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Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Minden, Webster
Parish, La., September
4, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer;
accountant; Cook
County Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2004;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Female.
Church
of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2011.
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Dan Bernard Butler (1879-1953) —
also known as Dan B. Butler —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., January
18, 1879.
Democrat. Accountant; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1936-45.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles.
Died March 14,
1953 (age 74 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick J. Carroll —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Accountant; member of Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1911-39.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry H. Heimann (1891-1958) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Aviston, Clinton
County, Ill., September
26, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
accountant; business
executive; economist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928,
1932
(alternate); Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1929-31.
Member, Rotary; Union
League.
Died in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
September
12, 1958 (age 66 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert H. Howe —
of Illinois.
Socialist. Accountant; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for Illinois
state treasurer, 1922.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Austin Kelly (1892-1969) —
also known as Edward A. Kelly —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 3,
1892.
Son of John J. Kelly and Nellie (O'Connor) Kelly.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
accountant; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1931-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942, 1946.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1969 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William F. Kruse (1894-1952) —
also known as Bill Kruse —
of Illinois.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., 1894.
Socialist. Bookkeeper; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried and
convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1918, 1920; delegate
to Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1921.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
58 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Emil Lockwood (1919-2002) —
of St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., September
23, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; athletic
coach; accountant; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Gratiot County,
1961; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-70 (25th District 1963-64, 30th District
1965-70); candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 2,
2002 (age 82 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. McCracken (b. 1925) —
of River Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 2,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; accountant; lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1969-70.
Still living as of 1970.
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Thomas Joseph O'Brien (1878-1964) —
also known as Thomas J. O'Brien; "Blind
Tom" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 30,
1878.
Son of Thomas O'Brien and Mary (Murphy) O'Brien.
Democrat. Accountant; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1933-39, 1943-64; died
in office 1964; arrested
in a police raid on a gambling
establishment, 1935; Cook
County Sheriff, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 14,
1964 (age 85 years, 350
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Thomas Leonard Owens (1897-1948) —
also known as Thomas L. Owens —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1897.
Son of John P. Owens and Hannah (Burke) Owens.
Republican. Machinist;
accountant; salesman;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1947-48; died in
office 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 7,
1948 (age 50 years, 169
days).
Interment at All
Saints Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Stephen Stockton (b. 1947) —
also known as Steve Stockton —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1947.
Lawyer;
accountant; insurance
executive; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 2005-.
Still living as of 2009.
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