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  Wilhelmina F. Adams (1901-1987) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., January 31, 1901. Democrat. Florist; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1964; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1945-51. Female. Protestant. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban League; Tammany Hall; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in May, 1987 (age 86 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Thomas F. Adams and Mary F. (Peck) Adams.
  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.
  Relatives: Father of Warren Mattice Anderson.
Herman Badillo Herman Badillo (1929-2014) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Caguas, Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico, August 21, 1929. Lawyer; accountant; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1966-69; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1967; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1969 (Democratic primary), 1973 (Democratic primary), 1977 (Democratic primary), 2001 (Republican primary); U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1971-77; Democratic candidate for New York state comptroller, 1986. Protestant. Puerto Rican ancestry. Member, Beta Gamma Sigma. First person of Puerto Rican birth to have a vote in the U.S. Congress. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 3, 2014 (age 85 years, 104 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Francisco Badillo and Carmen (Rivera) Badillo; married, May 18, 1961, to Irma Deutsch.
  Cross-reference: Charles M. Kinsolving, Jr.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Harry Felipe Besosa (1881-1947) — also known as Harry F. Besosa — of Santurce, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 24, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Puerto Rico senate, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Credentials Committee; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Republican National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1928-32; U.S. Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1932-33. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Rotary. Died October 22, 1947 (age 66 years, 181 days). Interment at Cementerio de Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
  Relatives: Son of Manuel Besosa and Fruta (Melero) Besosa; married, September 15, 1900, to Maria Cabellero.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hugh Henry Bownes (1920-2003) — also known as Hugh H. Bownes — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 10, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956; member of Democratic National Committee from New Hampshire, 1963; mayor of Laconia, N.H., 1963-65; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1966-68; U.S. District Judge for New Hampshire, 1968-77; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1977-90; took senior status 1990. Protestant. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Lions. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 5, 2003 (age 83 years, 240 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  George Harvey Branch (b. 1870) — also known as George H. Branch — of Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, Vt. Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., February 27, 1870. Republican. Physician; Grand Isle County Auditor; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Grand Isle, 1910; member of Vermont state senate from Grand Isle County, 1923; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1924. Protestant. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Walter C. Branch and Eunice (Monroe) Branch; married, June 4, 1902, to Mattie B. Hazen.
  Lowell Huntington Brown (1885-1965) — also known as Lowell H. Brown — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 10, 1885. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1940; member of New York state senate 28th District, 1945-46; defeated (American Labor), 1946. Protestant. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Psi Upsilon. Died in February, 1965 (age 79 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
Edward J. Brundage Edward Jackson Brundage (1869-1934) — also known as Edward J. Brundage — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill. Born in Campbell, Steuben County, N.Y., May 13, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916, 1928 (alternate); Illinois state attorney general, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Royal League. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill., January 20, 1934 (age 64 years, 252 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Victor D. Brundage and Maria L. (Armstrong) Brundage; married, December 17, 1913, to Germaine Vernier.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919
  Gordon Canfield (1898-1972) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., April 15, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper reporter; secretary to U.S. Rep. George N. Seger, 1923-40; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1941-61. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; American Legion. Died in Hawthorne, Passaic County, N.J., June 20, 1972 (age 74 years, 66 days). Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Carl A. Canfield and Florence A. (Saxton) Canfield; married, November 15, 1928, to Dorothy E. Greenwell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Lawrence Fly (b. 1898) — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Seagoville, Dallas County, Tex., February 22, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1939-44; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1939-44. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Lawrence Fly and Jane (Ard) Fly; married, June 12, 1923, to Mildred Marvin Jones.
  Ross Graves — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Republican. Insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1915-16; member of New York state senate 48th District, 1917-19; candidate for mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., 1925. Protestant. Burial location unknown.
  Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) — also known as Andrew H. Green; "Father of Greater New York"; "Handy Andy" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., October 6, 1820. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1894. Protestant. Guided creation of Central Park in New York, and Niagara State Preserve (first state park in the U.S.); led crusade to consolidate the five boroughs into today's New York City; helped create the New York Public Library, the Bronx Zoo, and other cultural institutions. Shot and killed, by a murderer who mistook him for someone else, in front of his home, on Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 13, 1903 (age 83 years, 38 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Green Island, in the Niagara River, at Niagara Falls, New York, is named for him.
  Raymond C. Green (b. 1893) — of Sauquoit, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Sauquoit, Oneida County, N.Y., January 27, 1893. Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948. Protestant. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Douglas H. Grieve (c.1881-1951) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born about 1881. Republican. Engineer; candidate for New York state senate 21st District, 1928; candidate for borough president of Bronx, New York, 1937. Protestant. Died, in Westchester Square Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 13, 1951 (age about 70 years). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, 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.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Hart and Hannah (Marcy) Hart; married, April 19, 1897, to Emelie Monteath Weed.
  Merwin Kimball Hart (1881-1962) — also known as Merwin K. Hart — of Oneida County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., June 25, 1881. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1907-08; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; founder and director, Utica Mutual Insurance Co.; political ally of "radio priest" Rev. Charles Coughlin, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain. Protestant. Member, John Birch Society. Died, of a heart attack, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1962 (age 81 years, 158 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Gilbert Hart and Lucy Lord (Kimball) Hart; married 1909 to Katherine Margaret Crouse; married, December 9, 1961, to Constance (Gray) Dall (granddaughter of Horatio Collins King); grandnephew of Henry R. Hart; great-grandson of Ephraim Hart; great-grandnephew of Truman Hart; second great-grandson of Thomas Hart.
  Political family: Hart family of New York.
Reinhold Niebuhr Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) — also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Wright City, Warren County, Mo., June 21, 1892. Pastor; professor, Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1932; Socialist candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958. Protestant. German ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., June 1, 1971 (age 78 years, 345 days). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr; married 1931 to Ursula Mary Keppel-Compton.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Time Magazine, March 8, 1948
  George Keyes Page (1896-1972) — also known as G. Keyes Page — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Perry, Wyoming County, N.Y., November 10, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Genesee County 1st District, 1961-62. Protestant. Member, Rotary; Elks. Died in 1972 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Keeney Page and Adella (Keyes) Page; married to Frances Marie Adams.
  Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) — also known as Laurence Radway — of Hanover, Grafton County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., February 2, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university professor; chair of Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964, 1972 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1972. Protestant. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Political Science Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from complications of abdominal surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., May 7, 2003 (age 84 years, 94 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway; married, August 20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland.
  William Rand Jr. (b. 1926) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1964. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1967.
  Relatives: Son of William Rand and Barbara (Burr) Rand; married, August 31, 1957, to Paula Murray Coudert (daughter of Frederic René Coudert Jr.).
  Political family: Coudert-Catlin-Tracy family of New York City, New York.
  Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) — also known as Stanley F. Reed — of Maysville, Mason County, Ky.; Washington, D.C. Born in Minerva, Mason County, Ky., December 31, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; counsel, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920, 1936; U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Phi. Died in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2, 1980 (age 95 years, 93 days). Interment at Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed; married, May 11, 1908, to Winifred Elgin.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Stanley Reed: John D. Fassett, New Deal Justice: The Life of Stanley Reed of Kentucky
  Carlos M. Rios (1914-1980) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ponce, Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico, March 5, 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president, Independent Theater Employees Union; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1963-65. Protestant. Puerto Rican ancestry. Died, following a stroke, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 6, 1980 (age 66 years, 93 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Candida Santos.
  Hiram Charles Todd (b. 1876) — also known as Hiram C. Todd — of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 17, 1876. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; law partner of Edgar T. Brackett, 1917-22; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1921-22. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Vernon Lawrence Todd and Anna Elizabeth (Tefft) Todd; married, November 27, 1901, to Susan Thomas Lumpkin.
  Robert Speer Tubbs (1897-1982) — also known as Robert S. Tubbs — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., January 23, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st District, 1961-62. Protestant. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., December 11, 1982 (age 85 years, 322 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Tubbs and Myrtle (Speer) Tubbs; married to Lorraine Joyce Burgess.
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