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Joseph Lionel Alperson (1907-1992) —
also known as Joseph L. Alperson —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Poland,
April
10, 1907.
Son of Usher Alperson and Rochel (Weisman) Alperson.
Democrat. President, Affiliated Metal Stainless Steel
Warehousing Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died June 7,
1992 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Crawford Denson (1839-1917) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Ursa, Adams
County, Ill., September
23, 1839.
Son of John Denson (1807-1884) and Emily Ann (Crawford) Denson
(1817-1903).
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in California 6th District, 1876-81; superior court
judge in California, 1881-83; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1885-86; Ormsby County District
Attorney, 1886-88; director and general counsel, Pacific Coast
Steel Company.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif., July 26,
1917 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Mullins Fitzgerald (b. 1858) —
also known as Robert M. Fitzgerald —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
7, 1858.
Son of Edward Fitzgerald and Catherine (Mullins) Fitzgerald.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Cubana Consolidated Copper Company; vice-president,
Central National Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1908,
1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1928.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Todd Frederick (1834-1903) —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Fredericktown, Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
5, 1834.
Democrat. Foundry business; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1885-87.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
3, 1903 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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John Arthur Gamon (1883-1967) —
also known as John A. Gamon —
of Glen Ellyn, DuPage
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill., February
9, 1883.
Son of B. H. Gamon and Jennie T. (Daniels) Gamon.
Democrat. Salesman, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Chicago,
1905-14; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1914-15; Corinto, 1915-16; Acapulco, 1917-21; Cobh, 1921-25; U.S. Consul General in London, 1925-28; Marseille, 1928-35.
Died in 1967
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Wheaton
Cemetery, Wheaton, Ill.
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Son of Isaac
Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh.
Lawyer;
general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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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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Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) —
also known as Thomas E. Millsop —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., December
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
steel executive; mayor of
Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for
West Virginia, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1952.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Moose;
Eagles.
The Thomas E. Millsop Community Center in Weirton is named for
him.
Died September
12, 1967 (age 68 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas &
Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp., Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of
California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 26,
1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) —
also known as Lawrence C. Phipps —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Amityville, Berks
County, Pa., August
30, 1862.
Son of Rev. William Henry Phipps and Agnes (McCall) Phipps.
Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 1,
1958 (age 95 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Bobby Seale (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert George Seale —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
22, 1936.
Joined U.S. Air Force in 1955; charged
with insubordination
and being AWOL,
and dishonorably
discharged; sheet metal worker; co-founder, with Huey
Newton, of the Black Panther Party, 1966; one of eight defendants charged
in 1969 with crossing state lines to incite a
riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; the
judge ordered him bound and
gagged during the trial, and sentenced
him to four years in prison
for contempt
of court; Peace and Freedom candidate for California
state assembly 17th District, 1968; in 1970, he was charged
in New Haven, Conn., with ordering
the murder of Alex Rackley, a Black Panther who had confessed to
being a police informant; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and
the charges were eventually dropped; candidate for mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1973.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) —
also known as Norton Simon; Norton
Glickman —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
5, 1907.
Republican. President, Val Vita Food Products,
1931-42; subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods;
director, Wheeling Steel Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway,
and McCall's Publishing
Co.; art collector; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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