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Jacob M. Arvey (1895-1977) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alderman, 24th Ward, Chicago, 1923-41; commissioner, Chicago Park
District, 1945-67; delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1968;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Cook County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1950-.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith; Jewish War Veterans; American
Legion; Navy
League; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of heart
failure, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 1977 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Interment at Shalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights, Ill.
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Howard E. Babbush (b. 1941) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
8, 1941.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate, 1976-93 (16th District 1976-82, 17th District
1983-93, 19th District 1993).
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; B'nai
B'rith; Jewish War Veterans.
Still living as of 1993.
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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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Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
on charges
of receiving
money for his aid in procuring
liquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New York
World's Fair; that same day, he killed
himself by gunshot,
in his law
office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1938 (age 43 years, 5
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Jeremiah B. Bloom (1913-1983) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1957-78 (12th District 1957-65, 21st District 1966,
17th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-78); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1978.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans.
Suffered a heart
attack at the Port Authority Bus
Terminal, and died soon after, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1983 (age 70 years, 130
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Alexander Chananau (b. 1915) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., November
11, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1958-72 (Bronx County 8th District 1958-65, 88th
District 1966, 82nd District 1967-72); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish War Veterans; American
Arbitration Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Adele Hausthor. |
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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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Joseph Forbes (b. 1916) —
also known as Joe Forbes; Joseph Goldfarb —
of Oak Park, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
8, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Oak Park, Mich., 1967; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 67th District, 1971-84.
Jewish.
Member, Optimist
Club; Kiwanis;
Jewish War Veterans; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Arthur Gilman (1922-2016) —
also known as Benjamin A. Gilman —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
6, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 95th District, 1967-72; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1973-2003 (26th District 1973-83,
22nd District 1983-93, 20th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Grange;
Elks; Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died in Wappingers Falls, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
17, 2016 (age 94 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis H. Glaser (1910-1989) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Poland,
June
15, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952;
candidate for mayor of
Malden, Mass., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish War Veterans.
Died October
4, 1989 (age 79 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Glaser and Lillian (Burstein) Glaser; married, November
2, 1947, to Estelle Vineberg. |
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Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) —
also known as Jacob K. Javits —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54; New York
state attorney general, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated, 1980 (primary), 1980
(Liberal); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish War Veterans; United
World Federalists; Amvets.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 7,
1986 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Julius Klein (1901-1984) —
also known as "Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1932; general in the U.S.
Army during World War II; public
relations business; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish War Veterans.
Died, in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
Great Lakes, Lake
County, Ill., April 6,
1984 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helene von Holstein. |
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Curtis Levine (b. 1947) —
also known as Curt Levine —
of Florida.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., November
21, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 89th District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith; Jewish War Veterans.
Still living as of 2000.
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Arthur Levitt (1900-1980) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 28,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; New York
state comptroller, 1955-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1980
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel H. Malkan (b. 1893) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
4, 1893.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1935-46.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Malkan and Sarah Malkan. |
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Marvin Mandel (1920-2015) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1952-69; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1963-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1976;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1968-69; Governor of
Maryland, 1969-77, 1979.
Jewish.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Charged
with mail fraud, over his acceptance
of gifts from owners of the Marlboro Race Track, in return for
his support for legislation benefiting the track; tried
and convicted
in 1977; sentenced
to prison;
his conviction was later overturned.
Died in St. Mary's
County, Md., August
30, 2015 (age 95 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome W. Marks (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 22,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-68 (New York County 4th District 1963-65,
67th District 1966, 61st District 1967-68).
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social
worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Rodell —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-71 (Queens County 10th District 1965, 28th
District 1966, 21st District 1967-71).
Member, Jewish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 1971.
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Relatives:
Married to Sonya Bilmes. |
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S. William Rosenberg (b. 1916) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Brighton, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
16, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1961-72 (Monroe County 2nd District 1961-65,
145th District 1966, 132nd District 1967-72).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Daitz. |
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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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Jacob J. Schwartzwald —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1933; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1935-42; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1955-67.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Jewish War Veterans; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Harold Shapiro (1906-1981) —
of Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Pereyaslov, Russia,
May
1, 1906.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1953-55.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Zionist
Organization of America; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in May, 1981
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Max Shapiro and Fannie (Bernstein) Shapiro; married, June 14,
1953, to Sylvia Simha Chinio. |
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Stanley Steingut (1920-c.1990) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 20,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-77 (Kings County 18th District 1953-65, 44th
District 1966, 41st District 1967-77); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1970; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish War Veterans.
Died about 1990 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lee M. Zeldin (b. 1980) —
of Shirley, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in East Meadow, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
30, 1980.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 2011-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 2015-; defeated, 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Jewish War Veterans.
Still living as of 2018.
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