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John Cashmore served as Borough President of Brooklyn from 1940 to 1961. He was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from New York in 1952, losing to the incumbent Republican, Irving McNeil Ives. He served as a member of the New York Democratic State Committee from 1938 to 1944, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New York in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960. Prior to entering politics, Cashmore was an aide to the general manager of the New York Edison Company and a furniture manufacturer. He is interred with his wife, Edyth Tenny Cashmore, and their son, James John Cashmore, who was an attorney. Following James Cashmore's divorce from his wife, the former Sandra Campbell Gaston, she married singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.
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John Cashmore served as Borough President of Brooklyn from 1940 to 1961. He was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from New York in 1952, losing to the incumbent Republican, Irving McNeil Ives. He served as a member of the New York Democratic State Committee from 1938 to 1944, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New York in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960. Prior to entering politics, Cashmore was an aide to the general manager of the New York Edison Company and a furniture manufacturer. He is interred with his wife, Edyth Tenny Cashmore, and their son, James John Cashmore, who was an attorney. Following James Cashmore's divorce from his wife, the former Sandra Campbell Gaston, she married singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.
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CASHMORE
PRESIDENT
OF THE
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN
CITY OF NEW YORK
1940 --------- 1961
JOHN CASHMORE
BORN JUNE 7. 1895
DIED MAY 7. 1961
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HIS WIFE
EDYTHE TENNEY CASHMORE
DECEMBER 14. 1895
DECEMBER 21. 1972
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THEIR SON
JAMES JOHN CASHMORE
OCTOBER 31. 1928
JULY 6. 1977
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