Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) — also known asAlbert D. Lasker;"The Father of ModernAdvertising" —of Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau),Germany,May1, 1880.Republican.Advertisingbusiness; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; resigned 1923;chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1936,1940;Universityof Illinois trustee, 1937-42.Jewish.Germanancestry. Member,AmericanJewish Committee.As part owner of the Chicago Cubsbaseballteam, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion ofmedical research.Died, ofcancer,in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 30,1952 (age72 years, 29days).Entombed atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | Edward Lasker (1912-1997) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.BornMay 15,1912.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;movieproducer;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1956,1960;director, Philip Morristobaccocompany, 1961-80.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 11,1997 (age85 years, 57days).Burial location unknown. | | Morris Edward Lasker (1917-2009) — also known asMorris E. Lasker;Edward MorrisLasker —of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Hartsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1917.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1950; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1968-83;took senior status 1983.Died, ofcancer,in Mount AuburnHospital,Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,December25, 2009 (age92 years, 161days).Burial location unknown.
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