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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 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 families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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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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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; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
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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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; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; 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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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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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; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
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;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
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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Martin Russell Sackett (b. 1855) —
also known as Martin R. Sackett —
of Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Chenango
County, N.Y., April
28, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper editor; St.
Lawrence County Treasurer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S. Consul in Prescott, 1903-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Russell R. Sackett and Deborah Sackett. |
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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Telegraph
operator; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sammons and Julia (Flynn) Sammons; married, October
30, 1888, to Elizabeth Wheeler. |
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Edward Sanford (c.1804-1876) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1804.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1843-44; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1846-47; candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1847.
Died August
28, 1876 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Lucien Delabarre Sanial (1836-1927) —
also known as Lucien Sanial; Lucien
Delabarre —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in France,
1836.
Socialist. Newspaper reporter; Socialist Labor candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1894 (15th District), 1896 (16th
District), 1898 (9th District); Socialist Labor candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1894, 1897; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
French
ancestry.
Died in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
7, 1927 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Caroline McClenahan. |
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George Sawter (1857-1922) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., 1857.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Commercial
Agent (Consul) in Glauchau, 1895-96; U.S. Consul in Glauchau, 1896-99; Antigua, 1901-02.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1922 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Max Schachtman (1904-1972) —
of Floral Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Poland,
September
10, 1904.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; arrested
during a demonstration
on Wall Street in New York City, July 3, 1928, but charges against
him were dismissed; became an open supporter of Leon Trotsky's
opposition to Stalin about 1928, and was expelled from the Communist
Party; became a major Trotskyist leader and theoretician, and one of
the founders of the Socialist Workers Party; editor of The
Militant newspaper; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940 (23rd District), 1946 (15th
District); Workers candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941; broke with Trotskyism in 1948, and
became more conservative in later life.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died, in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
New Hyde Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
4, 1972 (age 68 years, 55
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Schachtman and Sarah Schachtman; married to Billie
Ramloff, Edith Harvey and Yetta Barsh. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Frederick Schilplin (1868-1949) —
also known as Fred Schilplin —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., May 27,
1868.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
postmaster at St.
Cloud, Minn., 1918-19 (acting, 1918).
Swiss
ancestry.
Died in New York, April
28, 1949 (age 80 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter H. Schulz (b. 1883) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
17, 1883.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul
in Aden, 1911; Nantes, as of 1914; Berne, as of 1916-17.
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) —
also known as Carl Schurz —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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The community
of Schurz,
Nevada, is named for
him. — Mount
Schurz, in Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Park,
in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Schurz Elementary
School, in Watertown,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Elementary
School, in New
Braunfels, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Carl
S. Thompson
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis
Trefousse, Carl
Schurz: A Biography |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Adelbert Marvin Scriber (1865-1948) —
also known as Adelbert M. Scriber —
of Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Livingston Manor, Sullivan
County, N.Y., January
5, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1944.
Died in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
13, 1948 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Orchard
Street Cemetery, Livingston Manor, N.Y.
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Lewis Selye (1803-1883) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 11,
1803.
Blacksmith;
iron
manufacturer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1848-51, 1854; newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1867-69.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
27, 1883 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Lawyer;
co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper in
1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, he
made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed
the territory "Seward's Folly".
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel
Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to Frances
Adeline Miller; father of Frederick
William Seward and William
Henry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (who
married John
Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George
Frederick Seward; granduncle of Frederick
Whittlesey Seward Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Seward
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
W. Jones — Samuel
J. Barrows — Frederick
W. Seward — Elias
P. Pellet |
| | | Seward counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | Seward Mountain,
in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin
County, New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The town
of Seward,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Alaska, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: W.
Seward Whittlesey
— W.
H. Seward Thomson
— William
S. Shanahan
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William H. Seward: Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan, William
Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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John R. Sharpstein (1823-1892) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 23,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kenosha
County District Attorney, 1851; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1852-53 (16th District 1852, 8th District 1853); U.S.
Attorney for Wisconsin, 1853-57; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1857-58; newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1863; law partner of Henry
L. Palmer, 1863-64; district judge in California 12th District,
1874; justice of
California state supreme court, 1880-92; died in office 1892.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1892 (age 69 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Crittenden. |
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Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833-1893) —
also known as Elliott F. Shepard —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 25,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Theron
R. Strong, 1868-73; banker;
newspaper owner; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1892.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1893 (age 59 years, 242
days).
Entombed at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Richard Updike Sherman (1819-1895) —
also known as Richard U. Sherman —
of New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Vernon, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 26,
1819.
Newspaper publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1857, 1875-76; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1895 (age 75 years, 240
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Herbert Delano Sibley (1861-1937) —
also known as Herbert D. Sibley —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Napoli, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
8, 1861.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912;
postmaster at Olean,
N.Y., 1915-24.
Presbyterian.
Died August
30, 1937 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Grove Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Judson Sibley and Ann Eliza (Miller) Sibley; married, June 16,
1884, to Margaret E. Campbell. |
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James Stevenson Smart (1842-1903) —
also known as James S. Smart —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 14,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1873-75.
Died in Cambridge, Washington
County, N.Y., September
17, 1903 (age 61 years, 95
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cambridge, N.Y.
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Charles Emory Smith (1842-1908) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., February
18, 1842.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1876;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1890-92; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1898-1902.
Baptist.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1908 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Henry Kendall Smith (1811-1854) —
also known as Henry K. Smith —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, April 2,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Buffalo,
N.Y., 1846-49; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1850-51.
English
ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
23, 1854 (age 43 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Sally Ann Thompson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pictorial History of the
Superior Court of Buffalo (1886) |
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Robert Bruce Smith (1901-1985) —
also known as Robert B. Smith —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in New York, May 1,
1901.
Newspaper executive; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1956-58.
Died April
29, 1985 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Theophilus Washington Smith (1784-1845) —
also known as Theophilus W. Smith —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1784.
Studied law in the office of Aaron
Burr; lawyer;
newspaper editor; candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1820; member of Illinois
state senate, 1823-26; advocated the legalization of slavery in
Illinois; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1825-42; impeached
by the Illinois Legislature in 1833, on charges
of oppressive
conduct and corruption;
the Senate acquitted him on a vote of 12-10 (two-thirds required).
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 6,
1845 (age 60 years, 220
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Smith (1833-1896) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., 1833.
Newspaper editor; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1865-68; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1877-81.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., July 27,
1896 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Stuart Worthington Smyth (1879-1941) —
also known as Stuart W. Smyth —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., March
22, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; bank
director; postmaster at Owego,
N.Y., 1923-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., April 3,
1941 (age 62 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Smyth (1819-1898) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), June 19,
1819.
Republican. School
principal; newspaper publisher; Tioga
County School Commissioner, 1858-63; village
president of Owego, New York, 1866-69; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1872; postmaster at Owego,
N.Y., 1889-93.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., September
27, 1898 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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William A. Smyth (1852-1919) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., March
14, 1852.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1896,
1904
(alternate); postmaster at Owego,
N.Y., 1897-1914; director, Owego Power &
Light Company.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum; Redmen.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and asthma,
in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
11, 1919 (age 67 years, 150
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Charles Solomon (1889-1963) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born October
29, 1889.
Socialist. Newspaperman; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1919-20, 1921;
expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1927; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1924; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1928, 1938; candidate for New York
state senate 8th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1932; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1934; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Jewish.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled
again on September 21.
Died December
8, 1963 (age 74 years, 40
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 6,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1907-08, 1911-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Foresters
of America.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Spellacy and Catharine A. (Bourke) Spellacy; married, November
25, 1903, to Nellie Walsh; married to Elizabeth
Gill. |
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Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912) —
also known as Julius H. Stahel-Számwald —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Szeged, Hungary,
November
5, 1827.
Newspaper editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5,
1864; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1866-69; Osaka, 1877-84; Hiogo, 1877-84; mining engineer;
U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1884-85; insurance
executive.
Hungarian
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in the Hotel St.
James, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1912 (age 85 years, 29
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Griswold, New London
County, Conn., June 27,
1805.
Journalist; orator;
lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton and Joseph Stanton; married, May 1,
1840, to Elizabeth
Smith Cady; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert
Treat; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Belcher; second cousin once removed of Erskine
Mason Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill
Avery; third cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman; third cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton and Giles
Russell Taggart; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams, George
Champlin and John
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Albert
Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of David
Hough, John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, John
Quincy Adams, Christopher
Grant Champlin, Solomon
Taintor, Daniel
Cady, Daniel
Packer, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Lorenzo
Burrows, Asa
Packer, Albert
Smith Gallup and Abial
T. Browning. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Lenoir
family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Emerich Steinberger (1896-1948) —
also known as Imre Steinberger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
August
21, 1896.
Socialist. Magazine editor; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1920 (New York County 15th District), 1928
(Queens County 1st District), 1933 (Queens County 1st District), 1935
(Queens County 1st District); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1932, 1934.
Died March
30, 1948 (age 51 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Irwin Steingut (1893-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1893.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1922-52; died in
office 1952; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1935; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1936, 1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
26, 1952 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, St. Albans, Queens, N.Y.
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Stephen Dover Stephens (b. 1887) —
also known as Stephen D. Stephens —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born October
28, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Kingsley Stetson (1884-1930) —
also known as Albert K. Stetson —
of Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Clyde, Wayne
County, N.Y., January
26, 1884.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1924;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928.
Died in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, April 3,
1930 (age 46 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. F. Stetson and Nettie (Fowler) Stetson; married, December
24, 1915, to Hazel Hewes. |
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Aron Leonard Steuer (1898-1985) —
also known as Aron Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
22, 1898.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1933-74; newspaper columnist.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1985 (age 87 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John D. Stivers (c.1861-1935) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born about 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1910-12; member
of New
York state senate 25th District, 1913-18; postmaster at Middletown,
N.Y., 1928.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., February
23, 1935 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Laurens J. Storke (d. 1912) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sennett, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888;
postmaster;
telephone
business.
Died January
26, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Delisle Straus (1839-1925) —
also known as Adolph D. Straus —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany,
May
13, 1839.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; export
commission merchant; Vice-Consul
for Nicaragua in New
York, N.Y., 1891-94; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in New
York, N.Y., 1895-96, 1900-02.
Jewish.
Died, in the Madison Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1925 (age 85 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Straus and Babetta (Schwarz) Straus; married, September
13, 1875, to Emilie Saarbach. |
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Ronald Peter Straus (1923-2012) —
also known as R. Peter Straus —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
15, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
chairman, Straus Communications, a chain of newspapers and radio
stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960,
1964;
director, Voice of America, 1977-79.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
6, 2012 (age 89 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Maria (Claussen) von
Struve; married 1863 to
Lascelle Florence Knighton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) —
also known as Elmer E. Studley —
of Raton, Colfax
County, N.M.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near East Ashford, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
24, 1869.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
6, 1942 (age 72 years, 347
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Monroe Mark Sweetland Jr. (1910-2006) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., January
20, 1910.
Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1934; Socialist candidate for New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1935; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Oregon; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1964;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1953-54; member of Oregon
state senate 11th District, 1955-62; defeated (Democratic), 1998;
Democratic candidate for secretary
of state of Oregon, 1956, 1960; newspaper publisher.
Died, from cancer,
in Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore., September
10, 2006 (age 96 years, 233
days); body
donated to Oregon Health and Science University.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope; married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Phillips Talbot (1915-2010) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 7,
1915.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
1, 2010 (age 95 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eli Taylor (b. 1873) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1873.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1910-13; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1915; Sydney, 1915-19; Shanghai, 1919-21; Mukden, 1921-23, 1923-24, 1924; Dairen, 1923, 1924; Acapulco, 1924-26; Aguascalientes, 1926-29; Progreso, 1929-30; Puerto Cabezas, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
U.S. passport application (1921) |
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Claudia Tenney (b. 1961) —
Born in New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
4, 1961.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of New York
state assembly 101st District, 2011-16; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 2017-; defeated in
primary, 2014.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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Warren Thomas Thayer (1869-1956) —
also known as Warren T. Thayer —
of Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Burke, Franklin
County, N.Y., July 12,
1869.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1916-20; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1921-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Alice Hyde Hospital,
Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March 2,
1956 (age 86 years, 234
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Chateaugay, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Thayer and Hulda (Hall) Thayer; married to Haseltine
Miller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lloyd Thompson (b. 1879) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; town clerk of Westfield, N.J., 1903-09; real estate
investor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1910-11.
Congregationalist.
Member, Order
of Heptasophs.
Burial location unknown.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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James A. Trotter (1852-1928) —
of Vassar, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., March, 1852.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Vassar village Clerk,
1877-80;; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; postmaster of Vassar,
Mich., 1902.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1928
(age about
76 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Mich.
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Anthony Lispenard Underhill (1830-1902) —
also known as Anthony L. Underhill —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Veteran, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 9,
1830.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; postmaster at Bath,
N.Y., 1886-90; village
president of Bath, New York, 1891-92.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 9,
1902 (age 71 years, 304
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Bath, N.Y.
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Robert Johnstone Vance (1854-1902) —
also known as Robert J. Vance —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1854.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1887-89; defeated,
1888, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1888,
1892;
Connecticut labor commissioner, 1893-95; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1896-98; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from New Britain,
1902.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., June 15,
1902 (age 48 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Frank M. Vandercook (b. 1853) —
of St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in New York, June 27,
1853.
Newspaper publisher; Gratiot
County Register of Deeds, 1897-1900; member of Michigan People's
Party State Executive Committee, 1899; secretary of Michigan People's
Party, 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) —
also known as W. Irving Vanderpoel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; insurance
broker; village
president of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.
Dutch
ancestry.
Indicted
in December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by a
federal grand jury, over his involvement in a stock
swindle; found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.
Burial location unknown.
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Coleman C. Vaughan (b. 1857) —
of St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Machias, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., August
1, 1857.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
state senate, 1903-04, 1911-12 (19th District 1903-04, 15th
District 1911-12); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1904,
1924;
secretary
of state of Michigan, 1915-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan G. Wait (1811-1873) —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
22, 1811.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1851-52;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-68 (16th District 1863-66, 14th District
1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1872.
Founder, editor, and publisher of the Sturgis Journal.
Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., October
24, 1873 (age 61 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis, Mich.
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Clair Hiram Walbridge (1880-1970) —
also known as Clair H. Walbridge —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, July 15,
1880.
Socialist. Linotype
operator; newspaper compositor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1932, 1933;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1936, 1938.
Died in November, 1970
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Newspaper writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles B. Ward —
of DeBruce, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April
27, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper editor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25; defeated,
1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Postmaster;
newspaper publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., September
6, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Medina,
N.Y., 1928; member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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John Griswold Webb —
also known as J. Griswold Webb —
of Clinton Corners, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1919-22; member
of New
York state senate 28th District, 1923-34; chair of
Dutchess County Republican Party, 1927-29.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Walter Webb; married 1914 to Anne
Pendleton Rogers. |
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Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) —
also known as Edward Thurlow Weed —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., November
15, 1797.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper
publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1825, 1830.
Influential political leader in New York State from the 1820s through
the 1860s; supported John
Quincy Adams in 1820s; led the New York Whigs in the 1840s;
joined the Republican Party in the 1850s and supported William
H. Seward for president in 1860.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1882 (age 85 years, 7
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Alfred Wells (1814-1867) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dagsboro, Sussex
County, Del., May 27,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Tompkins
County District Attorney, 1845-47; Tompkins
County Judge, 1847-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1859-61.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 18,
1867 (age 53 years, 52
days).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Henry Litchfield West (1859-1940) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Factoryville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
20, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1902-10.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Haven, Dorchester
County, Md., September
3, 1940 (age 81 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Athow West and Elizabeth (Cook) West; married, July 25,
1882, to Mary Hope White. |
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memorial |
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Newspaper editor; mining
business; author;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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John Osborne Whitehouse (1817-1881) —
also known as John O. Whitehouse —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., July 19,
1817.
Democrat. Shoe
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1873-77; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
24, 1881 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) —
also known as Jock Whitney —
of Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
17, 1904.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald
Tribune newspaper, 1961-66.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman (1867-1932) —
also known as Edwin Wildman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 9,
1867.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Hong Kong, 1898-99; newspaper correspondent; writer.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1932 (age 65 years, 178
days).
Interment at Oramel Cemetery, Oramel, Caneadea, N.Y.
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Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Journalist; advertising
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Oliver T. B. Williams (b. 1835) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.; Seward, Seward
County, Neb.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1835.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1866; postmaster at Columbus,
Neb., 1866; People's Independent candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
24, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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Walter V. Windus (1860-1918) —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born in Scio, Allegany
County, N.Y., December
3, 1860.
Brick
manufacturer; newspaper editor; real estate
business; banker; mayor
of Pullman, Wash., 1890-93.
Died in 1918
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
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William Woodward III (1944-1999) —
also known as Woody Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 24,
1944.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; magazine publisher;
candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1978.
Jumped
from the kitchen window of his apartment, and fell to
his death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1999 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) —
also known as John C. Wright —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
17, 1783.
Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1861 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Wynne —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1851.
Telegrapher;
journalist; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in London, 1905-10; insurance
executive.
Catholic.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1922 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Russell Young (1840-1899) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), November
20, 1840.
Newspaper correspondent and managing editor; U.S. Minister to
China, 1882-85; Librarian of Congress, 1897-99.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
17, 1899 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Jones Youngs (1851-1916) —
also known as William J. Youngs —
of Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., June 24,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1879-80; Queens
County District Attorney; private secretary to Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1902-15;
newspaper editor.
Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
27, 1916 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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