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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Clothing and Textile Politicians in Florida</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 Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/GA-born.html">Gadsden County</a>, Fla. Democrat. Owner and operator of <b>millinery</b> and greeting card business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/FL.html">Florida Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1936; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/FL.html">Democratic National Committee from Florida</a>, 1944-50; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/FL.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion-aux.html">American Legion Auxiliary</a>. Died in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-died.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/index.html">1957</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Benjamin Harvey Flournoy and Alice (Sheppard) Flournoy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-31.html">January 31, 1927</a>, to E. Neil Alford.</span></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> <b>Henry Brash (1857-1928)</b> — of Marianna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Fla.; Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. Born in Graudenz, Prussia (now Grudziadz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/03-18.html">March 18, 1857</a>. <b>Clothing merchant</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/marianna.html">mayor of Marianna, Fla.</a>, 1880. <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/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-died.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/07-11.html">July 11, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 115 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-buried.html# ">Rodeph Sholom Cemetery</a>, Tampa, Fla. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Solomon Brash and Henriette (Cohen) Brash; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/">1888</a> to Sarah Zelnicker.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/197352569">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Susie Monroe (b. 1898)</b> — also known as <b>Susie Wallace</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/03-04.html">March 4, 1898</a>. Democrat. <b>Dressmaker</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Philadelphia County 23rd District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace.</span></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> <b>Abe Stark (1894-1972)</b> — also known as <b>"Mr. Brooklyn"</b> — 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/1894/09-28.html">September 28, 1894</a>. Democrat. <b>Clothier</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/brooklyn.html">borough president of Brooklyn, New York</a>, 1962-70; defeated (Republican), 1949; resigned 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/russian.html">Russian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Famed among Brooklyn Dodgers fans for his longtime, conspicious advertising sign (for his clothing business) below the scoreboard at Ebbets Field, which promised a free suit to players who batted the ball there: "HIT SIGN, WIN SUIT". Died in West Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/07-02.html">July 2, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms02808">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a>, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alvin Udell (1906-1987)</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings 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/1906/05-15.html">May 15, 1906</a>. <b>Clothing manufacturer</b>; member of New York American Labor Party Executive Committee, 1945; treasurer of New York American Labor Party, 1948; American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 17th District, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-died.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/02-09.html">February 9, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 270 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms08175">Acacia Cemetery</a>, Ozone Park, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Max Udell and Jane (Walcoff) Udell; married to Gertrude Langsam.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17654517">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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