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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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Vincent R. Balletta Jr. (1927-1996) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 7,
1927.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 18th District, 1967-70; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1976.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Lions; Sons of
Italy; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died October
15, 1996 (age 69 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maria Sottosanti. |
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Thomas Joseph Brady (1885-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Brady —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Justice, New York City
Special Sessions, 1934-39; Justice, New York City Court, 1940-50; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-55.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Union Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March 4,
1971 (age 86 years, 7
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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John D. Caemmerer (1928-1982) —
also known as "The Snorting Bull" —
of East Williston, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
19, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-82 (8th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
7th District 1973-82); died in office 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died, of cancer,
in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1982 (age 54 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan L. Holt. |
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William George Clark (1924-2001) —
also known as William G. Clark —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-59; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1961-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1968; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1976-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets;
American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died in Skokie, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 2001 (age 77 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Edward T. Corcoran (c.1894-1937) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Mechanicville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., about 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District 1937,
but died before taking office.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Legion; Elks;
Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Rockefeller Institute hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1937 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dominic Corcoran; married to Margaret M. McCosker. |
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Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987) —
also known as Francis E. Dorn —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
18, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1941-42;
defeated, 1937, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1948 (7th District), 1949 (7th District), 1950 (7th District), 1960
(12th District), 1962 (15th District); candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild; Eagles;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer,
in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1987 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James W. Feely —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1939-46, 1949-51.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Hagarty (1877-1950) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 30,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, board of managers, Holy Family Hospital;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-47; defeated, 1921;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1927-47.
Catholic.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Died, in Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
30, 1950 (age 72 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius E. Hagarty and Julia A. (Leary) Hagarty; married 1942 to Mary
E. McGrath. |
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Beatrice M. Judge —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1967.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Soroptimists;
Catholic Lawyers Guild; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James P. Judge. |
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Richard Paul Lydon (1868-1946) —
also known as Richard P. Lydon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-38.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic Lawyers Guild; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1946 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Henry Lydon and Ellen R. (Buckley) Lydon. |
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1946 |
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Walter Aloysius Lynch (1894-1957) —
also known as Walter A. Lynch —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-51 (22nd District 1940-45,
23rd District 1945-51); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950; New York
Democratic state chair, 1953; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-57; died in office 1957.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild; Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
10, 1957 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Joseph R. Marro (b. 1907) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
17, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1953-64 (18th District 1953-54, 24th District
1955-64).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher M. Murray —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 2001; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 2002-.
Catholic.
Member, Catholic Lawyers Society.
Still living as of 2013.
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Susan Bieke Neilson (1956-2006) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
27, 1956.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1991-2005; appointed 1991; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 2005-06; died in
office 2006.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Soroptimists;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Catholic Lawyers Society.
Died, of pulmonary
failure due to myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 2006 (age 49 years, 151
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Ronald Bieke and Sheila Bieke. |
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman
car porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael J. Riordan —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 2012-; appointed 2012.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Federal
Bar Association; Catholic Lawyers Society.
Still living as of 2013.
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John Stanislaus Thorp Jr. (1925-1995) —
also known as John S. Thorp, Jr. —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
29, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Nassau County 6th District 1965, 14th
District 1966, 13th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-75); Nassau
County Judge, 1976-85; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1985-95; died in office 1995.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions;
Catholic Lawyers Guild; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died, from pulmonary
fibrosis, in Mercy Medical
Center, Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
15, 1995 (age 70 years, 47
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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