 |  Clyde Barrie (1901-1945) — also known asCecil Burrows — of Harlem, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bridgetown,Barbados,October11, 1901.Republican.Baritonesinger for CBSradio;performed, Republican National Convention, 1940.Africanancestry.Died, frombronchialpneumonia, in HarlemHospital,Harlem, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December4, 1945 (age44 years, 54days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Percival Leon Burrows and Cecilia Burrows. | | | | Image source: Tribune PhotoArchives |
| | | William John Bennett (b. 1943) — also known asBill Bennett — Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1943.U.S.Secretary of Education, 1985-88; director, U.S. Office ofNational Drug Control Policy ("Drug Czar"), 1989-91;radio showhost;television commentator.Catholic.Member,KappaAlpha Society.In 2003, news media reported that Bennett hadlostmillions gambling in Las Vegas, a minorscandalin light of his advocacy for self-discipline and other virtues; heacknowledgedthat he had done "too much gambling" and that it "set a bad example".Still living as of 2010.  | Arthur Label Bresler (1862-1908) — also known asArthur L. Bresler — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1862.HonoraryConsul for Hawaiian Islands inDetroit,Mich., 1895-1900;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inDetroit,Mich., 1901-04; manager of DeForestwirelesstelegraphsystem.Germanancestry.Died, fromstomachcancer, at theHotel St.Lorenz, East 72nd Street, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1908 (age46 years, 121days). Initial reports that he had been poisoned were dispelledby an autopsy.Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Harry Edson Browne (1933-2006) — also known asHarry Browne — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.Born inNassauCounty, N.Y.,June 17,1933.Libertarian.Writer;investmentadvisor; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1996, 2000;radio show host, 2003.Agnostic.Died, ofLouGehrig's disease, in Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.,March 1,2006 (age72 years, 257days).Interment atMt.Gur Cemetery, Kernersville, N.C. | | James Lane Buckley (b. 1923) — also known asJames L. Buckley — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in an elevator at Women'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1923.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Senator from New York, 1971-77; defeated, 1968 (Conservative),1976 (Republican); Republican candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1980;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-96; tooksenior status 1996.Catholic.IrishandSwissancestry. Member,Skulland Bones.President,Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1982-85. Still living as of 2018. | | William Frank Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) — also known asWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1925.Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1965; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly 2nd District, 1966.Catholic.IrishandSwissancestry. Member,Skulland Bones.Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor ofNational Reviewmagazine;authorand lecturer; host oftelevision news show "Firing Line";recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.Died, probably ofdiabetesandemphysema,in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February27, 2008 (age82 years, 95days).Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof William Frank Buckley, Sr. and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brotherofJamesLane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who marriedLeoBrent Bozell); married1950 toPatricia Alden Austin Taylor. | | | | Political family:Buckleyfamily of New York and Connecticut. | | | | Cross-reference:FredericR. Coudert, Jr. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.:GettingIt Right (2003) —Godand Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'(1951) —Spytime: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) —Nearer,My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) —TheLexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive WordLover (1998) —Airborne: A Sentimental Journey (1984) —InSearch of Anti-Semitism (1992) —BrothersNo More (1995) —UpFrom Liberalism (1959) —TheCommittee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee onUn-American Activities (1962) —Elvisin the Morning (2001) —Executioneve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) —Fourreforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) —Gratitude: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —Nuremberg: the reckoning (2002) —Overdrive: a personal documentary (1983) —UnitedNations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) —Theunmaking of a mayor (1966) —RonaldReagan: An American Hero (2001) —TheReagan I Knew (2008) | | | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.:StainedGlass : A Blackford Oakes Novel —MarcoPolo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Savingthe Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —SeeYou Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Tucker'sLast Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Mongoose,R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —AVery Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —HighJinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Who'son First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —TheRedhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator JoeMcCarthy | | | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:John B. Judis,WilliamF. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives —Lee Edwards,WilliamF. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement — Carl T.Bogus,Buckley:William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of AmericanConservatism | | | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,Jr.: David Miller,ChairmanBill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| | Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (1941-1996) — also known asCarter Burden — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Beverly Hills,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August25, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;principal owner of The Village Voicenewspaper;member of the New York City Council, 1970-77; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1978; founder ofCommodore Media, owner ofradio stations; philanthropist.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January23, 1996 (age54 years, 151days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) — also known asWilliam A. M. Burden — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 8,1906.Analyst ofaviationindustry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of UnionTexas Natural Gas Corporation; director, AlliedChemicalCo., ColumbiaBroadcasting System, and LockheedAircraft;president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S.Ambassador toBelgium, 1959-61.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, ofheartdisease, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1984 (age78 years, 185days).Burial location unknown.  | Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) — also known asWilliana J. Burroughs;Williana Jones;Mary Adams —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Moscow,Russia.Born inPetersburg,Va.,December26, 1882.Communist.Schoolteacher; joined the Communist party in 1926; used the pseudonym"Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led ademonstrationto the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she wasfiredfrom her teaching job; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for theEnglish-language broadcasts ofRadio Moscow, 1937-45.Africanancestry.Died, from aheartailment, in the Staten Island AreaHospital,Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,December24, 1945 (age62 years, 363days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1909 toCharles Burroughs. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: The Daily Worker, October1933 |
 | Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) — also known asPrescott S. Bush — of Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,May 15,1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;banker;director, Pan AmericanAirways;director, ColumbiaBroadcasting System (CBS); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1948,1956(chair,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1964(alternate);U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Skulland Bones.Died, oflungcancer, in the MemorialHospitalfor Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October8, 1972 (age77 years, 146days).Interment atPutnamCemetery, Greenwich, Conn. | | | Edward Hubert Butler (1883-1956) — also known asEdward H. Butler — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1883.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1916(alternate),1920,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1928,1932,1936(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1940,1944,1948;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1952(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); establishedradio and television stations inBuffalo.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1956 (age72 years, 245days).Entombed atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) — also known asOrestes H. Caldwell — of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,1888.Electricalengineer;editor oftradejournals inradio andelectronics;member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29; resigned 1929.Burial location unknown. | | Randy A. Daniels (b. 1950) — Born in1950.Republican.Television journalist; Deputy Mayor of New YorkCity, 1992;secretaryof state of New York, 2001-05; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 2006.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2006. | | Robert Kenneth Dornan (b. 1933) — also known asBob Dornan;"B-1Bob" —of Garden Grove,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1933.Broadcaster,journalist,televisionproducer; won two Emmy awards for histelevisionshow; appeared in severalmoviesincludingThe Starfighters,To The Shores of Hell, andHell on Wheels; candidate in primary formayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1973; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1976,1992;U.S.Representative from California, 1977-83, 1985-97 (27th District1977-83, 38th District 1985-93, 46th District 1993-97); defeated(Republican), 1996, 1998, 2004; candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Senator from California, 1982; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1996;American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,2016(on behalf ofDonaldTrump andMikePence).Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus.Still living as of 2016. | | 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.JewishandScottishancestry. Member,ScreenActors Guild;Americansfor Democratic Action;American CivilLiberties Union.Died, ofpneumoniaandcardiaccomplications, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1981 (age80 years, 121days).Cremated. | | Guy Patterson Gannett (1881-1954) — also known asGuy P. Gannett — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine; Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,November27, 1881.Republican. Publisher ofnewspapersand owner ofradio stations; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1916;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1917-18; member ofMainestate senate 7th District, 1919-20; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maine, 1920-28.Died, from aheartailment, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1954 (age72 years, 148days).Burial location unknown. | | James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known asJames G. Harbord — of Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born near Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,March21, 1866.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), andchairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,Topeka and Santa FeRailroad;director, BankersTrust Co.;director, NationalBroadcasting Co.; director,Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York LifeInsuranceCo.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1924,1932;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1932;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;UnionLeague.Died in Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August20, 1947 (age81 years, 152days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) — also known asHarold G. Hoffman — of South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February7, 1896.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatebusiness;banker;newspapercolumnist andradio commentator; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24;mayorof South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New JerseyCommissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Jersey,1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Methodist.Member,JuniorOrder;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Eagles;RoyalArcanum.Suspendedin 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation systemfor aninvestigationof financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his writtenconfessionofembezzlementschemes was disclosed.Died, of aheartattack, in his room at the BlakeHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1954 (age58 years, 117days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J. | | Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) — also known asAlan L. Keyes — of Maryland. Born in the St. Albans NavalHospital,Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1950.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1996,2000,2008;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2008.Africanancestry.Syndicatednewspapercolumnist;radio talk show host.Still living as of 2014. | | Orin Lehman (1920-2008) — also known as"Father Nature" — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary14, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured duringthe Battle of the Bulge andlost aleg;newspaperpublisher; chairman, ColgreenBroadcasting Group, owner ofradio stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profitemployment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager,JohnJ. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1964;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1966;producerof several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner ofParks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;Council onForeign Relations;UrbanLeague;NAACP.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 2008 (age88 years, 39days).Burial location unknown. | | Albert Lewis (1923-2006) — also known asAl Lewis;Albert Meister;"Grampa";"Grandpa" —of Roosevelt Island, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1923.Green. Worked as acircusperformer and later as anactor;most famous role was as "Grandpa Munster" on thetelevisioncomedy seriesThe Munsters, 1964-66; owned an Italianrestaurantin New York; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1998;radio talk show host on WBAI-FM.Jewish.Died, in ahospitalin New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,February3, 2006 (age82 years, 279days).Cremated. | | George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) — also known asG. Gordon Liddy — Born in Hoboken,HudsonCounty, N.J.,November30, 1930.Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;FBIagent;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized anddirected theburglariesof the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergatecomplex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergatescandalled to PresidentRichardNixon's resignation in 1974;convictedon charges ofburglaryandwiretapping;sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977after serving four and a half years; became a popularradio talkshow host.IrishandItalianancestry.Died in Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.,March30, 2021 (age90 years, 120days).Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | | Roger Lea MacBride (1929-1995) — also known asRoger MacBride — Born in New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1929.Lawyer;television producer; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1963; candidate in Republicanprimary forGovernor ofVermont, 1964; Republican Presidential Elector for Virginia,1972(voted forJohnHospers andTheodoraNathan); Libertarian candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1976.Heir to the estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author ofLittle Houseon the Prairie.Died in Miami Beach,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,March 5,1995 (age65 years, 211days).Interment atWicks Cemetery, Halifax, Vt. | | Frank Fabian Mankiewicz (1924-2014) — also known asFrank Mankiewicz — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.;MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1950;lawyer;author;press secretary forRobertF. Kennedy, 1966-68; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1968;campaign manager forGeorgeMcGovern's presidential campaign, 1972; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1976; president,National PublicRadio, 1977-83.Jewish.Died, ofheartfailure while suffering fromlungproblems, in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,October23, 2014 (age90 years, 160days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George John Mitchell (b. 1933) — also known asGeorge J. Mitchell — of South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine;Washington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine,August20, 1933.Democrat.Lawyer;aide to U.S. Sen.EdmundMuskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie'svice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in1972;MaineDemocratic state chair, 1966-68; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1974;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1977-79;U.S.District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; resigned 1980;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maine,1984,1996,2000,2004;chairman,WaltDisney Company (majormoviestudio, operator of theme parks, and owner of the ABCtelevision network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2008.Catholic.LebaneseandIrishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations.Still living as of 2014. | | Susan Molinari (b. 1958) — of New York. Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,March27, 1958.Republican. Member, New York City Council, 1986-90;U.S.Representative from New York, 1990-97 (14th District 1990-93,13th District 1993-97); resigned 1997;television journalist.Female.Still living as of 2014. | | Bess Myerson (1924-2014) — Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1924.Democrat. Miss America, 1945;firstand only Jewish woman to win the pageant;musician;television personality; New York City commissioner of consumeraffairs, 1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 ofbribingJusticeHortenseGabel by giving herdaughtera city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments forCarl Andrew Capasso, Myerson'smarriedlover; thescandalwas called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumeraffairs commissioner;indictedon federalbriberycharges in 1988, along with Capasso and Gabel;triedand found not guilty.Female.Jewish.Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December14, 2014 (age90 years, 151days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Santa Monica, Calif. | | Leo William O'Brien (1900-1982) — also known asLeo W. O'Brien — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1900.Newspaperwork;radio and television commentator;U.S.Representative from New York, 1952-67 (32nd District 1952-53,30th District 1953-63, 29th District 1963-67).Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1982 (age81 years, 225days).Interment atSt.Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) — also known asRobert H. O'Brien — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,September15, 1904.Miningengineer;lawyer;member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; specialassistant to Barney Balaban, president of ParamountPictures,and director, Paramount InternationalFilms;when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer ofthemovietheater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger withAmerican Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president ofthe ABCtelevision network; in 1957, he joined the Loew'smovietheater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayermoviestudio, 1963-69.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaChi;PhiDelta Phi;FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died, of astroke,in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,October6, 1997 (age93 years, 21days).Intermentsomewherein Butte, Mont.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married,August27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
| | Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) — also known asRichard C. Patterson, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Locust Valley,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,January31, 1886.Democrat.Gold miner;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer;New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executivevice-president and director, NationalBroadcasting Co.,1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;chairman, Ogden Corp. (UtilitiesPower &Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1928(alternate),1932(alternate),1936,1944,1948;U.S. Ambassador toYugoslavia, 1944-47;Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1951-53.Methodist.Member,MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons.DiedSeptember30, 1966 (age80 years, 242days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Harlan Eugene Read (1880-1963) — also known asHarlan E. Read — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.,May 7,1880.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1918;author;radio commentator.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill., February,1963(age82years, 0 days).Cremated;ashes interred atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.; Buford,Rio BlancoCounty, Colo.; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Palm Springs,RiversideCounty, Calif.; Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September23, 1910.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1940;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;investigatedand called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 overlavishentertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, manypaidescorts, andpaid hotelbills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort topersuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft forpurchase by the U.S.military;owned aradio station in Texas; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Colorado,1960;mayorof Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Florida, 1968; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1968.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,October27, 1990 (age80 years, 34days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofFranklinDelano Roosevelt andEleanorRoosevelt; brother ofJamesRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; married,January16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner; married,July 22,1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins; married,December3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson; married,March15, 1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross; married,November3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead; grandnephew ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; third great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; fourth great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,WarrenDelano Robbins,CorinneAlsop Cole,TheodoreRoosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin seven times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.,PhilipDePeyster andJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Wayne Allyn Root (b. 1961) — also known asWayne A. Root — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1961.Libertarian.Sportsreporter and handicapper;radio and television host andanchorman;televisionproducer; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2008.Jewish.Still living as of 2008. | | Jeffrey St. John (born c.1931) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1931. Conservative.Television producer; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1966.Still living as of 1966. | | Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (b. 1954) — also known asAl Sharpton — Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1954.Democrat.Minister;civil rights activist;radio talk show host; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1988, 1992, 1994;stabbedin the chest as he was about to lead a protest march in theBensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1991;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1997; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,2004.Pentecostal;laterBaptist.AfricanandCherokeeIndian ancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Ronald Peter Straus (1923-2012) — also known asR. Peter Straus — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;chairman, Straus Communications, a chain ofnewspapersandradio stations; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1960,1964;director, Voice of America, 1977-79.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August6, 2012 (age89 years, 173days).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,Radio Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Elks;PhiDelta Theta.Burial location unknown. | | Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) — also known asOwen D. Young — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Van Hornesville,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;financier;industrialist;chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded RadioCorporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of thefounders of the NationalBroadcasting Company (NBC); author ofthe "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of German war reparations;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1932.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;OddFellows;Grange.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,July 11,1962 (age87 years, 257days).Interment atVanHornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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