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Wallace Thomson Albertson (b. 1924) —
also known as Wallace T. Albertson; Wallace
Thomson —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 23,
1924.
Daughter of Peter Smart Thomson and Margaretta (Maloney) Thomson.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1972-73; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1972-73.
Female.
Spiritualist.
Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1952
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Loretta Abel Amley (1919-2006) —
also known as Loretta Amley —
of La Mirada, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 28,
1919.
Daughter of Charles Amley and Anna (Botten) Amley.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1968,
1972.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Died November
15, 2006 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dana Martha Camp (b. 1952) —
of Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1952.
Daughter of Herbert Lawrence Camp and Betty Delores (Brewington)
Camp.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, National
Organization for Women; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Harold Joseph Patrick Gibbons (1910-1982) —
also known as Harold J. Gibbons —
of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Archibald Patch, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April 10,
1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1952,
1956.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Teamsters
Union; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
The site of the original Sportsman's Park baseball stadium in St.
Louis, now a neighborhood playground, was named "Harold J.
Gibbons Field" for him.
Died, from complications of a ruptured aortic
aneurysm, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November, 1982
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Frank Cecil Newman (1917-1996) —
also known as Frank C. Newman —
of California.
Born in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 17,
1917.
Son of Frank Johnston Newman and Anna (Dunn) Newman.
Lawyer;
law
professor; justice of
California state supreme court, 1977-82.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
18, 1996 (age 78 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.; Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born near Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., June 11,
1880.
Daughter of John Rankin and Olive (Pickering) Rankin.
Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1917-19, 1941-43 (2nd District
1917-19, 1st District 1941-43); National candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1918.
Female.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Voted against U.S. participation in World Wars I and II.
Died in Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif., May 18,
1973 (age 92 years, 341
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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William Matson Roth —
also known as William M. Roth; W. M. Roth —
of Sausalito, Marin
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Regent, University of California; U.S. Trade Representative, 1967-69.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1969.
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Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) —
also known as Upton Sinclair —
of California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
20, 1878.
Novelist
and social crusader; author of
The Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago; arrested
in 1914 for picketing
in front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1922; candidate for Governor of
California, 1926 (Socialist), 1934 (Democratic); Socialist
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1928,
1932;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 1943 for the novel
Dragon's Teeth.
Member, United
World Federalists; League
for Industrial Democracy; American Civil Liberties Union.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., November
25, 1968 (age 90 years, 66
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Fortney Hillman Stark, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Pete Stark —
of Danville, Contra
Costa County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Fremont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
11, 1931.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state senate, 1969; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1972
(alternate), 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1973-2008 (8th District 1973-75,
9th District 1975-93, 13th District 1993-2008).
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Common
Cause.
Still living as of 2009.
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Antonio Ramó Villaraigosa (b. 1953) —
also known as Antonio R. Villaraigosa; Antonio Ramón
Villar, Jr. —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
23, 1953.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Speaker
of the California State Assembly; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 2005-; defeated, 2001.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Eugene Walker (1908-1972) —
also known as James E. Walker —
of Orange, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., July 19,
1908.
Son of Sharpless Walker and Gladys (James) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; writer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1940; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-54; chair of
Orange County Democratic Party, 1942-44; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from California, 1944; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; member of California
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946-52; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in May, 1972
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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