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# Patrick J. Ryan (New York judge)

Patrick J. Ryan (January 19, 1861 – February 29, 1940) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.

## Life

Ryan was born on January 19, 1861, in LaFayette, New York, the son of Irish immigrant Martin Ryan and Margaret Burke. In 1867, the family moved to Pompey. After graduating from the Pompey Academy at 17, he spent the next two years teaching in Pompey.
In 1884, Ryan graduated at the top of his class at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany. He then moved to Syracuse, where he studied law in the law offices of Goodelle & Nottingham and George W. and Michael E. Driscoll. He was admitted to the bar in 1886.
In 1891, Ryan was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Onondaga County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1892. While in the Assembly, he introduced a bill that created the Syracuse Municipal Court. Upon the court's creation in 1893, Governor Roswell P. Flower appointed him as a judge. He served on the Municipal Court for the next 47 years, longer than any other judge in Syracuse, and was still serving as judge when he died.
Ryan was a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, the Catholic Business League, and the Citizens' Club. His children were Charles, Alfred, George, Alice, and Mrs. M. J. Clarey.
Ryan died from a stroke at St. Joseph's Hospital on February 29, 1940. He was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery.
# Edward Sanford (New York politician)

Edward Sanford (1805 – 1876) was an American lawyer, poet, essayist, political writer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Chancellor Nathan Sanford (1777–1838). He graduated from Union College in 1824. Then he studied law with Benjamin F. Butler, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He practiced law for a few years, but abandoned this to become a writer and newspaper editor.
Edward Sanford was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1843 and 1844; and a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1846 and 1847.
In the New York state election, 1847, he ran on the Democratic and Anti-Rent tickets for Secretary of State of New York, but was defeated by Whig Christopher Morgan.
His sister Mary Sanford (1814–1841) was married to State Senator Peter Gansevoort (1788–1876).

## Sources

* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 135, 145, 227, 229 and 301; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* Edward Sanford in Cyclopaedia of American Literature by Evert A. & George L. Duyckinck (Charles Scribner, New York City, 1856; Vol. II, pg. 406–412)
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byIsaac L. Varian | New York State Senate First District (Class 3) 1846–1847 | Succeeded bydistrict abolished |
# Omar V. Sage

Colonel Omar Van Leuven Sage (December 17, 1834 – January 7, 1916) was the Warden of Sing Sing from 1894 to 1899.

## Biography

He was born in Prattsville, New York to Hart C. Sage and Clarissa H. Van Leuven. He married Julia Frances Houghtaling on February 15, 1868.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Greene Co.) in 1890 and 1891. He was county clerk for Greene County, New York. He was Warden of Sing Sing from 1894 to 1899. He later became Superintendent of the New York House of Refuge on Randall's Island.
He died in Catskill, New York on January 7, 1916.

## Legacy

His widow died in 1935.
# George H. Sanford

George H. Sanford (December 14, 1836 – November 25, 1871) was an American politician from New York.

## Life

Sanford was born in Queensbury, New York, to Assemblyman George Sanford and Louisa (Gibbs) Sanford. At age twelve, he became a clerk in a store in Glens Falls while attending the common schools in winter. Two years later he became a shipping clerk in a wholesale lumber business in Albany, working there for six years during the navigation season. In winter, he attended school, or went lumbering in Genesee County, New York, and Potter County, Pennsylvania; and attended for one year Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. About 1857, he removed to Syracuse, and became a merchant, engaging in the lumber and salt trade. In January 1861, he married Helen Breese Stevens (born 1839). In the spring of 1862, he removed to Oneida, in Madison County. He was Vice President of the Oneida Savings Bank; and a director of the Oneida Valley National bank, and the Rome and Clinton Railroad.
He was a delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention; Supervisor of the Town of Verona in 1865 and 1866; a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida County, 3rd D.) in 1867; a delegate to the 1868 Democratic National Convention; and a member of the New York State Senate (19th D.) in 1870 and 1871.
He was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Oneida.

## Sources

* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 444 and 507)
* Life Sketches of Executive Officers, and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, Vol. III by H. H. Boone & Theodore P. Cook (1870; pg. 123ff)
* SENATOR SANFORD in NYT on November 30, 1871
# Albert P. Laning

Albert Pierce Laning (October 13, 1817 in Burlington, Otsego County, New York – September 4, 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He attended the common schools; and Oneida Conference Seminary in Cazenovia from 1838 to 1839. Then he studied law in Hammondsport, was admitted to the bar in 1841, and practiced law first in Hammondsport, then in Allegany County. In 1841, he married Esther Nancy Pulling (1821–1908), and their only daughter was Helen A. Laning (1842–1930). In 1856, the family removed to Buffalo.
He was a member of the New York State Democratic Committee from 1854 to 1858. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 1st D.) in 1858, and was Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. He was a delegate to the 1864 and 1876 Democratic National Conventions, and an alternate delegate to the 1868 and 1872 Democratic National Conventions. He was a member of the New York State Senate (31st D.) in 1875. In 1875, he ran for Mayor of Buffalo, but was defeated by Republican Philip Becker.
He was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo.

## Sources

* Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1875 by W. H. McElroy and Alexander McBride (pg. 72f) [e-book]
* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 486)
* THE LATE A. P. LANING in NYT on September 7, 1880
# John H. Selkreg

John Hopkins Selkreg (September 10, 1817 in Staatsburgh, Dutchess County, New York – October 6, 1906 in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York) was an American newspaper editor and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Capt. John Selkreg (1774–1829) and Betsey Selkreg (1778–1825). He attended the district school in Staatsburgh, and then went to the county seat Poughkeepsie and learned the printer's trade at the Poughkeepsie Telegraph. In 1838, he went to Brooklyn and became co-publisher of the Brooklyn Eagle. The next year he returned to Poughkeepsie and published the Poughkeepsie Casket, a literary paper.
In 1841, he moved to Ithaca, and became first co-publisher, later sole owner, of the Ithaca Journal. The Journal was originally a Democratic paper, but supported Martin Van Buren and the Free Soil Party in 1848, then continued as a Democratic paper until 1856 when Selkreg supported John C. Frémont and adopted a Republican stance.
Selkreg was a Commissioner of Loans from 1857 to 1861; Postmaster of Ithaca from 1861 to 1866; a member of the New York State Assembly (Tompkins Co.) in 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1871; and a member of the New York State Senate (24th D.) from 1874 to 1877, sitting in the 97th, 98th, 99th and 100th New York State Legislatures.
In 1883, he ran on the Prohibition ticket for the State Assembly.
He was President of the Ithaca and Binghamton Telegraph Company; and of the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company. In 1865, he became Grand Master of Odd Fellows of Northern New York. In 1894, he published Landmarks of Tompkins County. He was married to Clara M. Turner (1818–1891).
He was buried at the Ithaca City Cemetery.

## Sources

* Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York in 1868 by S. R. Harlow & S. C. Hutchins (pg. 346ff)
* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 545 and 553)
* Odd Fellowship in NYT on August 23, 1865
* JOHN H. SELKREG'S ACCEPTANCE in NYT on September 30, 1883
* John H. Selkreg in NYT on October 7, 1906
# John J. Linson

John James Linson (November 29, 1850 Mongaup Valley, Sullivan County, New York – August 2, 1915 Kingston, Ulster County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He attended Monticello Academy and Albany Normal School. Then he studied law with Archibald C. Niven, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. In 1876, he removed to Kingston, and practiced law there.
He was Corporation Counsel of the City of Kingston from 1883 to 1887; and a member of the New York State Senate (14th D.) from 1888 to 1891, sitting in the 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th New York State Legislatures.

## Sources

* The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403)
* Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1891)
* Ex-Senator John J. Linson in NYT on August 3, 1915
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byHenry C. Connelly | New York State Senate 14th District 1888–1891 | Succeeded byClarence E. Bloodgood |
# John L. O'Sullivan

John Louis O'Sullivan (November 15, 1813 – March 24, 1895) was an American columnist, editor, and diplomat who coined the term "manifest destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States. O'Sullivan was an influential political writer and advocate for the Democratic Party at that time and served as U.S. minister to Portugal during the administration of President Franklin Pierce (1853–1857).

## Early life and education

John Louis O'Sullivan, born on November 15, 1813, was the son of Irishman John Thomas O'Sullivan, an American diplomat and sea captain, and Mary Rowly, a genteel Englishwoman. According to legend, he was born at sea on a British warship off the coast of Gibraltar. O'Sullivan's father was a naturalized US citizen and had served as US Consul to the Barbary States.
O'Sullivan enrolled at Columbia College in New York at the age of 14. He graduated in 1831. In 1834, he received a Masters of Arts and became a lawyer.

## Career

In 1837, he founded and edited The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, based in Washington. It espoused the more radical forms of Jacksonian Democracy and the cause of a democratic, American literature. It published some of the most prominent American writers, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Cullen Bryant, and Walt Whitman. O'Sullivan was an aggressive reformer in the New York State Legislature, where he led the unsuccessful movement to abolish capital punishment. By 1846, investors were dissatisfied with his poor management, and he lost control of his magazine.
O'Sullivan opposed the coming of the American Civil War, hoping that a peaceful solution, or a peaceful separation of North and South, could be resolved. In Europe when the war began, O'Sullivan became an active supporter of the Confederate States of America; he may have been on the Confederate payroll at some point. O'Sullivan wrote a number of pamphlets promoting the Confederate cause, arguing that the presidency had become too powerful and that states' rights needed to be protected against encroachment by the central government. Although he had earlier supported the "free soil" movement, he now defended the institution of slavery, writing that blacks and whites could not live together in harmony. His activities greatly disappointed some of his old friends, including Hawthorne. Towards the end of the Civil War, O'Sullivan appealed to his southern "comrades in arms" to burn Richmond, stating "let every man set fire to his own house".
# Adam C. Listman

Adam C. Listman (July 1, 1859 – February 24, 1943) was an American clothing cutter and politician from New York.

## Life

Listman was born on July 1, 1859, in Syracuse, New York. His father, Adam Litman, was a German immigrant who worked as a hotel keeper, contractor, salt manufacturer, grocery dealer, and an alderman.
After attending Prescott School, Listman initially worked as a drug store clerk. From 1881 to 1882, he lived in Baltimore, Maryland. He largely worked as a clothing cutter, and was a founder and president of the clothing cutters' organization of Syracuse. He was also in the restaurant business at one point.
In 1891, Listman was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Onondaga County 3rd District. He served in the Assembly in 1892. In February 1922, he was appointed Deputy U. S. Marshall for the Northern New York District. He also served as a Deputy Sheriff for Sheriffs John Schlosser and Edward Ten Eyek.
In 1881, while living in Baltimore, Listman married Martha W. Bowling. They had two children, Harry A. and Martha W. He was a member of the Syracuse Turn Verin, and served as a captain of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and its aide-de-camp for the state of New York.
Listman died at home on February 24, 1943. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
# John F. D. Vedder

John Frederick Duane Vedder (May 31, 1789 Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York - August 21, 1863) was an American politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Frederick Vedder and Maria (Van Petten) Vedder. On December 11, 1821, he married Hester Vedder (1799–1825), and their son was Frederick Vedder (b. 1823). In 1827, he married Nancy (Vedder) Newkirk (1789–1871), widow of John W. Newkirk and sister of his first wife.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Schenectady Co.) in 1822.

## Sources

* The Vedder Family in America, 1657-1985 by E. H. Vedder (1987, pg. 76)
* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 199; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
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# George C. Sherman

George Corlis Sherman (December 14, 1799 in Providence, Rhode Island – April 23, 1853 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Phineas Sherman (1773–1813) and Emma (Thornton) Sherman (1774–1847). He studied law at Watertown, and was admitted to the bar in 1823. On January 3, 1828, he married Mary Ann Hubbard (1806–1892), a sister of the two wives of State Senator Robert Lansing (1799–1878), and they had six children.
He was District Attorney of Jefferson County from 1833 to 1840. From 1836 to 1846, he practiced law in partnership with Robert Lansing. From 1843 to 1847, Sherman was an associate judge of the Jefferson County Court. He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) in 1844 and 1845. He was Supervisor of the Town of Watertown in 1848.
Congressman Frederick Lansing (1838–1894) was his son-in-law.

## Sources

* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 134f, 145 and 375; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* Sherman genealogy at NY Gen Web [gives 1863 as death year]
* Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County (e-book; pg. 93)
* History of Watertown transcribed at Ray's Place
# George P. Lord

George P. Lord (July 25, 1831 – July 11, 1917) was an American merchant, banker and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born on July 25, 1831, in Barrington, Yates County, New York, the son of Benjamin M. Lord and Elizabeth (Fleming) Lord. He graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and in 1856 from Hobart College. Then he went to the Minnesota Territory and engaged in surveying and teaching. In 1859, he returned to Yates County, and married Eliza Ann Bunce (1838–1898). He taught school, engaged in farming, and was County School Commissioner from 1861 to 1866.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Yates Co.) in 1871 and 1872.
In 1878, he became a partner in a grain, malt and coal business.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (28th D.) from 1880 to 1883, sitting in the 103rd, 104th, 105th and 106th New York State Legislatures.
In 1891, he was elected President of the Dundee State Bank.
On January 20, 1896, he was appointed as a member of the New York State Civil Service Commission, and remained in office until 1899.
He died on July 11, 1917, at his home in Dundee, New York, of a stroke.

## Sources

* Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291 and 370)
* THE MACHINE FIGHTING FOR LORD in NYT on January 16, 1896
* LORD ENDORSES HIMSELF in NYT on January 21, 1896
* Obituary Notes; GEORGE P. LORD in NYT on July 14, 1917
* Obit transcribed from a Dundee newspaper
New York State Assembly :
| Preceded byWilliam T. Remer | New York State Assembly Yates County 1871–1872 | Succeeded byMorris B. Flinn |
| New York State Senate |||
| Preceded byGeorge Raines | New York State Senate 28th District 1880–1883 | Succeeded byThomas Robinson |
# John A. Lott

John Abraham Lott (February 11, 1806 Flatbush, Kings County, New York – July 20, 1878 Flatbush, Kings Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Abraham Lott and Maria Lott. He was educated at the Flatbush Academy, and graduated from Union College in 1823. Then he studied law with Henry E. Werner in New York City. On February 16, 1829, he married his first cousin Catherine Lott (b. 1807). In 1835, he began practicing law in Brooklyn with Henry C. Murphy, and soon entered politics as a Democrat.
In 1838, he was appointed by Governor William L. Marcy Judge of the Kings County Court. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co.) in 1842. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1843 to 1846, sitting in the 66th, 67th, 68th and 69th New York State Legislatures. In 1849, he ran on the Democratic ticket for New York State Comptroller, but was defeated by the incumbent Whig Washington Hunt.
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (2nd District) from 1858 to 1869, elected in 1857 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Rockwell, and re-elected in 1861 to a full eight-year term. He was ex officio a judge of the Court of Appeals in 1861 and 1869.
In 1869, he was elected to an eight-year term on the New York Court of Appeals, but at the same election a constitutional amendment re-organized the Court of Appeals, and Lott remained on the bench only for six months, until July 4, 1870, when the new judges took office. However, Lott was appointed a Commissioner of Appeals.
In 1874, he was made president of the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway, but resigned a few weeks before his death. At the time of his death he was president of the Flatbush Board of Improvement. During the last two years of his life, he had suffered from diabetes. He died suddenly, dropping dead in the bathroom of his residence. He was buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

## Sources

* Court of Appeals judges
* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 134f, 143, 226, 288 and 350; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* TWO NOTED JURISTS DEAD.; JUDGE LOTT STRICKEN DOWN WITHOUT WARNING in NYT on July 21, 1878 [gives wrong birthyear "1805"]
* Genealogy of the Lefferts Family, 1650-1878 by Teunis G. Bergen (BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, ISBN 0-559-99883-X, ISBN 978-0-559-99883-6 ; page 89)
* The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans edited by Rossiter Johnson & John Howard Brown (The Biographical Society, 1904)
* Historical Sketch of the Zabriskie Homestead (removed 1877), Flatbush, L.I.: with biographical accounts of some of those who have resided in it by P. L. Schenck, A. O. Zabriskie & Jeremiah Lott (1881)
* FUNERAL OF EX-JUDGE LOTT in NYT on July 24, 1878
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byGabriel Furman | New York State Senate First District (Class 4) 1843 – 1846 | Succeeded byJohn Townsend |
# Amani Doddakere

Amani Doddakere is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Anekal taluk of Bangalore Urban district.
# Platform for Democracy, Prosperity, and Progress

The Platform for Democracy, Prosperity, and Progress (Romanian: Platforma pentru Democrație, Prosperitate și Progres) is an electoral alliance of four political parties (REPER, Demos, ACUM, and Volt) formed to contest the 2024 Romanian parliamentary election.
Originally a three party alliance, Volt Romania joined soon after the coalition's founding. All four parties will run on REPER's electoral lists to circumvent the raised electoral threshold for coalitions.
The parties have widely differing views on economic issues, with REPER supporting economic liberalism while Demos is a democratic socialist party. However, all four parties share progressive views on social issues and support further European integration.

## Composition

| Party | Abbr. | Ideology |
| Renewing Romania's European Project | REPER | Liberalism |
| Democracy and Solidarity Party | Demos | Democratic socialism |
| NOW Party | ACUM | Green politics |
| Volt Romania | Volt | Social liberalism |
# Debra Maggart

Debra Young Maggart (born October 11, 1960) is an American politician and the former Republican Caucus Chairman of the Tennessee House of Representatives. She was elected to represent the 45th district, which is part of Sumner County. She served in the state legislature from 2004 to 2012.

## Early life and career

Maggart earned a Bachelor of Arts in advertising degree from Western Kentucky University in 1982. She graduated with a Master of Arts degree from the Institute of Conflict Management at Lipscomb University in 2019.

## Political career

A Republican, Maggart was a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention and 2012 Republican National Convention. She was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 45th district in 2004, serving from 2004 to 2012. Maggart was elected House Republican Whip and House Republican Caucus Chair, and served on the House committees on Education, Government Operations, Judiciary, Calendar and Rules, Finance, Health, Transportation, and Family and Children Affairs.
She has also served as a Rule 31 Listed Mediator in the field of General Civil Mediation under Rule 31 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court.

## Business career

Maggart is senior vice president of CivicPoint LLC, a subsidiary of Frost Brown Todd. CivicPoint is a full-service government relations, lobbying, and public relations firm. Maggart serves on the board of directors the Tennessee Lobbyist Association, and was a board member of the Western Kentucky University Alumni Association from 2012 to 2015. She has been a member of the chambers of commerce of Hendersonville, Goodlettsville and Gallatin.

## Personal life

Maggart is a member of Phi Mu. She was awarded the March of Dimes Legislator Recognition in 2011.