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DeBolt, Henry —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wyoming, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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| | De Bolt,
Joe See Joseph Wayne De
Bolt |
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De Bolt, Joseph Wayne (b.
1939) —
also known as Joe De Bolt —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Sebring, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
23, 1939.
Son of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt.
Democrat. Played
saxophone in rock'n'roll band, The Twisting Countdowns, 1960-62;
manager for performers
and night
club acts; sociologist;
university
professor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 100th District, 1970.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt; step-son of Melvin Blake;
married, March 20,
1962, to Beverly Denise Gallagher (divorced). |
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DeBolt, Max A. —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Mayor
of Sheridan, Wyo., 1985-92.
Still living as of 1992.
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DeBolt, Rezin A.
(1828-1891) —
of Missouri.
Born near Basil, Fairfield
County, Ohio, January
20, 1828.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Missouri, 1864-74; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1875-77.
Died in Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo., October
30, 1891 (age 63 years, 283
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
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| | DEBS:
See also
Marvin
Debs Meltzer |
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Debs, Ernest E.
(1904-2002) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in 1904.
Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1932; member of California
state assembly, 1943; member, Los Angeles City Council, 1947-58;
Los
Angeles County Supervisor, 1958-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960,
1964.
Died in 2002
(age about
98 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Debs, Eugene Victor
(1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Son of Daniel Debs and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs.
Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder of
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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| | DECAMP:
See also
Vernon
Jacobs Brown —
Theodore
Henry Hinchman |
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DeCamp, Charles C. —
of Michigan.
Progressive. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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De Camp, Chileon F. —
of Passaic
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1845-46.
Burial
location unknown.
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DeCamp, George Ezra
(1843-1926) —
also known as George E. DeCamp —
of Livingston, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Livingston, Essex
County, N.J., May 15,
1843.
Son of Aaron DeCamp (1814-1901) and Mary E. (Tompkins) DeCamp
(1817-1884).
Republican. Justice of the peace; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1900.
Died in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., October
11, 1926 (age 83 years, 149
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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DeCamp, Jeremiah M.
(1809-1886) —
of Morris
County, N.J.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, February
2, 1809.
Son of David DeCamp (1769-1825) and Elizibeth DeCamp.
Merchant;
Morris
County Surrogate, 1850; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1864.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 23,
1886 (age 77 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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DeCamp, John William (b.
1941) —
also known as John W. DeCamp —
of Neligh, Antelope
County, Neb.
Born in Neligh, Antelope
County, Neb., July 6,
1941.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; contractor;
member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 40th District, 1971-87.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1993.
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DeCamp, Richard —
of Iowa.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1948, 1950, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
| | DECASTRO:
See also
David
De Castro Robles |
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DeCastro, German —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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de Castro, Hector
(1849-1909) —
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
June
30, 1849.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1897-1908; Zurich, 1908-09, died in office 1909.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of nephritis,
in Rome, Italy,
January
30, 1909 (age 59 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Deckard, H.
Joel See Huey Joel
Deckard |
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Deckard, Huey Joel (b.
1942) —
also known as H. Joel Deckard —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Vandalia, Fayette
County, Ill., March 7,
1942.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1966-74; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1979-83.
Still living as of 1998.
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| | Deckard,
Joel See Huey Joel
Deckard |
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Deckard, Joel —
Reform candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Deckard, Olen —
of Ava, Douglas
County, Mo.
Republican. Elected Missouri
state house of representatives from Douglas County 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Deckard, Oscar D. —
of Richfield, Juniata
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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