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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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Robert R. Lawson (1872-1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
11, 1872.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1917; candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1920.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
24, 1934 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Lawson and Mary Lawson. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1917 |
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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
(Honorary
Vice-President; 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
Alsop Cole and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
Alsop 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 family: Roosevelt
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 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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