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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 (1835-1927) —
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,
September
12, 1835.
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; Socialist candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1912.
French
ancestry.
Died in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
7, 1927 (age 91 years, 117
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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 Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; 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, 1945; 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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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 Manhattan, New York
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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Relatives: Son
of Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother of
Antoinette Schurz (who married Edmund
Jüssen); married 1852 to
Margarethe 'Molly' Meyer. |
| | | Political family: Jussen-Schurz
family of Watertown, Wisconsin. |
| | | 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 — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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; Democratic Presidential Elector
for New York, 1936;
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-Schoolcraft-Sherman
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
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| | | 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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Charles Rufus Skinner (1844-1928) —
also known as Charles R. Skinner —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., August
4, 1844.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1877-81; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1881-85; New York
superintendent of public instruction, 1895-1904.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 30,
1928 (age 83 years, 331
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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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 at Chicago, Ill., Illinois, 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; lawyer;
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; 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; expelled
again on September 21; 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.
Died December
8, 1963 (age 74 years, 40
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas Joseph Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as Thomas J. Spellacy; "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).
Interment at Mt.
St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.
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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 family: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead
family of North Carolina (subset 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, Springfield Gardens, 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 Dunning Stivers (1861-1935) —
also known as John D. Stivers —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., August
30, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; printing
business; 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., 1921-32.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Junior
Order; Eagles.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., February
23, 1935 (age 73 years, 177
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Middletown, N.Y.
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Moses Dunning Stivers (1828-1895) —
also known as Moses D. Stivers —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Beemerville, Sussex
County, N.J., December
30, 1828.
Republican. Orange
County Clerk, 1864-67; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Middletown, New York, 1869-83;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1886, 1886.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., February
2, 1895 (age 66 years, 34
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Middletown, N.Y.
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William Milo Stone (1827-1893) —
also known as William M. Stone —
of Knoxville, Marion
County, Iowa; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
14, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor; district judge in Iowa, 1857-61
(11th District 1857-58, 6th District 1859-61); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Iowa, 1864-68; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1878-79; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1892-93.
A friend of President Abraham
Lincoln, he was present at Ford's Theater when Lincoln was shot,
and helped carry the injured president across the street.
Died of pneumonia,
and Bright's
disease, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 18,
1893 (age 65 years, 277
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Knoxville, Iowa.
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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. |
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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; Socialist candidate
for Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1936;
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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John Swinton (1829-1901) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haddingtonshire (now East Lothian), Scotland,
December
12, 1829.
Socialist. Newspaper editorial writer;
Industrial candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1874.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1901 (age 72 years, 3
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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. |
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