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William Marshall Boyle, Jr. (1903-1961) —
also known as William M. Boyle, Jr.; Bill
Boyle —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
2, 1903.
Son of Clara Boyle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Director, Kansas City Police,
1939; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1949-51; investigated
in 1951 by the Senate Investigating Committee over his acceptance of
fees from the American Lithifold Corporation of St. Louis, in return
for using his influence
as Democratic national chair to obtain loans for the company from the
U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; claimed to have been
vindicated, but ultimately resigned
under fire.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1961 (age 58 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Married to Genevieve Hayde. |
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James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) —
also known as James P. Cannon —
of New York.
Born in Rosedale (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan., 1890.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1922 (Workers, 10th District), 1928
(20th District); Workers candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924; Trotskyist Anti-War candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941.
Irish ancestry.
Became an open supporter of Leon Trotsky's opposition to Stalin about
1928, and was expelled from the Communist Party; became a major
Trotskyist leader and theoretician, and one of the founders of the
Socialist Workers Party. Arrested
in 1941 and charged
under the Smith
Act; convicted
in 1943, and served sixteen months in federal prison.
Died in 1974
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the
"Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella
(Todd) Essick.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
publisher; candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District,
1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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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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Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) —
also known as Terry Scanlon —
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 26,
1931.
Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hut restaurant
franchises, a beer
distributorship, and was publisher
of the Wichita Business Journal; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1977-79.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
16, 1992 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilson Shannon (1802-1877) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Olivet, Belmont
County, Ohio, February
24, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Ohio, 1838-40, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1844-45; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1832;
Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1855-56, 1856; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1876.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., August
30, 1877 (age 75 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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