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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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John Leffingwell Randolph (1878-1954) —
also known as John Randolph —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., June 5,
1878.
Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1917; U.S. Consul in Tiflis, as of 1919-21; Baghdad, as of 1924-29; Quebec City, as of 1932-38; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1939-41; Edmonton, as of 1943.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., 1954
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Newark
Cemetery, Newark, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Burnett Howe Randolph and Catherine Melissa 'Kittie' (Leffingwell)
Randolph; married, August
17, 1929, to Persis S. Schramm; nephew of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; second cousin thrice removed of Calvin
Fillmore; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington and Luther
Walter Badger; third cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr., Millard
Fillmore and John
Leslie Russell; third cousin thrice removed of Jabez
Huntington, John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Daniel
Webster, Bela
Edgerton and Heman
Ticknor; fourth cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Titus Backus, Augustus
Brandegee, Leslie
Wead Russell, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Charles
Hazen Russell, John
Clarence Keeler, John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles. |
| | | Political family: Wolcott
family of Connecticut (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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Hermann Raster (1827-1891) —
also known as Herman Raster; Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann
Raster —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Zerbst, Anhalt-Dessau (now Germany),
May
6, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Republican Presidential Elector
for New York, 1856;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1869-72.
German
ancestry.
Died in Bad Kadowa, Silesia (now Kudowa, Poland),
July
24, 1891 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1869) —
also known as Henry J. Raymond —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima town, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
24, 1820.
Republican. Newspaper editor; founder of the New York Times;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1850-51, 1862;
Speaker
of the New York State Assembly, 1851, 1862; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1855-56; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1864-66; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1865-67.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1869 (age 49 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Redpath (1833-1891) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England,
August
24, 1833.
Newspaper reporter; poet;
anti-slavery activist; author;
Commonwealth candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1890.
Run over by a horsedrawn
trolley, and died soon after, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1891 (age 57 years, 170
days).
Cremated.
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Henry Augustus Reeves (1832-1916) —
also known as Henry A. Reeves —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
7, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1869-71; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1887; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888.
Died in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 4,
1916 (age 83 years, 88
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Ogden Mills Reid (1882-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1882.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Republican candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1912.
Died, in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1947 (age 64 years, 232
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Ogden Rogers Reid (1925-2019) —
also known as Ogden R. Reid —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 24,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper editor and
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-75 (26th District 1963-73,
24th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Waccabuc, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
2019 (age 93 years, 251
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) —
also known as James Whitelaw Reid;
"Agate" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio, October
27, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor; librarian;
cotton
planter;
U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.
Died in London, England,
December
15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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James Burton Reynolds (b. 1870) —
also known as James B. Reynolds —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
17, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1896-1905; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1905-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1912-16; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Reynolds and Sarah C. (Morgan) Reynolds. |
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Quentin James Reynolds (1902-1965) —
also known as Quentin Reynolds —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, April
11, 1902.
Democrat. Journalist; World War II war correspondent;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March
17, 1965 (age 62 years, 340
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Elliott Verne Richardson (1868-1929) —
also known as Elliott V. Richardson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., March 4,
1868.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Sydney, 1910-16; U.S. Consul in Moncton, 1916-17; Punta Arenas, 1918; Quebec City, 1918-19; Karachi, 1919-21, 1925-28; Coblenz, 1921-22; Berlin, 1922-23; Pernambuco, 1923-24.
Died in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 27,
1929 (age 61 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Rickenbacker —
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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Allan W. Ricker (1869-1955) —
also known as Allen W. Ricker —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Johnson
County, Iowa, December
15, 1869.
Socialist. Newspaper editor; People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1912; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1917.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 1955 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, Iowa.
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Augustus J. Ricks (1843-1906) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Masillon, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Brookfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, February
10, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1872;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1889-1906; died
in office 1906.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
22, 1906 (age 63 years, 315
days).
Interment at Massillon
Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.
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William Gillett Ritch (1830-1904) —
also known as William G. Ritch —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Ulster
County, N.Y., May 4,
1830.
Ulster
County Clerk; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1867; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper editor; secretary
of New Mexico Territory, 1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Engle, Sierra
County, N.M., September
14, 1904 (age 74 years, 133
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Ellis Henry Roberts (1827-1918) —
also known as Ellis H. Roberts —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
30, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1864,
1868;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (21st District 1871-73,
22nd District 1873-75); defeated, 1874; banker;
Treasurer of the United States, 1897-1905.
Presbyterian.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Skull
and Bones; American
Historical Association.
Died in 1918
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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William Blackman Roe (1856-1932) —
also known as William B. Roe —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Millerton, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
5, 1856.
Civil
engineer; newspaper publisher; first
selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1898-1901, 1917; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1901-02; probate
judge in Connecticut, 1906-26.
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
7, 1932 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn.
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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) —
also known as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1884.
Democrat. First Lady
of the United States, 1933-45; delegate to the United Nations
General Assembly, 1945-53; member, United Nations Commission on Human
Rights; newspaper columnist;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1952,
1956,
1960;
member, President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1973.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1962 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt and Anna (Hall) Roosevelt;
sister of Gracie Hall Roosevelt (who married Dorothy
Kemp Roosevelt); married, March
17, 1905, to Franklin
Delano Roosevelt; mother of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; niece of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; 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, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Corinne
Alsop Cole, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed of Corinne
Alsop Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; first cousin twice removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; 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 — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books about Eleanor Roosevelt: Hazel
Rowley, Franklin
and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Maurine H.
Beasley, Eleanor
Roosevelt: Transformative First Lady |
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) —
also known as Charles E. Russell —
of New York.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, September
25, 1860.
Socialist. Newspaper writer; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1910, 1912; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died April
23, 1941 (age 80 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Russell (1822-1912) —
of Milton, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born near Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
20, 1822.
Methodist
minister; newspaper publisher; Chairman of Prohibition
National Committee, 1869; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1872; member of Michigan
Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1890; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1892; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1896;
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912.
Methodist.
Member, Good
Templars.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
3, 1912 (age 90 years, 44
days).
Interment at Hart Cemetery, Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1893.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell; married, June 23,
1880, to Mary Gushert. |
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