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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Son of Carl Schneider and Elizabeth (Ohse) Schneider.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president, Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1944.
German
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 26,
1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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Arthur A. Arvizu (1927-1997) —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Arvin, Kern
County, Calif., February
11, 1927.
Son of Arthur Ortiz Arvizu and Rachel (Vargas) Arvizu.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; fire
fighter; president, Kern County Fire Fighters Union; chair of
Kern County Democratic Party, 1964-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972
(alternate).
Catholic.
Died December
5, 1997 (age 70 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Calif.
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Charles Edward Bartlett (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles E. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 16,
1887.
Republican. Electrician;
worked for the Chicago Telephone
Company, the Michigan State Telephone
Company, and Detroit Edison (electric
utility); member, legislative committee, Detroit
Federation of Labor and Michigan State Federation of Labor; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-32; defeated, 1932, 1934; elected (Wet) delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District 1933, but did not serve; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1936.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Max Bedacht (1883-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1883.
Communist. Barber;
president, Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1930; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934.
German
ancestry.
Expelled from the Communist Party in 1948 over factional differences.
Died July 4,
1972 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) —
also known as Edgar E. Clark —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
18, 1856.
Son of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Train
conductor; Grand Senior Conductor (1889), and Grand
Chief Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors
of America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-21; chair, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.
Member, Order of
Railway Conductors; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
1, 1930 (age 74 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark; married, September
1, 1880, to Lovenia Jenkins (died 1903); married, June 28,
1911, to Agnes English Barnes. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Jeffery Cohelan (1914-1999) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 24,
1914.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Local 302, Milk Drivers and
Dairy Employees union, 1942-58; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1959-71; defeated in
primary, 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Moose; Eagles; Teamsters
Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and cancer, in
Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1999 (age 84 years, 236
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., July 4,
1878.
Republican. Cement
mason; president, San Francisco Building Trades Council;
member of California
state senate, 1915-22; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died in
office 1926.
Died, in the Hotel
Marseilles, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1926 (age 47 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Edward Foglia —
also known as Ed Foglia —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Democrat. President, California Teachers Association; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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John Anthony Gavin (b. 1931) —
also known as John A. Gavin; Jack Gavin; John
Anthony Golenor —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931.
Actor
in many movies
since 1956; president, Screen Actors Guild, 1971-73; U.S.
Ambassador to Mexico, 1981-86.
Still living as of 2003.
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Jack French Kemp (1935-2009) —
also known as Jack Kemp —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1935.
Republican. Professional football
player, National and American Football Leagues, 1957-70;
cofounder and president, American Football League
Players Association; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-89 (39th District 1971-73,
38th District 1973-83, 31st District 1983-89); candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-93; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of cancer, in
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2009 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David John McDonald (1902-1979) —
also known as David J. McDonald —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
22, 1902.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
president, United Steel Workers
of America, 1952-65.
Catholic.
Died, of cancer,
Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., August 8,
1979 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Palm Springs, Calif.
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George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) —
also known as George L. Murphy —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Professional actor
and dancer
in 1934-52; appeared in films
such as For Me And My Gal, Battleground;
president, Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, of leukemia,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 3,
1992 (age 89 years, 304
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Philip Murray (1886-1952) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Blantyre, Scotland,
May
25, 1886.
Son of William Murray and Rose (Layden) Murray.
Democrat. Miner;
president, local union of the United Mine Workers of America
(UMWA), 1905; district president in 1912;
vice-president in 1917; chairman, Steelworkers
Organizing Committee (SWOC); (SWOC), 1935-42, and president of
the successor United Steelworkers of America, 1942-52
president, Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1952.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., November
9, 1952 (age 66 years, 168
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Castle Shannon, Pa.
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John Ignatius Nolan (1874-1922) —
also known as John I. Nolan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
14, 1874.
Son of James Nolan and Sarah Nolan.
Republican. Iron molder;
officer, International Iron Moulders Union; secretary,
San Francisco Labor Council, 1912; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1913-22; died in
office 1922.
Died November
18, 1922 (age 48 years, 308
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) —
also known as Ronald Reagan; "Dutch";
"The Gipper"; "The Great
Communicator"; "The Teflon President";
"Rawhide" —
of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tampico, Whiteside
County, Ill., February
6, 1911.
Son of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan.
Republican. Worked as a sports
broadcaster
in Iowa in the 1930s, doing local radio broadcast
of Chicago Cubs baseball
games; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional actor
in 1937-64; appeared in dozens of films
including Kings Row, Dark Victory, Santa Fe
Trail, Knute Rockne, All American, and The Winning
Team; president of the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52,
1959-60; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
California, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1968,
1976;
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
President
of the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside the
Washington Hilton hotel, he and three others were shot
and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1993.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Lions; American
Legion; Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from pneumonia
and Alzheimer's
disease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
2004 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married, January
25, 1940, to Jane Wyman (actress;
divorced 1948); married, March 4,
1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress);
father of Maureen
Elizabeth Reagan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Katherine
Hoffman Haley — Dana
Rohrabacher — Donald
T. Regan — Henry
Salvatori — L.
William Seidman — Christopher
Cox — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Bay
Buchanan — Edwin
Meese III |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Ronald Reagan: Ronald
Reagan : An American Life |
| | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,
President
Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon, Governor
Reagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer, Reagan's
War : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph
Over Communism — Lee Edwards, Ronald
Reagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor, God
and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary Beth
Brown, Hand
of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald
Reagan — Edmund Morris, Dutch:
A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan, When
Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — Peter
J. Wallison, Ronald
Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His
Presidency — Dinesh D'Souza, Ronald
Reagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader — William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley, Reagan's
Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It
All — Richard Reeves, President
Reagan : The Triumph of Imagination |
| | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:
Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking
Through History: America in the Reagan Years |
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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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Ignatius A. Sullivan (d. 1928) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. President, Hartford Central Labor Union;
president, Connecticut Federation of Labor; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1902-04; defeated, 1904; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1904.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack B. Tenney (1898-1970) —
also known as "California's McCarthy" —
of California.
Born in 1898.
Musician;
writer of the song "Mexicali Rose" ; president of
the Los Angeles musicians union; member of California
state assembly, 1936-42; Presidential Elector for California, 1940;
member of California
state senate, 1942-54; defeated in Republican primary, 1954.
Died in 1970
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Son of Clara
Shavelson.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter;
president, Local 13, Shipbuilders
Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as
international representative for the (West Coast)
International Longshoreman's and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in 1976
(age about
63 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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Maurice Jerome Walker (b. 1954) —
also known as Maurice J. Walker —
of San Leandro, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
3, 1954.
Green. President, Local 616, Service Employees International
Union; real estate
appraiser; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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