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Leader, Adam H. —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leader, George Michael (b.
1918) —
also known as George M. Leader —
of Dover, York
County, Pa.; Camp Hill, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., January
17, 1918.
Son of Guy Alvin Leader and Beulah (Boyer) Leader.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
York County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 28th District, 1951-54; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1952; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1958.
Lutheran.
Member, Tau
Kappa Epsilon; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Amvets; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leader, Guy A. —
of York
County, Pa.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 28th District, 1943-50; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leader, Henry B. —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Leader, Joyce Ellen (b.
1942) —
Born in 1942.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Guinea, 1999.
Female.
Still living as of 1999.
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| | Leader,
Peerless: See
Israel
Wilson Durham |
| | Leader,
The: See
Frank
Hague |
| | Leader, The
Peerless: See
William
Jennings Bryan |
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Leahy, Albert D.
(1903-1994) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 3,
1903.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont
2nd Ward, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in a nursing
home at Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., March 1,
1994 (age 90 years, 363
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Leahy, B. Thomas —
of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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| |
Leahy, Daniel P. —
of Massachusetts.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leahy, David J. —
of Raton, Colfax
County, N.M.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
an officer in the Rough Riders under Theodore
Roosevelt; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Mexico Territory, 1900;
U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1907-12; district judge in New Mexico,
1922-25.
In August 1925, he assaulted Carl Magee, editor of the New Mexico
State Tribune, knocking him down and kicking him; Magee, from the
floor, shot
him with a revolver, injuring Leahy and accidentally killing a
bystander.
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Las Vegas, N.M.
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Leahy, Edward Laurence
(1886-1953) —
also known as Edward L. Leahy —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., February
9, 1886.
Democrat. State court judge in Rhode Island, 1910; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1949-50; federal
judge, 1951.
Died July 22,
1953 (age 67 years, 163
days).
Interment at North
Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Leahy, Eugene A.
(1929-2000) —
also known as Gene Leahy —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Imogene, Fremont
County, Iowa, May 8,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
municipal judge in Nebraska, 1964-68; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1969-73.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from complications of lung
cancer, at the Veterans Administration Medical
Center, Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
18, 2000 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
|
| | Leahy, Gene
See Eugene A. Leahy |
| |
Leahy, J. Robert —
of Price
County, Wis.
Democrat. Candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly from Price County, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
|
| |
Leahy, James Patrick —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Dublin, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Leahy, Jessie —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Leahy, John C. —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Republican. Candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates District 20, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
|
| |
Leahy, John H. —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state senate 8th District; elected 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Leahy, John J. —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Leahy, Michael Patrick —
of Thompsons Station, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
Leahy, Patrick Joseph (b.
1940) —
also known as Patrick J. Leahy —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., March 31,
1940.
Son of Howard Leahy and Alba (Zambon) Leahy.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1966-75; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1975-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| | Leahy,
Robert See J. Robert
Leahy |
| | Leahy,
Thomas See B. Thomas
Leahy |
| |
Leahy, Thomas A. —
of Lake Placid, Essex
County, N.Y.
Republican. Hotelier;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1936-38.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Leahy, William Daniel
(1875-1959) —
also known as William D. Leahy; "Almirante
Lija"; "Admiral Sandpaper" —
Born in Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa, May 6,
1875.
Son of Michael Leahy.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1939-40; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1940-42; Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy, 1944.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 20,
1959 (age 84 years, 75
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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