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Arthur Judson Abbott (1880-1958) —
also known as Arthur J. Abbott —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March
30, 1880.
Democrat. School teacher; newspaper
editor; mayor of
Oneida, N.Y., 1924-25, 1928-29; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died May 24,
1958 (age 78 years, 55
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Oneida, N.Y.
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Gary Leonard Ackerman (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary L. Ackerman —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica Estates, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
19, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state senate 12th District, 1979-83; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (7th District 1983-93,
5th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 2014.
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Seth S. Allen (b. 1864) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Clinton
County, N.Y., October
20, 1864.
School teacher; lawyer; Dry
candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac C. Allen and Henrietta (Fuller) Allen; married 1892 to Della
Parsons. |
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Bradford Almy (b. 1845) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Enfield, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
10, 1845.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Tompkins
County Judge and Surrogate, 1898; mayor of
Ithaca, N.Y., 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Hermes Luther Ames (1865-1920) —
also known as Hermes L. Ames; Henry Ames —
of Falconer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Carroll town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
28, 1865.
Farmer;
school teacher; hay
dealer; milling
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1918-20;
defeated (Prohibition), 1916; died in office 1920.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Grange.
Died August
23, 1920 (age 54 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Loretta Woodward (Tiller) Ames and Ezra Wales Ames; married, June 20,
1894, to Minta E. Brunson. |
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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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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Republican. School teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil
Company; owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1904-05; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Robert Philo Anibal (1845-1908) —
also known as Robert P. Anibal —
of Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Benson, Hamilton
County, N.Y., February
22, 1845.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Hamilton
County Judge and Surrogate, 1872-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1896;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1901.
In May 1901, the Herkimer County District Attorney accused
him of offering a
bribe to a witness
in a criminal trial; Anibal denied this.
Died in Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
14, 1908 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philo Anibal and Mary (Orcutt) Anibal; married, April
24, 1872, to Frances E. Van Arnam. |
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George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) —
also known as George A. Arkwright —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
19, 1888.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1945; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-64; appointed 1950;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1954-62.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank B. Arnold (1839-1890) —
also known as Michael Edwards; Benjamin Franklin
Arnold —
of Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
March
29, 1839.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County 2nd District, 1885-87; member
of New
York state senate 23rd District, 1888-89; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1890, 1890.
Irish
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his law
office, Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1890 (age 51 years, 257
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Cemetery, Unadilla, N.Y.
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Vincent H. Auleta (1886-1961) —
also known as Vincenzo Auleta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1886.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1926-30;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1930.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, in University Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1961 (age 75 years, 176
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Anna J. Schoenherr. |
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Patricia Ellis Baker (b. 1938) —
also known as Patricia E. Baker; Patricia
Ellis —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Gaines, Orleans
County, N.Y., November
7, 1938.
Democrat. School teacher; college
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Otis Ellis and Ruth (Winslow) Ellis; married 1960 to Roy
John Baker. |
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Thomas Meinhard Balliet (1852-1942) —
also known as Thomas M. Balliet —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Mahoning, Carbon
County, Pa., March 1,
1852.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; university
professor; dean, School of Education, New York University,
1904-19; Law Preservation candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1942 (age 89 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Lehighton Cemetery, Lehighton, Pa.
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John T. Barnett (b. 1869) —
of Silverton, San Juan
County, Colo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Ouray
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 22,
1869.
Democrat. School principal; newspaper
editor; lawyer; Ouray
County Attorney, 1898-1910; Colorado
state attorney general, 1909-10; secretary of
Colorado Democratic Party, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1913-20.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett; married, January
24, 1906, to Sue Sayre Nash; married, March 7,
1917, to Myrtle Louise Emily Schlessiner. |
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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) —
also known as Ebenezer D. Bassett —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
School teacher; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, as of 1874; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in New
York, N.Y., 1898-1902, 1904-08.
African
and Pequot
Indian ancestry.
First
Black American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreign country.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
14, 1908 (age 75 years, 29
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Caleb Howard Baumes (1865-1937) —
also known as Caleb H. Baumes —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., March
31, 1865.
Republican. School teacher; bookkeeper;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1915;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1919-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Author of "Baumes Law" which provided for mandatory life sentences
for fourth felony offenders.
Died, of a heart
attack, on a New York Central train,
near Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
25, 1937 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter H. Baumes and Mary E. (Wiltsie) Baumes; married, March
17, 1883, to Carrie S. Ten Eyck. |
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (granddaughter of Myron Holly). |
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Josiah Williams Begole (1815-1896) —
also known as Josiah W. Begole —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
20, 1815.
School teacher; farmer; Genesee
County Treasurer, 1856-64; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1871-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874, 1880; Governor of
Michigan, 1883-84; defeated (Fusion), 1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 5,
1896 (age 81 years, 137
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Fred Bennetts —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Socialist. School teacher; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Westchester County 5th District, 1927, 1928,
1935.
Burial location unknown.
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James Albert Betts (1853-1928) —
also known as James A. Betts —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Broadalbin, Fulton
County, N.Y., March
18, 1853.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
president, Kingston Savings Bank;
vice-president, Kingston City Hospital;
trustee, Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1892-98; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1899-1912.
Baptist.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., May 8,
1928 (age 75 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaiah Betts and Margaret A. (Hoes) Betts; married, October
16, 1884, to Frances M. Hill; married 1908 to Olivia
Ann (Mathews) North. |
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Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) —
also known as Jerome H. Bishop —
of Decatur, Van Buren
County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Oxbow, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
3, 1846.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; founder, J.H. Bishop fur company of
Wyandotte, Mich.; rug
and coat
manufacturer; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1885-87, 1905-08; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died May 22,
1928 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married 1867 to Jennie
Gray; married 1876 to Ella
M. Clark. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nicholas Cornelius Blauvelt (1814-1899) —
also known as Nicholas C. Blauvelt —
of Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Clarkstown, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 22,
1814.
Democrat. School teacher; merchant;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1846; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1853.
Died, from heart
failure, in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., October
30, 1899 (age 85 years, 100
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) —
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
9, 1801.
School teacher; surveyor;
delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; newspaper
publisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the Texas
Republic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, he invented
a dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failed
commercially; in 1853, he invented
a process to make sweetened condensed
milk, which could be transported without refrigeration, and
developed sanitation practices to to prevent contamination.
Died in Borden, Colorado
County, Tex., January
11, 1874 (age 72 years, 63
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Washington Brunswick (b. 1872) —
also known as William W. Brunswick —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1872.
School teacher; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Barmen, 1907-09; Chemnitz, 1909-11; St. Etienne, as of 1914; U.S. Consul in La Rochelle, as of 1919-24; Niagara Falls, as of 1926-27; Barbados, as of 1929; Lisbon, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) —
also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones;
Mary Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1882.
Communist. School teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926;
used the pseudonym "Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration
to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired
from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the
English-language broadcasts of Radio
Moscow, 1937-45.
African
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Staten Island Area Hospital,
Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., December
24, 1945 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909 to
Charles Burroughs. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: The Daily Worker, October
1933 |
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John A. Byrnes (c.1897-1963) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1897.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1926-36;
Justice, New York City Court, 1937-59; chief justice, 1943-57.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 24,
1963 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mae McSherry. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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John Callahan (b. 1865) —
of Menasha, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Goldens Bridge, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
18, 1865.
School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1921-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of M. J. Callahan and Johanna (Walsh) Callahan; married, September
12, 1889, to Minnie A. Powers. |
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1940 |
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Charles Raymond Cameron (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles R. Cameron —
of Philippines;
Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 25,
1875.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Consul in Tacna, 1919-20; Pernambuco, 1920-23; Hong Kong, 1923; Tokyo, 1923-25; Sao Paulo, 1926-30; U.S. Consul General in Sao Paulo, 1930-33; Havana, 1934-35; Tokyo, as of 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cameron and Catherine (McDougall) Cameron. |
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Perry Amherst Carpenter (1881-1957) —
also known as Perry A. Carpenter —
of Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton Township, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
29, 1881.
Professor
of mathematics, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N.Y., 1910; later
high school teacher; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1909; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1912.
Co-author of mathematics and algebra textbooks.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1957
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Orrin N. Carter (b. 1854) —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
22, 1854.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Grundy
County Superintendent of Schools, 1880-82; Grundy
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-88; Cook
County Judge, 1894-1905; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1906-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benajah Carter and Isabel (Cole) Carter; married, August
1, 1881, to Nettie J. Steven. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book
1919 |
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) —
also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman —
of Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., January
9, 1859.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; woman
suffrage activist; president, National American Woman Suffrage
Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and 1915-20;
founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1982.
Died, from a heart
attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 9,
1947 (age 88 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Cowboy;
school teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated (Republican), 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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William F. Chapin (1831-1885) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 22,
1831.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; farmer; Speaker
of Nebraska Territory House of Representatives, 1860; mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 1871-72.
English
ancestry.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
14, 1885 (age 54 years, 176
days).
Interment somewhere
in Greenwood, Neb.
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Image source:
City of Lincoln |
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Robert Andrew Childs (1845-1915) —
also known as Robert A. Childs —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March
22, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
principal; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., December
19, 1915 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Bronswood
Cemetery, Oak Brook, Ill.
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Rodney W. Choate (b. 1834) —
of Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Somerset, Niagara
County, N.Y., March 4,
1834.
Republican. School teacher; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; farmer; supervisor
of Delta Township, Michigan, 1869-74.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas C. Choate and Saloma (Seymour) Choate; married, November
4, 1857, to Ursula M. Brown. |
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August Claessens (1885-1954) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Switzerland,
1885.
School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1914 (Socialist, 15th District),
1924 (Socialist, 23rd District), 1928 (Socialist, 14th District),
1930 (Socialist, 18th District), 1932 (Socialist, 14th District),
1934 (Socialist, at-large), 1946 (Liberal, 10th District), 1948
(Liberal, 8th District), 1950 (Liberal, 8th District); member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1918-20, 1922;
defeated, 1915 (Socialist, New York County 26th District); expelled
1920, 1920; defeated, 1920 (Socialist, New York County 17th
District), 1922 (Socialist, New York County 17th District), 1923
(Socialist, New York County 17th District), 1925 (Socialist, Bronx
County 4th District), 1937 (American Labor, Kings County 4th
District), 1938 (American Labor, Kings County 14th District), 1954
(Liberal, Kings County 14th District); delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; Socialist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1926; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1940.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled
again on September 21.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
9, 1954 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Ranslure Weld Clarke (1816-1899) —
also known as Ranslure W. Clarke —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
27, 1816.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1869-77.
Died in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., January
15, 1899 (age 82 years, 353
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Elam Clarke and Cynthia (Lewis) Clarke; married to Lucy Chandler
Wilder and Susan O. Wilder. |
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memorial |
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William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) —
also known as W. Bourke Cockran —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
February
28, 1854.
School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23
(12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95,
1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died
in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892,
1904
(speaker),
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1923 (age 69 years, 1
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Ernest E. Cole (1871-1949) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Savona, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
18, 1871.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1920-22; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1923-26; New York Commissioner
of Education, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1949
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Seamans
Cemetery, Savona, N.Y.
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Frank Comesky (b. 1858) —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
14, 1858.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer; Rockland
County District Attorney, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1900.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Owen Comesky and Ann (Magie) Comesky. |
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Congress |
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George M. Dallas Condon (1860-1933) —
also known as George M. Condon —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., December
27, 1860.
Republican. School teacher; dry goods
merchant; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1917-30 (4th District 1917-26, 5th District
1927-30); defeated in primary, 1930.
Died in 1933
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Grand
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) —
also known as George B. Cortelyou —
of Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1862.
Republican. School principal; confidential stenographer to
President Grover
Cleveland, 1895-96; Executive Clerk of the White House, 1896-98;
secretary to President William
McKinley, 1900-01; secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1901-03; financier;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903-04; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1904-07; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1905-07; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1907-09; president, Consolidated Gas
Company, New York, 1909-35; director, New York Life
Insurance Company; first president, Edison Electric Institute,
1933.
Member, Union
League.
Died, following two heart
attacks, in Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
23, 1940 (age 78 years, 89
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Jerome Curran (1898-1958) —
also known as Thomas J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
chair
of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary
of state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military
Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 29,
1958 (age 59 years, 243
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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