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Norman Mark Aaronson (b. 1946) —
also known as Norman M. Aaronson —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
7, 1946.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972.
Jewish. Member, Common
Cause; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Isadore Aaronson and Betty (Brody) Aaronson; married 1968 to Carol
Cutler. |
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Arnold P. Abbott (b. 1924) —
of Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., April
12, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1968.
Jewish. Member, United
World Federalists; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom; married, June 20,
1948, to Charlotte Ruth Brody. |
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Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976) —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 1,
1890.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1924;
Delaware state director, Works Progress Administration; member,
Delaware State Highway Commission.
Jewish. Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
16, 1976 (age 85 years, 350
days).
Interment at Beth Emeth Memorial Park, Faulkland, Del.
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John Herbert Adler (1959-2011) —
also known as John H. Adler —
of Cherry Hill, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate 6th District, 1991-2008; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 2009-; defeated,
1990.
Jewish.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in connection with a staph
infection, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
2011 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Interment at Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill, N.J.
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Michael Woolston Ash (1789-1858) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1789.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1835-37.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
14, 1858 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Harry Bacharach (b. 1873) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1873.
Republican. Postmaster at Atlantic
City, N.J., 1901-11; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1912, 1916-20, 1930-35.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach; married, September
16, 1901, to Hattie Hanstein. |
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Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) —
also known as "Boardwalk Ike" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Brigantine, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1870.
Republican. Real estate
business; lumber
business; banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1911; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
5, 1956 (age 86 years, 244
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) —
of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
24, 1876.
Democrat. Metallurgist;
worked for copper mining
companies; inventor,
ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1920,
1928
(alternate).
Jewish. Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict; married, February
4, 1902, to Lena Manson. |
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Adolph Berky (1897-1945) —
also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
19, 1897.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Died, from meningitis
and tuberculosis,
in St. Mary's Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 17,
1945 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles S. Blondy (1905-1982) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
29, 1905.
Democrat. Constable; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate, 1941-64 (5th District 1941-54, 4th District
1955-64); defeated in primary, 1934, 1938; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich., January
28, 1982 (age 76 years, 364
days).
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Goldie (Grodsky) Blondy and Hyman Blondy; married to Frances
Goldberg. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Lawyer;
a close ally of corrupt New York City political boss William
M. Tweed; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1868-72; resigned 1872; in
1872, an effort was made to impeach
him, along with Justice George
G. Barnard, on charges
that they abused
judicial power in various ways to serve Boss Tweed, as well as
"robber barons" Jay Gould and Jim Fisk; rather than go through an
impeachment trial, Cardozo resigned
from the bench; meanwhile, Barnard's impeachment went forward, and he
was unanimously convicted.
Jewish. Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Earl Chudoff (1907-1993) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
15, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1941-48; served in the U.S. Coast
Guard during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1949-58; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952
(alternate), 1956;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1958-74.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 17,
1993 (age 85 years, 183
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert B. Cohen (1900-1970) —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., July 2,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from York County 1st District,
1933-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1956
(alternate); Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1955-57; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1957-70.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1970 (age 70 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac I. Cohen and Pauline (Kagan) Cohen; married 1927 to
Mildred Charlap. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer,
November 20, 1933 |
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Josiah Cohen (1840-1930) —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Cornwall, England,
November
29, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Allegheny County Republican Party, 1882; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; orphan's court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1901-07; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 5th
District, 1907-29.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Among the founders
of the Union of American Hebrew Hebrew Congregations (denominational
body, now the Union for Reform Judaism); also a founder,
in 1875, of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
Died June 11,
1930 (age 89 years, 194
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Samuel G. Coppersmith (b. 1955) —
also known as Sam Coppersmith —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 22,
1955.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1993-95; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1996
(delegation chair).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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W. Louis Coppersmith (b. 1928) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., June 19,
1928.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 35th District, 1969-80.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Still living as of 1980.
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Warder Cresson —
of Pennsylvania.
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1844-56.
Quaker;
later Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Joshua Eilberg (1921-2004) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1952-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1967-79; defeated,
1978.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Pleaded
guilty in federal court to conflict
of interest charges,
February 1979; sentenced
to five years probation
and fined
$10,000.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
24, 2004 (age 83 years, 41
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pa.
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Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
April
3, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 4,
1985 (age 85 years, 92
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) —
also known as George J. Feldman —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69.
Jewish.
Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of
NASA as a civilian space agency.
Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing
Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Robert Filner (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Filner —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1942.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from California, 1993-2008 (50th District
1993-2003, 51st District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; Navy
League; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2014.
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Herbert Fineman (b. 1920) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1920.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1955-72; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1969-72; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Max Martin Fisher (1908-2005) —
also known as Max Fisher —
of Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 15,
1908.
Republican. Oil
business; real estate
developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1968,
1976,
1984,
1988
(alternate), 1992.
Jewish.
Died in Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich., March 3,
2005 (age 96 years, 231
days).
Interment at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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Jon D. Fox (1947-2018) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
22, 1947.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1984-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1995-99;
defeated, 1992, 1998.
Jewish.
Died in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
11, 2018 (age 70 years, 295
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Memorial Park, Trevose, Pa.
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Abraham Lincoln Freedman (1904-1971) —
also known as Abraham L. Freedman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
19, 1904.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1961-64;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1964-71; died in
office 1971.
Jewish.
Died March
13, 1971 (age 66 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Goetz (1903-1969) —
of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
24, 1903.
Democrat. Hollywood movie
producer and studio executive; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
15, 1969 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Benjamin Martin Golder (1891-1946) —
also known as Benjamin M. Golder —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., December
23, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917-25; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1946 (age 55 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Maurice H. Goldstein (1902-1991) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, March
25, 1902.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 6th
District; elected 1954, 1960.
Jewish.
Died January
18, 1991 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Beth
Abraham Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Goldstein and Rachel Goldstein. |
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Oscar Baylin Goodman (b. 1939) —
also known as Oscar B. Goodman —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1939.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1999-2011.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967) —
also known as Avrum Moishe Grunfeld —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ukraine,
August
4, 1887.
Business
executive; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Jewish. Member, American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1967 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Republican. Mining and
smelting
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) —
also known as Solomon R. Guggenheim —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
2, 1861.
Republican. Mining, smelting,
and railroad
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924.
Jewish.
Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Died near Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Entombed at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Adolph Guttmacher (1861-1915) —
also known as Adolf Guttmacher —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jaraczewo, Silesia (now Poland),
January
7, 1861.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, aboard the
train Pennsylvania Limited, en route from Baltimore to
Chicago, near Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., January
17, 1915 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment at Baltimore
Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper
Appeal to Reason; founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher
of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; there
were more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature, biography,
self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make them widely
accessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to 1951, over 500
million copies were printed and sold; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried
and convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish; later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days). Possibly suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Manny Harmon (1909-2003) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
4, 1909.
Republican. Band and
orchestra leader; performed, Republican National Convention, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Century City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 5,
2003 (age 93 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ivan Itkin (b. 1936) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
29, 1936.
Democrat. Nuclear
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1973-81; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1998.
Jewish. Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Still living as of 1998.
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Harry Ellis Kalodner (1896-1977) —
also known as Harry E. Kalodner —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
28, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1936-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1938-46;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1946-69.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died March
15, 1977 (age 80 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Kalodner and Ida (Miller) Kalodner; married, December
20, 1925, to Tillie Poliner. |
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Arnold Katz (c.1857-1927) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bodenhausen, Hesse, Germany,
about 1857.
Shipping
agent; notary
public; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Austria-Hungary in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1891-99; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1894-1917.
Jewish.
Died, from myocardial
degeneration, in Jewish Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
9, 1927 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David E. Kaufman (1883-1962) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., May 15,
1883.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1928-29; Siam, 1930-33.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) —
also known as David S. Kaufman —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Boiling Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
18, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office
1851.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1851 (age 37 years, 44
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) —
also known as Ted Kaufman —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
15, 1939.
Democrat. Engineer;
administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Joe
Biden, 1976-95; college
professor; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009.
Irish,
Jewish, and Russian
ancestry.
Died in 2010
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Max D. Klein —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Jewish.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1900.
Democrat. Tobacco
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944,
1948.
Jewish.
While serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he
died, apparently of a heart
attack, in his hotel
room in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1948 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Bussy. |
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Lewis Charles Levin (1808-1860) —
also known as Lewis C. Levin —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
10, 1808.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1845-51.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
14, 1860 (age 51 years, 125
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Frederic Rand Mann (1903-1987) —
also known as Frederic R. Mann —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Gomel, Russia (now Belarus),
September
13, 1903.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cardboard
box manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, 1967-69; philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (b. 1942) —
of Merion Station, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1942.
Democrat. Television
journalist; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1993-95;
defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2000,
2004
(alternate), 2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Marc Lincoln Marks (1927-2018) —
also known as Marc L. Marks —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa., February
12, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Solicitor, 1960-68; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1977-83.
Jewish.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., February
28, 2018 (age 91 years, 16
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sophie Masloff (1917-2014) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1917.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1988-94; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 2004-08.
Female.
Jewish. Romanian
ancestry.
First
woman and first
Jewish mayor of Pittsburgh.
Died in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
17, 2014 (age 96 years, 239
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Margaret Mayer (1883-1955) —
also known as Margaret Shenberg; Mrs. Louis B.
Mayer —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
3, 1883.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in 1955
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Maurice Mezvinsky (b. 1937) —
also known as Edward Mezvinsky —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, January
17, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Iowa state legislature, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1973-77; defeated, 1970,
1976; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1981-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984.
Jewish. Ukrainian
ancestry.
Indicted
in March, 2001 on 56 federal fraud charges;
pleaded
guilty to 31, and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Isaac Nathan (b. 1878) —
also known as Edward I. Nathan —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 10,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Patras, 1907-09; Mersina, 1909-17; Vigo, as of 1917-21; Palermo, as of 1921-26; Santiago de Cuba, as of 1929; Monterrey, as of 1932.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Marcus Nathan; married 1907 to Anne
Nefsky. |
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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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Steven P. Perskie (b. 1945) —
of Margate, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
10, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-77 (District 2 1972-73, 2nd
District 1974-77); member of New
Jersey state senate 2nd District, 1978-82; resigned 1982;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1982.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1982.
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Henry Myer Phillips (1811-1884) —
also known as Henry M. Phillips —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 30,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1857-59; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
28, 1884 (age 73 years, 59
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jeanette F. Reibman (1916-2006) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., August
18, 1916.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1955-56, 1959-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1969-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1980.
Female.
Jewish.
Died March
11, 2006 (age 89 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Gene Rendell (b. 1944) —
also known as Ed Rendell; "Fast Eddie";
"Mount Rendell" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
5, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1992-2000; defeated in primary, 1987; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1999-2001; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2003-11; defeated in primary, 1986.
Jewish. Member, Pi
Lambda Phi.
Still living as of 2020.
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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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Victor Rosewater (b. 1871) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
13, 1871.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1896-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1908-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1912.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Rosewater and Leah (Colman) Rosewater; married, January
27, 1904, to Katie Katz. |
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Robert A. Rovner (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Rovner —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Feasterville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1943.
Lawyer;
talk
show host; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 6th District, 1971-74; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1986; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2008.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert David Sack (b. 1939) —
also known as Robert D. Sack —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1939.
Law clerk for U.S. District Judge Arthur
Lane; lawyer;
senior associate special counsel, U.S. House Judiciary Committee
inquiry into impeachment of President Richard
M. Nixon, 1974; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1998-2009; took
senior status 2009.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2017.
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Leon Sacks (1902-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
7, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1937-43; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
11, 1972 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Shalom
Memorial Park, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
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Allyson Y. Schwartz (b. 1948) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
3, 1948.
Democrat. Social
worker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1991-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 2005-; candidate
for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2014.
Female.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 2014.
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David Oliver Selznick (1902-1965) —
also known as David O. Selznick; Oliver
Jeffries —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 10,
1902.
Republican. Movie
producer and Hollywood
studio head; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1944.
Jewish.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 22,
1965 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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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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William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) —
also known as William I. Sirovich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., March
18, 1882.
Physician;
playwright;
Independence League candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples Hospital,
1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated
(Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a heart
attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1939 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Arlen Specter (1930-2012) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., February
12, 1930.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
Republican candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1967; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011; defeated in Democratic
primary, 2010.
Jewish.
Died, from non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
14, 2012 (age 82 years, 245
days).
Interment at Shalom
Memorial Park, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
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Myer Strouse (1825-1878) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Oberstrau, Germany,
December
16, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1863-67.
Jewish.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
11, 1878 (age 52 years, 57
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Cyrus L. Sulzberger (b. 1858) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1858.
Merchant;
philanthropist; Republican candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1903.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Sulzberger and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzberger; married, May 13,
1884, to Rachel Hays. |
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Herman Toll (1907-1967) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine,
March
17, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1951-59; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-67 (6th District 1959-63,
4th District 1963-67).
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1967 (age 60 years, 131
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Memorial Park, Trevose, Pa.
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Cyril H. Wecht —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Democrat. Allegheny
County Coroner; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1982.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2002.
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Samuel Arthur Weiss (1902-1977) —
also known as Samuel A. Weiss —
of Glassport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Krotowocz, Poland,
April
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-46 (31st District 1941-43,
30th District 1943-45, 33rd District 1945-46); common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania, 1946.
Jewish. Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
1, 1977 (age 74 years, 292
days).
Interment at B'nai
Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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