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Lowenstein, Allard Kenneth
(1929-1980) —
also known as Allard Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Son of Gabriel Abraham Lowenstein and Augusta (Goldberg) Lowenstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated in
primary, 1972, 1978.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lowenstein, F. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowenstein, James Gordon (b.
1927) —
also known as James G. Lowenstein —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August 6,
1927.
Son of Melvyn Gordon Lowenstein and Katherine Price (Goldsmith)
Lowenstein.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1977-81.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of Melvyn Gordon Lowenstein and Katherine Price (Goldsmith)
Lowenstein; married, June 11,
1955, to Dora Laurinda Richardson (divorced 1977); married, July 4,
1981, to Anne Cornely de la Selle. |
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| | LOWENTHAL:
See also
Julius
J. Gans —
Oscar
A. Lewis —
Harry
E. Lewis |
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Lowenthal, Bonnie A. —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1996
(alternate), 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lowenthal, George H. —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowenthal, Mrs. Joseph —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
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Lowenthal, Margaret —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1986.
Female.
Still living as of 1986.
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Lowenthal, Mark J. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | LOWER:
See also
Earl
Lauer Butz |
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Lower, Abraham —
of Ocean
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1895-96.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lower, Christian
(1740-1806) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Tulpehocken Township, Berks
County, Pa., January
7, 1740.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1783; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1797; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1805-06; died in
office 1806.
Died in Tulpehocken Township, Berks
County, Pa., December
19, 1806 (age 66 years, 346
days).
Interment at Tulpehocken
Church Burial Ground, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.
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Lower, Frank B. —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lower, J. B. —
of Washington, Washington
County, Kan.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1920,
1932.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Lower, R.
N. See Richard Nathaniel
Lower |
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Lower, Richard Nathaniel
(1850-1933) —
also known as R. N. Lower —
of Longwood Township, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Oldham
County, Ky., January
15, 1850.
Son of George Lower and Margaret Lower (c.1818-1865).
Farmer;
banker;
member of Missouri
state senate 15th District, 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Struck by
a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacific railroad
station, in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., March 29,
1933 (age 83 years, 73
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lower and Margaret Lower (c.1818-1865); married to Nancy
Margaret Godby (1856-1890); married, June 15,
1892, to Anna Jane McChesney (1866-1943); brother-in-law of Fred
MacChesney (nephew by marriage of James
Peter Walker). |
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Lower, William Barnes —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | LOWERY:
See also
Joseph
Lowery Johnson —
James
Lowery Donaldson Morrison —
James
Speyer |
| | Lowery,
Bill See William David
Lowery |
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Lowery, C. L. —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Chair of
Fayette County Democratic Party, 1949.
Still living as of 1949.
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Lowery, Charles —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.
American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowery, Charles —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| | Lowery, J.
H. See John Harvey
Lowery |
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Lowery, John Harvey
(1860-1941) —
also known as J. H. Lowery —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La., October
18, 1860.
Son of John Harvey Lowery (1834-1907) and Elizabeth (Carson) Lowery
(1835-1919).
Republican. Physician;
sugar grower;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1940.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, in Flint-Goodridge Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
25, 1941 (age 80 years, 342
days).
Interment at Ascension
Catholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, La.
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Relatives: Son
of John Harvey Lowery (1834-1907) and Elizabeth (Carson) Lowery
(1835-1919); married 1883 to
Elizabeth Conway (1867-1924); married, December
13, 1927, to Mary L. Brown (1907-1993). |
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Lowery, Joseph Echols (b.
1921) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowery —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., October
6, 1921.
Democrat. Pastor;
leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotel
room in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed,
and in 1979 when Klansmen in Decatur, Ala., opened
fire on Lowery and other protesters; arrested
while demonstrating
in support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968; arrested
during protests
in Cullman, Ala., 1978; arrested
while protesting
apartheid at the South African Embassy
in Washington, D.C., 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 2008;
speaker, 1988;
delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks and Coretta
Scott King.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in Atlanta is named for
him.
Still living as of 2008.
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Lowery, Lois R. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961.
Female.
Still living as of 1961.
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Lowery, Maggie —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Lowery, Myron —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1996,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 2004-08.
Still living as of 2008.
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Lowery, Paul —
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Lowery, Robert G., Sr. —
of Florissant, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of Florissant, Mo., 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Lowery, Samuel S. —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1870; member of
New
York state senate 19th District, 1872-75.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowery, Sarah —
of California.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2000;
member, Rules Committee, 1988.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lowery, Thomas J. —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 38th District, 1942.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowery, Thomas J., Jr. —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 45th District, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Lowery, William David (b.
1947) —
also known as Bill Lowery —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 2,
1947.
Son of Thomas Henry Lowery and Eve L. (Howard) Lowery.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 41st District, 1981-93.
Catholic.
Member, Urban
League; Audubon
Society; Navy
League.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| | LOWMAN:
See also
Byron
Phelps |
| |
Lowman, Frank E. —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.
Mayor
of Liberty, Mo., 1955.
Still living as of 1955.
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Lowman, Harry S. —
of Lanark, Carroll
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowman, R. L., Jr. —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Republican. Chair of
Upshur County Republican Party, 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
|
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Lowman, Ralph L. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
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Lowman, Seymour
(1868-1940) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung town, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
7, 1868.
Son of John Lowman (1832-1884) and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1909-10; chair of
Chemung County Republican Party, 1910-34; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1919-24; defeated, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; U.S. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-33; president, Elmira Savings Bank, 1933;
president, Lowman Construction
Corp.; president, U.S. Cut Flower
Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1940
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowman, Zelvin —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
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Lown, Charles E. —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lown, Harvey B. —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield; elected 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lown, James Monroe —
also known as James M. Lown —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Farmer;
Yates
County Treasurer, 1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lown, James Monroe, Jr. (b.
1881) —
also known as James M. Lown, Jr. —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., May 16,
1881.
Son of James Monroe Lown and Lillian
(Armstrong) Lown.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1918-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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