County, Ind., November
21, 1888 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) —
also known as Alan L. Keyes —
of Maryland.
Born in the St. Albans Naval Hospital,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
7, 1950.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Syndicated newspaper columnist;
radio
talk show host.
Still living as of 2014.
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Rufus King (1814-1876) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1814.
Republican. Civil
engineer; newspaper editor; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1848; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1863.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1876 (age 62 years, 261
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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George Washington Kingsbury (1837-1925) —
also known as George W. Kingsbury —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lee, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
16, 1837.
Republican. Printer;
member
Dakota territorial council, 1863-67; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota; member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1895-96; newspaper
editor.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1925 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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William Burnet Kinney (1799-1880) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., September
4, 1799.
Whig. Newspaper editor; delegate to Whig National Convention
from New Jersey, 1844; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Sardinia, 1850-53.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 1880 (age 81 years, 47
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in County Wexford, Ireland,
December
31, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864,
1876;
postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1866-67; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1871-73.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
11, 1884 (age 51 years, 42
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles McIlvaine Kinsolving Jr. (1927-2021) —
also known as Charles M. Kinsolving, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1927.
Democrat. Advertising
business; senior vice president, American Newspaper
Publishers Association; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1954 (New York County 9th District), 1998 (73rd
District); campaign manager, Paul
O'Dwyer for U.S. Senate, 1970, and Herman
Badillo for New York City mayor, 1973.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 2021
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Morton Koster (b. 1934) —
also known as Richard M. Koster; R. M.
Koster —
of Canal Zone (now part of Panama).
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1934.
Democrat. Novelist;
journalist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Canal Zone, 1964,
1968,
1972;
member of Democratic National Committee from Canal Zone, 1967-76;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Democrats Abroad, 1988,
1992,
1996.
Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2013.
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David M. Kramer (born c.1920) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1920.
Democrat. Newspaper proofreader; member of New York
state assembly 26th District; elected 1986.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Wellington Laidler (1884-1970) —
also known as Harry W. Laidler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
18, 1884.
Socialist. Newspaper reporter; author; economist;
one of the founders (along with Upton
Sinclair and others) of the League for Industrial Democracy
(originally Intercollegiate Socialist Society); candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1914, 1915, 1923;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1917, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1918 (8th District), 1920 (3rd
District), 1932 (6th District); candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1928; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1930; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1936; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Chi.
Died July 14,
1970 (age 86 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) —
also known as Franklin K. Lane —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 15,
1864.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1906-13; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20.
Died, of a heart
attack 12 days after appendicitis
surgery, at the Mayo Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 18,
1921 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Cremated.
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Abram Wendell Lansing (1836-1896) —
also known as Abram W. Lansing —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., July 26,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; postmaster at Plattsburgh,
N.Y., 1889-93.
Dutch
and English
ancestry.
Died in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 8,
1896 (age 59 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Philip Kissick Lawrence (c.1793-1841) —
also known as P. K. Lawrence —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1793.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1836-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
19, 1841 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Orin Lehman (1920-2008) —
also known as "Father Nature" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
14, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during
the Battle of the Bulge and lost a
leg; newspaper publisher; chairman, Colgreen Broadcasting
Group, owner of radio
stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit
employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, John
J. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966; producer
of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of
Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 2008 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Banks Leonard (1793-1876) —
also known as Stephen B. Leonard —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
15, 1793.
Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Owego,
N.Y., 1816-20, 1844-49; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1835-37, 1839-41.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 8,
1876 (age 83 years, 23
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Church Burying Ground, Owego, N.Y.
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William R. Lieberman (b. 1909) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 23,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer; writer for
the Wall Street Journal newspaper, 1926-29; member of
New
York state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1934;
defeated, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Otis Taft Locke (1842-1916) —
also known as O. T. Locke —
of Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., February
27, 1842.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868;
postmaster at Tiffin,
Ohio, 1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, October
1, 1916 (age 74 years, 217
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Tiffin, Ohio.
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John Longstaff (1863-1946) —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in New York, May 22,
1863.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1903-04;
postmaster at Huron,
S.Dak., 1905-07; member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Died June 3,
1946 (age 83 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Lee Roosevelt; "Princess
Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940
(speaker);
newspaper columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema,
and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Step-daughter of Edith
Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt Jr.; married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; niece of Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandaunt of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece of William
Bellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
| | | Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe; Clare Boothe
Brokaw —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1903.
Republican. Writer;
journalist; playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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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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Norman Edward Mack (1858-1932) —
also known as Norman E. Mack —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in West Williams, Ontario,
July
24, 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1908,
1912
(speaker),
1924,
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1900, 1921-30; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1908-12; New York
Democratic state chair, 1911-12.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
26, 1932 (age 74 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Daniel Benjamin Maffei (b. 1968) —
also known as Dan Maffei —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 4,
1968.
Democrat. Journalist; congressional staff member for U.S. Sen.
Bill
Bradley, 1996, for U.S. Sen. Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, 1997-98, for U.S. Rep. Charles
B. Rangel, 1999-2005; U.S.
Representative from New York, 2009-11, 2013-15 (25th District
2009-11, 24th District 2013-15); defeated, 1996 (25th District), 2010
(25th District), 2014 (24th District).
Still living as of 2015.
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Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) —
also known as Rowland B. Mahany —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated
(Republican), 1892, 1898, 1900; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
newspaper in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
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Daniel Manning (1831-1887) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 16,
1831.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876,
1880;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1882-84; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887 (age 56 years, 222
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) —
also known as Bill Mauldin —
of New York.
Born in Mountain Park, Otero
County, N.M., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cartoonist,
starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorial
cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Times
newspapers, winning the Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as an
actor
in two 1951 movies: Teresa and The Red Badge of
Courage; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease and pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., January
22, 2003 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Maxwell (1792-1864) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Tioga Point (now Athens), Bradford
County, Pa., February
16, 1792.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; Tioga
County Clerk, 1819-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1829-31; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Elmira,
N.Y., 1834-39; Chemung
County Treasurer, 1836-43; vice-president, New York & Erie Railroad,
1841.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
4, 1864 (age 72 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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George Francis McAneny (1869-1953) —
also known as George McAneny —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenville (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., December
24, 1869.
Borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1910-13; executive manager,
New York Times, 1916-21.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 29,
1953 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of George Francis McAneny and Katherine (Dilaway) McAneny; married,
January
4, 1900, to Marjorie Jacobi. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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John T. McCall (b. 1863) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
25, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper superintendent; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state senate, 1907-08, 1931-40 (16th District 1907-08, 18th
District 1931-40); defeated, 1940, 1942; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1938;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Richard Dean McCarthy (1927-1995) —
also known as Max McCarthy —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
24, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1965-71; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; Washington bureau chief for the
Buffalo News newspaper, 1978-89.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of Lou
Gehrig's disease, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., May 5,
1995 (age 67 years, 223
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) —
also known as George B. McClellan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany)
of American parents, November
23, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university
professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Miller McClintock II (b. 1956) —
also known as Tom McClintock —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 10,
1956.
Republican. Journalist; chair of
Ventura County Republican Party, 1979-81; chief of staff for
State Senator Ed
Davis, 1980-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-92, 1997-2000 (36th District 1983-92, 38th
District 1997-2000); candidate for California
state controller, 1994, 2002; member of California
state senate 19th District, 2001-08; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 2009-; defeated,
1992.
Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Thomas J. McDonald (b. 1883) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 21,
1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1918-27.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John McDonald. |
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John J. McInerney (b. 1873) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 10,
1873.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1909-10;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1924.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) —
also known as Robert M. McKinney —
of New Mexico.
Born in Shattuck, Ellis
County, Okla., August
28, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was
used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican
newspaper for 52 years.
Died, of pneumonia,
at New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
2001 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John T. McManus (1904-1961) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1904.
Reporter and movie critic for the New York Times; movie
and radio critic for Time magazine; entertainment
editor for PM (newspaper); general manager, Weekly
Guardian newspaper; president,
Newspaper Guild of New York, 1943-47; international
vice president of the American Newspaper Guild; member, New
York CIO Council; member of New York American Labor Party Executive
Committee, 1945; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (American Labor), 1954 (American Labor), 1958
(Independent Socialist); in 1956, called before a U.S. Senate
subcommittee, he took the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
in refusing to answer questions about the Communist
Party.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
22, 1961 (age 56 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. McManus; married to Jane Bedell. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, November
24, 1958 |
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Charles McVean (1802-1848) —
of Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1833-35; Montgomery
County District Attorney, 1836-39; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1848; died in
office 1848.
Died December
22, 1848 (age about 46
years).
Interment at St.
Andrew's Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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David Batcheller Mellish (1831-1874) —
also known as David B. Mellish —
of New York.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., January
2, 1831.
Republican. Printer;
school
teacher; newspaper reporter; appraiser;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1874 (age 43 years, 141
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Auburn, Mass.
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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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Herman Methfessel (1900-1963) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1900.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1935-38; Richmond
County District Attorney, 1948-51.
In September 1951, the New York State Crime Commission, investigating
rackets on the Staten Island waterfront, heard testimony from Mrs.
Anna Wentworth that she had seen District Attorney Methfessel in a gambling
house, which implied that he was protecting
vice; in response, he ordered her arrest and charged her with
perjury. At the request of the Crime Commission, citing abuse
of power, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey superseded him from all cases related to the
investigation; in the meantime, he was defeated for re-election. In
1952, he and a subordinate were charged
with official
misconduct, but found not guilty.
Injured in a one-car
accident, and died the next day, in North Shore Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 7,
1963 (age 62 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper in 1933,
and was its publisher until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer,
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,
1932 |
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Frank S. Meyer —
Conservative. Senior editor, National Review magazine;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Edward A. Miller (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., August
30, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper compositor; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1903-04.
German
ancestry. Member, Typographical
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan James Milliken (1821-1902) —
also known as Nathan J. Milliken —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
27, 1821.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; Ontario
County Clerk, 1865-67; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; postmaster at Canandaigua,
N.Y., 1890-94.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., November
26, 1902 (age 81 years, 60
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Wheeler Milmoe (1898-1972) —
of Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Canastota, Madison
County, N.Y., April
18, 1898.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1934-52; chair of
Madison County Republican Party, 1939; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1944-50; member of New York
state senate, 1953-58 (44th District 1953-54, 46th District
1955-58); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Grange;
Knights
of Columbus; Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1972
(age about
74 years).
Interment at St.
Agatha's Cemetery, Canastota, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick F. Milmoe. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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James Charles Monaghan (1857-1917) —
also known as James C. Monaghan —
of Rhode Island; New Jersey.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1857.
Newspaper editor; university
professor; U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1885-90; Chemnitz, 1893-1900; Kingston, 1914-17, died in office 1917.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1917 (age 60 years, 32
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland, R.I.
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Francis W. Moore Jr. (1808-1864) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., April
20, 1808.
Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1838-39, 1843, 1849-52; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harris, Liberty and Galveston,
1839-42.
Died, probably of appendicitis,
in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
1, 1864 (age 56 years, 134
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891-1967) —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Wiccopee, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1891.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45.
Jewish.
Died February
6, 1967 (age 75 years, 271
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry
Morgenthau and Josephine (Sykes) Morgenthau; married, November
21, 1951, to Marcella Puthan; married, April
17, 1916, to Elinor
Fatman; father of Robert
Morris Morgenthau. |
| | | Political family: Morgenthau-Lehman
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Henry Morgenthau, Jr.:
Herbert Levy, Henry
Morgenthau, Jr.: The Remarkable Life of FDR's Secretary of the
Treasury |
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Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) —
also known as J. Sterling Morton —
of Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April
22, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1855-57; secretary
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-61; Governor
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., April
27, 1902 (age 70 years, 5
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
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Frank Henry Mott (b. 1873) —
also known as Frank H. Mott —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Russell, Warren
County, Pa., February
9, 1873.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900;
candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1902; Citizens candidate for mayor
of Jamestown, N.Y., 1906; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 43rd District, 1918; candidate for
New
York state attorney general, 1920.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Van Rensselaer Mott and Flora (Russell)
Mott. |
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Charles E. Murphy (c.1895-1959) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., about 1895.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944;
New York City Corporation Counsel, 1947; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1948-59; died in office
1959; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1954-59; died in office 1959.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
22, 1959 (age about 64
years).
Interment at St. Johns Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Sawyer. |
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Henry Cruse Murphy (1810-1882) —
also known as Henry C. Murphy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 5,
1810.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1842; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843-45, 1847-49; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S. Minister
to Netherlands, 1857-61; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1862-73; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876.
Owner and editor of Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper.
Died December
1, 1882 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Landau, Germany,
September
27, 1840.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; news correspondent and
cartoonist
for Harper's Weekly and other magazines and
newspapers; noted for his creation of such icons as the
Republican elephant and Democratic donkey; instrumental in the
downfall of New York City political boss William
M. Tweed; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.
German
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
December
7, 1902 (age 62 years, 71
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Josiah T. Newcomb (b. 1868) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., June 19,
1868.
Republican. Newspaper work; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1902, 1904;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1909-12; defeated, 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Byron Rufus Newton (1861-1938) —
also known as Byron R. Newton —
of Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Wirt town, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
4, 1861.
Newspaper reporter; poet;
interested in aviation
during its early days; helped organize airplane
races; private secretary to William
G. McAdoo; publicity director for Woodrow
Wilson's presidential campaign in 1912; U.S. First Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-17; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1917-21; New York City Tax Commissioner, 1938.
Suffered a stroke,
and died eight days later, in Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
20, 1938 (age 76 years, 228
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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John Francis Neylan (1885-1960) —
also known as John F. Neylan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; counsel to, and close associate of, William
Randolph Hearst; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member, University of California Board of Regents,
1928-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a pulmonary
condition, in University Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
19, 1960 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mordecai M. Noah (1785-1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1785.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Riga, 1811-13; Tunis, 1813-15.
Jewish.
Died in 1851
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) —
also known as Thomas H. Norton —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1851.
Republican. Chemist;
newspaper editor; university
professor; librarian;
U.S. Consul in Harput, 1900-05; Smyrna, 1905-06; Chemnitz, 1906-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;
married, December
27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
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Caleb Cushing Norvell (1813-1891) —
also known as Caleb C. Norvell —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Green
County, Ky., April
24, 1813.
Republican. Newspaper editor; printer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1891 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Leo William O'Brien (1900-1982) —
also known as Leo W. O'Brien —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
21, 1900.
Newspaper work; radio and
television commentator; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1952-67 (32nd District 1952-53,
30th District 1953-63, 29th District 1963-67).
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 4,
1982 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born near Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 9,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper work; assistant to postmaster general James
A. Farley, 1933-39; Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1939-40;
First Assistant Postmaster General, 1940-43; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1944-48.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., October
13, 1962 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edwin Ogden (1859-1934) —
also known as Charles E. Ogden —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., July 31,
1859.
Newspaper reporter; orator;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1904-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
6, 1934 (age 75 years, 98
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Moissaye J. Olgin (b. 1878) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine,
March
24, 1878.
Communist. Journalist; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1926 (Workers, 23rd District), 1930
(Communist, 10th District), 1932 (Communist, 24th District), 1934
(Communist, 23rd District); candidate for New York
state assembly, 1927 (Workers, Bronx County 5th District), 1929
(Communist, Bronx County 4th District), 1933 (Communist, Bronx County
6th District), 1936 (Communist, Bronx County 5th District), 1936
(Communist, Bronx County 5th District).
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Chaim Aaron Olgin and Zipa (Gelman) Olgin. |
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William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Arcadia, Wayne
County, N.Y., June 15,
1836.
Republican. College
professor; furniture
business; newspaper editor; pipe
organ manufacturer; chair of
Washtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband; married, August
7, 1861, to Lucy Aldrich. |
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Charles Devens Osborne (1888-1961) —
also known as Charles D. Osborne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
22, 1888.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1928-31, 1936-39; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1934-48; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1942.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1961 (age 72 years, 191
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; defeated,
1914; died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Lithgow Osborne (1892-1980) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 2,
1892.
Democrat. Private secretary to U.S. Ambassador James
W. Gerard, 1915; newspaper editor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1923; candidate for New York
state senate 42nd District, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1932; New York State
Conservation Commissioner, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; U.S.
Ambassador to Norway, 1944-46.
Member, Audubon
Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1980 (age 87 years, 343
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Thomas A. Osborne (1800-1877) —
of Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 1,
1800.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1834; common pleas court
judge in New York, 1843-44.
Died April
27, 1877 (age 76 years, 300
days).
Interment at Peacock Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Walters, Eliza Jeanette Huston and Mary
Derby. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of Chautauqua
County (1875) |
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John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) —
also known as John L. O'Sullivan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1841-42; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine and
Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of Emerson,
Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on Jacksonian
Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition of the
death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain and
justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in the
failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish rule;
as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried
and acquitted in March 1852.
Died, of influenza
and the effects of an earlier stroke,
in a residential hotel in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1895 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Chandler Owen (1889-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., April 5,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist candidate for
New
York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1920;
newspaper managing editor; public
relations business; speechwriter;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1934.
African
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
2, 1967 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) —
also known as Robert D. Owen —
of New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
November
9, 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; author;
newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-39, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1843-47; defeated,
1839, 1847; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Two Sicilies, 1854-58.
Scottish
and Welsh
ancestry.
Aided his father in the establishment of the New Harmony social
experiment.
Died in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., June 24,
1877 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Village
Cemetery, Lake George, N.Y.; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, New Harmony, Ind.
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Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) —
also known as Walter H. Page —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Cary, Wake
County, N.C., August
15, 1855.
Editor, The Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1896-99; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-18.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., December
21, 1918 (age 63 years, 128
days).
Interment at Old
Bethesda Cemetery, Aberdeen, N.C.
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Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Palmer —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; printer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1854-55; Iowa
State Printer, 1861-69; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
postmaster at Chicago,
Ill., 1877-85; U.S. Public Printer, 1889-94, 1897-1905.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907 (age 80 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
also known as Samuel W. Parker —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
9, 1805.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849.
German
and English
ancestry.
Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Will H. Parry (1864-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1864.
Newspaper editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran
Shipbuilding
Co., 1900-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in
office 1917.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1917 (age 52 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry; married, January
15, 1891, to Harriet Phelps. |
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Joseph Medill Patterson (1879-1946) —
also known as Joseph M. Patterson —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1879.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1903; editor of the
Chicago Tribune, 1910-25; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; founder (1919) and publisher of the New York Daily
News, the first successful American tabloid newspaper.
Died, from a liver
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1946 (age 67 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Louis Frisbie Payn (1835-1923) —
also known as Louis F. Payn —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
27, 1835.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; founder of the Chatham Republican
newspaper; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1872,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
New York State Insurance Commissioner, 1897-1900.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., March
19, 1923 (age 88 years, 51
days).
Interment at Chatham
Rural Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
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George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916) —
also known as George W. Peck —
of Ripon, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
28, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1890; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1891-95; defeated, 1894, 1904.
Died April
16, 1916 (age 75 years, 201
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Rufus Thompson Peck (1836-1900) —
also known as Rufus T. Peck —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Solon, Cortland
County, N.Y., December
24, 1836.
Republican. Journalist; postmaster of Solon, N.Y., 1867;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1892.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 24,
1900 (age 63 years, 212
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Elias Porter Pellet (1837-c.1904) —
also known as Elias P. Pellet —
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 7,
1837.
Newspaper publisher; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; private secretary to U.S. Secretary of State William
H. Seward, 1866; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Sabanilla, 1866-74; U.S. Consul in Sabanilla, 1874-80; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Barranquilla, 1893-99.
Died about 1904 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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George Douglas Perkins (1840-1914) —
also known as George D. Perkins —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Holley, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
29, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state senate, 1873; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1888,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1891-99.
Died in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
3, 1914 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Floyd
Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Jerome B. Peterson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Co-owner of the New York Age newspaper; U.S. Consul in
Puerto Cabello, 1904-05.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; newspaper editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Edmund Platt (1865-1939) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
2, 1865.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1913-20; member and
vice-governor, Federal Reserve Board, 1920-30.
Died in Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y., August
7, 1939 (age 74 years, 186
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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James D. Pollard (b. 1892) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., December
24, 1892.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1930-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Generoso Pope (1891-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born April 1,
1891.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate); candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Publisher of Il Progresso, the largest-circulation
Italian-language newspaper in the U.S. His son, Generoso Pope
Jr., was the creator of the National Enquirer.
Died April
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 27
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) —
also known as Peter A. Porter —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
10, 1853.
Banker;
newspaper editor; village
president of Niagara Falls, New York, 1878; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1907-09.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
15, 1925 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Cabell (Breckinridge) Porter and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); married 1887 to Alice
Adele Taylor; grandson of Peter
Buell Porter; grandnephew of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge; second great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr., John
Cabell Breckinridge, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin of Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Frederick
Dent Grant, Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr. and Earle
Cabell; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop and Abel
Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington and Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Lancelot
Phelps, Theodore
Davenport, Asa H.
Otis, Abijah
Blodget, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington and Alvred
Bayard Nettleton. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Harry Hayt Pratt (1864-1932) —
also known as Harry H. Pratt —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
11, 1864.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Corning,
N.Y., 1905-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1915-19.
Died in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
13, 1932 (age 68 years, 2
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, South Corning, N.Y.
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Lemuel Ely Quigg (1863-1919) —
also known as Lemuel E. Quigg —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., February
12, 1863.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894-99; defeated,
1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1915.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., July 1,
1919 (age 56 years, 139
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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