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Alex-St. James —
also known as "Sirknight" —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Liberia.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Knights of Columbus.
Still living as of 2003.
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Stanley Arnold (b. 1903) —
of Susanville, Lassen
County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lassen
County District Attorney, 1949-55; member of California
state senate, 1955-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Knights of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Almida Lindquist. |
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Peter Joseph De Muth (1892-1993) —
also known as Peter J. De Muth —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
1, 1892.
Son of John De Muth and Barbara (Dietrich) De Muth.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; real estate
business; building
contractor; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 8th
District, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1937-39.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Knights of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., April 3,
1993 (age 101 years, 92
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Isidore Bernard Dockweiler (1867-1947) —
also known as Isidore B. Dockweiler —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1867.
Son of Henry Dockweiler (1824-1887) and Margaretha (Sugg) Dockweiler
(1827-1924).
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1908,
1916
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1916-32; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1926.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Knights of Columbus; Elks.
Died in 1947
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Kenneth Dornan (b. 1933) —
also known as Robert K. Dornan; Bob Dornan;
"B-1 Bob" —
of Garden Grove, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1933.
Republican. Broadcaster,
journalist,
television
producer; won two Emmy awards for his television
show; appeared in several movies
including The Starfighters, To The Shores of Hell, and
Hell on Wheels; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1977-83, 1985-97 (27th District
1977-83, 38th District 1985-93, 46th District 1993-97); defeated,
1996, 1998; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights of Columbus.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Maurice Ebiner (b. 1927) —
of West Covina, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
2, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1963-68; campaign manager,
U.S. Rep. Ronald
B. Cameron, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights of Columbus; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1983.
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Relatives:
Married 1951
to Pamela H. Van Sluyters. |
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Edward H. Fenlon (1905-2010) —
also known as Ned Fenlon —
of St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich., October
7, 1905.
Son of James Fenlon (1875-1910) and Anna D. (McLaughlin) Fenlon
(1876-1960).
Democrat. Lawyer;
studied law under Prentiss
M. Brown; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Emmet District, 1933-38;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1936;
Mackinac
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1939-44; circuit
judge in Michigan 33rd Circuit, 1951-67; appointed 1951.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus.
Died in California, September
19, 2010 (age 104 years,
347 days).
Interment at Fenlon
Cemetery, Mackinac County, Mich.
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Charles Kramer (1879-1943) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., April 18,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1933-43; defeated,
1942, 1943; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1936;
candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1941.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Knights of Columbus.
Died in Cedar Lodge Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1943 (age 63 years, 277
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at New
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
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Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008) —
also known as Martin Matich —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
6, 1927.
Son of John Matich and Williamina (Davidson) Matich.
Engineer;
grading
contractor; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads,
including major expressways and interchanges, as well as airport
runways, flood control channels, landfills, and major buildings; mayor of
Colton, Calif., 1958-60; director, San Bernardino Community Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Navy
League; American
Arbitration Association; Knights of Columbus; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
A 22-mile section of Highway 30, from Redlands to Fontana, was named for
him in 2006.
Died in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., April 19,
2008 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Colton, Calif.
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Frank Edward McEnulty (b. 1956) —
also known as Frank McEnulty —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born August
31, 1956.
President and CEO of Our Castle Homes, builders
and developers;
Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 2008; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus.
Still living as of 2010.
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman car
porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
black magistrate, 1936, and first
black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 30,
1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Ross Roybal (1916-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Roybal —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., February
10, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1988
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-93 (30th District 1963-75,
25th District 1975-93).
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights of Columbus; Optimist
Club.
Died, from respiratory
failure and pneumonia,
in Huntington Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
24, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Joseph Scott (1867-1958) —
also known as "Mr. Los Angeles" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Los Angeles School Board, 1904-15; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1940.
Catholic.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus.
Died in 1958
(age about
91 years).
Interment at New
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.; statue at Los
Angeles County Courthouse Grounds, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Francis Shelley (1905-1974) —
also known as John F. Shelley; Jack
Shelley —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
3, 1905.
Democrat. President,
San Francisco Labor Council, 1937-49; president,
California AFL, 1947; member of California
state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1946; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1949-64; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1964-68.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Knights of Columbus.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
1, 1974 (age 68 years, 363
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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