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The Political Graveyard: Queens County, N.Y.

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Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Queens Unknown location
  • Queens Jamaica Cemetery
  • Queens Knollwood Cemetery
  • Astoria, Queens Lawrence Cemetery
  • East Elmhurst, Queens St. Michael's Cemetery
  • Flushing, Queens Cedar Grove Cemetery
  • Flushing, Queens Flushing Cemetery
  • Flushing, Queens Mt. Hebron Cemetery
  • Flushing, Queens Mount St. Mary Cemetery
  • Flushing, Queens St. George's Episcopal Church Graveyard
  • Glendale, Queens Beth El Cemetery
  • Glendale, Queens Beth Olom Cemetery
  • Glendale, Queens Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Glendale, Queens Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
  • Glendale, Queens Mt. Neboh Cemetery
  • Jamaica, Queens Unknown location
  • Jamaica, Queens Grace Church Cemetery
  • Jamaica, Queens Prospect Cemetery
  • Kew Gardens, Queens Maple Grove Cemetery
  • Maspeth, Queens Mt. Olivet Cemetery
  • Maspeth, Queens Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Middle Village, Queens Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery
  • Middle Village, Queens St. John's Cemetery
  • Newtown, Queens Dutch Reformed Cemetery
  • Newtown, Queens Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Ozone Park, Queens Acacia Cemetery
  • Ozone Park, Queens Bayside Cemetery
  • Ozone Park, Queens Mochom Shalom Cemetery
  • Ozone Park, Queens Mokom Sholom Cemetery
  • Ridgewood, Queens Linden Hill Cemetery
  • Ridgewood, Queens Mt. Judah Cemetery
  • Ridgewood, Queens Union Field Cemetery
  • St. Albans, Queens Montefiore Cemetery
  • Woodside, Queens Calvary Cemetery
    Private or family graveyards
    Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791-1861) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., February 28, 1791. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1833-34; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1834-37; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1845-49. Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., February 20, 1861 (age 69 years, 358 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      William Thomas Lawrence (1788-1859) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 7, 1788. U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1847-49. Died October 25, 1859 (age 71 years, 171 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.


    Unknown Locations
    Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Revisch, Hungary, 1884. School teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the founders and a vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in the union. Member, Urban League; American Federation of Teachers. Collapsed and died in a barber shop, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 7, 1956 (age about 72 years). Interment somewhere.
      Arthur J. W. Hilly (d. 1968) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 9, 1968. Interment somewhere.


    Jamaica Cemetery
    Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Melancton Smith (1744-1798) — of Dutchess County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., May 7, 1744. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1785-87; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Dutchess County, 1788; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1791-92. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 29, 1798 (age 54 years, 83 days). Interment at Jamaica Cemetery.


    Knollwood Cemetery
    Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Jack Alter (1927-2007) — of Fort Lee, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., December 21, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance business; mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., 1992-2007; nominated, but died before the election 2007; died in office 2007. Jewish. Died in Englewood Hospital, Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., August 27, 2007 (age 79 years, 249 days). Interment at Knollwood Cemetery.


    Lawrence Cemetery
    35-10 20th Road
    Astoria, Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Jonathan Lawrence (1737-1812) — of Newtown (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in 1737. Merchant; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1776-77; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1777-83; member of New York council of appointment, 1779, 1782. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 4, 1812 (age about 75 years). Interment at Lawrence Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Judith Fish and Ruth Riker.


    St. Michael's Cemetery
    East Elmhurst, Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Peter A. Leininger (d. 1937) — of Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Real estate and insurance business; Populist candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1904; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1917-23; defeated (Independent Fusion), 1923. Member, Elks. While fixing a broken pane in a window at his home, fell to his death in the back yard, in Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 21, 1937. Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Kate Smith.
      Freeborn Garrettson Luckey (1819-1898) — also known as Freeborn G. Luckey — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., May 26, 1819. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1852. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 10, 1898 (age 78 years, 229 days). Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.


    Cedar Grove Cemetery
    Flushing, Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      August Claessens (1885-1954) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Switzerland, 1885. School teacher; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1914 (Socialist, 15th District), 1924 (Socialist, 23rd District), 1928 (Socialist, 14th District), 1930 (Socialist, 18th District), 1932 (Socialist, 14th District), 1934 (Socialist, at-large), 1946 (Liberal, 10th District), 1948 (Liberal, 8th District), 1950 (Liberal, 8th District); member of New York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1918-20, 1922; defeated, 1915 (Socialist, New York County 26th District); expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1920 (Socialist, New York County 17th District), 1922 (Socialist, New York County 17th District), 1923 (Socialist, New York County 17th District), 1925 (Socialist, Bronx County 4th District), 1937 (American Labor, Kings County 4th District), 1938 (American Labor, Kings County 14th District), 1954 (Liberal, Kings County 14th District); delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920; Socialist candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1926; American Labor candidate for New York state senate 11th District, 1940. Expelled from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty, along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920; re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled again on September 21. Died, following a heart attack, at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 9, 1954 (age about 69 years). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
      Conrad H. Palmateer (c.1853-1926) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, about 1853. Chemist; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1896 (6th District), 1912 (4th District); Prohibition candidate for New York state assembly, 1902 (Kings County 13th District), 1914 (Kings County 13th District), 1914 (Kings County 19th District). Died in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 20, 1926 (age about 73 years). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.


    Flushing Cemetery
    Flushing, Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Herman Benjamin Baruch (1872-1953) — also known as Herman B. Baruch — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., April 28, 1872. Democrat. Physician; stockbroker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932, 1952; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1945-47; Netherlands, 1947-49. Jewish. Member, American Arbitration Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Sigma. Died in Wyandanch, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., March 15, 1953 (age 80 years, 321 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) — also known as L. Bradford Prince — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 3, 1840. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868, 1876; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1871-75; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1876-77; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1878-82; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1882, 1884; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1889-93; member New Mexico territorial council, 1909; delegate to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1911. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Died in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., December 22, 1922 (age 82 years, 172 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      Byron Rufus Newton (1861-1938) — also known as Byron R. Newton — of Bayside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Wirt town, Allegany County, N.Y., August 4, 1861. Newspaper reporter; poet; interested in aviation during its early days; helped organize airplane races; private secretary to William G. McAdoo; publicity director for Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign in 1912; U.S. First Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-17; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1917-21; New York City Tax Commissioner, 1938. Suffered a stroke, and died eight days later, in Bayside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., March 20, 1938 (age 76 years, 228 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
    Lemuel E. Quigg Lemuel Ely Quigg (1863-1919) — also known as Lemuel E. Quigg — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Chestertown, Kent County, Md., February 12, 1863. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1894-99; defeated, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896 (speaker), 1900, 1904; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1915. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., July 1, 1919 (age 56 years, 139 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      Thomas Birdsall Jackson (1797-1881) — also known as Thomas B. Jackson — of Newtown (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y. Born in Jerusalem, Queens County (now part of Wantagh, Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., March 24, 1797. Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; Queens County Judge, 1832; member of New York state assembly from Queens County, 1833-35; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1837-41. Died in Newtown (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y., April 23, 1881 (age 84 years, 30 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      Frederic Storm (1844-1935) — of Bayside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Alsace, France, July 2, 1844. Republican. Delegate to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1894; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1896; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1901-03; defeated, 1902. Alsatian ancestry. Died June 9, 1935 (age 90 years, 342 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) — also known as Elmer E. Studley — of Raton, Colfax County, N.M.; Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born near East Ashford, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., September 24, 1869. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New Mexico territorial House of Representatives, 1907; U.S. Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35. Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 6, 1942 (age 72 years, 347 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      William Weightman Valk (1806-1879) — of New York. Born in South Carolina, 1806. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1855-57. Died in 1879 (age about 73 years). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      John Watson Lawrence (1800-1888) — also known as John W. Lawrence — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Flushing (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y., August 19, 1800. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Queens County, 1841-42; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1845-47; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Flushing (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y., December 20, 1888 (age 88 years, 123 days). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.
      George J. Balbach (c.1910-1996) — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1910. Criminal court judge in New York, 1961-66; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1971-86. Catholic. Member, Rotary. Died, at St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 15, 1996 (age about 86 years). Interment at Flushing Cemetery.


    Mt. Hebron Cemetery
    Flushing, Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Murray Irwin Gurfein (1907-1979) — also known as Murray Gurfein — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 17, 1907. Lawyer; clerk for U.S. Judge Julian Mack; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; assistant to U.S. Chief Counsel Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, 1945; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1971-74; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1974-79; died in office 1979. Died December 16, 1979 (age 72 years, 29 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) — also known as William I. Sirovich — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in York, York County, Pa., March 18, 1882. Physician; playwright; Independence League candidate for New York state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples Hospital, 1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated (Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of a heart attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 17, 1939 (age 57 years, 274 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Jacob H. Gilbert (1920-1981) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., June 17, 1920. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1951-54; member of New York state senate 27th District, 1955-60; U.S. Representative from New York, 1960-71 (23rd District 1960-63, 22nd District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith; Zionist Organization of America; American Jewish Congress; Lions; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 27, 1981 (age 60 years, 255 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Nathan David Perlman (1887-1952) — also known as Nathan D. Perlman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Prusice, Silesia (now Poland), August 2, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Harry Kopp from 1909; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1915-17; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1920-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928 (alternate), 1932; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for New York state attorney general, 1936; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937. Jewish. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Beth Israel Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1952 (age 64 years, 332 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Louis DeWitt Gibbs (1880-1929) — also known as Louis D. Gibbs — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lodz, Poland, October 16, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1913; survived an assassination attempt, when a bomb intended to kill him exploded at the Bronx Court House, October 31, 1914; county judge in New York, 1914-24; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925-29; died in office 1929. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; B'nai B'rith; Order Brith Abraham. Died, in the Glen Springs Sanitarium, Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, N.Y., March 1, 1929 (age 48 years, 136 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Isadore Gibbs and Pauline (Greenbaum) Gibbs; married, October 14, 1906, to Anna White.
      Harry Kopp (1881-1943) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus), February 27, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Nathan D. Perlman from 1909, Samuel Markewich in 1910-33, and Samuel Null in 1927-33; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1910-12; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916. Jewish. Died, of cancer, in Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 27, 1943 (age 62 years, 242 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Paul Solomon Kastenbaum (1896-1955) — also known as Paul S. Kastenbaum — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 24, 1896. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1927, 1928. Jewish. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 25, 1955 (age 58 years, 154 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Samuel Fassler (c.1889-1958) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Chernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine), about 1889. Democrat. President, Fassler Iron Works; New York City Commissioner of Buildings, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940. Jewish. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1958 (age about 69 years). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Ruth Schlanger.
    Frank Zuckerbrot Frank Zuckerbrot (1909-1966) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland), August 23, 1909. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1940; candidate for New York state senate, 1942 (11th District), 1946 (8th District). Jewish. Died April 28, 1966 (age 56 years, 248 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, December 30, 1934, to Claire Smith.
      Epitaph: "Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather."
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Brooklyn Eagle, October 12, 1946
      Herman Weinkrantz (1908-1969) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Lodz, Poland, April 15, 1908. American Labor candidate for New York state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1937; American Labor candidate for New York state senate 23rd District, 1940; legal aide to New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, 1952-59; criminal court judge, 1959-69. Jewish. Died April 4, 1969 (age 60 years, 354 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
      Abraham Axler — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1930, 1931. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.


    Mount St. Mary Cemetery
    Flushing, Queens, Queens County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Maurice E. Connolly (1881-1935) — of Corona, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Corona, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; borough president of Queens, New York, 1911-28; resigned 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916, 1924; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1918; resigned as borough president in April, 1928 during an investigation of a sewer graft scandal; convicted in October 1928 of conspiracy to defraud the city; sentenced to one year in prison and fined $500; following an unsuccessful appeal, he served the prison sentence in 1930-31. Irish ancestry. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., November 24, 1935 (age about 54 years). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      Ellen Cullen McCormack (1926-2011) — also known as Ellen McCormack; Eleanor Rose Cullen — of Merrick, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 15, 1926. Candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976; Right To Life candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1978; Right To Life candidate for President of the United States, 1980. Female. Catholic. Died March 27, 2011 (age 84 years, 193 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      Denis O'Leary (1863-1943) — of Douglaston, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Manhasset, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., January 22, 1863. Lawyer; Independence League candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1913-15; Queens County District Attorney, 1915-21; candidate in Democratic primary for borough president of Queens, New York, 1921. Died in Douglaston, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 27, 1943 (age 80 years, 248 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      William Bernard Barry (1902-1946) — also known as William B. Barry — of St. Albans, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in County Mayo, Ireland, July 21, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-46 (2nd District 1935-45, 4th District 1945-46); died in office 1946. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks. Died, from pneumonia, in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1946 (age 44 years, 91 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      Matthew Joseph Merritt (1895-1946) — also known as Matthew J. Merritt — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 2, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate and insurance business; U.S. Representative from New York at-large, 1935-45; defeated, 1938. Member, American Legion; Elks. Died in Malba, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 29, 1946 (age 51 years, 180 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      James A. Roe (1896-1967) — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 9, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; chair of Queens County Democratic Party, 1939-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940, 1948, 1952 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1956, 1960, 1964; leader of Queens County Democratic Party, 1941-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1945-47; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1945; Justice of New York Supreme Court 11th District; elected 1963. Died in Hollywood, Broward County, Fla., April 22, 1967 (age 70 years, 287 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      James T. Hallinan (1889-1969) — of Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; Queens County District Attorney, 1930-31; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1932-59 (2nd District 1932-48, 10th District 1948-59); Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1955-59. Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died in Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4, 1969 (age 80 years, 33 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      Thomas James Mackell (1914-1992) — also known as Thomas J. Mackell — of Rego Park, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 19, 1914. Democrat. Police detective; lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1955-66 (9th District 1955-65, 14th District 1966); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960, 1964; Queens County District Attorney, 1967-73. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; Knights of Columbus; American Bar Association. Resigned as District Attorney in 1973, following his indictment on charges of hindering prosecution in a get-rich-quick scheme; he was tried and convicted in 1974, but the verdict was reversed on appeal. Died, from stomach cancer, in Douglaston Manor, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 27, 1992 (age 77 years, 192 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.
      Francis Xavier Duer (1873-1923) — also known as Francis X. Duer — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in College Point (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y., June 3, 1873. Democrat. Wholesale paint business; hotel proprietor; restauranteur; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1902-03; Queens borough Superintendent of Public Buildings and Offices, 1912-14. Catholic. German ancestry. Member, Elks; Redmen; Eagles. Died, from peritonitis, in the Post Graduate Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 14, 1923 (age 50 years, 103 days). Interment at Mount St. Mary Cemetery.


    St. George's Episcopal Church Graveyard
    135-32 38th Avenue
    Flushing, Queens, Queens County, New York
    Founded 1702
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Nathan Sanford (1777-1838) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., November 5, 1777. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for New York, 1803-15; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1808-09, 1810-11; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1811-15; U.S. Senator from New York, 1815-21, 1826-31; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Chancellor of New York, 1823-26; received 30 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1824. Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., October 17, 1838 (age 60 years, 346 days). Interment at St. George's Episcopal Church Graveyard.


    Beth El Cemetery
    80-12 Cypress Hills
    Glendale, Queens, Queens County, New York
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    Oscar S. Straus Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) — also known as Oscar S. Straus — of New York. Born in Germany, December 23, 1850. Progressive. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1887-89, 1898-99; U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1906-09; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1909-10; candidate for Governor of New York, 1912; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. First Jewish U.S. cabinet member. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 3, 1926 (age 75 years, 131 days). Interment at Beth El Cemetery; memorial monument at Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother of Isidor Straus; uncle of Jesse Isidor Straus and Nathan Straus Jr.; granduncle of Stuart Scheftel and Ronald Peter Straus.
      Political family: Straus family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Empire State Notables (1914)
      Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) — also known as Emanuel Goldenberg — Born in Bucharest, Romania, December 12, 1893. Democrat. Actor; honored guest, Democratic National Convention, 1960. Jewish. Romanian ancestry. Died, from bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 26, 1973 (age 79 years, 45 days). Entombed at Beth El Cemetery.
      Philip Berolzheimer — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1936; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1928. Interment at Beth El Cemetery.
      Melville E. Abrams (1912-1966) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1912. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Isidore Dollinger; member of New York state assembly, 1955-66 (Bronx County 5th District 1955-65, 90th District 1966); died in office 1966. Jewish. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias; American Jewish Congress; Lions; B'nai B'rith; Zionist Organization of America; Urban League; NAACP. Died, from a heart attack, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., October 10, 1966 (age 54 years, 238 days). Interment at Beth El Cemetery.
      Samuel Schulman (1864-1955) — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Russia, February 14, 1864. Republican. Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1924. Jewish. Coined the phrase "melting pot" as a term for the assimilation of immigrants to the United States, in a 1907 sermon. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 2, 1955 (age 91 years, 261 days). Interment at Beth El Cemetery.
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (now Germany), February 6, 1845. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95. Jewish. One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New York. Perished in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, in the North Atlantic Ocean, April 15, 1912 (age 67 years, 69 days); his body was subsequently recovered. Originally entombed at Beth El Cemetery; later interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Straus Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
      Relatives: Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother of Oscar Solomon Straus; married, July 12, 1871, to Ida Blum; father of Jesse Isidor Straus; uncle of Nathan Straus Jr.; grandfather of Stuart Scheftel; granduncle of Ronald Peter Straus.
      Political family: Straus family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is named for him and his wife.  — Straus Park (established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as Bloomingdale Square; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenue in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, is named for him and his wife.
  •   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Isidor Straus: June Hall McCash, A Titanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus
    Politicians buried here: John F. Hylan John Francis Hylan (1868-1936) — also known as John F. Hylan; "Red Mike" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Hunter, Greene County, N.Y., April 20, 1868. Democrat. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1918-25; defeated in primary, 1925. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died of a heart attack in Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 12, 1936 (age 67 years, 267 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Thomas H. Hylan; married to Marian O'Hara.
      Hylan Avenue (named as such 1923), in Staten Island, New York, is named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article
      Image source: Empire State Notables (1914)
      Lawrence Gresser (1851-1935) — also known as Lorenz Gresser; "Honest Larry" — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Bavaria, Germany, January 1, 1851. Shoe manufacturer; borough president of Queens, New York, 1908-11; removed 1911; removed from office as borough president by Gov. John A. Dix, for neglect of duty in failing to prevent corruption among his subordinates. Died, in the rectory of the Church of the Holy Family, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 30, 1935 (age 84 years, 29 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   James A. Burke (1890-1965) — of Hollis, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 3, 1890. Democrat. Worked for various railroads as clerk, train dispatcher, and car accountant; stock supervisor, Brooklyn Navy Yard; real estate broker; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1931-33, 1935; defeated, 1933; borough president of Queens, New York, 1942-49; defeated in primary, 1937. Died in Little Neck, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 12, 1965 (age 75 years, 193 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Joseph Bermel (1860-1921) — of Middle Village, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 8, 1860. Stonecutter; Newtown town supervisor in the 1890s; charged with financial irregularities; tried and acquitted; borough president of Queens, New York, 1906-08; resigned 1908; resigned as borough president after a grand jury presented charges against him, related to fraud and bribery in connection with the city's purchase of Kissena Park in Queens. Member, Elks; Royal Arcanum; Foresters. Died in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia (now Karlovy Vary, Czechia), July 28, 1921 (age 61 years, 111 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles Bermel and Elizabeth (Cohn) Bermel; married, October 21, 1884, to Anna Mary Timmes.
    Maurice A. FitzGerald Maurice A. FitzGerald (1897-1951) — of Ozone Park, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; South Ozone Park, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 9, 1897. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1929-37; Queens County Sheriff, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940, 1948; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1945; borough president of Queens, New York, 1950-51; died in office 1951. Collapsed and died, of a heart attack, in Star Lake, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., August 25, 1951 (age 54 years, 228 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      Image source: New York Red Book 1936
      Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) — also known as Geraldine Ferraro — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., August 26, 1935. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980, 1984 (chair, Platform Committee), 1996; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1984; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1992, 1998. Female. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1994. Died, from multiple myeloma, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 26, 2011 (age 75 years, 212 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Mario Matthew Cuomo (1932-2015) — also known as Mario M. Cuomo — of Holliswood, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., June 15, 1932. Democrat. Played professional baseball in 1952 for the minor-league Brunswick Pirates; lawyer; law professor; secretary of state of New York, 1975-78; Liberal candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1977; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1979-82; defeated, 1974; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980, 1984 (speaker), 1988; Governor of New York, 1983-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Delta Theta Phi; American Bar Association. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 1, 2015 (age 82 years, 200 days). Entombed in mausoleum at St. John's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Andrea Cuomo and Immacolata (Giordano) Cuomo; married 1954 to Matilda Raffa; father of Andrew Mark Cuomo.
      Political family: Kennedy family.
      The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge (built 2013-17; unofficially, the New Tappan Zee Bridge), on the New York Thruway, crossing the Hudson River between Tarrytown and Grand View-on-Hudson, New York, is named for him.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books by Mario Cuomo: Why Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever
      William Frank Brunner (1887-1965) — also known as William F. Brunner — of Rockaway Beach, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Rockaway Park, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Woodhaven, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 15, 1887. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1922-28; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1929-35; defeated, 1942 (Democratic primary), 1942 (American Labor); Queens County Sheriff, 1935-36; Democratic candidate for borough president of Queens, New York, 1937. Died in Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., April 23, 1965 (age 77 years, 220 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Joseph Patrick Addabbo (1925-1986) — also known as Joseph P. Addabbo — of New York. Born in Ozone Park, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., March 17, 1925. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1961-86 (5th District 1961-63, 7th District 1963-83, 6th District 1983-86); died in office 1986. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died, from cancer and a heart attack, in Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1986 (age 61 years, 24 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   John Joseph Fitzgerald (1872-1952) — also known as John J. Fitzgerald — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 10, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1899-1919 (2nd District 1899-1903, 7th District 1903-19); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900, 1912 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker), 1916 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1920, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1928 (member, Credentials Committee). Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 13, 1952 (age 80 years, 64 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer (1892-1974) — also known as Joseph L. Pfeifer — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 6, 1892. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-51 (3rd District 1935-45, 8th District 1945-51). Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 19, 1974 (age 82 years, 72 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (1905-1966) — also known as Victor L. Anfuso — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily, Italy, March 10, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948 (alternate), 1952, 1956, 1960; Consul-General for San Marino in Washington, D.C., 1950; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1951-53, 1955-63; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1963-66; died in office 1966. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Federal Bar Association. Suffered a heart attack during a political caucus meeting at the Warwick Hotel, and died soon after, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 28, 1966 (age 61 years, 293 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Louis Gary Clemente (1908-1968) — also known as L. Gary Clemente — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 10, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president and director, Unexcelled Chemical Corporation; executive with Moderne Paint Company, Premier Chemical Corporation, and Ohio Bronze Company; director, Mary Immaculate Hospital; U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1949-53; defeated, 1952. Catholic. Member, Disabled American Veterans. Died, from cancer, in Mary Immaculate Hospital, Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., May 13, 1968 (age 59 years, 338 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Leander Bernard Faber (1867-1950) — also known as Leander B. Faber — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y., November 5, 1867. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1917-37; appointed 1917; defeated, 1917; appointed 1918. German ancestry. Died in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., November 1, 1950 (age 82 years, 361 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Charles J. Druhan (1877-1933) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 22, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1926-33; defeated, 1920; died in office 1933. Member, Elks; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 24, 1933 (age 55 years, 275 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Thomas L. Druhan and Marcella (Cummings) Druhan; married to Agnes Dorman (sister of John Jay Dorman).
    Edward P. Doyle Edward P. Doyle (1890-1972) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 4, 1890. Democrat. Merchant; real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1926-37. Died July 30, 1972 (age 82 years, 26 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   James Emmet Finegan (c.1877-1940) — also known as James E. Finegan — Born about 1877. No Deal candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1931. Catholic. Died February 10, 1940 (age about 63 years). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Leonard E. Ruisi (c.1904-1973) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born about 1904. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936. Died in 1973 (age about 69 years). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Gasper S. Fasullo (1907-1988) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Ridgewood, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born September 2, 1907. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964; civil court judge in New York, 1973. Died December 26, 1988 (age 81 years, 115 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.   Thomas S. Agresta (1908-1999) — of Maspeth, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Greenlawn, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born November 21, 1908. Republican. Candidate for New York state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1938, 1940; candidate for New York state senate 3rd District, 1942; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1964. Italian ancestry. Died March 27, 1999 (age 90 years, 126 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Angelo Agresta and Rose Agresta; married to Anna Zimatore.
    Politicians buried here: Hugh J. Grant Hugh John Grant (1858-1910) — also known as Hugh J. Grant — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 10, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate business; New York County Sheriff, 1886-88; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1889-92; defeated, 1884, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888, 1892, 1896. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, of acute nephritis or Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1910 (age 52 years, 54 days). Entombed at Calvary Cemetery. Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr. (1910-1991) — also known as Robert F. Wagner, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 20, 1910. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1938-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948 (alternate), 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972 (alternate); borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1950-53; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1954-65; defeated in primary, 1969; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1956; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1968-69. Catholic. German and Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died of heart failure in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1991 (age 80 years, 298 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Robert Ferdinand Wagner and Margaret Marie (McTague) Wagner; married to Susan Edwards; married 1965 to Barbara Joan Cavanagh; married 1975 to Phyllis Fraser Cerf; father of Robert Ferdinand Wagner III.
      Political family: Wagner family of Woodside and New York City, New York.
      Cross-reference: Herman Weinkrantz
      See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Time Magazine, October 1, 1956
    Alfred E. Smith Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) — also known as Alfred E. Smith; Al Smith; "The Happy Warrior"; "The Brown Derby"; "The King of Oliver Street"; "The First Citizen" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 30, 1873. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1904-15; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1920, 1932, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915; Governor of New York, 1919-21, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920, 1932; candidate for President of the United States, 1928; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1938. Catholic. Irish, German, and Italian ancestry. Died October 4, 1944 (age 70 years, 279 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery; statue at Alfred E. Smith Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
      Relatives: Son of Alfred Emanuel Smith and Catherine (Mulvihill) Smith; married, May 6, 1900, to Catherine A. Dunn.
      Cross-reference: Raymond V. Ingersoll — Joseph M. Proskauer — George R. Van Namee — John Roach Straton — Clarence J. Shearn — Wythe Leigh Kinsolving
      The Alfred E. Smith State Office Building (built 1928) in Albany, New York, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Alfred E. Smith (built 1944 at South Portland, Maine; scrapped 1970) was named for him.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books about Alfred E. Smith: Robert A. Slayton, Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith — Christopher M. Finan, Alfred E. Smith : The Happy Warrior — Scott Farris, Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation
      Image source: New York Red Book 1924
      Frank L. Dowling (c.1865-1919) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1865. Democrat. Borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1918-19; died in office 1919. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 27, 1919 (age about 54 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Mario J. Cariello Mario Joseph Cariello (1907-1985) — also known as Mario J. Cariello — of Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 23, 1907. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1936-41; resigned 1941; municipal judge in New York, 1941-62; borough president of Queens, New York, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1969-77. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Elks; Order of Ahepa; Moose; Knights of Columbus. Died, of cancer, in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 9, 1985 (age 78 years, 198 days). Entombed at Calvary Cemetery.   Thomas A. Ledwith (1840-1898) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1840. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1863; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1870; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1871; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1874-75. Died of cirrhosis of the liver and Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 1, 1898 (age 58 years, 46 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   James O'Brien (1841-1907) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ireland, March 13, 1841. Democrat. Member of New York state senate 7th District, 1872-73; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1873; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1879-81; defeated (Irregular Democratic), 1874. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., March 5, 1907 (age 65 years, 357 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Robert F. Wagner Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877-1953) — also known as Robert F. Wagner — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Nastatten, Hessen-Nassau, Germany, June 8, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1905, 1907-08 (New York County 30th District 1905, New York County 22nd District 1907-08); member of New York state senate 16th District, 1909-18; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1928 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1944; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1913-14; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-26; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1924-26; U.S. Senator from New York, 1927-49; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938. Catholic. German ancestry. Member, Elks; Phi Sigma Kappa. Introduced Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, Railway Pension Law, and other social and economic legislation in the U.S. Senate. On July 18, 1934, he while touring port facilities in Oregon during a labor dispute, he and his party were fired on (ten shots) by guards. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 4, 1953 (age 75 years, 330 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Maria Magdalena Friederike (Schmidt) Wagner and Reinhard Karl William Wagner; married, August 11, 1908, to Margaret Marie McTague; father of Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr.; grandfather of Robert Ferdinand Wagner III.
      Political family: Wagner family of Woodside and New York City, New York.
      Cross-reference: Joseph F. Crater — Maurice Bloch
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: New York Red Book 1936
      William Randall Roberts (1830-1897) — also known as William R. Roberts — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in County Cork, Ireland, February 6, 1830. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1871-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1885-89. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 9, 1897 (age 67 years, 184 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   James Aloysius O'Gorman (1860-1943) — also known as James A. O'Gorman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 5, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of George Gordon Battle and H. Snowden Marshall; district judge in New York, 1893-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1912 (speaker; member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1916; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-11; U.S. Senator from New York, 1911-17. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall; American Bar Association. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 17, 1943 (age 83 years, 12 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Thomas O'Gorman and Ellen (Callan) O'Gorman; married, January 2, 1884, to Anne M. Leslie; father of May O'Gorman (who married Dudley Field Malone); uncle of Edith Stanton (who married Thomas L. J. Corcoran).
      Political family: O'Gorman-Malone family of New York City, New York.
      Cross-reference: Frank Oliver
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
    Daniel J. Riordan Daniel Joseph Riordan (1870-1923) — also known as Daniel J. Riordan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 7, 1870. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; U.S. Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1906-23 (8th District 1899-1901, 1906-13, 11th District 1913-23); died in office 1923; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in Washington, D.C., April 28, 1923 (age 52 years, 295 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   James Joseph Delaney (1901-1987) — also known as James J. Delaney — of Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 19, 1901. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1945-47, 1949-79 (6th District 1945-47, 1949-53, 7th District 1953-63, 9th District 1963-79); defeated, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952, 1960 (alternate), 1964 (alternate). Died in Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J., May 24, 1987 (age 86 years, 66 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Christopher D. Sullivan Christopher Daniel Sullivan (1870-1942) — also known as Christopher D. Sullivan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 14, 1870. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state senate, 1907-16 (13th District 1907-08, 11th District 1909-16); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1940; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1917-41; leader of New York County Democratic Party, 1940-41. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, of a heart attack, in his office at the Second Assembly District Tammany Club, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 3, 1942 (age 72 years, 20 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   James E. Clonin (c.1864-1925) — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born about 1864. Republican. Building materials merchant; candidate for borough president of Queens, New York, 1903. Catholic. Died in Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., April 5, 1925 (age about 61 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Francis Carew (1873-1951) — also known as John F. Carew — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 16, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1924, 1928; U.S. Representative from New York, 1913-29 (17th District 1913-19, 18th District 1919-29); resigned 1929; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1929-43. Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 10, 1951 (age 77 years, 359 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Joseph Boylan (1878-1938) — also known as John J. Boylan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 20, 1878. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1910-12; member of New York state senate, 1913-22 (15th District 1913-18, 13th District 1919-22); U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Redmen. Died, in French Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 5, 1938 (age 60 years, 15 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Timothy John Campbell (1840-1904) — also known as Timothy J. Campbell — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in County Cavan, Ireland, January 8, 1840. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1868-73, 1875, 1883; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1884-85; U.S. Representative from New York, 1885-89, 1891-95 (8th District 1885-89, 1891-93, 9th District 1893-95); defeated, 1888 (County Democratic, 8th District), 1894 (Independent, 9th District), 1896 (Gold Democratic, 9th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888. Irish ancestry. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 7, 1904 (age 64 years, 90 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Michael Francis Conry (1870-1917) — also known as Michael F. Conry — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pa., April 2, 1870. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1909-17 (12th District 1909-13, 15th District 1913-17); died in office 1917. Died, from Bright's disease, in Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 2, 1917 (age 46 years, 334 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Martin John Kennedy (1892-1955) — also known as Martin J. Kennedy — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 29, 1892. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; vice-president, Federal Rope Company; member of New York state senate 18th District, 1924-30; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1930-45. Catholic. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Knights of Columbus. Died October 27, 1955 (age 63 years, 59 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Timothy D. Sullivan Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1862-1913) — also known as Timothy D. Sullivan; Tim Sullivan; "Dry Dollar"; "Big Tim" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 23, 1862. Democrat. Undertaker; saloon part-owner; member of New York state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1887-93; member of New York state senate, 1894-1902, 1909-12 (9th District 1894-95, 11th District 1896-1902, 12th District 1909-12); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900, 1904, 1912; U.S. Representative from New York, 1903-06, 1913 (8th District 1903-06, 13th District 1913); resigned 1906; died in office 1913. Irish ancestry. Struck and killed by a locomotive, near Pelham Parkway, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., August 31, 1913 (age 51 years, 39 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Peter Joseph Dooling (1857-1931) — also known as Peter J. Dooling — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 15, 1857. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state senate 16th District, 1903-04; U.S. Representative from New York, 1913-21 (16th District 1913-19, 15th District 1919-21); defeated, 1920; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from arteriosclerosis, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 18, 1931 (age 74 years, 245 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Frank Oliver (1883-1968) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 2, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; chief, New York City Bureau of Licenses, 1908-11; secretary to U.S. Sen. James A. O'Gorman, 1911-16; U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1923-34; resigned 1934; special sessions court judge in New York, 1934-52. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 1, 1968 (age 84 years, 91 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Robert Ferdinand Wagner III (1944-1993) — also known as Robert F. Wagner III; Bobby Wagner — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born January 6, 1944. Democrat. Candidate for borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1977. Catholic. Died in his room at the Embassy Suites Hotel, San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., November 15, 1993 (age 49 years, 313 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Susan (Edwards) Wagner and Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr.; grandson of Robert Ferdinand Wagner.
      Political family: Wagner family of Woodside and New York City, New York.
      Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (opened 1996), in Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York, is named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Thomas J. Manton (1932-2006) — of Woodside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1932. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004; U.S. Representative from New York, 1985-99 (9th District 1985-93, 7th District 1993-99); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 2004. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Catholic War Veterans. Died, of prostate cancer, in Calvary Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., July 22, 2006 (age 73 years, 261 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Auguste Davezac (1780-1851) — also known as Auguste Genevieve Valentin D'Avezac=de=Castera — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Les Cayes, Haiti, 1780. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1831-39, 1845-50; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1842, 1844. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 15, 1851 (age about 70 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Benjamin Wood (1820-1900) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky., October 13, 1820. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1861-65, 1881-83 (3rd District 1861-63, 4th District 1863-65, 5th District 1881-83); member of New York state senate 4th District, 1866-67; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 21, 1900 (age 79 years, 131 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Edward John Dunphy (1856-1926) — also known as Edward J. Dunphy — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 12, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1889-95 (7th District 1889-93, 8th District 1893-95); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 29, 1926 (age 70 years, 78 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Patrick J. Carley (1866-1936) — also known as P. J. Carley — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in County Roscommon, Ireland, February 2, 1866. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; real estate developer; builder; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1927-35. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 25, 1936 (age 70 years, 23 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Peter Paul Mahoney (1848-1889) — also known as Peter P. Mahoney — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 25, 1848. Democrat. Merchant; U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1885-89. Died in Washington, D.C., March 27, 1889 (age 40 years, 275 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Thomas Francis Smith (1865-1923) — also known as Thomas F. Smith — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 24, 1865. Democrat. Delegate to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York, 1917-21 (15th District 1917-19, 16th District 1919-21). Member, Tammany Hall. Died in a taxicab accident in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 11, 1923 (age 57 years, 261 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Marcellus Hugh Evans (1884-1953) — also known as Marcellus H. Evans — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 22, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1922-26; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1927-34; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1935-41; defeated (Republican), 1940. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 21, 1953 (age 69 years, 60 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Thomas Joseph Bradley (1870-1901) — also known as Thomas J. Bradley — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 2, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1897-1901. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from cirrhosis of the liver, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 1, 1901 (age 31 years, 89 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Abraham Dowdney (1841-1886) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, October 31, 1841. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; railroad builder; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1885-86; died in office 1886. Catholic. Died, following a stroke, in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 10, 1886 (age 45 years, 40 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Joseph Vincent Flynn (1883-1940) — also known as Joseph V. Flynn — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 2, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1915-19. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 6, 1940 (age 56 years, 157 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Alfred Edward Santangelo (1912-1978) — also known as Alfred E. Santangelo — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 4, 1912. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 22nd District, 1947-50, 1953-56; defeated, 1950; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1957-63; defeated, 1962; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1966. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall; Alpha Phi Delta; Knights of Columbus. Died in Orlando, Orange County, Fla., March 30, 1978 (age 65 years, 299 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Thomas Jefferson Barr (1812-1881) — also known as Thomas J. Barr — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1812. Democrat. Member of New York state senate 3rd District, 1854-55; U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1859-61. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 27, 1881 (age about 68 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Frank Thomas Fitzgerald (1857-1907) — also known as Frank T. Fitzgerald — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 4, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1889; resigned 1889; New York County Register of Deeds, 1890-92; New York County Surrogate, 1893-1907; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1894. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 25, 1907 (age 50 years, 205 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Arthur O'Connell (1908-1981) — Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 29, 1908. Democrat. Actor; honored guest, Democratic National Convention, 1960. Died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 18, 1981 (age 73 years, 50 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Quinn (1839-1903) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in County Tipperary, Ireland, August 9, 1839. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1883; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1884; U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1889-91. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 23, 1903 (age 63 years, 198 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Ira Edgar Rider (1869-1906) — also known as Ira E. Rider — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., November 17, 1869. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1903-05. Died in 1906 (age about 36 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Henry McCarthy (1850-1908) — also known as J. Henry McCarthy — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1850. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1880-81; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1889-91. Died in 1908 (age about 58 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Michael Francis Farley (1863-1921) — also known as Michael F. Farley — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Birr, Ireland, March 1, 1863. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1915-17; defeated, 1916. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 2, 1921 (age 58 years, 215 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Daniel Charles Oliver (1865-1924) — also known as Daniel C. Oliver — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 6, 1865. Democrat. Dry goods importer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1915-16; U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1917-19. Died, from pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 26, 1924 (age 58 years, 172 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   James Joseph Walsh (1858-1909) — also known as James J. Walsh — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 22, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1895-96; defeated, 1896. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 8, 1909 (age 50 years, 351 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Richard Francis McKiniry (1878-1950) — also known as Richard F. McKiniry — of New York. Born in New York, 1878. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920. Died in 1950 (age about 72 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Fox (1835-1914) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Canada, June 30, 1835. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1867-71; member of New York state senate 4th District, 1874-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876, 1880 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1892, 1904 (Honorary Vice-President), 1912. Died January 17, 1914 (age 78 years, 201 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1890-1968) — also known as Thomas J. Ryan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 17, 1890. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus. Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., November 10, 1968 (age 78 years, 146 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Thomas Jerome Curran (1898-1958) — also known as Thomas J. Curran — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 28, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938; chair of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary of state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952 (alternate), 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York Republican State Executive Committee, 1945. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Military Order of the World Wars; Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Delta Theta Phi. Died, from a heart ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 29, 1958 (age 59 years, 243 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Patrick H. McCarren Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) — also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., June 18, 1849. Democrat. Cooper; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889; member of New York state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1900, 1904. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years. Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis and myocarditis, in St. Catherine's Hospital, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Patrick Henry
      Relatives: Married to Catherine M. 'Katie' Hogan.
      McCarren Park (opened 1906 as Greenpoint Park; renamed in 1909), in Brooklyn, New York, is named for him.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: New York Red Book 1907
      Michael Edmund Butler (1855-1926) — also known as Michael E. Butler — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 6, 1855. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1883-84; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912. Irish ancestry. Died in Quogue, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., August 3, 1926 (age 71 years, 89 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Edmund Butler and Margaret (Hannon) Butler; married to Catherine E. Brosnan.
      Bernard Downing (1869-1931) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 14, 1869. Democrat. Accountant; member of New York state senate, 1917-31 (11th District 1917-18, 14th District 1919-31); died in office 1931. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of tuberculosis, in the Loomis Sanitarium, Liberty, Sullivan County, N.Y., May 25, 1931 (age 61 years, 284 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles Downing and Margaret (Oakes) Downing.
      Vincent H. Auleta (1886-1961) — also known as Vincenzo Auleta — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 6, 1886. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1926-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1930. Italian ancestry. Died, in University Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 29, 1961 (age 75 years, 176 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Anna J. Schoenherr.
      Marcus Daly (1908-1969) — of Lincroft, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., September 18, 1908. Republican. College professor; Director General, Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, 1958-61; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1964. Catholic. Member, Holy Name Society. Died, from bladder cancer, in Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., July 25, 1969 (age 60 years, 310 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Bernard Biglin — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1873-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1884. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Benedict D. Dineen (1890-1958) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 30, 1890. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Judge, New York Municipal Court, 1928-38; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1940-58; died in office 1958. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Holy Name Society; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Knights of Columbus. Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 3, 1958 (age 67 years, 277 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Patrick Dineen and Margaret (McDonald) Dineen; married 1928 to Mary Smith.
      Edward B. Amend (1858-1914) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 2, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1903-14; died in office 1914. Catholic. German ancestry. Died October 20, 1914 (age 56 years, 140 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Joseph Brady (1853-1916) — also known as John J. Brady — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 30, 1853. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-16; died in office 1916. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Elks. Collapsed on a train returning from Atlantic City, and brought home; died, a week later, from pneumonia, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 7, 1916 (age 62 years, 130 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Eugene A. Philbin (1857-1920) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 24, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; New York County District Attorney, 1900; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1913-20; appointed 1913; died in office 1920. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 14, 1920 (age 62 years, 264 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   George Washington Plunkitt (1842-1924) — also known as George W. Plunkitt — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 17, 1842. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1869-70; member of New York state senate, 1884-87, 1892-93, 1899-1904 (11th District 1884-87, 1892-93, 17th District 1899-1904). Irish ancestry. Died November 19, 1924 (age 82 years, 2 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Jay Dorman (c.1871-1953) — also known as John J. Dorman — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born about 1871. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940 (alternate), 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952 (alternate); chair of Kings County Democratic Party, 1923-53; New York City Fire Commissioner, 1926-33; vice-president, Commercial State Bank and Trust Company. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Moose. Died, in St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 21, 1953 (age about 82 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   William T. Collins (c.1886-1961) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924; New York County Clerk, 1926-28; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1928-45; appointed 1928; New York County Surrogate, 1946-57. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, in Brightwaters, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., September 4, 1961 (age about 75 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Collins; brother of Adelaide Costigan; married to Mae Godfrey.
      James Fitzgerald (1853-1922) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ireland, October 28, 1853. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1878; member of New York state senate 9th District, 1882-83; general sessions court judge in New York, 1890-98; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1899-1912. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 17, 1922 (age 69 years, 50 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Charles D. Donohue (c.1881-1928) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; member of New York state assembly, 1913-23 (New York County 9th District 1913-17, New York County 5th District 1918-23); Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-28; died in office 1928. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, from acute indigestion, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 5, 1928 (age about 47 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Daniel Florence Cohalan (1867-1946) — also known as Daniel F. Cohalan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., December 21, 1867. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908, 1932; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-23; appointed 1911. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died November 12, 1946 (age 78 years, 326 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Thomas C. Kadien Jr. (c.1890-1950) — of Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., about 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1935-48 (2nd District 1935-48, 10th District 1948); defeated, 1948. Died, in St. John's Hospital, Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 22, 1950 (age about 60 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Thomas C. Kadien, Sr. and May (Dennen) Kadien; married to Marie J. Allen.
      Thomas A. Aurelio (c.1892-1973) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; magistrate; on August 28, 1943, New York County District Attorney Frank S. Hogan charged in a formal statement that Aurelio's nomination by both major parties for Supreme Court had been brought about by gangster and ex-convict Frank Costello, and released the transcript of a telephone conversation in which Aurelio thanked Costello and pledged undying loyalty; his candidacy was repudiated by both parties, but they were unable to remove his name from the ballot; disbarment proceedings were also unsuccessful; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944-61. Italian ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, probably from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 5, 1973 (age about 81 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Nicanor Bolet=Peraza Nicanor Bolet=Peraza (1838-1906) — of Caracas, Venezuela; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, June 4, 1838. Writer; newspaper publisher; Venezuela Minister to the United States, 1888-91, 1899; Consul-General for Salvador in New York, N.Y., 1895-96; Consul-General for Central America in New York, N.Y., 1897-98; Consul-General for Honduras in New York, N.Y., 1899-1902. Spanish ancestry. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1906 (age 67 years, 294 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John J. Delany (1861-1915) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 26, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1904-06; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-15; defeated, 1909; died in office 1915. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall; Knights of Columbus. Died, from uremic poisoning, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 14, 1915 (age 54 years, 138 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Denis O'Leary Cohalan (1883-1957) — also known as Denis O'L. Cohalan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born October 8, 1883. Democrat. Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1941-53; defeated, 1933. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died April 10, 1957 (age 73 years, 184 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Edward Patrick Hagan (1846-1893) — also known as Edward P. Hagan; Eddy Hagan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 1, 1846. Democrat. Saloon keeper; member of New York state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1879-80, 1885-89; member of New York state senate 9th District, 1892-93; died in office 1893. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, following a laparotomy for an intestinal obstruction, in Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., February 20, 1893 (age 47 years, 19 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Mary (Powell) Hagan; married, July 24, 1877, to Ellen Matthews.
      Thomas L. J. Corcoran (c.1908-1955) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., about 1908. Lawyer; assistant counsel (1937), counsel (1942) to Gov. Herbert H. Lehman; head of the New York State War Council during World War II; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947-55; died in office 1955. Irish ancestry. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, from a blood clot, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 21, 1955 (age about 47 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Edward J. Ahearn (1891-1934) — also known as Eddie Ahearn — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 15, 1891. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930; member of New York state senate 14th District, 1931-32. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, of peritonitis, at Post-Graduate Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 23, 1934 (age 43 years, 69 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Edward V. Loughlin (1894-1969) — also known as Ed Loughlin — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 27, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936 (alternate), 1944, 1964; leader of New York County Democratic Party, 1944-47. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, East Patchogue, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., November 18, 1969 (age 75 years, 264 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Madge Lessing.
      Gerald Patrick Culkin (1906-1993) — also known as Gerald P. Culkin — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 22, 1906. Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1967-76. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 6, 1993 (age 87 years, 106 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles W. Culkin and Margaret (Murray) Culkin; married to Dorothy Helmer.
      Nicholas J. Eberhard (1878-1957) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 30, 1878. Democrat. Insurance and real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 1st District, 1922-33; Bronx County Clerk, 1934-37. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks. Died in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 31, 1957 (age 78 years, 246 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Nicholas Eberhard and Anna (Brown) Eberhard; married to Agnes Clark.
      James J. Dooling (1893-1937) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 2, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; leader of Tammany Hall, 1934-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936; chair of New York County Democratic Party, 1936. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, of a stroke, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 26, 1937 (age 44 years, 24 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Carmine G. DeSapio Carmine G. DeSapio (1908-2004) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 10, 1908. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; leader of Tammany Hall, 1949-61; leader of New York County Democratic Party, 1955; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1957; convicted in 1969 on Federal bribery conspiracy charges; served two years in prison. Italian ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 27, 2004 (age 95 years, 230 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   William Joseph Fallon (1886-1927) — also known as William J. Fallon; "The Great Mouthpiece"; "Broadway's Cicero" — of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1886. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1918; charged in 1924 with bribing a juror; tried and acquitted. Died, of heart disease, in the Hotel Oxford, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 29, 1927 (age about 40 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Patrick J. Kerrigan (c.1864-1895) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1864. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1894. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from "dropsy" (probably congestive heart failure), in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., December 23, 1895 (age about 31 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   John Edward Develin (1821-1888) — also known as John E. Develin — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1846-47, 1867 (New York County 1846-47, New York County 19th District 1867); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from kidney trouble, in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 23, 1888 (age about 66 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Develin and Deborah (Ireland) Develin.
    George R. Van_Namee George Rivet Van Namee (1877-1949) — also known as George R. Van Namee — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 23, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1908-19; secretary of New York Democratic Party, 1912-19; secretary to Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1919-20, 1922-23; member, New York State Public Service Commission, 1923; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932. Catholic. Died, from pneumonia, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 6, 1949 (age 71 years, 348 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   James O'Neil (d. 1872) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1871. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in 1872. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) — also known as Frederic R. Coudert — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 1, 1832. Democrat. Lawyer; government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896. Catholic. French ancestry. Died, from heart and liver troubles, in Washington, D.C., December 20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   William J. Donohue (1873-1907) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in 1873. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1907; defeated, 1903; died in office 1907. Shot and killed himself, or was murdered, in the lavatory of a saloon in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 31, 1907 (age about 33 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Charles F. Murphy Charles Francis Murphy (1858-1924) — also known as Charles F. Murphy; "Silent Charlie" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 20, 1858. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912, 1916, 1920; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Leader of Tammany Hall from 1902 to 1924. Died April 25, 1924 (age 65 years, 310 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Jeremiah F. Ryan (1882-1948) — also known as Jere F. Ryan — of Bayside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Auburndale, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1882. Democrat. Engineer; building contractor; automobile dealer; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1926-28; defeated, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932; New York City Commissioner of Markets, 1933-34. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall; Moose; Elks; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, in Flushing Hospital, Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., April 2, 1948 (age about 65 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Ryan and Catherine (Kane) Ryan.
      William Joseph Kissane (d. 1955) — also known as William J. Kissane — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940. Died in 1955. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   William J. Ahearn (c.1894-1957) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born about 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; commissioner of records, New York County Surrogate's Court, 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944. Catholic. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 7, 1957 (age about 63 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Grover Aloysius Whalen (1886-1962) — also known as Grover A. Whalen; "The Gardenia of the Law" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 2, 1886. Democrat. New York City Police Commissioner, 1928-30; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936; president of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Irish and French Canadian ancestry. Died, from a stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 20, 1962 (age 75 years, 322 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   James Joseph Broderick (1887-1964) — also known as James J. Broderick — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 5, 1887. Republican. Candidate for New York state senate 21st District, 1936; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952 (alternate), 1956. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of a stroke, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 28, 1964 (age 77 years, 54 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Patrick Broderick and Mary (Gallagher) Broderick; married to May Flanagan.