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Annette Abbott Adams (b. 1877) —
also known as Annette Abbott; Mrs. A. A.
Adams —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Prattville, Plumas
County, Calif., March 12,
1877.
Daughter of Hiram Brown Abbott and Annette Frances (Stubbs) Abbott.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1918-20.
Female.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis J. Agostini (b. 1845) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Italy,
May
10, 1845.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; shipping
agent; language teacher; U.S. Consular Agent in Tarragona, 1899-1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Tom R. Ammiano (b. 1941) —
also known as Tom Ammiano —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., December
15, 1941.
Democrat. School teacher; movie
stuntman; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1999, 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000;
member of California
state assembly 13th District, 2009.
Gay.
Still living as of 2009.
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Michael Dennis Antonovich (b. 1939) —
also known as Michael D. Antonovich —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
12, 1939.
Son of Michael 'Mike' Antonovich and Francis (McColm) Antonovich.
Republican. School teacher; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1965-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
member of California
state assembly 43rd District, 1973-78.
Lutheran.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Kappa; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Still living as of 2009.
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Fred Jason Babcock (1891-1973) —
also known as Fred J. Babcock —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, August
15, 1891.
Son of Jason Eugene Babcock and Bertha Rebecca (Peyton) Babcock.
Republican. School teacher and principal; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer; Nez
Perce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-28; Idaho
state attorney general, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in 1973
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elizabeth Cervantes Barron —
of California.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
School teacher; Peace and Freedom candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1974; Peace and
Freedom candidate for California
state controller, 1978, 2006; Peace and Freedom candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980; Peace and Freedom candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1994.
Female.
Still living as of 2006.
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Julian Beck (1905-1992) —
of San Fernando, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1905.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 41st District, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died August
18, 1992 (age 87 years, 97
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Eternal
Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Calif.
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Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) —
also known as Joanne Kleinhofer —
of Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., March 20,
1945.
Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett)
Kleinhofer.
Democrat. School teacher; mayor
of Los Gatos, Calif., 1984-85, 1988-90.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1990.
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Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) —
also known as G. Vernon Bennett —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, February
17, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; university
professor; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938-40, 1948; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Boyer III (b. 1937) —
of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
22, 1937.
Son of Carl Boyer, Jr. and Elizabeth Campbell (Timm) Boyer.
Republican. School teacher; mayor
of Santa Clarita, Calif., 1990, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1998.
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Belle Cooledge (c.1885-1955) —
also known as "Auntie Belle" —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born about 1885.
School teacher; instructor, dean of women, and vice president
of Sacramento Junior College; mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1948-49.
Female.
The Belle Cooledge Branch Library is named for
her.
Died in 1955
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Costello —
also known as Jim Costello —
of Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif.
School teacher; mayor
of Pacific Grove, Calif.; elected 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Barbara L. Cubin (b. 1946) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif., November
30, 1946.
Republican. School teacher; social
worker; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1987-91; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1992-94; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1995-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jim Dear —
of Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
School teacher; mayor of
Carson, Calif.; elected 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Mark Dornan (born c.1959) —
of San Juan Capistrano, Orange
County, Calif.
Born about 1959.
Son of Robert
Kenneth Dornan.
Republican. School teacher; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from California 48th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jonathan M. Dudley (1830-1893) —
of near Dixon, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., September
7, 1830.
School teacher; farmer;
member of California
state assembly 17th District, 1862-63; candidate for California
state senate, 1873; delegate to
California state constitutional convention, 1878.
Died in 1893
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Silveyville
Cemetery, Dixon, Calif.
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John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) —
also known as John A. Elston —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Woodland, Yolo
County, Calif., February
10, 1874.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died in
office 1921.
Committed
suicide in Washington,
D.C., December
15, 1921 (age 47 years, 308
days).
Cremated.
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Aaron Spencer Feld (1891-1987) —
also known as A. Spencer Feld —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
5, 1891.
Son of Joel Feld and Mary (Brown) Feld.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1925-26;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1927-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 24,
1987 (age 96 years, 78
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy L. Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School teacher; social reformer; founder of
nursing school; advocate for the creation of a "parental court" to
handle cases of delinquent children; her efforts led to the world's
first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Lucy L. Flower Vocational High School, and Lucy Flower Park, both in
Chicago, were named for
her.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April 27,
1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ezola Broussard Foster (b. 1938) —
also known as Ezola B. Foster; Ezola
Broussard —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Louisiana, August 9,
1938.
School teacher; Republican candidate for California
state assembly, 1984; arrested
with others while protesting
recognition of the gay Log Cabin Republican organization, at the
California Republican state convention, 1987; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Female.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Jackie Goldberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. School teacher; member of California
state assembly 45th District, 2001-.
Female.
Lesbian.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Still living as of 2002.
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Erin Gruwell (b. 1969) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born August
15, 1969.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from California 38th District, 2000; president,
Freedom Writers Foundation.
Female.
Still living as of 2007.
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Janice Kay Hahn (b. 1952) —
also known as Janice Hahn —
of San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 30,
1952.
Daughter of Kenneth
Frederick Hahn.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1998; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Christian.
Still living as of 2008.
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Susan Hitchcock —
of Lodi, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
School principal; mayor of
Lodi, Calif., 2002-03.
Female.
Still living as of 2003.
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James Knox Jamison (1887-1954) —
also known as James K. Jamison —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Loomis, Isabella
County, Mich., April 28,
1887.
Son of Samuel J. Jamison and Kate (Burwash) Jamison (1861-1953).
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; Ontonagon
County Treasurer, 1931-34; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Riverside
County, Calif., March 23,
1954 (age 66 years, 329
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ying Lee Kelley —
also known as Ying L. Kelley —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Shanghai, China.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972,
1988
(alternate); candidate for mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1975.
Female.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Married to John L. Kelley (1916-1999; mathematics
professor). |
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Willard de Lsamater Kingsbury (b. 1868) —
also known as Willard Kingsbury —
Born in San Pablo, Contra Costa
County, Calif., December
18, 1868.
School teacher and principal; missionary;
U.S. Consular Agent in Yokkaichi, 1909-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Catherine Dean Barnes May (1914-2004) —
also known as Catherine Dean May; Catherine Dean
Barnes; Mrs. James O. May —
of Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash., May 18,
1914.
Daughter of Charles Henry Barnes and Pauline (Van Loon) Barnes.
Republican. School teacher; radio
writer and commentator; member of Washington
state house of representatives 14th District, 1952-58; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1959-71; defeated,
1970.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., May 28,
2004 (age 90 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills.
Democrat. School teacher; postmaster;
member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee.
Female.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March 16,
1912.
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan.
Republican. School teacher; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
The Pat Nixon Elementary School in Cerritos, California, is named for
her.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Ellis Ellwood Patterson (1897-1985) —
also known as Ellis E. Patterson —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Yuba City, Sutter
County, Calif., November
28, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent of schools; member of California
state assembly, 1932-38; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1934, 1940, 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1939-43; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946, 1948.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
25, 1985 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mahlon Fay Perkins (b. 1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
23, 1882.
Son of Lewis Perkins and Belle Louise (Benton) Perkins.
Advertising
business; school teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1911-12; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Changsha, 1917-20; Tientsin, 1926-27.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1916
to Fanny Earp Gooden. |
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of California.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Son of Maxwell L. Rafferty and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Augustus Reeder (1849-1929) —
also known as William A. Reeder —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
28, 1849.
Republican. School teacher; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1899-1911.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
7, 1929 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edwin Ewing Roberts (1870-1933) —
also known as Edwin E. Roberts; E. E.
Roberts —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Pleasant Grove, Sutter
County, Calif., December
12, 1870.
Son of William Ewing Roberts and Anna Maria (Johnson) Roberts.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1911-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918; mayor of
Reno, Nev..
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1933
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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James William Robinson (1878-1964) —
also known as J. W. Robinson —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Coalville, Summit
County, Utah, January
19, 1878.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer; Utah
County Attorney, 1918-21; candidate for Utah
state attorney general, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Utah, 1928,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1933-47; defeated, 1946.
Mormon.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., December
2, 1964 (age 86 years, 318
days).
Interment at Provo
City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
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Eunice Noda Sato (b. 1921) —
also known as Eunice N. Sato; Eunice Noda —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Livingston, Merced
County, Calif., June 8,
1921.
Daughter of Bunsaku Noda and Sawa (Maeda) Noda.
Republican. School teacher; missionary;
candidate in primary for California
state senate 31st District, 1979; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1980-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1990.
Female.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Byron Nicholson Scott (1903-1991) —
also known as Byron N. Scott —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan., March 21,
1903.
Son of Ernest Dewey Scott and Josephine (Nicholson) Scott.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1935-39; defeated,
1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died December
21, 1991 (age 88 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrea H. Seastrand (b. 1941) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 5,
1941.
Republican. School teacher; member of California
state assembly, 1990-94; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1995-97; defeated,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) —
also known as Dora H. Stockman; Dora Hall; Dora
Weinkauf —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin at Marilla, Manistee
County, Mich., August 4,
1872.
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall.
Republican. School teacher; lecturer of the Michigan State
Grange, and editor of the Grange paper, the Michigan Patron;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham County
2nd District, 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1939-46.
Female.
Member, Grange; Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
First
woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan.
Died in California, 1948
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Hurd
Cemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married, August 8,
1889, to Francis M. Stockman (died 1932); married 1947 to Gustof
Weinkauf. |
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; newspaper
editor; candidate for secretary of
state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anna Mary Tibbets —
also known as Anna Tibbets —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tibbets Hills (unknown
county), N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxine Waters (b. 1938) —
also known as Maxine Moore Carr —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1938.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly 48th District, 1977-90; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2008 (29th District 1991-93,
35th District 1993-2008); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jim Weir (b. 1943) —
of Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
17, 1943.
Democrat. Community college teacher; Nevada
County Supervisor, 1986-94; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Donald Edwin Young (b. 1933) —
also known as Don Young —
of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Meridian, Sutter
County, Calif., June 9,
1933.
Republican. School teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1967-70; member of Alaska
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1973-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
National
Education Association; Elks; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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