| |  Joyce Dattner — of New York. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1976; New Alliance candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1988.Female.Jewish. Still living as of 1988. | | Leopold David (1878-1924) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1878.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska AgriculturalCollege and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1923-25.Jewish. Died, ofheartfailure,November21, 1924 (ageabout 46years).Interment atAnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska. | | Irwin Delmore Davidson (1906-1981) — also known asIrwin D. Davidson — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January2, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1937, 1939-48 (New York County 7th District 1937,1939-44, New York County 5th District 1945-48); resigned 1948;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1955-56;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1967-68.Jewish. Died in New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1981 (age75 years, 211days).Cremated;ashes scattered in Long Island Sound. | | Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) — also known asSamuel George Davis — Born in Harlem, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;singer;dancer;actor;injured in an automobile accident in 1954, andlost hisleft eye;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Jewish.AfricanandCubanancestry.Received theSpingarnMedal in 1968.Died, from complications ofthroatcancer, in Beverly Hills,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 16,1990 (age64 years, 159days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | John Gunther Dean (b. 1926) — also known asJohann Gunther Dienstfertig — of New York. Born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw,Poland),February24, 1926.Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army during World WarII; U.S. Ambassador toCambodia, 1974-75;Denmark, 1975-78;Lebanon, 1978-81;Thailand, 1981-85;India, 1985-88.Jewish ancestry. On August 27, 1980, in Beirut, his car wasfiredon, but he and his family and guards were unhurt.Still living as of 2018. | | Noach Dear (1953-2020) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1953.Member, New York City Council, 1983-2001; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1998 (Democraticprimary), 2000 (Democratic primary), 2000 (Republican); candidate forNewYork state senate 21st District, 2002 (Democratic primary), 2002(Conservative), 2004 (Democratic primary), 2006 (Democratic primary);Justiceof New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 2015-20; died in office2020.Jewish. Died, from complications ofCOVID-19,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April19, 2020 (age66 years, 151days).Burial location unknown. | | Bernard S. Deutsch (b. 1884) — of Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Maryland,1884.Democrat.Lawyer;Independent candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1932.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJewish Congress;ZionistOrganization of America.Burial location unknown. | | Peter R. Deutsch (b. 1957) — of Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1957.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1983-93;U.S.Representative from Florida 20th District, 1993-2005; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996,2000,2004;candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 2004.Jewish. Still living as of 2014. | | Samuel Byron Dicker (b. 1889) — also known asSamuel B. Dicker — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1889.Republican.Statistician;lawyer;director, Rochester and Genesee ValleyRailroad;mayorof Rochester, N.Y., 1939-55; appointed 1939; resigned 1955.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Elks.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Moritz Dicker and Rose (Weinberg) Dicker. |
| | Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) — also known as"Crook" — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Vilna,Lithuania,February5, 1885.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22;U.S.Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,19th District 1945);Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-53.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;B'naiB'rith;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars.According to old Russian recordsfound inthe mid-1990s, he was apaidagent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, andreceived some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".Died, in Beth IsraelHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1954 (age69 years, 76days).Interment atUnionField Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y. | | Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) — also known asC. Douglas Dillon;Clarence DouglassDillon —of Far Hills,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,of American parents,August21, 1909.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;financier;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1952(alternate),1968;U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1953-57;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.Scottish,French,Swedish,andJewish ancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations;Societyof Colonial Wars.Recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January10, 2003 (age93 years, 142days).Burial location unknown. | | Isidore Dollinger (1903-2000) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1937-44; member ofNewYork state senate 26th District, 1945-48;U.S.Representative from New York, 1949-61 (24th District 1949-53,23rd District 1953-61); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1956,1960,1964;BronxCounty District Attorney, 1960-68;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1968-75.Jewish. Died in White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January30, 2000 (age96 years, 78days).Burial location unknown. | | Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) — also known asMelvyn Edouard Hesselberg — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,April 5,1901.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1940;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Actor,producer,directorof manymotionpictures; worked inradio,television,andBroadway.Jewish andScottishancestry. Member,ScreenActors Guild;Americansfor Democratic Action;American CivilLiberties Union.Died, ofpneumoniaandcardiaccomplications, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1981 (age80 years, 121days).Cremated. | | Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd (1919-2017) — also known asDouglas F. Dowd — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December7, 1919.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;economist;universityprofessor; Peace and Freedom candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1968.Jewish ancestry. Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Bologna,Italy,September8, 2017 (age97 years, 275days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Mervyn Dowd and Sybil (Seid) Dowd; married to ZerilDruskin. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) — also known asRobert J. Dryfoos — of Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornAugust11, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972,1980,1988;chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov.MaryAnn Krupsak, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91;retired from office whileunderinvestigation over allegedcampaignfinance andfederaltax violations, but no charges were filed;lobbyist.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanJewish Committee.Died, from complications of aheadinjury, in New York-PresbyterianHospital/WeillCornellMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 2,2006 (age63 years, 203days).Burial location unknown.  | David Dubinsky (1892-1982) — also known asDavid Dobnievski — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest,Belarus),February22, 1892.Presidentof International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, from 1932; one of thefoundersof the American Labor Party in New York, 1936; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1936;vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1944, 1958;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1982 (age90 years, 207days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Zallel Dubinsky and Shaine (Wishingrad) Dubinsky; married1915 to EmmaGoldberg. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 29,1949 |
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