Delta Theta Phi
Politician members in New Jersey
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Delta Theta Phi
Politician members in New Jersey
|  Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952) — also known asA. Harry Moore — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,July 3,1879.Democrat.Lawyer;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1928,1932,1936,1940,1944,1952;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1935-38.ChristianReformed.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Grange;Delta Theta Phi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Eagles;RoyalArcanum;Foresters.Died from aheartattack whiledrivinghis car along State Highway 29 in Branchburg,SomersetCounty, N.J.,November18, 1952 (age73 years, 138days).Interment atBayview- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
| Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known asPhelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.; Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.Born in Bonn,Germany,May4, 1897.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1932;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936,1948(alternate); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;Governor ofAmerican Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Jersey,1956,1960,1964(alternate);delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;PsiUpsilon;UrbanLeague;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Societyof Colonial Wars;UnionLeague;Delta Theta Phi.Died in Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.,June 10,1981 (age84 years, 37days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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