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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Baltic ancestry Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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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; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/pr1972-election.html">1972</a>; 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>. Lithuanian 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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-comm.html">American Jewish Committee</a>. 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> Sebastiano Paiewonsky Cassinelli — of St. Thomas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-lived.html">Virgin Islands</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/VI.html">2008</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/committees.html">Rules Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> and Lithuanian ancestry. Still living as of 2008. <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 Avna (Paiewonsky) Cassinelli; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#630.34.73">Michael Albert Paiewonsky</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#187.53.67">Ralph Moses Paiewonsky</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#063.45.91">Isaac Paiewonsky</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/37154.html">Paiewonsky family</a> of New York.</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> Gery Chico (b. 1956) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/08-24.html">August 24, 1956</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/IL.html">2004</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 2004; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html">mayor of Chicago, Ill.</a>, 2011. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Mexican</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/greek.html">Greek</a>, and Lithuanian ancestry. Still living as of 2011. <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 Jesse Chico and Jacqueline Chico; married to Jeryl Minow and Sunny Pineda.</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/Gery Chico">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> Phanor James Eder (1880-1971) — also known as Phanor J. Eder — 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 in Palmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-born.html">Colombia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/12-11.html">December 11, 1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html">Vice-Consul-General for Colombia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-consuls.html">New York, N.Y.</a>, 1905-07. Latvian and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died, in St. Clare'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/1971/03-01.html">March 1, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 80 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 James Martin 'Santiago' Eder and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Benjamin) Eder; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-21.html">April 21, 1909</a>, to Violet Lindo.</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> Samuel Gejdenson (b. 1948) — also known as Sam Gejdenson — of Bozrah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Eschwege, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/05-20.html">May 20, 1948</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1975-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 2nd District, 1981-2001; defeated, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CT.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CT.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/russian.html">Belarusian</a> and Lithuanian ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</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=G000120">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400585">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam Gejdenson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/628/000122262">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> Robert James Harris (1930-2005) — also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/10-05.html">October 5, 1930</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1969-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Lithuanian ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/brain-cancer.html">brain lymphoma</a>, in Scio Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/07-10.html">July 10, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms07191">Arborcrest Memorial Park</a>, Ann Arbor, Mich. <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 Louis Harris and Bertha (Herman) Harris; married to Zelma Jean 'Mimi' Porter.</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/Robert J. Harris">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18710216">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> Abraham Lincoln Marovitz (1905-2001) — also known as A. L. Marovitz — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-born.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/08-10.html">August 10, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 19th District, 1939-50; superior court judge in Illinois, 1950-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois</a>, 1963-75; took senior status 1975. Lithuanian ancestry. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-17.html">March 17, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms04594">Jewish Waldheim Cemetery</a>, Forest Park, Ill. <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/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</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=1481&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/marovitz-abraham-lincoln">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> Gunars M. Ozols (born c.1933) — of Hopewell Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LV-born.html">Latvia</a>, about 1933. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 100th District, 1974; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 25th District, 1978, 1980. Latvian ancestry. Still living as of 1980. <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.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=28962">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> Algert F. Politis (born c.1908) — of New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., about 1908. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newbritain.html">mayor of New Britain, Conn.</a>, 1971; appointed 1971. Lithuanian ancestry. 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> Frank Savickas (1935-2001) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/05-14.html">May 14, 1935</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 27th District, 1967-71; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1971-93 (27th District 1971-83, 15th District 1983-93). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Lithuanian ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> Lithuanian-American member of the Illinois legislature. Died in Venice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SA-died.html">Sarasota County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/05-14.html">May 14, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 0 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> Maurice Sugar (1891-1974) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Brimley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-born.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-08.html">August 8, 1891</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1917, 1919; Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1917; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 13th District, 1918 (Socialist), 1936 (Farmer-Labor); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1918 for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">resisting the draft</a>, sentenced to a year in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">disbarred</a>; readmitted to the Bar in 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1933; general counsel to the United Automobile Workers, 1937-46; Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1948-election.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a> and Lithuanian ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-lawyers-guild.html">National Lawyers Guild</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CB-died.html">Cheboygan County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/02-15.html">February 15, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 191 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 Kalman Sugar and Mary Sugar; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/">1914</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/suarez-sullinger.html#017.63.23">Jane Mayer</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/Maurice Sugar">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> David Theodore Wilentz (1894-1988) — also known as David T. Wilentz — of Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LV-born.html">Latvia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-21.html">December 21, 1894</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-parties.html">chair of Middlesex County Democratic Party</a>, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NJ.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NJ.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>; member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">1944</a>; member, Arrangements Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/committees.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large; elected 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/attygn.html">New Jersey state attorney general</a>, 1934-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Latvian ancestry. Died in Long Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/07-06.html">July 6, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-buried.html# ">Beth Israel Memorial Park</a>, Woodbridge, N.J. <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/1919/">1919</a> to Lena Goldman; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#899.48.12">Warren W. Wilentz</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#848.38.47">Robert Nathan Wilentz</a>; uncle of Kate Trynin (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#600.17.79">Meyer Kestnbaum</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#395.10.21">Constance H. Williams</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/12204.html">Wilentz family</a> of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.</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/David T. Wilentz">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6391550">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> Robert Nathan Wilentz (1927-1996) — also known as Robert N. Wilentz — of Deal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-17.html">February 17, 1927</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1966-69 (Middlesex County 1966-67, District 7-C 1968-69); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court</a>, 1979-96; retired 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a> and Latvian ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/07-23.html">July 23, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 157 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#933.10.87">David Theodore Wilentz</a> and Lena (Goldman) Wilentz; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#899.48.12">Warren W. Wilentz</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/">1949</a> to Jacqueline Malino; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#395.10.21">Constance H. Williams</a>; first cousin of Kate Trynin (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#600.17.79">Meyer Kestnbaum</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/12204.html">Wilentz family</a> of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.</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/Robert Wilentz">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> Warren W. Wilentz (1924-2010) — of New Jersey; Edison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Born in Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/03-29.html">March 29, 1924</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-officials.html">Middlesex County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1956-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-officials.html">Middlesex County Attorney</a>, 1960-67; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Latvian ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Edison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2010/03-18.html">March 18, 2010</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-buried.html# ">Beth Israel Memorial Park</a>, Woodbridge, N.J. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#933.10.87">David Theodore Wilentz</a> and Lena (Goldman) Wilentz; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#848.38.47">Robert Nathan Wilentz</a>; married to Stefani Sheresky; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#395.10.21">Constance H. Williams</a>; first cousin of Kate Trynin (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#600.17.79">Meyer Kestnbaum</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/12204.html">Wilentz family</a> of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.</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/Warren W. Wilentz">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/96871001">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> Nelle Zurles — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Collinsville, Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Avon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Burlington, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Lithuanian ancestry. 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: Daughter of Anton Zurles and Eve (Milasaunas) Zurles; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#406.80.43">Peter W. Zurles</a>; married to Carl Furrer.</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> Peter W. Zurles (1907-1989) — of New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-08.html">August 8, 1907</a>. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Britain, 1934; co-founder and president, Lake <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Corp. Lithuanian ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/12-27.html">December 27, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html# ">Burlington Center Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Conn. <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 Anton Zurles and Eve (Milasaunas) Zurles; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#717.01.05">Nelle Zurles</a>; married to Gertrude Warnecke.</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/105395899">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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