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Arnold Abbott (b. 1924) —
of Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1924.
Son of Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, United
World Federalists; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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Robert William Baker (b. 1924) —
also known as Robert W. Baker —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 30,
1924.
Son of Chauncey William Baker and Marion (Power) Baker.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; psychologist;
university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1968,
1972.
Member, American
Psychological Association; American
Association of University Professors; American Civil Liberties
Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) —
also known as Francis Biddle —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born, in Paris, France,
of American parents, May 9,
1886.
Son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-40; resigned
1940; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1940-41; U.S.
Attorney General, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1952.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union; Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
4, 1968 (age 82 years, 148
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James MacGregor Burns (b. 1918) —
also known as James M. Burns —
of Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 3,
1918.
Son of Robert Arthur Burns and Mildred Curry (Bunce) Burns.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college
professor; author;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1958.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; American Civil Liberties Union; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Received Pulitzer
Prize in history, 1971.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Arthur Burns and Mildred Curry (Bunce) Burns; married 1942 to Janet
Rose Dismorr Thompson; married 1969 to Joan
Simpson Meyers. |
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Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) —
of Upper Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1931.
Democrat. Actress;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1988
(speaker).
Female.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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John J. Fitzgerald (b. 1941) —
also known as Fitz Fitzgerald —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born, in Providence Hospital,
Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., October
9, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; school
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1968;
candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1980.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; National
Education Association; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2004.
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Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
November
15, 1882.
Son of Leopold Frankfurter and Emma (Winter) Frankfurter.
Law
professor; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-62.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil Liberties Union.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1965 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ellen M. Jackson (b. 1935) —
of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1935.
Daughter of David Swepson and Marguerite (Booker) Swepson.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married to Hugh L. Jackson. |
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian.
Member, NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. |
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 10,
1882.
Daughter of Frederick W. Perkins and Susan Perkins.
Democrat. Sociologist;
New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1933-45; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
First
woman to serve in the Cabinet.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1965 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Cemetery
on River Road, Newcastle, Maine.
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