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Alfreda Helen Abbott (b. 1931) —
also known as Alfreda Abbott; Alfreda Helen
Lester —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 8,
1931.
Daughter of Fred Alphonso Lester and Alberta (Penn) Lester.
Democrat. Probation officer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972,
1988
(alternate); field representative for State Sen. Nicholas
Petris; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 1988.
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Relatives:
Married 1954
to Robert Perry Abbott. |
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Saundra Brown Armstrong (b. 1947) —
of California.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 23,
1947.
Police officer; lawyer;
member, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1983-86; superior court
judge in California, 1989-91; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1991-.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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John Joseph Benoit (b. 1951) —
also known as John J. Benoit —
of Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif.; Bermuda Dunes, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in 1951.
Republican. Police officer; member of California
state assembly 64th District, 2002-.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2007.
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Son of Lee Thomas and Crenner (Hawkins) Thomas.
Democrat. Police officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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William J. Dalton —
also known as Bill Dalton —
of Garden Grove, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif.
Police officer; mayor
of Garden Grove, Calif., 2004-.
Member, Elks; Lions.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Ray Files (b. 1884) —
also known as J. Ray Files —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, December
6, 1884.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; candidate for Iowa
state attorney general, 1920; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1924;
Iowa
Democratic state chair, 1925-27; Los Angeles Police
Commissioner, 1940-45.; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1940,
1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alex Giuliani (c.1927-1997) —
of Hayward, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born about 1927.
Police officer; mayor of
Hayward, Calif., 1982-90.
Died, of cancer of the
aorta and spine, at Majestic Pines Convalescent Hospital,
Hayward, Alameda
County, Calif., December
5, 1997 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1894.
Son of Henry B. Gordon.
Athletic
coach; police officer; lawyer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1955-58; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1958-68.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., April 1,
1976 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Bernard Grover (1921-2001) —
also known as Melvin Grover —
of California.
Born in Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo., 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; police officer;
lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1983-97.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
18, 2001 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Larry D. Hansen —
of Lodi, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Police officer; mayor of
Lodi, Calif., 2003-.
Still living as of 2004.
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Francis Michael Jordan (b. 1935) —
also known as Frank Jordan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
20, 1935.
Police officer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1992-96.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis J. Papan (1928-2007) —
also known as Lou Papan; Elias Papandricoupolos;
"The Enforcer"; "Leadfoot
Lou" —
of Daly City, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
28, 1928.
Democrat. FBI agent; member of California
state assembly, 1973-86, 1997-2002; candidate for California
state senate, 1986 (Democratic), 2006; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif., April 28,
2007 (age 78 years, 243
days).
Interment at Skylawn
Memorial Park, San Mateo, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Irene Damis (died 2000); father of Virginia
Papan. |
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Eric J. Perrodin (b. 1959) —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born February
26, 1959.
Police officer; lawyer; mayor of
Compton, Calif., 2001-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Frank D. Riggs (b. 1950) —
of California.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
5, 1950.
Republican. Police officer; real estate
developer; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1991-93, 1995-99;
defeated, 1992.
Member, Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gerald Robert Sanders (b. 1950) —
also known as Jerry Sanders —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 14,
1950.
Police officer; San Diego Chief of Police 1993-959; mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 2005-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Edward Sebastian (1873-1929) —
also known as Charles E. Sebastian —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Farmington, St. Francois
County, Mo., March 30,
1873.
Democrat. Police officer; Los Angeles Chief of Police,
1911-15; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1915-16.
Died April 17,
1929 (age 56 years, 18
days).
Interment at Glen
Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, Calif.
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H. Allen Smith (1909-1998) —
of Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill., October
8, 1909.
Republican. FBI agent; member of California
state assembly, 1949-56; Presidential Elector for California, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from California 20th District, 1957-73; delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1960,
1972.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 4,
1998 (age 88 years, 239
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Steve Staveley —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Police chief; candidate for mayor of
Anaheim, Calif., 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Evelle Jansen Younger (1918-1989) —
also known as Evelle J. Younger —
of California.
Born in Stamford, Harlan
County, Neb., June 19,
1918.
Son of Harry C. Younger and Maebel (Jansen) Younger.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; FBI
agent; lawyer;
municipal judge in California, 1953-58; superior court judge in
California, 1958-64; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1964-70; California
state attorney general, 1971-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerotic
cardiovascular
disease, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1989 (age 70 years, 319
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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