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Michael Aaronsohn (1896-1976) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 5,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; blinded
in action; rabbi; college
professor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Jewish.
Died, in Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
25, 1976 (age 79 years, 235
days).
Interment at Clifton United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Samuel Ach (b. 1860) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, April
25, 1860.
Republican. Hamilton
County Treasurer, 1927-29; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1928.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Ach and Jeannette (Goodman) Ach; married, February
6, 1884, to Esther Kahn. |
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Walton Howard Bachrach (1904-1989) —
also known as Walton H. Bachrach —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1960-67.
Jewish. Member, Moose; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a stroke,
in a nursing
home at Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
17, 1989 (age 84 years, 360
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Gilbert Bettman (b. 1881) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
31, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; Ohio
state attorney general, 1929-33; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1932.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Bettman and Rebecca (Bloom) Bettman; married, June 30,
1916, to Iphigene Molony. |
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Alfred Morton Cohen (1859-1949) —
also known as Alfred M. Cohen —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
19, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio.
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 9,
1949 (age 89 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Einstein (1842-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
18, 1842.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1879-81; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1892; president, New River Mineral
Company; director, Alabama Mineral
Land Company; director, Raritan Woolen Mills;
trustee, Texas Pacific Land Trust.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1905 (age 62 years, 67
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Lee I. Fisher (b. 1951) —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
7, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1981-82; member of Ohio
state senate, 1982-90; Ohio
state attorney general, 1991-95; defeated, 1994; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1998; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 2007-.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2014.
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Julius Fleischmann (1871-1925) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 8,
1871.
Republican. Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1900-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916.
Jewish.
Died February
5, 1925 (age 53 years, 242
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Emerich Burt Freed (1897-1955) —
also known as Emerich B. Freed —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
November
22, 1897.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1933-41; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1941.
Jewish. Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died December
4, 1955 (age 58 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Freed and Sarah (Benfield) Freed; married, May 8,
1930, to Gertrude Davies. |
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Julius Freiberg (1823-1905) —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Neu Leiningen, Bavaria, Germany,
May
1, 1823.
Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1873.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
7, 1905 (age 82 years, 220
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sigmund Freiberg; married 1856 to Duffie
Workum. |
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Willis David Gradison Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as Willis D. Gradison, Jr.; Bill
Gradison —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
28, 1928.
Republican. Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1975-93 (1st District 1975-83, 2nd
District 1983-93); resigned 1993; president, Health Insurance
Association of America.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard E. Guggenheim (1913-2006) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
5, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960
(alternate), 1968.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died June 18,
2006 (age 93 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Simeon Moses Johnson (b. 1859) —
also known as Simeon M. Johnson —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born March
18, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920,
1928.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick A. Johnson and Julia (Moses) Johnson; married, December
7, 1893, to Gertrude Cohen. |
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Ron J. Klein (b. 1957) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 10,
1957.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1993-96; member of Florida
state senate, 1996-2006; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2007-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Saul Kornfeld (1876-1943) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Montreal, Quebec;
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Austria-Hungary,
February
12, 1876.
Rabbi;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1921-24.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Jack Martin (1908-1966) —
also known as I. Jack Martin —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Lawyer;
Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1958-66; died
in office 1966.
Jewish. Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
5, 1966 (age 58 years, 110
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert S. Marx (b. 1889) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
28, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; superior court
judge in Ohio, 1920-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1932.
Jewish. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Marx and Rose (Loewenstein) Marx. |
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Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) —
also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator
No"; "Headline Howard" —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 4,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; airport
parking
lot and car
rental business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio
state senate, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1952
(alternate), 1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
12, 2008 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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James Metzenbaum —
of Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1942; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1950.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American actor
and film
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad
dressing and other food
products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George W. Oakes; George Washington Ochs;
George W. Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Tennessee, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Historical Association.
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Benton Oppenheimer (b. 1878) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born March 1,
1878.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Ohio, 1912-16.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris Oppenheimer and Rose (Kling) Oppenheimer; married to Helen
Judith Vickers. |
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Theodore Albert Peyser (1873-1937) —
also known as Theodore A. Peyser —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
18, 1873.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Jewish.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
8, 1937 (age 64 years, 171
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Joseph L. Rauh Jr. (1911-1992) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
3, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964,
1980
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for District of
Columbia.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died September
3, 1992 (age 81 years, 244
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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David S. Reinberg —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1897-1914.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac A. Reinberg (b. 1861) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Guayaquil, Ecuador;
Hamburg, Germany.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
9, 1861.
U.S. Vice Consul General in Guayaquil, 1904.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Reinberg (b. 1852) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Tuckum, Russia (now Tukums, Latvia),
June
20, 1852.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice Consul in Guayaquil, 1883-84; U.S. Vice Consul General in Guayaquil, 1884-1902; founded an export
and banking
company in Guayaquil, Martin Reinberg & Company; in 1901, the company
became bankrupt, with debts over one million dollars; following an
investigation, his arrest was
ordered by Ecuadorian authorities, who suspected him of embezzlement
or bank
fraud; removed
from his consular post.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (1880-1965) —
also known as Benjamin L. Rosenbloom; Ben L.
Rosenbloom —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1921-25;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1924, 1934.
Jewish.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
22, 1965 (age 84 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Murray Seasongood (1878-1983) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1878.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926-29.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
21, 1983 (age 104 years,
117 days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Milton Jerrold Shapp (1912-1994) —
also known as Milton Shapp —
of Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 25,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1972,
1984
(alternate); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1971-79; defeated, 1966; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Jewish.
Died November
24, 1994 (age 82 years, 152
days).
Cremated.
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Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) —
also known as Abraham Silver —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Nayshtot-Shaki, Suwalki, Russian Empire (now Kudirkos
Naumiestis, Lithuania),
January
28, 1893.
Republican. Rabbi, The
Temple (Tifereth Israel), Cleveland, Ohio, 1917-63; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1952,
1960.
Jewish. Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
28, 1963 (age 70 years, 304
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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Gerald Norman Springer (b. 1944) —
also known as Jerry Springer; "Sultan of
Salaciousness" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in London, England,
February
13, 1944.
Democrat. Resigned
from Cincinnati city council in 1974 after admitting he paid
a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police
raid on a massage parlor; won back his council seat in 1975 and went
on to become mayor; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977-78; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982; local television
news anchor; host of a raucus national television
talk show; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
2004.
Jewish. Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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