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Daniel P. Bergin —
of Chicago Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland.
Democrat. Mayor
of Chicago Heights, Ill., 1927-35; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Izaak
Walton League; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) —
also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland
Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow —
of Yorktown, York
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 21,
1897.
Daughter of George Joseph Cooke and Mary Elizabeth (Kerwin) Cooke.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948,
1956;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1950.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Staff writer for
The New Yorker magazine,
1936-42.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., March 25,
1965 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Costello (1848-1924) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
October
2, 1848.
Mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1912-15.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., February
16, 1924 (age 75 years, 137
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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William Alexander Cunnea (1868-1937) —
also known as William A. Cunnea —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
September
22, 1868.
Lawyer;
Socialist candidate for various offices; defense attorney for Eugene
V. Debs at one of his sedition trials.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth (unknown
county), Fla., March 13,
1937 (age 68 years, 172
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alexander Cunnea II (1905-1963) —
also known as William A. Cunnea —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1905.
Son of William
Alexander Cunnea.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 22,
1963 (age 57 years, 165
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Richard Joseph Daley (1902-1976) —
also known as Richard J. Daley; "The
Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 15,
1902.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 9th District, 1936-38; member of
Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1955-76; died in office 1976.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Stricken with a heart
attack and died at his doctor's
office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1976 (age 74 years, 219
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, June 17,
1936, to Eleanor 'Sis' Guilfoyle (1907-2003); father of Richard
Michael Daley and William
Michael Daley. See Daley
family of Illinois. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Richard J. Daley: Mike
Royko, Boss
: Richard J. Daley of Chicago — Adam Cohen & Elizabeth
Taylor, American
Pharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and the
Nation — Hugh Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Roger Biles, Richard
J. Daley : Politics, Race, and the Governing of
Chicago — Eugene C. Kennedy, Himself!
The Life and Times of Richard J. Daley (out of
print) — Len O'Connor, Requiem
: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era (out of
print) — F. Richard Ciccone, Daley
: Power and Presidential Politics — Frank Sullivan, Legend:
The Only Inside Story About Mayor Richard J. Daley —
Milton Rakove, Don't
Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers : An Insider's Analysis of the
Daley Machine |
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Richard Michael Daley (b. 1942) —
also known as Richard M. Daley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 24,
1942.
Son of Richard
Joseph Daley and Eleanor 'Sis' (Guilfoyle) Daley (1907-2003).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 23rd District,
1969-70; member of Illinois
state senate 23rd District, 1973-81; Cook
County State's Attorney, 1981-89; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1989-2011; defeated in primary, 1983; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2011.
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William Michael Daley (b. 1948) —
also known as William M. Daley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 8,
1948.
Son of Richard
Joseph Daley and Eleanor 'Sis' (Guilfoyle) Daley (1907-2003).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) —
also known as Walt Disney; "Uncle
Walt" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
5, 1901.
Son of Elias Disney (1859-1941) and Flora (Call) Disney (1868-1938).
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1944.
Irish ancestry.
Producer
or director
of several hundred films
from 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse;
founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, the
world's first
theme park; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. In honor of his
invention of the multiplane camera, he is an inductee to the National
Inventors Hall of
Fame.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
15, 1966 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue erected 1993 at Disneyland,
Anaheim, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married, July 13,
1925, to Lillian Marie Bounds (1899-1997). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
J. Mitchell |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Walt Disney: Richard
Schickel, The
Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt
Disney — Leonard Mosley, Disney's
World: A Biography — Katherine Greene & Richard
Greene, The
Man Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney — Bob
Thomas, Walt
Disney: An American Original — Jean-Pierre Isbouts, Discovering
Walt: The Magical Life of Walt Disney (for young
readers) |
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Frank B. Doran (1853-1914) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Lisbon, Kendall
County, Ill., May 1,
1853.
Republican. Mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1896-98.
Universalist.
Irish ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
1, 1914 (age 60 years, 276
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853-1937) —
also known as Edward F. Dunne —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waterville, Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
12, 1853.
Son of P. W. Dunne and Delia M. (Lawler) Dunne.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1892-1905; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois, 1900;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1905-07; defeated, 1907, 1911; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
Governor
of Illinois, 1913-17.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died May 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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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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William Z. Foster (1881-1961) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor
organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in 1919; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Esther Abramovitch. |
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Henry John Hyde (1924-2007) —
also known as Henry J. Hyde —
of Bensenville, DuPage
County, Ill.; Wood Dale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 18,
1924.
Son of Henry Clay Hyde and Monica (Kelly) Hyde.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-75; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1975-; defeated, 1962.
Catholic.
English
and Irish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from complications of earlier heart
surgery, in Rush University Medical
Center, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 2007 (age 83 years, 225
days).
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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Robert Emmet Lee (1912-1993) —
also known as Robert E. Lee —
of Illinois; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 31,
1912.
Son of Patrick J. Lee and Delia (Ryan) Lee.
Republican. FBI
special agent; member,
Federal Communications Commission, 1953-81; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1981.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of liver
cancer, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., April 5,
1993 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936
to Wilma Rector. |
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John Looney (1865-1947) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Son of Patrick Looney and Margaret Looney.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1947
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; Public Ownership
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
founder and editor, Minnesota Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
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Lawrence Edward McGann (1852-1928) —
also known as Lawrence E. McGann —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
February
2, 1852.
Son of Edward McGann (died 1854) and Bridget (Ford) McGann.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1891-97 (2nd District 1891-95, 3rd
District 1895-97).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died July 22,
1928 (age 76 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Dick Murphy (b. 1942) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., December
16, 1942.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1989; mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 2001-05; resigned 2005.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank J. Ryan (b. 1861) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Tipperary, Ireland,
March
30, 1861.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 11th District, 1911-16, 1919-22;
member of Illinois
state senate 11th District; elected 1922.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Royal
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Henry Stelle (1891-1962) —
also known as John Stelle —
of McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., August
10, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1935-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1937-40; Governor of
Illinois, 1940-41.
English,
Irish, German,
and French
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died July 5,
1962 (age 70 years, 329
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Mark E. Storen (1910-1965) —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., 1910.
Mayor
of Highland Park, Mich., 1960-65; died in office 1965.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, February
25, 1965 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Elmer Michael Walsh —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Lawyer; Cook
County Sheriff, 1946-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 1950.
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