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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Sebastiano Paiewonsky Cassinelli —
of St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands, 2008
(member, Rules
Committee).
Jewish.
Italian
and Lithuanian ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Gery Chico (b. 1956) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born August
24, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 2011.
Mexican,
Greek,
and Lithuanian ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Chico and Jacqueline Chico; married to Jeryl Minow and Sunny
Pineda. |
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Phanor James Eder (1880-1971) —
also known as Phanor J. Eder —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmira, Colombia,
December
11, 1880.
Lawyer;
Vice-Consul-General
for Colombia in New
York, N.Y., 1905-07.
Latvian and English
ancestry.
Died, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1971 (age 90 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Martin 'Santiago' Eder and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Benjamin)
Eder; married, April
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Samuel Gejdenson (b. 1948) —
also known as Sam Gejdenson —
of Bozrah, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Eschwege, Germany,
May
20, 1948.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1981-2001;
defeated, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Belarusian
and Lithuanian ancestry. Member, Grange.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert James Harris (1930-2005) —
also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
5, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73.
Jewish.
Lithuanian ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died, of brain
lymphoma, in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 10,
2005 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arborcrest
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Abraham Lincoln Marovitz (1905-2001) —
also known as A. L. Marovitz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., August
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 19th District, 1939-50; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1950-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1963-75;
took senior status 1975.
Lithuanian ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 2001 (age 95 years, 219
days).
Interment at Jewish
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Gunars M. Ozols (born c.1933) —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Latvia,
about 1933.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly 100th District, 1974; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1978, 1980.
Latvian ancestry.
Still living as of 1980.
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Algert F. Politis (born c.1908) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1971; appointed 1971.
Lithuanian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Savickas (1935-2001) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 14,
1935.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 27th District, 1967-71; member of
Illinois
state senate, 1971-93 (27th District 1971-83, 15th District
1983-93).
Catholic.
Lithuanian ancestry. Member, Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
First
Lithuanian-American member of the Illinois legislature.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., May 14,
2001 (age 66 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice Sugar (1891-1974) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brimley, Chippewa
County, Mich., August
8, 1891.
Lawyer;
Socialist candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1917, 1919; Socialist candidate
for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1917; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1918 (Socialist),
1936 (Farmer-Labor); convicted
in 1918 for resisting
the draft, sentenced to a year in prison,
and disbarred;
readmitted to the Bar in 1923; pardoned
in 1933; general counsel to the United Automobile Workers, 1937-46;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Jewish
and Lithuanian ancestry. Member, National
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Cheboygan
County, Mich., February
15, 1974 (age 82 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Theodore Wilentz (1894-1988) —
also known as David T. Wilentz —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia),
December
21, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Middlesex County Democratic Party, 1928; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1934-44.
Jewish.
Latvian ancestry.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 6,
1988 (age 93 years, 198
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Robert Nathan Wilentz (1927-1996) —
also known as Robert N. Wilentz —
of Deal, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
17, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1966-69 (Middlesex County
1966-67, District 7-C 1968-69); chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1979-96; retired 1996.
Jewish
and Latvian ancestry.
Died July 23,
1996 (age 69 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren W. Wilentz (1924-2010) —
of New Jersey; Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., March
29, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Middlesex
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1956-60; Middlesex
County Attorney, 1960-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1966.
Jewish.
Latvian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J., March
18, 2010 (age 85 years, 354
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Nelle Zurles —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Collinsville, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn.; Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Socialist. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1934.
Female.
Lithuanian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Anton Zurles and Eve (Milasaunas) Zurles; sister of Peter
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Peter W. Zurles (1907-1989) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.; Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., August
8, 1907.
Socialist. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Britain, 1934; co-founder
and president, Lake Manufacturing
Corp.
Lithuanian ancestry.
Died December
27, 1989 (age 82 years, 141
days).
Interment at Burlington Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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