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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
First
black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Morris W. Hood, Sr. (1908-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., September
22, 1908.
Son of Wheeler Hood and India (Benton) Hood.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1956;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd
District, 1961-62.
African
ancestry. Member, United Auto Workers; NAACP.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
14, 2001 (age 92 years, 114
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Marvin Dawson Mathis (b. 1940) —
also known as Dawson Mathis —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Nashville, Berrien
County, Ga., November
30, 1940.
Son of Marvin W. Mathis and Nell Dawson (Abel) Mathis.
Democrat. Television news
director, WALB-TV, 1964-70; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1971-81.
Member, Fraternal Order of Police; Elks; Toastmasters.
Still living as of 1998.
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Horace L. Sheffield (b. 1916) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga., 1916.
Democrat. International
Representative, United Auto Workers, 1942-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964.
African
ancestry. Member, United Auto Workers.
Still living as of 1964.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower (1898-1970) and Beryl Tower (1898-1990).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American Association of
University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash of
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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William Bauchop Wilson (1862-1934) —
also known as William B. Wilson —
of Blossburg, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Blantyre, Scotland,
April
2, 1862.
Son of Adam Wilson and Helen (Bauchop) Wilson.
Democrat. Miner; secretary-treasurer,
United Mine Workers of America, 1900-08; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1907-13; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1913-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1926.
Member, United Mine Workers.
Died on
a train near Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 25,
1934 (age 72 years, 53
days).
Interment at Arbon
Cemetery, Blossburg, Pa.
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Joseph F. Young, Sr. (1927-1993) —
also known as Joe Young, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., July 15,
1927.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 5th
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1974-78, 1983-93 (15th District
1974-78, 14th District 1983-92, 3rd District 1993); defeated in
primary, 1964, 1966; died in office 1993; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1978.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
United Auto Workers.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 9,
1993 (age 65 years, 268
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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