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George Felix Allen Jr. (b. 1952) —
also known as George F. Allen, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
1952.
Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1991-93; Governor of
Virginia, 1994-98; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2001-07; defeated, 2006; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Israel Brown (1873-1928) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., July 28,
1873.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-24.
Jewish. Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion.
Died February
11, 1928 (age 54 years, 198
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Eric I. Cantor (b. 1963) —
also known as Eric Cantor —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Henrico
County, Va., June 6,
1963.
Republican. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1992-2000; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 2001-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Baldwin cyers (1883-1962) —
also known as R. Baldwin cyers —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., November
19, 1883.
Lawyer;
Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Norfolk
& Newport News, Va., 1916-29; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Norfolk,
Va., 1924.
Jewish ancestry.
Died in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., May 5,
1962 (age 78 years, 167
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Joe S. Frank (b. 1942) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
14, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1996-2010.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2010.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Mallory Levy (1827-1882) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., October
31, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1859; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1875-77; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1879.
Jewish.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
14, 1882 (age 54 years, 287
days).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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Barton Myers (1853-1927) —
also known as Richard Barton Myers —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., March
29, 1853.
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Norfolk,
Va., 1877-1923; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Norfolk,
Va., 1878-1903; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Norfolk,
Va., 1884-1907; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1886-88.
Jewish ancestry.
Died, from mesenteric
thrombosis, in Virginia
Beach, Va., December
23, 1927 (age 74 years, 269
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Moses Myers (1752-1835) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1752.
Merchant;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1820.
Jewish.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 10,
1835 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Norfolk, Va.
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Myer Myers (1793-1877) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born June 18,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; banker; Consul
for Netherlands in Norfolk,
Va., 1835-77; Consul
for Great Britain in Norfolk,
Va., 1856; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Norfolk,
Va., 1864-77.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
8, 1877 (age 84 years, 143
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Meyera E. Oberndorf (1941-2015) —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born February
10, 1941.
Democrat. Mayor
of Virginia Beach, Va., 1988-2008; defeated, 2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in 2015
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Phillips (1941-2013) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1941.
Candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1978; U.S. Taxpayers candidate for President
of the United States, 1992, 1996, 2000.
Jewish; later Evangelical
Christian.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., April
20, 2013 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Reyner (1889-1978) —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Newport
News, Va.
Born in Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., December
19, 1889.
Honorary
Consul for Costa Rica in Norfolk,
Va., 1909-35; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1930-32; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Norfolk,
Va., 1931; Honorary
Consul for Haiti in Newport
News, Va., 1931-44.
Jewish.
Died August
1, 1978 (age 88 years, 225
days).
Interment at Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, Hampton, Va.
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Paul Richman (1895-1959) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
December
25, 1895.
Democrat. Ship supply
dealer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Panama in Hampton
Roads, Va., 1934-36.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from kidney
failure and diabetes,
in Riverside Hospital,
Newport
News, Va., September
16, 1959 (age 63 years, 265
days).
Interment at Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, Hampton, Va.
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Norman Sisisky (1927-2001) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 9,
1927.
Democrat. Business
executive; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1974-82; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1983-2001; died in
office 2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Richmond,
Va., March
29, 2001 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Beth-El
Cemetery, Henrico County, Va.
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Richard Bernard Stone (1928-2019) —
also known as Richard Stone; Dick Stone —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
22, 1928.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Florida, 1971-74; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1975-80; resigned 1980; U.S. Ambassador to
, 1983-84; Denmark, 1992-93.
Jewish.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., July 28,
2019 (age 90 years, 309
days).
Interment at King David Memorial Gardens, Fairfax County, Va.
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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896-1974) —
also known as Lewis L. Strauss —
of Virginia.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
31, 1896.
Republican. Personal secretary to Herbert
Hoover, then director-general of the Allied Supreme Economic
Council; member of Republican
National Committee from Virginia, 1928; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-50;
chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1953-58; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1958-59.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in Brandy Station, Culpeper
County, Va., January
21, 1974 (age 77 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March
16, 1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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