The Political Graveyard: New York Politicians Who Died in Office

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New York Politicians Who Died While Still Holding Office

U.S. Senators from New York
U.S. Representatives from New York
Delegates to Continental Congress from New York
Governors of New York
Lieutenant Governors of New York
New York Secretaries of State
New York State Treasurers
New York State Comptrollers
Members of the New York State Senate
Speakers of the New York State Assembly
Members of the New York State Assembly
Members of New York Council of Appointment
Delegates to State Constitutional Convention
Delegates to State Constitutional Convention
Colonial Governors of New York
Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
Justices of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
Judges of New York Court of Claims
Justices of New York Supreme Court

U.S. Senators from New York Who Died In Office:
- Royal S. Copeland, June 17, 1938
- Robert F. Kennedy, June 6, 1968
U.S. Representatives from New York Who Died In Office:
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens, October 25, 1799
- Isaac Bloom, April 26, 1803
- Selah Tuthill, September 7, 1821
- James Lent, February 22, 1833
- Andrew De Witt Bruyn, July 27, 1838
- William Patterson, August 14, 1838
- Anson Brown, June 14, 1840
- Richard P. Herrick, June 20, 1846
- John M. Holley, March 8, 1848
- Alexander H. Buell, January 29, 1853
- Silas M. Burroughs, June 3, 1860
- Orlando Kellogg, August 24, 1865
- James Humphrey, June 16, 1866
- James Brooks, April 30, 1873
- David B. Mellish, May 23, 1874
- Terence J. Quinn, 1878
- Fernando Wood, February 14, 1881
- Lewis Beach, August 10, 1886
- John Arnot, Jr., November 20, 1886
- Abraham Dowdney, December 10, 1886
- Nicholas T. Kane, September 14, 1887
- Samuel S. Cox, September 10, 1889
- Newton W. Nutting, October 15, 1889
- David Wilber, April 1, 1890
- Francis B. Spinola, April 14, 1891
- Denis M. Hurley, February 26, 1899
- Charles A. Chickering, February 13, 1900
- Albert D. Shaw, February 10, 1901
- Amos J. Cummings, May 2, 1902
- Norton P. Otis, February 20, 1905
- John H. Ketcham, November 4, 1906
- William H. Flack, February 2, 1907
- Charles T. Dunwell, June 12, 1908
- James B. Perkins, March 11, 1910
- George R. Malby, July 5, 1912
- Richard E. Connell, October 30, 1912
- Timothy D. Sullivan, August 31, 1913
- Edwin A. Merritt, Jr., December 4, 1914
- Sereno E. Payne, December 10, 1914
- Joseph A. Goulden, May 3, 1915
- Michael F. Conry, March 2, 1917
- W. Bourke Cockran, March 1, 1923
- Daniel J. Riordan, April 28, 1923
- Luther W. Mott, July 10, 1923
- James V. Ganly, September 7, 1923
- Walter W. Magee, May 27, 1927
- Thaddeus C. Sweet, May 1, 1928
- Royal H. Weller, March 1, 1929
- John F. Quayle, November 27, 1930
- David J. O'Connell, December 29, 1930
- Matthew V. O'Malley, May 26, 1931
- John D. Clarke, November 5, 1933
- James S. Parker, December 19, 1933
- Anthony J. Griffin, January 13, 1935
- Stephen A. Rudd, March 31, 1936
- William D. Thomas, May 17, 1936
- Philip A. Goodwin, June 6, 1937
- Theodore A. Peyser, August 8, 1937
- Robert L. Bacon, September 12, 1938
- John J. Boylan, October 5, 1938
- Bert Lord, May 24, 1939
- William I. Sirovich, December 17, 1939
- Wallace E. Pierce, January 3, 1940
- Edward W. Curley, January 6, 1940
- Kenneth F. Simpson, January 25, 1941
- Pius L. Schwert, March 11, 1941
- M. Michael Edelstein, June 4, 1941
- Francis D. Culkin, August 4, 1943
- Thomas H. Cullen, March 1, 1944
- James A. O'Leary, March 16, 1944
- William B. Barry, October 20, 1946
- John J. Delaney, November 18, 1948
- Sol Bloom, March 7, 1949
- Andrew L. Somers, April 6, 1949
- William T. Byrne, January 27, 1952
- Daniel A. Reed, February 19, 1959
- William Fitts Ryan, September 17, 1972
- Benjamin S. Rosenthal, January 4, 1983
- Joseph P. Addabbo, April 10, 1986
- Theodore S. Weiss, September 14, 1992
Delegates to Continental Congress from New York Who Died In Office:
- Philip Livingston, June 12, 1778
Governors of New York Who Died In Office:
- De Witt Clinton, February 11, 1828
Lieutenant Governors of New York Who Died In Office:
- John Broome, August 8, 1810
- Thomas W. Wallace, July 17, 1943
New York Secretaries of State Who Died In Office:
- John Morin Scott, September 14, 1784
New York State Treasurers Who Died In Office:
- John J. Kennedy, February 15, 1914
New York State Comptrollers Who Died In Office:
- William J. Morgan, 1900
- Charles H. Gaus, October 31, 1909
- James A. Wendell, May 10, 1922
- Morris S. Tremaine, October 12, 1941
Members of the New York State Senate Who Died In Office:
- Philip Livingston, June 12, 1778
- Alexander McDougall, June 9, 1786
- Jelles Fonda, June 23, 1791
- Peter Schuyler, January 4, 1792
- Solomon D. Sutherland, September 10, 1802
- Darius Crosby, 1818
- Joseph Spencer, 1823
- Jedediah Morgan, 1826
- Moses Hayden, February 13, 1830
- Louis Hasbrouck, August 20, 1834
- Noadiah Johnson, April 4, 1839
- William Ruger, 1843
- Roderick White, May 26, 1856
- Horatio J. Stow, February 19, 1859
- John Doherty, April 20, 1859
- John Willard, September 1, 1862
- Chauncey M. Abbott, November 11, 1863
- Isaiah Blood, November 29, 1870
- Jacob Hardenburgh, April 29, 1872
- John Ganson, January 28, 1874
- William Johnson, October 11, 1875
- John Morrissey, May 1, 1878
- Webster Wagner, January 13, 1882
- Henry R. Low, December 1, 1888
- Edward P. Hagan, February 20, 1893
- James Ballantine, May 4, 1896
- Joseph Mullin, September 1, 1897
- Patrick F. Trainor, December 25, 1902
- Patrick H. McCarren, October 23, 1909
- Thomas F. Grady, 1912
- Daniel J. Carroll, March 7, 1927
- B. Roger Wales, November 25, 1929
- Bernard Downing, May 25, 1931
- Henry L. O'Brien, February 8, 1935
- Henry I. Patrie, March 3, 1935
- Julius S. Berg, July 20, 1938
- Perley A. Pitcher, February 20, 1939
- C. Tracey Stagg, July 14, 1939
- John J. Howard, January 24, 1941
- George L. Thompson, September 1, 1941
- Stephen J. Wojtkowiak, April 6, 1945
- Carl Pack, August 7, 1945
- John J. Donovan, Jr., March 12, 1955
- George T. Manning, December 1, 1956
- Francis J. Mahoney, December 23, 1956
- Henry Neddo, January 11, 1957
- Thomas F. Campbell, March 7, 1957
- Edward J. Speno, February 17, 1971
- Bernard G. Gordon, 1978
- Frederick L. Warder, 1980
- John D. Caemmerer, February 7, 1982
- Eugene Levy, 1990
- Abraham Bernstein, March 4, 1990
- James H. Donovan, August 31, 1990
- Joseph L. Galiber, November 21, 1995
- Michael J. Tully, Jr., August 5, 1997
- Leonard P. Stavisky, June 19, 1999
Speakers of the New York State Assembly Who Died In Office:
- S. Frederick Nixon, October 10, 1905
- Saul Weprin, February 11, 1994
Members of the New York State Assembly Who Died In Office:
- Charles De Witt, August 27, 1787
- Severyn T. Bruyn, August 30, 1794
- Solomon Townsend, March 27, 1811
- John Gasherie, March 8, 1812
- Josiah Bartlett, 1813
- Aaron Olmsted, 1813
- Nathaniel Medbury, February 3, 1813
- John Gibson, May 6, 1818
- Valentine Brother, January 9, 1820
- Dugald Cameron, March 30, 1828
- Ezra C. Gross, April 9, 1829
- John Walker, January 14, 1832
- John B. Yates, July 10, 1836
- Peter P. Montfoort, 1854
- Isaac Wells, April 8, 1856
- Peleg B. Babcock, April 2, 1857
- Marsena Baker, March 4, 1859
- Daniel F. Kellogg, April 11, 1864
- L. Harris Hiscock, June 7, 1867
- James Reed, 1868
- Hugh Conger, November 29, 1869
- William M. Ely, 1872
- Stephen J. Colahan, December 10, 1874
- James Healy, 1877
- Stewart T. Durland, 1877
- William D. Brennan, March 7, 1881
- P. Andrew Sullivan, January 14, 1890
- Edwin A. Loder, June 5, 1890
- Grattan H. Brundage, March 29, 1891
- James W. Husted, September 25, 1892
- Charles J. Gardner, May 7, 1901
- William H. Hughes, November 10, 1903
- S. Frederick Nixon, October 10, 1905
- Jean L. Burnett, 1907
- William J. Donohue, January 31, 1907
- Mervin C. Stanley, February 1, 1907
- Alonson T. Dominy, September 9, 1908
- Bradford R. Lansing, February 4, 1912
- Hermes L. Ames, August 23, 1920
- Charles D. Stickney, March 2, 1924
- John R. Yale, July 17, 1925
- Maurice Bloch, December 5, 1929
- Peter J. Hamill, January 13, 1930
- Herbert B. Shonk, September 26, 1930
- Henry O. Kahan, February 6, 1932
- Walter L. Pratt, April 3, 1934
- Louis A. Cuvillier, May 18, 1935
- Benjamin Gladstone, December 13, 1935
- Russell G. Dunmore, December 14, 1935
- Richard B. Smith, February 26, 1937
- Guy W. Cheney, April 18, 1939
- Denton D. Lake, January 5, 1941
- Michael J. Gillen, February 1, 1942
- Harry D. Suitor, March 25, 1945
- Irwin Steingut, September 26, 1952
- Harold D. Toomey, March 11, 1953
- John F. Wadlin, April 30, 1953
- John Smolenski, May 31, 1953
- Thompson M. Scoon, July 27, 1953
- E. Herman Magnuson, July 15, 1955
- J. Sidney Levine, December 22, 1955
- Bernard Austin, January 6, 1959
- Oswald D. Heck, May 21, 1959
- Bernard C. McDonnell, August 2, 1959
- Samuel Bonom, December 13, 1962
- Kenneth J. Lyman, July 28, 1966
- Melville E. Abrams, October 10, 1966
- William B. Hoyt, March 25, 1992
- John G. A. O'Neil, December 10, 1992
- Saul Weprin, February 11, 1994
- Angelo Del Toro, December 30, 1994
- Lena Cymbrowitz, August 21, 2000
- Jacob E. Gunther III, July 9, 2003
- Kenneth P. Zebrowski, March 18, 2007
Members of New York Council of Appointment Who Died In Office:
- Andrew Onderdonk, September 23, 1797
Delegates to State Constitutional Convention Who Died In Office:
- George F. McNaughton, August 8, 1938
Delegates to State Constitutional Convention Who Died In Office:
- Henry L. Ughetta, September 16, 1967
Colonial Governors of New York Who Died In Office:
- Henry Sloughter, 1691
Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals Who Died In Office:
- William B. Wright, January 12, 1868
- Sanford E. Church, May 13, 1880
Judges of the New York Court of Appeals Who Died In Office:
- William B. Wright, January 12, 1868
- Rufus W. Peckham, November 22, 1873
- Martin Grover, August 23, 1875
- William F. Allen, June 3, 1878
- Charles A. Rapallo, 1888
- Edward T. Bartlett, May 3, 1910
- William B. Hornblower, June 16, 1914
- John F. O'Brien, December 25, 1939
- George Z. Medalie, March 5, 1946
Justices of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court Who Died In Office:
- Manly C. Green, October 11, 1898
- Hamilton Ward, December 28, 1898
- Charles H. Van Brunt, May 26, 1905
- Peter B. McLennan, May 8, 1913
- Walter H. Jaycox, February 3, 1927
- Nathan Bijur, July 8, 1930
- Robert F. Thompson, April 7, 1937
- John V. McAvoy, April 12, 1937
- James C. Cropsey, June 16, 1937
- Paul Bonynge, June 29, 1937
- Thomas F. Noonan, December 6, 1940
- Harry E. Lewis, August 23, 1948
- Charles E. Murphy, November 22, 1959
- Philip Halpern, August 25, 1963
- Henry L. Ughetta, September 16, 1967
Judges of New York Court of Claims Who Died In Office:
- John S. Thorp, Jr., November 15, 1995
Justices of New York Supreme Court Who Died In Office:
- John Maynard, March 24, 1850
- Henry Hogeboom, September 12, 1872
- Thomas A. Johnson, December 5, 1872
- John M. Parker, December 16, 1873
- Charles H. Doolittle, May 21, 1874
- George D. Lamont, January 15, 1876
- Calvin E. Pratt, August 3, 1896
- John Sedgwick, September 11, 1897
- Manly C. Green, October 11, 1898
- Hamilton Ward, December 28, 1898
- Frederick Smyth, August 18, 1900
- Henry R. Beekman, December 17, 1900
- Charles H. Van Brunt, May 26, 1905
- Wilmot M. Smith, March 30, 1906
- James W. Dunwell, May 22, 1907
- George B. Abbott, February 10, 1908
- George H. Fitts, December 17, 1909
- Charles W. Dayton, December 7, 1910
- Edward B. Whitney, January 5, 1911
- Watson M. Rogers, February 1, 1911
- Edgar A. Spencer, May 5, 1911
- Henry B. Coman, January 10, 1912
- James W. Houghton, February 14, 1913
- Henry Bischoff, Jr., March 28, 1913
- Peter B. McLennan, May 8, 1913
- Edward B. Amend, October 20, 1914
- Joseph A. Burr, April 18, 1915
- John J. Delany, July 14, 1915
- John J. Brady, January 7, 1916
- James A. Robson, February 1, 1916
- Samuel T. Maddox, March 12, 1916
- William J. Carr, August 5, 1917
- Robert H. Roy, April 10, 1919
- Herbert P. Bissell, April 30, 1919
- Edward K. Emery, November 13, 1919
- P. Henry Dugro, March 1, 1920
- Eugene A. Philbin, March 14, 1920
- George R. Salisbury, September 24, 1920
- Frederick M. Calder, January 17, 1921
- Arnon L. Squiers, October 28, 1921
- Bartow S. Weeks, February 3, 1922
- Henry D. Hotchkiss, March 6, 1922
- Theodore R. Tuthill, December 14, 1922
- George W. Cole, March 30, 1923
- Michael H. Kiley, May 19, 1923
- Louis W. Marcus, August 18, 1923
- Asher B. Emery, August 8, 1924
- Thomas F. Donnelly, November 1, 1924
- William P. Platt, 1926
- Walter H. Jaycox, February 3, 1927
- William J. Kelly, October 11, 1927
- Edward M. Angell, November 25, 1927
- Charles D. Donohue, March 5, 1928
- George H. Smith, 1929
- Louis D. Gibbs, March 1, 1929
- Frank L. Young, May 21, 1930
- Nathan Bijur, July 8, 1930
- Charles V. Byrne, 1933
- Richard H. Mitchell, February 12, 1933
- Peter A. Hatting, February 28, 1933
- Charles J. Druhan, May 24, 1933
- Curtis A. Peters, December 17, 1933
- Phoenix Ingraham, April 30, 1934
- John L. Walsh, November 4, 1936
- Robert F. Thompson, April 7, 1937
- John V. McAvoy, April 12, 1937
- James C. Cropsey, June 16, 1937
- Paul Bonynge, June 29, 1937
- Edward L. Robertson, October 16, 1937
- Salvatore A. Cotillo, July 27, 1939
- Alfred Frankenthaler, January 7, 1940
- Clyde W. Knapp, February 1, 1940
- Erskine C. Rogers, November 3, 1940
- Thomas F. Noonan, December 6, 1940
- Bertram E. Harcourt, December 9, 1940
- Andrew J. McNaught, June 7, 1943
- Charles B. McLaughlin, December 8, 1947
- John H. McCooey, Jr., June 23, 1948
- Lloyd Church, August 2, 1948
- James T. Cross, August 8, 1948
- Harry E. Lewis, August 23, 1948
- William T. Powers, August 28, 1950
- Jacob H. Livingston, October 21, 1950
- Bernard L. Shientag, 1952
- Isaac R. Swezey, May 16, 1952
- Thomas J. Cuff, September 6, 1953
- William B. Carswell, September 7, 1953
- Thomas L. J. Corcoran, February 21, 1955
- R. Foster Piper, August 18, 1955
- Percy D. Stoddart, April 19, 1957
- Walter A. Lynch, September 10, 1957
- Benedict D. Dineen, April 3, 1958
- David Kusnetz, June 27, 1959
- Charles E. Murphy, November 22, 1959
- Jacob Tick, December 29, 1961
- Henry Epstein, December 30, 1961
- Philip Halpern, August 25, 1963
- Lewis W. Olliffe, May 7, 1966
- Victor L. Anfuso, December 28, 1966
- Henry L. Ughetta, September 16, 1967
- Abraham N. Geller, March 8, 1969
- Matthew M. Levy, September 4, 1971
- Richard C. Failla, April 11, 1993
- Noach Dear, April 19, 2020

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