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Politician members in New York

  William Albro De Groot (b. 1869) — also known as William A. De Groot — of Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 27, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1904, 1906-09 (Queens County 2nd District 1904, 1906, Queens County 4th District 1907-09); candidate for New York state senate 2nd District, 1904; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-29. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander De Groot and Jane (McCullough) De Groot; married, June 13, 1900, to Grace Lester Atkins.
Thomas C. Desmond Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) — also known as Thomas C. Desmond — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., September 15, 1887. Republican. Engineer; president and chief engineer, Newburgh Ship Yards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1940; member of New York state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District 1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58). Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Grange; Moose; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Redmen; Knights of Pythias. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 6, 1972 (age 85 years, 21 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond; married, August 16, 1923, to Alice B. Curtis (who later married Hamilton Fish Jr.).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Antonio Cornelius Gonzalez (1888-1965) — also known as Antonio C. Gonzalez — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 30, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Panama, 1933-35; Ecuador, 1935-38; Venezuela, 1938-39. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Society for International Law; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in 1965 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Antonio Cornelius Gonzalez and Matilda (Rodriguez) Gonzalez; married, August 22, 1911, to Evelyn Quinlan.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
William McKinley William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as "Idol of Ohio" — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884, 1888; Governor of Ohio, 1892-96; President of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Shot by the assassin Leon Czolgosz, at a reception in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228 days). Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to Ida Saxton; first cousin of William McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Prather Fletcher.
  Political family: McKinley family of Canton, Ohio.
  Cross-reference: Albert Halstead — Loran L. Lewis — George B. Cortelyou — John Goodnow
  McKinley County, N.M. is named for him.
  Mount McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its traditional name, Denali), in Denali Borough, Alaska, was named for him.  — McKinley High School, in Honolulu, Hawaii, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: William McKinley ThomasWilliam McKinley ThomasWilliam M. BellWilliam M. Branch
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46.
  Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full Dinner Pail."
  Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance Agent of Prosperity."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, The Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William McKinley and His America
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901
  John Motley Morehead (1870-1965) — also known as John M. Morehead — of Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Spray (now part of Eden), Rockingham County, N.C., November 3, 1870. Republican. Mayor of Rye, N.Y., 1926-30; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940. Baptist. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; American Legion; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in 1965 (age about 94 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Turner Morehead and Elizabeth (Connally) Morehead.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  John F. O'Keefe (1860-1936) — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Wilson, Niagara County, N.Y., December 28, 1860. Republican. School principal; superintendent of schools; lawyer; Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04, 1918; Saginaw city corporation counsel, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932 (alternate), 1936 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons. Died October 8, 1936 (age 75 years, 285 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Morris O'Keefe and Margaret (Roman) O'Keefe; married 1894 to Ida Catherine Callam.
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