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Lucas Lugers (1853-1927) —
also known as Luke Lugers —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house, Laketown Township, Allegan
County, Mich., February
2, 1853.
Son of Benjamin Lugers and Henrietta (Brinkman) Lugers.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1899-1902; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1907-08.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., December
25, 1927 (age 74 years, 326
days).
Interment at Graafschap
Cemetery, Holland, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucretia A. Ellenbaas. |
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Son of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Aquires) Manchester.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Louis Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) —
also known as Louis B. Nagler —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1871.
Son of Louis J. Nagler (1820-1894) and Catherine (Schottmuller)
Nagler (1829-1915).
Republican. Journalist;
author;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1940.
German
ancestry.
Died of prostate cancer, in Polk
County, Wis., May 8,
1947 (age 76 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, East Farmington, Wis.
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Frederic Magoun Miller (1896-1958) —
also known as Frederic M. Miller —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
18, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1939-46.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 8,
1958 (age 62 years, 110
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Harold Clayton Lloyd (1893-1971) —
also known as Harold Lloyd —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Burchard, Pawnee
County, Neb., April 20,
1893.
Son of James Darsie Lloyd and Sarah Elizabeth (Fraser) Lloyd.
Republican. Actor,
comedian,
film
producer; appeared in over 200 motion
pictures; one of the founders,
in 1927, of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Lost
two fingers in a 1919 accident.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
1971 (age 77 years, 322
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Son of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington (divorced 1945); married, August 1,
1945, to Hazel Scott (divorced 1960); married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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John W. Metzger (1914-1984) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in a sod
hut on the prairie near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., April 4,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1948;
Colorado
state attorney general, 1949-50; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1952.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Denver,
Colo., January
25, 1984 (age 69 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George Miller O'Brien (1917-1986) —
also known as George M. O'Brien —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1970-71; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1973-86 (17th District 1973-83, 4th
District 1983-86); died in office 1986.
Died, from prostate cancer, at the National Cancer Institute,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 18,
1986 (age 69 years, 31
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Lockport, Ill.
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Leon Baqueiro Poullada (1913-1987) —
also known as Leon B. Poullada —
of California; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Santa Rosa, Guadalupe
County, N.M., April 13,
1913.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Ambassador to Togo, 1961-64.
Died of prostate cancer, in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 17,
1987 (age 74 years, 95
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse Marvin Unruh (1922-1987) —
also known as Jesse M. Unruh; Jess Unruh; "Big
Daddy" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., September
30, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1955-70; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1962-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1970; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973; California
state treasurer, 1975-87; died in office 1987.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August 4,
1987 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Arendal, Norway,
January
22, 1904.
Son of Karl August Anderson and Bertha (Broten) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1947-51; member of South Dakota
Republican State Executive Committee, 1947-48; Governor of
South Dakota, 1951-55; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1955-64; circuit judge in South Dakota.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from prostate cancer and pneumonia,
in Lake Area Hospital,
Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., December
21, 1990 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment somewhere
in Webster, S.Dak.
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Otis M. Smith (1922-1994) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
20, 1922.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state auditor general, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1961-66; appointed 1961;
defeated, 1966; first
black member of the Michigan Supreme Court; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1967-71; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1968;
vice-president and general counsel of General
Motors.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 29,
1994 (age 72 years, 129
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) —
also known as Dean A. Gallo —
of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Parsippany, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., November
23, 1935.
Republican. Realtor;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1976-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1985-94; died in
office 1994.
Methodist.
The Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center at the Cancer
Institute of New Jersey is named for
him and his wife.
Died, of prostate cancer, November
6, 1994 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orval Eugene Faubus (1910-1994) —
also known as Orval Faubus —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark.
Born in Combs, Madison
County, Ark., January
7, 1910.
Son of John Samuel Faubus and Addie (Joslen) Faubus.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Arkansas, 1955-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1956;
National States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1960.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Died of prostate cancer, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., December
14, 1994 (age 84 years, 341
days).
Interment at Combs
Cemetery, Combs, Ark.
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Richard Anthony Moore (1914-1995) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1989-92.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1995 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lyman Soards (1942-1996) —
also known as William L. Soards —
of Indiana.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., July 26,
1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1975-85; member of Indiana
state senate, 1985-94; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1988.
Died, of prostate cancer, in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
26, 1996 (age 53 years, 184
days).
Interment at Waynetown
Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, Ind.
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Jerome Warner (c.1928-1997) —
of Nebraska.
Born about 1928.
Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature.
Died of prostate cancer, in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., April 20,
1997 (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) —
also known as Joseph L. Alioto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1916.
Son of Guiseppe Alioto (1886-1961) and Domenica Mae (Lazio) Alioto
(1893-1971).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1974.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1971 on federal charges
of bribery,
conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972.
Died, of prostate cancer and pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1998 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.; cenotaph at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Kenneth J. Cory (1937-1998) —
also known as Ken Cory —
of Garden Grove, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in 1937.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1967-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972;
California
state controller, 1975-87.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Loomis, Placer
County, Calif., November
13, 1998 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James McClure Clarke (1917-1999) —
also known as James M. Clarke —
of Fairview, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., June 12,
1917.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1983-85,
1987-91; defeated, 1984, 1990.
Died of prostate cancer, in Fairview, Buncombe
County, N.C., April 13,
1999 (age 81 years, 305
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Berkey Crosby (1911-2000) —
also known as Robert B. Crosby; "The Boy Governor from
North Platte" —
of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb., March 26,
1911.
Son of Mainard E. Crosby and Cora May (Berkey) Crosby.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1947-49; Governor of
Nebraska, 1953-55; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1954; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964,
1972,
1976.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and prostate cancer, in Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital,
Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., January
7, 2000 (age 88 years, 287
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Clennon Washington King, Jr. (c.1921-2000) —
also known as Clennon King; "The Black Don
Quixote" —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1921.
Minister;
Independent Afro-American candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1996.
African
ancestry.
Attempted
to enroll in the then-all-white University of Mississippi in
1958, and was sent to the state's insane
asylum; attempted to join and integrate Jimmy
Carter's all-white Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on the eve of
the 1976 presidential election. Jailed on
numerous occasions for his flamboyant tactics.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
12, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albany, Ga.
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Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) —
also known as Robert P. Casey; Bob Casey;
"Spike" —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
9, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1963-68; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1969-77; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1980; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of amyloidosis
and complications of prostate cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 30,
2000 (age 68 years, 142
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August 7,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-83; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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John George Schmitz (1930-2001) —
also known as John G. Schmitz —
of California.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
12, 1930.
Member of California
state senate, 1965-70, 1979; U.S.
Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeated
in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972; reprimanded
by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his
office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with crude
slurs; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; John
Birch Society; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; Toastmasters.
Died, of prostate cancer, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
10, 2001 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Father of Mary Kay LeTourneau (Seattle teacher; convicted of child
rape over her affair with a 13-year-old student). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "When you're out of
Schmitz, you're out of gear." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
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John William Gardner (1912-2002) —
also known as John W. Gardner —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
8, 1912.
Son of William Gardner and Marie Flora Gardner.
Republican. University
professor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-68.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Sigma
Xi; Kappa
Delta Pi; American
Psychological Association; Common
Cause.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970.
Died, from complications of prostate cancer, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
16, 2002 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Westergaard (1931-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1931.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate, 1960; campaign treasurer for Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, 1965-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996.
Norwegian
ancestry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges
against him in 2000; Paul
J. Curran volunteered to serve as defense counsel pro bono; in
2001, the fraud charges were withdrawn, and the case was settled with
no penalty.
Died, of prostate cancer, at Calvary Hospice,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 2003 (age 71 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Richard Dudley (1911-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Dudley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., March 11,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Liberia, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1949-53; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1961-64; appointed 1961;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1965-85.
African
ancestry.
Died, of prostate cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 2005 (age 93 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rae Oley. |
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George C. Furton (1923-2006) —
of Chesterfield Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in New Baltimore, Macomb
County, Mich., October
24, 1923.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 75th District, 1985-86; defeated,
1982, 1986; Chesterfield Township Treasurer, 1988-96.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 22,
2006 (age 82 years, 149
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, New Baltimore, Mich.
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Chic Hecht (1928-2006) —
also known as Mayer Jacob Hecht —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., November
30, 1928.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1983-89; defeated, 1988; U.S. Ambassador to
Bahamas, 1989-93.
Jewish.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., May 15,
2006 (age 77 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Manton (1932-2006) —
of Woodside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1985-99 (9th District 1985-93, 7th
District 1993-99); Presidential Elector for New York, 2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Catholic
War Veterans.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Calvary Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 22,
2006 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Becker (1928-2007) —
of Allison Park, Allegheny
County, Pa.; West Deer, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, Madison
County, Ill., October
20, 1928.
Son of George Becker and Frances Becker.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; steelworker;
president,
United Steelworkers of America, 1993-2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000.
Member, United
Steelworkers of America.
Died, of prostate cancer, in West Deer, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
3, 2007 (age 78 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Anthony Gillespie, Jr. (1935-2008) —
also known as Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.; Tony
Gillespie —
of California.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 22,
1935.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1985-88; Chile, 1988-91.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Scripps Memorial Hospital,
La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 7,
2008 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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