Very incomplete list! | |  Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known asRalph E. Becker — of Port Chester,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for District of Columbia,1972;U.S. Ambassador toHonduras, 1976-77.Jewish;laterEpiscopalian.Lithuanian andBelarusianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;FederalBar Association;NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;JewishWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;B'naiB'rith;AmericanJewish Committee.Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to theSmithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South PoleOperation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August24, 1994 (age87 years, 207days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Sebastiano Paiewonsky Cassinelli — of St. Thomas,VirginIslands.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands,2008(member,RulesCommittee).Jewish.ItalianandLithuanian ancestry.Still living as of 2008. | | Gery Chico (b. 1956) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.BornAugust24, 1956.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1996,2004;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 2004; candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 2011.Mexican,Greek, andLithuanian ancestry.Still living as of 2011.| |  Relatives: Sonof Jesse Chico and Jacqueline Chico; married to Jeryl Minow and SunnyPineda. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Phanor James Eder (1880-1971) — also known asPhanor J. Eder — of Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Palmira,Colombia,December11, 1880.Lawyer;Vice-Consul-Generalfor Colombia inNewYork, N.Y., 1905-07.Latvian andEnglishancestry.Died, in St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1971 (age90 years, 80days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Martin 'Santiago' Eder and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Benjamin)Eder; married,April21, 1909, to Violet Lindo. |
| | Samuel Gejdenson (b. 1948) — also known asSam Gejdenson — of Bozrah,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Eschwege,Germany,May20, 1948.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1975-79;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1981-2001;defeated, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromConnecticut,1996,2000.Jewish.BelarusianandLithuanian ancestry. Member,Grange.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert James Harris (1930-2005) — also known asRobert J. Harris;Bob Harris — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October5, 1930.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;Rhodesscholar;lawyer;lawprofessor;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73.Jewish.Lithuanian ancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Order ofthe Coif.Died, ofbrainlymphoma, in Scio Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,July 10,2005 (age74 years, 278days).Interment atArborcrestMemorial Park, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | Abraham Lincoln Marovitz (1905-2001) — also known asA. L. Marovitz — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,August10, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate senate 19th District, 1939-50; superior court judge inIllinois, 1950-63;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1963-75;took senior status 1975.Lithuanian ancestry. Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March17, 2001 (age95 years, 219days).Interment atJewishWaldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | Gunars M. Ozols (born c.1933) — of Hopewell Junction,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born inLatvia,about 1933.Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly 100th District, 1974; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1978, 1980.Latvian ancestry. Still living as of 1980. | | Algert F. Politis (born c.1908) — of New Britain,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in New Britain,HartfordCounty, Conn., about 1908.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof New Britain, Conn., 1971; appointed 1971.Lithuanian ancestry. Burial location unknown. | | Frank Savickas (1935-2001) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 14,1935.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 27th District, 1967-71; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1971-93 (27th District 1971-83, 15th District1983-93).Catholic.Lithuanian ancestry. Member,Moose;Knightsof Columbus.FirstLithuanian-American member of the Illinois legislature.Died in Venice,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,May 14,2001 (age66 years, 0days).Burial location unknown. | | Maurice Sugar (1891-1974) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Brimley,ChippewaCounty, Mich.,August8, 1891.Lawyer;Socialist candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1917, 1919; Socialist candidateforjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1917; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1918 (Socialist),1936 (Farmer-Labor);convictedin 1918 forresistingthe draft, sentenced to a year inprison,anddisbarred;readmitted to the Bar in 1923;pardonedin 1933; general counsel to the United Automobile Workers, 1937-46;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1948.JewishandLithuanian ancestry. Member,NationalLawyers Guild.Died inCheboyganCounty, Mich.,February15, 1974 (age82 years, 191days).Burial location unknown. | | David Theodore Wilentz (1894-1988) — also known asDavid T. Wilentz — of Perth Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils,Latvia),December21, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;chair ofMiddlesex County Democratic Party, 1928; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1932,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952,1956;member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1944;member, Arrangements Committee,1964;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;elected 1933;NewJersey state attorney general, 1934-44.Jewish.Latvian ancestry.Died in Long Branch,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,July 6,1988 (age93 years, 198days).Interment atBeth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J. | | Robert Nathan Wilentz (1927-1996) — also known asRobert N. Wilentz — of Deal,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Perth Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February17, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly, 1966-69 (Middlesex County1966-67, District 7-C 1968-69);chiefjustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1979-96; retired 1996.JewishandLatvian ancestry.DiedJuly 23,1996 (age69 years, 157days).Burial location unknown. | | Warren W. Wilentz (1924-2010) — of New Jersey; Edison,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in Perth Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,March29, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;MiddlesexCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1956-60;MiddlesexCounty Attorney, 1960-67; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1966.Jewish.Latvian ancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Edison,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,March18, 2010 (age85 years, 354days).Interment atBeth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J. | | Nelle Zurles — of Burlington,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Collinsville, Canton,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.Socialist. Candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from Burlington, 1934.Female.Lithuanian ancestry. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Anton Zurles and Eve (Milasaunas) Zurles; sister ofPeterW. Zurles; married to Carl Furrer. |
| | Peter W. Zurles (1907-1989) — of New Britain,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Burlington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,August8, 1907.Socialist. Candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Britain, 1934; co-founderand president, LakeManufacturingCorp.Lithuanian ancestry. DiedDecember27, 1989 (age82 years, 141days).Interment atBurlington Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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