| |  John F. Wadlin (d. 1953) — of Highland,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1941-53; died in office 1953.Methodist.Member,Elks;OddFellows;Freemasons.DiedApril30, 1953.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof John J. F. Wadlin and Charlotte (Voight) Wadlin; married1935 toBeatrice Hasbrouck. |
 | Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877-1953) — also known asRobert F. Wagner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Nastatten, Hessen-Nassau,Germany,June8, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1905, 1907-08 (New York County 30th District1905, New York County 22nd District 1907-08); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 16th District, 1909-18; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1916,1928(alternate),1936,1940,1944;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1913-14;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-26; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1924-26;U.S.Senator from New York, 1927-49;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.Catholic.Germanancestry. Member,Elks;PhiSigma Kappa.Introduced Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, RailwayPension Law, and other social and economic legislation in the U.S.Senate. On July 18, 1934, he while touring port facilities in Oregonduring a labor dispute, he and his party werefiredon (ten shots) by guards.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1953 (age75 years, 330days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. |  | Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr. (1910-1991) — also known asRobert F. Wagner, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1910.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1938-42;resigned 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1948(alternate),1952,1956,1960,1964,1972(alternate);boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1950-53;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1954-65; defeated in primary, 1969;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1956;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; U.S.Ambassador toSpain, 1968-69.Catholic.GermanandIrishancestry. Member,Elks;FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died ofheartfailure in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1991 (age80 years, 298days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Byron Sylvester Waite (1852-1930) — also known asByron S. Waite — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Penfield,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1852.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1889-90, 1895-96; assistantprosecuting attorney;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1899-1900; appointed 1899;member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers, 1902-26;Judgeof U.S. Customs Court, 1926-30; retired 1930.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;UnionLeague.Died in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December31, 1930 (age78 years, 95days).Burial location unknown. | | Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) — also known asEdmund W. Wakelee — of Demarest,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;utilityexecutive; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;member ofNewJersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Jersey,1940.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;DeltaUpsilon;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Elks;RoyalArcanum;Knightsof Honor;JuniorOrder.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
| | Albert Wald (b. 1889) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1889.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1930, 1934.Member,AmericanArbitration Association;Freemasons;Elks;Redmen.Burial location unknown. | | B. Roger Wales (1879-1929) — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1879.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 40th District, 1925-29; died in office 1929.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Kiwanis.DiedNovember25, 1929 (age50 years, 131days).Burial location unknown.  | James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) — also known asJames J. Walker;Jimmy Walker;"Beau James";"The NightMayor" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1881.Democrat.Lawyer;songwriter;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; memberofNewYork state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1924,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1932;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932;resignedas mayor during aninvestigationof corruption in his administration.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1946 (age65 years, 152days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Thomas Joseph Walker (1877-1945) — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.Born in Plymouth,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,March25, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1905;SilverBow County Attorney, 1906-10; member ofMontanastate senate, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Montana,1928,1932,1936(alternate); candidate forchiefjustice of Montana state supreme court, 1938;Judgeof U.S. Customs Court, 1940-45, 1940-45; died in office 1945.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1945 (age67 years, 299days).Interment atSt. Patricks Cemetery, Butte, Mont. | | Charles C. Wallace (b. 1888) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1888.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;jeweler;realestate business; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1945-46.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks.Burial location unknown. | | David A. Wallach (b. 1895) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1895.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948.Jewish. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Elias Wallach and Clara Wallach; married to MadeleineSpiro. |
| | Samuel Wallin (1856-1917) — of Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,July 31,1856.Republican.Mayorof Amsterdam, N.Y., 1900-01;U.S.Representative from New York 30th District, 1913-15; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1916.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1917 (age61 years, 123days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y. | | William John Wallin (1879-1963) — also known asWilliam J. Wallin — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1879.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Elks;American BarAssociation.Fellfrom the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at theSaw Mill RiverNursingHome, Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 7,1963 (age84 years, 140days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isabel (Watson) Wallin and John Cooper Wallin; married to EvelynM. Walsh. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas J. Walsh — of Stapleton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 24th District, 1925-28.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks;AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown. | | William E. Walsh (b. 1903) — of Coos Bay,CoosCounty, Ore.Born in Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;CoosCounty District Attorney, 1931-33; member ofOregonstate senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Oregon,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);co-owner,RadioStation KWRO, Coquille, Ore.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Elks;PhiDelta Theta.Burial location unknown. | | Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,April20, 1882.Newspaperwriter;theatermanager; U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1935-46.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AlphaPhi Alpha.In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" innewspapers and magazines.Died in1965(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown.  | Earle S. Warner (b. 1880) — of Phelps,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Phelps town,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1880.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1933-45 (43rd District 1933-44, 48th District1945); defeated (Democratic), 1914; resigned 1945; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1940;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1945-49; appointed 1945.Member,Elks;ExchangeClub;Grange;American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry D. Warner. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | Nathan A. Warren (c.1856-1944) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Hubbardston,WorcesterCounty, Mass., about 1856.Republican.Physician;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1908-09; defeated, 1909; postmaster atYonkers,N.Y., 1910-14.Presbyterian.Member,American MedicalAssociation;Elks;OddFellows;Foresters.Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard,DukesCounty, Mass.,August14, 1944 (ageabout 88years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Walter Warren and Lydia (Read) Warren. |
| | Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) — of Medina,OrleansCounty, N.Y.Born inOrleansCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; postmaster atMedina,N.Y., 1928; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;SigmaChi.Burial location unknown. | | Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) — also known asRichard J. Welch — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in New York,1869.Republican.Insurancebroker;real estatebusiness; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1901-13;U.S.Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died inoffice 1949.Catholic.Member,Moose;Elks;Eagles.While travelingbytrain, suffered aheartattack, and died the next day, in ahospitalat Needles,SanBernardino County, Calif.,September10, 1949 (ageabout 80years).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.  | William W. Wemple (b. 1862) — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Duanesburg,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1862.Republican.School teacherand principal;lawyer;SchenectadyCounty District Attorney, 1899; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schenectady County, 1903-06; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 31st District, 1907-08.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Redmen;RoyalArcanum;Elks.Burial location unknown. | | Walter W. Westall — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Cornwall,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1919-22;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 25th District, 1923-34; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1948,1952,1956.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Rotary.Burial location unknown.  | Ellis J. Westlake (b. 1854) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Horseheads,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1854.Superintendent of dining cars for Northern PacificRailway;hotelmanager;insurancebusiness; member ofMinnesotastate senate 31st District, 1915-18.Member,Elks;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish)Westlake. | | | | Image source: Minnesota LegislativeManual 1917 |
| | John J. Whalen (1899-1958) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.BornNovember28, 1899.Democrat.Funeraldirector;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1949; defeated, 1949.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks;AncientOrder of Hibernians.Died, of aheartattack, while attending adinnerof the Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association, at the RooseveltHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1958 (age58 years, 359days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Mina Elmore. |
 | Leon F. Wheatley (1872-1944) — of Hornell,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in West Franklin,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,February20, 1872.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;bankdirector; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1922-26; memberofNewYork state senate 43rd District, 1927-32;mayorof Hornell, N.Y., 1934-37; defeated, 1937.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows.Died in Hornell,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1944 (age72 years, 303days).Interment atHornellRural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Wheatley and Geraldine Wheatley; married,May 17,1898, to Mary Elizabeth Burt. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | | James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) — also known asJames L. Whitley — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1872.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; memberofNewYork state senate 45th District, 1919-28;U.S.Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,1934.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Maccabees;Woodmenof the World;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Sonsof Veterans;UnionLeague.Died in1959(ageabout87 years).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. | | William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) — also known asWilliam Willett, Jr. — of Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Woodmere,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,1904; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911;indictedin 1912 onchargesthat heboughtthe nomination for Supreme Court justice;triedandconvictedin 1914,sentencedto one year inprisonandfined$1,000; released on parole in 1916.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at theHotelMcAlpin, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1938 (age68 years, 77days).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) — also known asPhilip H. Willkie — of Rushville,RushCounty, Ind.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornDecember7, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;banker;farmer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1948,1960;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1949-54.Member,BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons;Moose;Elks.DiedApril10, 1974 (age54 years, 124days).Interment atEastHill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind. | | John T. Willoughby (c.1864-1914) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Jefferson,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y., about 1864.Democrat.Beerbrewer; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1912; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall).Catholic.Member,Elks;HolyName Society.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in West Islip,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January2, 1914 (ageabout 50years).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Walter G. Winne (b. 1889) — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1889.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1916-19;U.S.Attorney for New Jersey, 1922-28;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,1947.Member,Elks. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1916 to AltheaM. Sharp. |
 | Stephen J. Wojtkowiak (1895-1945) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1929-45 (49th District 1929-44, 54th District1945); died in office 1945.Polishancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Elks.DiedApril 6,1945 (age49 years, 260days).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1936 |
| | Frank T. Woodworth (b. 1861) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born inSenecaCounty, N.Y.,1861.Republican.Lumberbusiness;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1903-05.Presbyterian.Member,Elks.Burial location unknown. | | John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) — also known asJohn W. Wydler — of Garden City,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;U.S.Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5thDistrict 1973-81); delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1968,1972(alternate).Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Order ofAhepa;Freemasons;Elks.Died inWashington,D.C.,August4, 1987 (age63 years, 56days).Interment atCemeteryof the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.  | John Reed Yale (1855-1925) — also known asJohn R. Yale — of Brewster,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Patterson town,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,May 8,1855.Republican.Farmer;real estatebusiness;contractor;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Putnam County, 1902-13, 1921-25; died inoffice 1925; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1904;chairof Putnam County Republican Party, 1910, 1925.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1925 (age70 years, 70days).Interment atMilltown Cemetery, Brewster, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Belden Yale and Margaret (Glennen) Yale. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | | Joseph Zaretzki (b. 1900) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,March 9,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1948-74 (23rd District 1948-65, 32nd District 1966,28th District 1967-74).Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;NAACP.Burial location unknown.
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