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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; newspaper reporter; public
relations executive; U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1965-71; defeated,
1972; 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).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1904;
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; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector
for California, 2004
(on behalf of George
W. Bush and Richard
B. Cheney); 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; Republican candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York, 1884;
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: Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbilt
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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