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Walter W. Abbott (b. 1894) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 20,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1930-33; mayor of
Rome, N.Y., 1942-43.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Abbott and Anna (Pritchard) Abbott; married, September
7, 1920, to Marion A. FitzGibbons. |
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Carlos Coolidge Alden (b. 1866) —
also known as Carlos C. Alden —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilmington, Will
County, Ill., June 4,
1866.
Progressive. Lawyer; law
professor; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1912; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1913; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward A. Alden and Adelaide (Cousens) Alden; married, June 29,
1898, to Suzanne Weismer. |
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Floyd E. Anderson (1891-1976) —
of Port Dickinson, Broome
County, N.Y.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934-51; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 1st District, 1941-42; member
of New
York state senate, 1943-51 (40th District 1943-44, 45th District
1945-51); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1953-58.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in February, 1976
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Millard Bartels (1905-1997) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
24, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, general counsel, Travelers Insurance
Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died October
16, 1997 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Bartels and June (Millard) Bartels; married, June 1,
1934, to Eulalia Stevens. |
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Theodore Thomas Baylor (b. 1866) —
also known as Theodore T. Baylor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hampton, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1918, 1920.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Le Roy Becker (1878-1948) —
also known as Alfred L. Becker —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
22, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1918.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 13,
1948 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John James Bennett (1894-1967) —
also known as John J. Bennett —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; New York
state attorney general, 1931-42; defeated, 1938; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Catholic
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles.
One of the organizers of the American Legion. Also served as Deputy
Mayor of New York City, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York,
Chief Justice of the Court of Special Sessions, and Chairman of the
New York City Planning Commission.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
4, 1967 (age 73 years, 216
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John James Bennett and Kathryn (O'Brien) Bennett; married, September
4, 1923, to Evelyn Anne Cogan. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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William McCormick Blair Jr. (1916-2015) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
24, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
administrative and executive assistant to Adlai
E. Stevenson, 1950-55; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1961-64; Philippines, 1964-67.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in New York, August
28, 2015 (age 98 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Grosvenor Bond (1877-1974) —
also known as Charles G. Bond —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 29,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., January
10, 1974 (age 96 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at West
Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
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Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941) —
also known as Francis E. Bouck —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-41; died in office 1941; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941; died in office 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Denver,
Colo., November
24, 1941 (age 67 years, 364
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck;
married, November
29, 1900, to Mabel Frankland Worcester; married, August
20, 1917, to Harriet Wolcott Vaile. |
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Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for hotel
associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel
and Restaurant
Law"; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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George Sturges Buck (b. 1875) —
also known as George S. Buck —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Auditor, 1912-17; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1918-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Boswell R. Buck and Maria Catherine (Barnes) Buck; married, October
6, 1903, to Louise Hussey. |
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer,
in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan L. Holt. |
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Hugh Leo Carey (1919-2011) —
also known as Hugh L. Carey —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
11, 1919.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-75 (12th District 1961-63,
15th District 1963-75); Governor of
New York, 1975-82.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., August
7, 2011 (age 92 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Warren Cheney (1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April
18, 1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.;
director, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways
Co., Third Avenue Railway
Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Co., American Eagle Fire
Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married, April
24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
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Charles S. Desmond (1896-1987) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Eden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
2, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1924; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1940; appointed 1940; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1941-59; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1959-66.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died February
19, 1987 (age 90 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Desmond and Katherine (Jordan) Desmond; married, June 28,
1928, to Helen Marie Ryan. |
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
24, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel,
Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond
Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Eastman
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Abbott
family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway,
which runs through Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange,
Ulster,
Greene,
Albany,
Schenectady,
Montgomery,
Herkimer,
Oneida,
Madison,
Onondaga,
Cayuga,
Seneca,
Ontario,
Monroe,
Genesee,
Erie,
and Chautauqua
counties in New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political
Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) —
also known as William J. Donovan; "Wild
Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
1, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1922-24; candidate
for Governor of
New York, 1932; general in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1953-54.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action during World War I. During World War II, he
founded and led the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, which later
became the Central Intelligence Agency.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1959 (age 76 years, 38
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1953-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1959.
Died of cancer
and pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 24,
1959 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother of Allen
Welsh Dulles; married, June 26,
1912, to Janet Pomeroy Avery; grandson of John
Watson Foster; great-grandnephew of John
Welsh; third great-grandnephew of Joshua
Coit; first cousin twice removed of Langdon
Cheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin once removed of Samuel
Welsh; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Coit Jr.; second cousin four times removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Abel
Huntington; second cousin five times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin of Lewis
Wardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell and William
Brainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, William
Woodbridge, Zina
Hyde Jr., Isaac
Backus, Theodore
Davenport, Henry
Titus Backus and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of John
Leffingwell Randolph. |
| | | 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). |
| | | Cross-reference: Edward
Corsi |
| | | Washington Dulles International Airport
(opened 1962), in Loudoun
and Fairfax
counties, Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 13,
1951 |
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Harold Leonard Fisher (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold L. Fisher; "Mr.
Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960,
1976,
1980;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1967;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; chairman, New York
Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1977-79.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1999 (age 89 years, 16
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Fisher and Pauline Fisher; married to Betty
Kahn. |
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Sydney F. Foster (1893-1973) —
of Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., March
23, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1929-60; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1939-40, 1945-49; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1960; defeated, 1954.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., November
20, 1973 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, N.Y.
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Ralph Abernethy Gamble (1885-1959) —
also known as Ralph A. Gamble —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.; St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 6,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1931-37; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-57 (25th District 1937-45,
28th District 1945-53, 26th District 1953-57).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi; Lions.
Died in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., March 4,
1959 (age 73 years, 302
days).
Interment at Hopewell
Cemetery, Port Deposit, Md.
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Edwin Louis Garvin (1877-1960) —
also known as Edwin L. Garvin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
25, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
special sessions court judge in New York, 1915-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1918-25;
receiver, New York, Westchester & Boston Railway,
1937; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-47; defeated, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., 1960
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) —
also known as Clarence E. Hancock —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,
36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1948 (age 62 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Louis Bret Hart (1869-1939) —
also known as Louis B. Hart —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., March
30, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Surrogate, 1905-39; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 18,
1939 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hart and Hannah (Marcy) Hart; married, April
19, 1897, to Emelie Monteath Weed. |
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Charles P. Henderson (1911-1990) —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, March 3,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1948-54; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Phi Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, at LaGuardia Airport,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
15, 1990 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Interment at Belmont Park Cemetery, Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
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George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) —
also known as George L. Ingalls —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., June 7,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65,
125th District 1966).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary;
Jaycees;
American Bar
Association.
Trustee of the New York Power
Authority in 1967-90.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April
10, 2001 (age 86 years, 307
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.
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Frank Irvine (1858-1931) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., September
15, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 4th District, 1891-93; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1893-99; law
professor; Dean, Cornell University Law School, from 1907;
member, New York State Public Service Commission; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Phi Delta Phi.
Died June 23,
1931 (age 72 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) —
also known as Benjamin F. Jones —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1870.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1899-1900; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900; district judge in
New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Augustus Kellogg (1865-1929) —
also known as Joseph A. Kellogg —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., May 13,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1911; appointed 1911;
defeated, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); New York
Democratic state chair, 1918-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hospital
at Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., September
8, 1929 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Fort Edward, N.Y.
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Harry Wellington Laidler (1884-1970) —
also known as Harry W. Laidler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
18, 1884.
Socialist. Newspaper
reporter; author; economist;
one of the founders (along with Upton
Sinclair and others) of the League for Industrial Democracy
(originally Intercollegiate Socialist Society); candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1914, 1915, 1923;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1917, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1918 (8th District), 1920 (3rd
District), 1932 (6th District); candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1928; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1930; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1936; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma
Chi.
Died July 14,
1970 (age 86 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund H. Lewis (1884-1972) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
30, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1930-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1933-40; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1953-54.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died July 31,
1972 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Davenport Lockwood (1877-1949) —
also known as Charles D. Lockwood —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
11, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford; elected 1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
6, 1949 (age 72 years, 25
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Clayton Riley Lusk (1872-1959) —
also known as Clayton R. Lusk —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., December
21, 1872.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; law
partner of Rowland
L. Davis, 1902-15; member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1919-24.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Union
League; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., February
14, 1959 (age 86 years, 55
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Roderick Nathaniel Matson (b. 1871) —
also known as R. N. Matson —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Fortescue C. Metcalfe (b. 1877) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
8, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1903-04; defeated,
1904.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; director,
Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins. |
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Cuthbert Winfred Pound (b. 1864) —
also known as Cuthbert W. Pound —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 20,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law
professor; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1915-32; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound. |
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Spencer G. Prime II (born c.1883) —
of Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., about 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1912-13.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 6,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general counsel for the Warren
Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 26,
1996 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Giles Sutherland Rich (b. 1904) —
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 30,
1904.
Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1956-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) —
of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Acacia;
Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 14,
1939 (age 60 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Luke D. Stapleton (1869-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-17; defeated, 1906;
appointed 1908; resigned 1917; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1913-17.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
12, 1923 (age 53 years, 63
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ludwig Teller (1911-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1911.
Lawyer;
law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960 (Democratic primary), 1960 (Liberal).
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi.
Died October
4, 1965 (age 54 years, 104
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Richard Harkness Templeton (b. 1877) —
also known as Richard H. Templeton —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
23, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1925-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Templeton and Charlotte (Harkness) Templeton; married 1908 to Mai
Morgan. |
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Stuyvesant Wainwright II (1921-2010) —
of Wainscott, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1953-61; defeated,
1960; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1956.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
2010 (age 88 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
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William John Wallin (1879-1963) —
also known as William J. Wallin —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association.
Fell
from the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at the
Saw Mill River Nursing
Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1963 (age 84 years, 140
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isabel (Watson) Wallin and John Cooper Wallin; married to Evelyn
M. Walsh. |
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Paul Windels (1885-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, in Norwalk Hospital,
Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
15, 1967 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Windels and Pauline (Klink) Windels. |
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John Carroll Young (b. 1904) —
of Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Manlius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
29, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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