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Politicians in Newspapers and Print Journalism in New York, T-V
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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.
  Relatives: Son of Kenneth Hammet Talbot and Gertrude (Phillips) Talbot; married, August 18, 1943, to Mildred Aleen Fisher.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
Eli Taylor 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.
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1921)
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article
Warren T. Thayer 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; resigned 1934; in March 1934, a scandal erupted over letters he had written in 1927-28 to a power company which was paying his expenses, including his acceptance of money to pay campaign expenses for village trustees in Chateaugay; following an investigation, a special session of the State Senate was called to consider his expulsion; he resigned, but the Senate later voted unanimously to find him guilty of misconduct. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Alice Hyde Hospital, Malone, Franklin County, N.Y., March 9, 1956 (age 86 years, 241 days). Interment at East Side Cemetery, Chateaugay, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Thayer and Hulda (Hall) Thayer; married to Haseltine Miller.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1917
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee; married 1863 to Emma Doiska Kilbourne; uncle of Clyde Carlos Tourgee.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Alexander Ferguson Treadwell (b. 1946) — also known as Alexander F. Treadwell; Sandy Treadwell — of Westport, Essex County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in London, England, March 25, 1946. Republican. Writer; journalist for Sports Illustrated magazine, 1969-72; chair of Essex County Republican Party, 1985; vice-chair of New York Republican Party, 1989-94; secretary of state of New York, 1995-2001; New York Republican state chair, 2001-04; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 2004; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 2004; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 2008. Still living as of 2020.
  Relatives: Son of John F. W. Treadwell and Susan Vanderpoel (Ord) Treadwell; married, March 21, 1970, to Elisabeth 'Libby' Krautter.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Alexander Trotter and Phebe (Day) Trotter; married, October 3, 1877, to Mary A. 'Mamie' Meehan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1884; 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.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Augustus Underhill and Portia Maria (Brooks) Underhill; married, May 2, 1851, to Charlotte Louise McBeath; father of Edwin Stewart Underhill; grandfather of Edwin Stewart Underhill Jr..
  Political family: Underhill family of Bath, New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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 (member, Rules Committee); 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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  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.
  Relatives: Married, April 7, 1870, to Elvira A. Near; married 1885 to Elsie Livingston; married, April 29, 1909, to Etta Millard.
  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.
  Presumably named for: Washington Irving
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Colburn Vanderpoel.
  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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