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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 at New York, N.Y., New York, 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; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1940.
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 at Wilmington, Calif., California, 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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Oswald Ottendorfer (1826-1900) —
also known as Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Zwittau, Moravia (now Svitavy, Czechia),
February
28, 1826.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864;
Liberal Democratic candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1874; Democratic Presidential Elector for
New York, 1884;
Gold Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1900 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, 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; Democratic
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1843-47; defeated,
1839, 1847; Democratic Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1848;
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, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana, 1856.
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 73 years, 0
days).
Interment at Floyd
Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of John Dyer Perkins and Lucy (Forsyth) Perkins; married 1870 to Louise
Eckerson Julien; great-grandfather of George
Philip Kazen; fifth great-grandson of William
Leete; first cousin twice removed of William
Woodbridge; second cousin thrice removed of Jabez
Huntington and Enoch
Woodbridge; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Joshua
Perkins; third cousin twice removed of Jedediah
Huntington and Ebenezer
Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Waightstill
Avery, John
Davenport, Joseph
Silliman, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Timothy
Pitkin and Gurdon
Huntington; fourth cousin of Albert
Lemando Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez
Williams Huntington, John
Appleton, Jane
Pierce and Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge. |
| | | Political families: Huntington
family of Norwich, Connecticut; Huntington
family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: History of Iowa
(1903) |
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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 (1788-1823) and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge; second great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of William
Augustus Bird, 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 Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell, George
Craighead Cabell and John
Breckinridge Castleman; 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 Jabez
Huntington, 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 Jedediah
Huntington, Ebenezer
Huntington, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Lancelot
Phelps, Theodore
Davenport, Asa H.
Otis, Abijah
Blodget, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton and Francis
Watkinson Cole. |
| | | Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson
family of Virginia (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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