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See also
John
F. O'Keefe —
Anibal
Solivax-Roman |
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Roman, André Bienvenu
(1795-1866) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., March 5,
1795.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives; Governor of
Louisiana, 1831-35, 1839-43; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845, 1852; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861.
Catholic.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
26, 1866 (age 70 years, 327
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, St. James, La.
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Roman, Apolinary S. —
of Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roman, Armus —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Member of New York American Labor Party Executive Committee, 1945.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roman, Don —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Democrat. Member, Rules Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Roman, Elba —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Roman, James Dixon
(1809-1867) —
of Maryland.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., August
11, 1809.
Member of Maryland
state senate, 1847; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1847-49; Presidential
Elector for Maryland, 1848,
1856.
Presbyterian.
Died near Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
19, 1867 (age 57 years, 161
days).
Original interment at South
Potomac Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.;
reinterment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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Roman, Lance —
of Empire, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Republican. Chair of
Leelanau County Republican Party, 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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Roman, Marilyn —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1992.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2003.
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Roman, Richard
(1811-1875) —
of Victoria, Victoria
County, Tex.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., 1811.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838-39; mayor
of Victoria, Tex., 1844; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1844-45; major in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; California
state treasurer, 1849-54; U.S. Consul in Guaymas, 1854-56.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
22, 1875 (age about 64
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roman, Samuel (1910-1998) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in a hospital,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
26, 1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;
defeated, 1944, 1954.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Author and sponsor of nation's first law
against racial discrimination in places of public accomodation, 1953.
Died, of a stroke, in
Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
11, 1998 (age 88 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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| | Roman, The
Old: See
Allen
Granberry Thurman |
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Roman, William W. —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention St. Clair County,
1847.
Burial
location unknown.
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