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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Zionist Organization of America, 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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Abrams (1912-1966)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx 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/1912/02-14.html">February 14, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; secretary to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html#948.55.09">Isidore Dollinger</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1955-66 (Bronx County 5th District 1955-65, 90th District 1966); died in office 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/10-10.html">October 10, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 238 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms06866">Beth El 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Ann Soffrin.</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/195959180">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>Robert Abrams (b. 1938)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx 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/1938/07-04.html">July 4, 1938</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1966-69 (89th District 1966, 81st District 1967-69); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/bronx.html">borough president of Bronx, New York</a>, 1970-78; resigned 1978; 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/1976/NY.html">1976</a>, <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/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1979-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1992. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-sigma-delta.html">Phi Sigma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Still living as of 2000. <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 Benjamin Abrams and Dorothy (Kaplan) Abrams.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Abrams">Wikipedia article</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>Sidney H. Asch (b. 1919)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. 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/1919/index.html">1919</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Bronx County 2nd District, 1953-61; resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>. <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/am-arbitration-assoc.html">American Arbitration Association</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. 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> <b>Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx 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/1918/05-01.html">May 1, 1918</a>. Democrat. <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/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966, 32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. One <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">leg was amputated</a> in 1977 due to phlebitis. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Albert Einstein <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/03-04.html">March 4, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-buried.html#cms07623">New Mt. Lebanon Cemetery</a>, Iselin, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond.</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>Herman Bernstein (1876-1935)</b> — 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 <i>The Day</i>, 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 <i>The History of a Lie</i> (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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-comm.html">American Jewish Committee</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> 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.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bernstein-herman ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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>Samuel Bonom (1912-1962)</b> — 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/1912/03-07.html">March 7, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 2nd District, 1956-62; died in office 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-13.html">December 13, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 281 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Bonom and Lena (Jackel) Bonom; married to Clarice Juliet Goldberg.</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>Bernard S. Deutsch (b. 1884)</b> — of Riverdale, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/index.html">1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1932. <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/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. 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> <b>Eliot Lanze Engel (b. 1947)</b> — also known as <b>Eliot L. Engel</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx 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/1947/02-18.html">February 18, 1947</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>, <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>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 81st District, 1977-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1989-2003 (19th District 1989-93, 17th District 1993-2003). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-lambda-phi.html">Pi Lambda Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000179">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400122">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/495/000037384">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/173/94.41.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Julius J. Gans"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Julius J. Gans (1896-1973)</b> — 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 New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/01-21.html">January 21, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1936-37, 1939-54 (Bronx County 5th District 1936-37, 1939-44, Bronx County 6th District 1945-54); defeated, 1937; civil court judge in New York, 1961-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died, in Doctors <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/1973/04-24.html">April 24, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 93 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nathan Gans and Ida (Lowenthal) Gans; married to Sylvia (Kugel) Tisch.</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>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1936</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>Jacob H. Gilbert (1920-1981)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx 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/1920/06-17.html">June 17, 1920</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Bronx County 4th District, 1951-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 27th District, 1955-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1960-71 (23rd District 1960-63, 22nd District 1963-71); 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>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/02-27.html">February 27, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms01732">Mt. Hebron Cemetery</a>, Flushing, 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000175">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404541">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/129/000054964">NNDB dossier</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>Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (1896-1981)</b> — also known as <b>Nathaniel L. Goldstein</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/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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-comm.html">American Jewish Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Etta May Brown.</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://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></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>Philip Halpern (1902-1963)</b> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-12.html">November 12, 1902</a>. Republican. <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/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 48th District, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1948-63; died in office 1963; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1952-63 (3rd Department 1952-57, 4th Department 1958-63); died in office 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-mu.html">Sigma Alpha Mu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/08-25.html">August 25, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Buffalo, 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 Samuel M. Halpern and Rebecca L. (Yatzkan) Halpern; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-02.html">September 2, 1928</a>, to Goldene Friedman.</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/124923339">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/214/81.47.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Gustave Hartman"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gustave Hartman (1880-1936)</b> — of 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/ZZ/HU-born.html">Hungary</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/08-12.html">August 12, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 16th District, 1905-06; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 10th District, 1908; municipal judge in New York, 1913-17, 1921-29; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1923, 1924, 1929; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-arbitration-assoc.html">American Arbitration Association</a>; <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/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Founder and president, Israel Orphan Asylum, New York City. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</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/1936/11-12.html">November 12, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms02808">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a>, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms08349">Hartman Triangle</a>, Manhattan, 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 Kalman Hartman and Sarah 'Sallie' (Luchs) Hartman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-09.html">September 9, 1928</a>, to May Weisser.</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>Epitaph:</i> "Beloved husband, devoted brother, a life of service."</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/20722848">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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>Image source:</i> New York Times, November 13, 1936</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>Moses Hartmann (b. 1872)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/11-26.html">November 26, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1919-37. <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/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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> Son of Ignatz Hartmann and Anna (Kohn) Hartmann; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-16.html">November 16, 1898</a>, to Carrie A. Schooler.</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>Nathaniel T. Helman (b. 1905)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx 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/1905/02-10.html">February 10, 1905</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>, 1950-60 (26th District 1950-54, 28th District 1955-60); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1967-68. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. 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> <b>Ivan Itkin (b. 1936)</b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. 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/1936/03-29.html">March 29, 1936</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">Nuclear engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> 23rd District, 1973-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/PA.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. Still living as of 1998. <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 Abraham Aaron Itkin and Eda (Kreger) Itkin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/07-12.html">July 12, 1975</a>, to Joyce Lee Hudak.</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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=509">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Julian William Mack (1866-1943)</b> — also known as <b>Julian W. Mack</b> — 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>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-comm.html">American Jewish Committee</a>. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> 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.</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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gundry-guthery.html#013.40.39">Murray Gurfein</a></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://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></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>Seymour Posner (b. 1925)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. 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/1925/05-21.html">May 21, 1925</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">social worker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th District 1966, 76th District 1967-75). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish-war-vets.html">Jewish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-cong.html">American Jewish Congress</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">AFSCME</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> <b>William Rosenblatt</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. 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> 16th District, 1945-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. 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> <b>Harold Shapiro (1906-1981)</b> — of Miami Beach, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Born in Pereyaslov, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-born.html">Russia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/05-01.html">May 1, 1906</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/miamibeach.html">mayor of Miami Beach, Fla.</a>, 1953-55. <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/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish-war-vets.html">Jewish War Veterans</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-epsilon-pi.html">Alpha Epsilon Pi</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/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died in May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/index.html">1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Max Shapiro and Fannie (Bernstein) Shapiro; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/06-14.html">June 14, 1953</a>, to Sylvia Simha Chinio.</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>Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963)</b> — also known as <b>Abraham Silver</b> — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va.; Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Shaker Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Nayshtot-Shaki, Suwalki, Russian Empire (now Kudirkos Naumiestis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LT-born.html">Lithuania</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/01-28.html">January 28, 1893</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Rabbi</a>, The Temple (Tifereth Israel), Cleveland, Ohio, 1917-63; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/speakers.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/11-28.html">November 28, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-buried.html#cms07754">Mayfield Cemetery</a>, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. <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 Moses Silver and Diana (Seamon) Silver; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-02.html">January 2, 1923</a>, to Virginia Horkheimer.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba Hillel Silver">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/39721030">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>Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900)</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/1900/08-01.html">August 1, 1900</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> 10th District, 1949-59. <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/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</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> <b>Ben Werbel (b. 1898)</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-23.html">November 23, 1898</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">Advertising business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54. <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>; <b>Zionist Organization of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. 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