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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Jewish Committee, politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Fitzgerald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BH-born.html">Ben Hill County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-19.html">June 19, 1918</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 5th District, 1952; candidate for nomination for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1968; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a> of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1984-86. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>; American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">viral infection</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Geneva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-died.html">Switzerland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-16.html">March 16, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-buried.html#cms01320">Woodside Cemetery</a>, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-23.html">December 23, 1944</a>, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/01-25.html">January 25, 1975</a>, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/08-26.html">August 26, 1990</a>, to Bruna Molina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: He established "one man, one vote" as a principle of American law.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53751477">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known as Ralph E. Becker — of Port Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-29.html">January 29, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-diplomats.html ">Honduras</a>, 1976-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baltic.html">Lithuanian</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/russian.html">Belarusian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-trust-hist-pres.html">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish-war-vets.html">Jewish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in George Washington University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/08-24.html">August 24, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 207 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker; married to Ann Marie Watters; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/becker.html#567.92.76">Ralph Elihu Becker Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Becker, in the Merrick Mountains of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AT-names.html">Palmer Land, Antarctica</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph Elihu Becker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/becker-ralph-elihu ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13055">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herman Bernstein (1876-1935) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-born.html">Russia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-21.html">September 21, 1876</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">translator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; founder and editor of The Day, Jewish daily <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>; published the "Willy-Nicky Correspondence," secret telegrams between the Kaiser and the Czar, 1918; sued <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#134.95.99">Henry Ford</a> for libel over anti-Semitic statements published in the Dearborn Independent newspaper, and won a retraction; author of book The History of a Lie (1921) which exposed "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" as fraudulent; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AL-diplomats.html ">Albania</a>, 1930-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zionist-org-am.html">Zionist Organization of America</a>. Died in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/08-31.html">August 31, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 344 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Bernstein and Marie (Elsohn) Bernstein; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-31.html">December 31, 1901</a>, to Sophie Friedman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bernstein-herman ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathan Bijur (1862-1930) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-01.html">June 1, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; took part in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> reorganizations and the creation of the Southern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1910-30; died in office 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1926-30; died in office 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-int-law.html">American Society for International Law</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pleurisy and empyema</a>, in St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/07-08.html">July 8, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms05418">Beth Olom Cemetery</a>, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Asher Bijur and Pauline (Sondheim) Bijur; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/">1886</a> to Lilly Pronich.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles David Breitel (1908-1991) — also known as Charles D. Breitel — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-13.html">December 13, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1950-58; appointed 1950; defeated, 1950; appointed 1950; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1952; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1966; appointed 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1973-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee. Died, following <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Mary Manning Walsh <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Nursing Home</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/12-01.html">December 1, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 353 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Herman L. Breitel and Regina D. (Zuckerberg) Breitel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/04-09.html">April 9, 1927</a>, to Jeanne S. Hollander.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Gerald Bress (1908-1976) — also known as David G. Bress — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-07.html">June 7, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia</a>, 1965-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph/item/00652865/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/232/34.39.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Emanuel Celler"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) — also known as Manny Celler — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-06.html">May 6, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45, 15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73); defeated (Liberal), 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NY.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-world-federalists.html">United World Federalists</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/01-15.html">January 15, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms04499">Mt. Neboh Cemetery</a>, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry H. Celler and Josephine (Müller) Celler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-30.html">June 30, 1914</a>, to Stella B. Baar.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402408">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel Celler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/060/000206439">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6945782">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) — also known as Robert J. Dryfoos — of Forest Hills, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/08-11.html">August 11, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NY.html">1988</a>; chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#159.40.93">Mary Ann Krupsak</a>, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91; retired from office while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">under investigation</a> over alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">campaign finance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">federal tax</a> violations, but no charges were filed; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">lobbyist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; American Jewish Committee. Died, from complications of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-accidents.html">head injury</a>, in New York-Presbyterian <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>/Weill Cornell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/03-02.html">March 2, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 203 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abram Isaac Elkus (1867-1947) — also known as Abram I. Elkus — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/08-06.html">August 6, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member, New York State Board of Regents, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-diplomats.html ">Turkey</a>, 1916-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1919-20; defeated, 1913, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Red Bank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-15.html">October 15, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms05418">Beth Olom Cemetery</a>, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Elkus and Julia Elkus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-15.html">April 15, 1896</a>, to Gertrude R. Hess; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#270.17.18">Katharine Elkus White</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/elkus-abram-isaac ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jonas Martin Frost (b. 1942) — also known as Martin Frost — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/01-01.html">January 1, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 24th District, 1979-; defeated, 2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/TX.html">1988</a> (co-chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/committees.html">Rules Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#434.07.05">Marc Veasey</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000392">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400143">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/585/000037474">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) — also known as Arthur J. Goldberg — of Illinois; New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/08-08.html">August 8, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">general counsel</a>, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO, 1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Labor</a>, 1961-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/un.html ">United Nations</a>, 1965-68; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/amb-at-large.html "></a>, 1977-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1978. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary artery disease</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/01-19.html">January 19, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-18.html">July 18, 1931</a>, to Dorothy Kurgans.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#429.72.17">Stephen G. Breyer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur Goldberg">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/goldberg-arthur-joseph ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/770/000117419">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325147">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href=" http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/goldberg.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-born.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-23.html">February 23, 1936</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District 1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1989. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2828704">Internet Movie Database profile</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (1896-1981) — also known as Nathaniel L. Goldstein — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-09.html">June 9, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#683.76.19">Charles C. Lockwood</a> during the 1920s; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1943-54. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-epsilon-pi.html">Alpha Epsilon Pi</a>; American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zionist-org-am.html">Zionist Organization of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/03-24.html">March 24, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html#cms05363">Mt. Ararat Cemetery</a>, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Etta May Brown.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel L. Goldstein">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/79441847">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=49398">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stanley Myer Isaacs (1882-1962) — also known as Stanley M. Isaacs — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/09-27.html">September 27, 1882</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate investor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">builder</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html#3">borough president of Manhattan, New York</a>, 1938-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-12.html">July 12, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 288 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Myer S. Isaacs and Maria (Solomon) Isaacs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-18.html">May 18, 1910</a>, to Edith Somborn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=46175">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) — also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern Advertising" — of Lake Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-01.html">May 1, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">Advertising business</a>; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; resigned 1923; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IL.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IL.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/uofi.html">University of Illinois trustee</a>, 1937-42. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, American Jewish Committee. As part owner of the Chicago Cubs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">baseball</a> team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920. Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of medical research. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/05-30.html">May 30, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 29 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms01193">Sleepy Hollow Cemetery</a>, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Morris Lasker and Nettie (Davis) Lasker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/">1902</a> to Flora Warner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/">1938</a> to Doris Kenyon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/06-21.html">June 21, 1940</a>, to Mary (Woodard) Reinhardt; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#714.64.27">Edward Lasker</a>; nephew of Eduard Lasker; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#469.56.53">Morris Edward Lasker</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17446.html">Lasker family</a> of California and New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert Lasker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/654/000205039">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23130730">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (1924-2013) — also known as Frank R. Lautenberg — of Montclair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J.; Secaucus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J.; Cliffside Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/01-23.html">January 23, 1924</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/infotech.html">Automatic Data Processing</a>, a payroll services company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1982-2001, 2003-13; died in office 2013; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NJ.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NJ.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NJ.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NJ.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">viral pneumonia</a>, while suffering with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">stomach cancer</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/06-03.html">June 3, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Lautenberg and Mollie (Bergen) Lautenberg; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/">1956</a> to Lois Levenson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/">2004</a> to Bonnnie Englebardt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#241.12.58">Kevin Park</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000123">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300064">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank Lautenberg">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/196/000026118">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2349249">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=3564">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/123/76.63.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Herbert H. Lehman"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) — also known as Herbert H. Lehman — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-28.html">March 28, 1878</a>. Democrat. Director, Consolidated <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton Duck</a> Co., Imperial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton</a> Co., U.S. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton Duck</a> Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1929-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1933-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1949-57; defeated, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Awarded the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> posthumously in 1963; inducted into the Jewish-American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a> in 1974. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/12-05.html">December 5, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms00164">Kensico Cemetery</a>, Valhalla, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mayer Lehman and Babette (Newgass) Lehman; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#487.76.81">Irving Lehman</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/04-28.html">April 28, 1910</a>, to Edith Louise Altschul; father of Peter Lehman; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#964.99.60">Elinor Fatman Morgenthau</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#617.00.23">Robert Morris Morgenthau</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#374.78.48">Orin Lehman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#421.66.48">John Langeloth Loeb Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0291.html">Morgenthau-Lehman family</a> of New York City, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#978.93.09">Nathan R. Sobel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corcoran.html#413.16.83">Thomas L. J. Corcoran</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Lehman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">College</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-names.html">Bronx, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000224">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406728">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/herbert-henry-lehman/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert H. Lehman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/860/000161377">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/487/76.81.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Irving Lehman"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Irving Lehman (1876-1945) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-28.html">January 28, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1909-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1924-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1940-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; American Jewish Committee. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Port Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/09-22.html">September 22, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms02622">Cypress Hills National Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mayer Lehman and Babette (Newgass) Lehman; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#123.76.63">Herbert Henry Lehman</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-26.html">June 26, 1901</a>, to Sissie Straus (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#770.49.32">Nathan Straus Jr.</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0291.html">Morgenthau-Lehman family</a> of New York City, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving Lehman">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Orin Lehman (1920-2008) — also known as "Father Nature" — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-14.html">January 14, 1920</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during the Battle of the Bulge and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost a leg</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; chairman, Colgreen <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Broadcasting</a> Group, owner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio stations</a>; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnquist-burns.html#732.19.84">John J. Burns</a> for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 17th District, 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">producer</a> of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/02-22.html">February 22, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 39 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Allan Sigmund Lehman and Evelyn 'Eve' (Schiffer) Lehman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-23.html">July 23, 1962</a>, to Jane (Bagley) Long; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/10-24.html">October 24, 1970</a>, to Wendy Vanderbilt (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#418.17.41">William Henry Vanderbilt III</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#123.76.63">Herbert Henry Lehman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0215.html">Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0091.html">Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family</a> of Edgefield, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0291.html">Morgenthau-Lehman family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0611.html">Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family</a> of New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Meldon Edises Levine (b. 1943) — also known as Mel Levine — of Santa Monica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/06-07.html">June 7, 1943</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1977-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 27th District, 1983-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>; member, Credentials Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/committees.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000264">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406765">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/889/000129502">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nita Melnikoff Lowey (b. 1937) — also known as Nita M. Lowey; Nita Sue Melnikoff — of Harrison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-born.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/07-05.html">July 5, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1989-2019 (20th District 1989-93, 18th District 1993-2013, 17th District 2013-19); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NY.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NY.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NY.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee. Still living as of 2019. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000480">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400246">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita Lowey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/633/000039516">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Julian William Mack (1866-1943) — also known as Julian W. Mack — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/07-19.html">July 19, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1905-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#n">Judge of U.S. Commerce Court</a>, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 7th Circuit, 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit</a>, 1911-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1929-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</a>, 1929-40; took senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zionist-org-am.html">Zionist Organization of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; American Jewish Committee. Died, in his room at the Fifth Avenue <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/09-05.html">September 5, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 48 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Jacob Mack and Rebecca (Tandler) Mack; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-09.html">March 9, 1896</a>, to Jessie Fox; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/">1940</a> to Cecile B. Blumgart.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gundry-guthery.html#013.40.39">Murray Gurfein</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1453&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian Mack">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mack-julian-william">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Newton Norman Minow (b. 1926) — also known as Newton N. Minow — of Glencoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/01-17.html">January 17, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1961-63; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IL.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-consuls.html">Honorary Consul-General for Singapore</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-consuls.html">Chicago, Ill.</a>, 2006. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-int-law.html">American Society for International Law</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; American Jewish Committee. Still living as of 2016. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jay A. Minow and Doris (Stein) Minow; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/05-29.html">May 29, 1949</a>, to Josephine Baskin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton N. Minow">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/372/000128985">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Manfred Ohrenstein (b. 1925) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mannheim, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/index.html">1925</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1961-93 (25th District 1961-65, 29th District 1966, 27th District 1967-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Still living as of 1993. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abraham Captain Ratshesky (1864-1943) — also known as Abraham C. Ratshesky; A. C. Ratshesky — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-06.html">November 6, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/MA.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MA.html">1924</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1892-94; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CZ-diplomats.html ">Czechoslovakia</a>, 1930-32. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/index.html">1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Asher Ratshesky and Bertha Ratshesky; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/02-19.html">February 19, 1894</a>, to Edith Shuman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/ratshesky-abraham-captain ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Victor Rosewater (b. 1871) — of Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/02-13.html">February 13, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/reg.html">University of Nebraska board of regents</a>, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NE.html">1908</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NE.html">Republican National Committee from Nebraska</a>, 1908-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1912. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Rosewater and Leah (Colman) Rosewater; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/01-27.html">January 27, 1904</a>, to Katie Katz.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bernard L. Shientag (d. 1952) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; City Court judge, 1924-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1930-52; died in office 1952; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; American Jewish Committee. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/index.html">1952</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Caroline Klein Simon — also known as Caroline K. Simon — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of New York</a>, 1959-63; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1963-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jesse Henry Steinhart (b. 1881) — also known as Jesse H. Steinhart — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Belvedere, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-lived.html">Marin County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-11.html">May 11, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CA.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Steinhart and Louise (D'Allemand) Steinhart; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/11-11.html">November 11, 1939</a>, to Genevieve Tully.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896-1974) — also known as Lewis L. Strauss — of Virginia. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/01-31.html">January 31, 1896</a>. Republican. Personal secretary to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#988.79.86">Herbert Hoover</a>, then director-general of the Allied Supreme Economic Council; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/VA.html">Republican National Committee from Virginia</a>, 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; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a>, 1958-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee. Died in Brandy Station, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CP-died.html">Culpeper County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/01-21.html">January 21, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 355 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Alice Hanauer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis Strauss">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alvin M. Suchin (b. 1919) — of Dobbs Ferry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hastings-on-Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-born.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-18.html">November 18, 1919</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1966-75 (96th District 1966, 89th District 1967-75). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; American Jewish Committee. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Harrison Swig (1893-1980) — also known as Benjamin H. Swig — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/11-17.html">November 17, 1893</a>. Democrat. Chairman, Fairmont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> Co.; chairman, Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Dairy Products</a>, Inc.; president, Security Title <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co., Benefit Standard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life Insurance</a> Co., Beneficial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Fire and Casualty Insurance</a> Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, American Jewish Committee. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Simon Swig and Fannie (Levy) Swig; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-24.html">December 24, 1916</a>, to Mae Aronovitz.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herman Toll (1907-1967) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Kiev (Kyiv), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UP-born.html">Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-17.html">March 17, 1907</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1951-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1959-67 (6th District 1959-63, 4th District 1963-67). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; American Jewish Committee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/07-26.html">July 26, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 131 days</a>). 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