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Sir Samuel Joseph, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London (1888 - 1944)

Sir Samuel George Joseph, 1st Baronet (15 August 1888 – 4 October 1944) was the 615th Lord Mayor of London. Samuel Joseph made a name for himself when in 1908, together with his cousin, Sydney Gluc...

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Otto Jaffe, Sir (1846 - 1929)

מגילות יחש של משפחת יפה- צבי יפה 1996/ גניגר ישראל- עמוד 6 Sir Otto Jaffe, JP (b. 13 August 1846, Hamburg – d. 29 April 1929, London) was a German-born prominent Irish Jewish businessman, twice elect...

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David Oppenheimer MP (1834 - 1897)

OPPENHEIMER, DAVID, businessman, politician, and author; b. 1 Jan. 1834 in Blieskastel (Federal Republic of Germany), fourth son of Salomon Oppenheimer, a merchant, and Johanetta Kahn; m. first c. 1857...

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Fritz Sonnenberg MP

Langebaan, WC, South Africa

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Murray Seasongood, Mayor of Cincinatti (1878 - 1983)

Murray Seasongood (October 27, 1878-February 21, 1983) was a Jewish American politician, who served as the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1926-1930. After his tenure as mayor, Seasongood was appointed ...

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Sir Benjamin Samuel Phillips, Lord Mayor of London, 1865 MP (1811 - 1889)

From H.S. Morais, Eminent Israelites of the Nineteenth Century. Sir Benjamin Samuel Phillips was born at London, England, on January 4th, 1811. He early engaged in commercial pursuits, displaying, at...

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Samuel Pettigrew (b. - 1841)

Samuel Pettigrew served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1832 to 1836, his administration was marked by the industrialization of the city. Pittsburgh celebrated its newfound might by christening the first s...

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Maj. Mordecai Myers MP (1776 - 1871)

Major Mordecai Myers: An American-Jewish Hero of the War of 1812 Major Mordecai Myers lived the most compelling life of any Jewish-American of his day. Born to impoverished immigrant parents, he sp...

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Barton Myers (1853 - 1927)

Was Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia

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Solomon Jacobs (1777 - 1827)

Was acting Mayor of Richmond, Virginia from 1818 to 1819.

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Marx Schoenberg MP (1833 - 1870)

Marx Schoenberg was born in Bavaria abt 1833 and died on 8 November 1870 in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Buried in Bikur Cholim Cemetery, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Th...

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Herman Myers (1847 - 1909)

Herman Myers was born on January 18, 1847 in Bavaria, Germany to Sigmund and Fannie Myers. As a child, he immigrated with his parents to Bath County, Virginia. He apprenticed under his father and learn...

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The Hon. Edward Aaron Cohen, MLA (c.1822 - 1877)

Edward Aaron Cohen (c.1822–77), was born at London in 1822. The period 1833–1842 was apparently spent at Port Macquarie and Sydney. Edward and his nephew Henry Emanuel Cohen are the only two Cohens l...

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Sir David Salomons, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London MP (1797 - 1873)

Sir David Salomons , 1st Baronet (22 November 1797 – 18 July 1873) was a leading figure in the 19th century struggle for Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom. He was the first Jewish Sheriff of th...

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Adolph Sutro (1830 - 1898)

24th mayor of San Francisco, and first Jewish mayor. cf revue GenAmi n° 30

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Gerald Springer MP

Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British-born American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991. He ...

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Robert Briscoe MP (1894 - 1969)

Dublin Mayor--What's My Line video First Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin. --------------------- Robert "Bob" Briscoe (25 September 1894 – 11 March 1969) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who serv...

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Edward Koch MP (1924 - 2013)

Edward Irving Koch served three terms as Mayor of New York (1978-1989) and served in the United States House of Representatives (1969-1977). Edward I. Koch was elected the 105th Mayor of New York Cit...

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Leon Schneider (1903 - 1968)

Mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina, from 1954 to 1957

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Sofie Masloff (Friedman) (1917 - d.)

Listen to interview Sofie Masloff's Oral History Sophie Masloff (born December 23, 1917) is an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant, she was elected to ...

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Emanuel Evans (1907 - 1997)

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Harold Lawrence Frankel (1917 - 2002)

Obituary: HAROLD L. FRANKEL, a major business and civic leader, who served as Mayor of Huntington for four terms, Sheriff and Treasurer of Cabell County for one term, and on Huntington City Council f...

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Fiorello LaGuardia MP (1882 - 1947)

Fiorello Henry LaGuardia, born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia was Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a liberal Republican. Previously he was elected to Congress in 1916 and 1918, and ag...

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Michael Bloomberg MP

New York, NY, USA

Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. Since 2002, he has been the Mayor of New York City and, with a net worth of $18.1 billion in...

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Lazarus Bloomingdale MP (1847 - 1872)

Was the Mayor of Jefferson, Texas.

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