| |  Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) — also known asSteven B. Ayres — of New York. Born in Fort Dodge,WebsterCounty, Iowa,October27, 1861.Newspapereditor;real estatebusiness;advertising business;U.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated(Progressive), 1914.Member,PsiUpsilon.Died, in Park WestHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1929 (age67 years, 217days).Interment atClearwaterMunicipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla. | | Bruce Barton (1886-1967) — also known as"Advertiser";"The AdvertisingKing";"The Great Repealer" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Robbins,ScottCounty, Tenn.,August5, 1886.Republican.Author;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided byFranklinRoosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republicanopponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1940,1944;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton,Durstine and Osborn (BBDO)advertising agency.Congregationalist.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1967 (age80 years, 334days).Interment atRockHill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.  | William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) — also known asWilliam Benton — of Southport, Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,April 1,1900.Democrat.Advertising business; introduced sound effects intotelevision commercials; popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show;vice-president, University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of theEncyclopedia Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for PublicAffairs, 1945-47;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1952(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956,1960,1968.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;ZetaPsi.Died, in the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1973 (age72 years, 351days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | | Max Berking (1917-1997) — of Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; North Port,SarasotaCounty, Fla.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 27,1917.Democrat.Advertising executive; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 30th District, 1965;chair ofWestchester County Democratic Party, 1971-75.Congregationalist.Member,UrbanLeague.Died, oflungcancer, in Alford,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,September24, 1997 (age80 years, 59days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives:Married to Dorothy Noyes and Frances Bauman. |
| | Alfred Lawrence Breor (1893-1964) — also known asAlfred L. Breor — of West New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.; Howell Township,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,July 19,1893.Republican.Advertising business;chair ofRichmond County Republican Party, 1930-35; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1932;hearingaid dealer.Died, in Paul KimballHospital,Lakewood,OceanCounty, N.J.,January21, 1964 (age70 years, 186days).Interment atSt.Mary of the Lake Cemetery, Lakewood, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof James William Breor and Catherine F. (Phillips) Breor; married,October25, 1915, to Eva M. Brault. |
| | George W. Brown (b. 1859) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Schenevus,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,October14, 1859.Republican.Producedealer;producedealer in Otsego County; later, employed by ahay,grain, andproducemerchant in Brooklyn;bookkeeperand manager for acarriagepainting andsign-making business;bookkeeper;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1907, 1909-10.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Carlton Brown. |
 | Robert J. Crews (1894-1968) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1894.Republican.Advertising business;real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1936, 1938-47;defeated, 1936; resigned 1947; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964,1968.Died, in Long Island CollegeHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1968(ageabout73 years).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Twinbrother ofJohnR. Crews. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | John Clay Davies (1920-2002) — also known asJohn C. Davies — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1920.Democrat.Newspapereditor;public relations business;U.S.Representative from New York 35th District, 1949-51; defeated,1950.Died in San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,June 17,2002 (age82 years, 47days).Burial location unknown. | | Edwin Benedict Dooley (1905-1982) — also known asEdwin B. Dooley — of Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1905.Republican.Public relations executive;mayorof Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1950-56;U.S.Representative from New York 26th District, 1957-63.Died in Boca Raton,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,January25, 1982 (age76 years, 287days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) — also known asWalter E. Edge — of Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.; Ventnor City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November20, 1873.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;advertising business;newspaperpublisher;banker;Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1905;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1908(alternate),1920,1924,1928,1932,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1944,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; memberofNewJersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1929-33;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1936.Presbyterian;laterEpiscopalian.Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromuremicpoisoning, in MemorialHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1956 (age82 years, 344days).Interment atNorthwoodCemetery, Downingtown, Pa. | | James Herbert Fay (1899-1948) — also known asJames H. Fay — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded andlost hisleft leg; secretary to the president of Bellevue and AlliedHospitals,1923-29; deputy commissioner of hospitals, 1929-33;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1939-41, 1943-45;defeated, 1934, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1940;chairof New York County Democratic Party, 1942;insuranceandadvertising business.Catholic.Member,TammanyHall;AmericanLegion.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September10, 1948 (age49 years, 134days).Interment atLongIsland National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. | | Michael Patrick Forbes (b. 1952) — also known asMichael P. Forbes — of Quogue,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Riverhead,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 16,1952.Staff member for U.S. Sens.AlfonseM. D'Amato andConnieMack;public relations and marketing business;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1995-2001; defeated,2000 (Democratic primary), 2000 (Working Families); delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1996;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,2000.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Still living as of 2014. | | William B. Green (born c.1872) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y., about 1872.Democrat.Advertising agent; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1919-20.Burial location unknown. | | Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) — of Kew Gardens, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Richmond Hill, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1913.Republican.Newspaperreporter;advertising business; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1937; member ofNewYork state senate, 1941-54 (2nd District 1941-44, 4th District1945-54);U.S.Representative from New York, 1959-73 (4th District 1959-63, 6thDistrict 1963-73); defeated, 1954; Republican Presidential Electorfor New York,1972(did not serve).Jewish. Member,Elks;B'naiB'rith;Moose;Knightsof Pythias;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died from complications ofpneumonia,at SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January10, 1997 (age83 years, 52days).Interment atMt.Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.  | Eric Hass (1905-1980) — of Oregon; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,1905.Socialist.Advertising business; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1936;editorofThe Weekly People, 1938-68; Socialist Labor candidate forNewYork state attorney general, 1942; Industrial Governmentcandidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1944; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1945 (Socialist Labor), 1949 (IndustrialGovernment), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965(Socialist Labor); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; resigned orexpelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969;librarian.GermanandDanishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in CommunityHospital,Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.,October2, 1980 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. |  | Owen M. Kiernan (1867-1940) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1867.Democrat.Coaldealer; inspector of fuel;advertising business; member ofNewYork state assembly, 1913-25 (New York County 24th District1913-17, New York County 18th District 1918-25).Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,RoyalArcanum.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1940 (ageabout 73years).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof James Kiernan and Elizabeth (Clarke) Kiernan; married to JennieMarsh. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Charles McIlvaine Kinsolving Jr. (1927-2021) — also known asCharles M. Kinsolving, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,1927.Democrat.Advertising business; senior vice president,AmericanNewspaperPublishers Association; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1954 (New York County 9th District), 1998 (73rdDistrict); campaign manager,PaulO'Dwyer for U.S. Senate, 1970, andHermanBadillo for New York City mayor, 1973.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in2021(ageabout94 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Advertising business; member, U.S. Shipping Board,1921-23; resigned 1923; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegateto Republican National Convention 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. | | John Mather Lupton (c.1917-2002) — also known asJohn M. Lupton — of Connecticut. Born in Mattituck,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y., about 1917.Republican.Advertising business; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1950; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1950; candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1962.Died in Orange City,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,March16, 2002 (ageabout 85years).Interment atMattituckPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y.  | James Mackay — of Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Advertising executive;villagepresident of Peekskill, New York, 1934-37, 1940;mayorof Peekskill, N.Y., 1940; resigned 1940.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Times, November 8, 1939 |
| | | Richard Dean McCarthy (1927-1995) — also known asMax McCarthy — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September24, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in theU.S. Army during the Korean conflict;newspaperreporter;public relations executive;U.S.Representative from New York 39th District, 1965-71; defeated,1972; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1970; Washington bureau chief for theBuffalo Newsnewspaper,1978-89.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion.Died, ofLouGehrig's disease, in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,May 5,1995 (age67 years, 223days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Fred C. Meinhardt (1890-1965) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1890.Cutter inbuttonfactory; foreman formanufacturerofadvertising novelties; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1921 (Farmer-Labor, Monroe County 2nd District),1933 (Democratic, Monroe County 1st District).Germanancestry.Died in January,1965(age74years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Max Meinhardt and Matilda Meinhardt. |
| | Martin B. Mosbacher (b. 1951) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1951.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1972;founder, chairman, and CEO of Intermarket, apublic relationsconsulting firm.Still living as of 2003. | | Leo P. Noonan — of Farmersville,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Republican.Public relations business; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1941-60.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990) — also known asLawrence F. O'Brien;LarryO'Brien —of Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,July 17,1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrativeassistant to U.S. Rep.FosterFurcolo, 1948-50;public relations business;U.S.Postmaster General, 1965-68;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1968-69, 1970-72; his officewas the target of the Watergate burglary, 1972; commissioner,NationalBasketballAssociation, 1975-84.Irishancestry. Member,Elks;AmericanLegion.Died, ofcancer,inNew YorkHospital-CornellMedical Center, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1990 (age73 years, 73days).Interment atSt.Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.  | Chandler Owen (1889-1967) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,April 5,1889.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist candidate forNewYork state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1920;newspapermanaging editor;public relations business;speechwriter;candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1934.Africanancestry.Died, fromkidneydisease, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November2, 1967 (age78 years, 211days).Interment atLincolnCemetery, Blue Island, Ill. | | | Stuart H. Robinson — of Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Republican.Traffic manager for Standard Brands; candidate forvillagepresident of Peekskill, New York, 1935; candidate formayorof Peekskill, N.Y., 1939.Burial location unknown. | | Walter B. Ryan — of Hempstead,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Advertising executive;mayorof Hempstead, N.Y., 1965.Still living as of 1965. | | Florence Donald Shapiro (b. 1948) — also known asFlorence Shapiro — of Plano,CollinCounty, Tex.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 2,1948.Republican.Schoolteacher;public relations and advertising business;mayor ofPlano, Tex., 1990-92; member ofTexasstate senate, 1993-2011 (2nd District 1993-95, 8th District1995-2011).Female.Still living as of 2014. | | Ben Werbel (b. 1898) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inPoland,November23, 1898.Democrat.Advertising business; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;ZionistOrganization of America;B'naiB'rith.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Mollie Katz. |
| | Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1858.Republican.Journalist;advertising business; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1908.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1920 (ageabout 61years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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