American Civil Liberties Union
Politician members in Illinois
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American Civil Liberties Union
Politician members in Illinois
Sam Ackerman (b. 1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
23, 1934.
Son of Joseph Ackerman and Regina (Marmorstein) Ackerman.
Democrat. Personnel director, Continental Coffee;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 18,
1857.
Son of Amirus Darrow and Emily (Eddy) Darrow.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing
jurors in a California case; tried and
acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 13,
1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Son of Daniel Debs and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs.
Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder of
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) —
also known as "Rebel Girl" —
of New York.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August 7,
1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer for
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one of
the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (at-large), 1954 (24th
District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961.
Female.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964 (age 74 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March 15,
1874.
Son of Jesse Boone Williams Ickes and Martha Ann (McCune) Ickes.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Lyle Jones (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard L. Jones —
of Webberville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., September
19, 1925.
Son of Sherdie Jones and Millicent (Hardiek) Jones.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
2nd District, 1962; appointed 1962; candidate in Democratic primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1962 (Ingham County 2nd
District), 1968 (58th District), 1970 (58th District); Human Rights
candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1972, 1976; Human Rights candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974; Human Rights
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976.
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1998.
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Malcolm S. Kamin (b. 1939) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
23, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1970.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Son of Justin Louis Kestenbaum (1925-1995) and Maryhelen (Dietrich)
Kestenbaum (1928-1985).
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate in primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian,
German,
Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil Liberties
Union; Grange; Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2010.
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Jean Ledwith King (b. 1924) —
also known as Jean Ledwith —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 16,
1924.
Daughter of William Medkirk Ledwith and Nettie May (Herrington)
Ledwith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967-69, 1977-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984
(member, Credentials
Committee), 2004
(alternate).
Female.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Phi
Kappa Phi; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2008.
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Jewel Lafontant-Mankarious (1922-1997) —
also known as Jewel Stradford; Jewel Stradford Rogers;
Jewel Stradford Lafontant —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 28,
1922.
Daughter of Cornelius Francis Stradford and Aida Arabella (Carter)
Stradford.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960
(alternate), 1972,
1988;
candidate for superior court judge in Illinois, 1962; candidate for
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1989.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of breast
cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 31,
1997 (age 75 years, 33
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dawn Clark Netsch (b. 1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
16, 1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70; member of Illinois
state senate, 1973-91 (13th District 1973-83, 4th District
1983-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980,
1996;
Illinois
state comptroller, 1991-; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1994.
Female.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; League of Women
Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2000.
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Myron H. Wahls (b. 1921) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
11, 1921.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1974; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1975-82; appointed 1975; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1982-; appointed 1982.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Civil Liberties
Union.
Still living as of 1998.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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