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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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Eric Thomas Chester (b. 1943) —
also known as Eric Chester —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Montague, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 6,
1943.
Son of Harry Chester and Alice (Fried) Chester.
New Politics candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1968; New Politics candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968;
university
professor; Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1996; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 2006.
Member, Industrial Workers of the World.
Still living as of 2010.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of
University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Debra DeLee (b. 1948) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1948.
Democrat. School
teacher; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1994-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004,
2008;
president, Americans for Peace Now.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National Education Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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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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Samuel Ralph Harlow (1885-1972) —
also known as S. Ralph Harlow —
of Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey;
Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 20,
1885.
Son of Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow.
Socialist. Congregationalist
minister; college
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1932, 1934, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, League
for Industrial Democracy; NAACP;
American Association of University Professors; American
Federation of Teachers; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
21, 1972 (age 87 years, 32
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow; married,
February
1, 1912, to Marion Stafford (died 1961); married to Elizabeth
(Kaufmann) Grigorakis (died 1974). |
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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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Robert Sarsfield Maloney (1881-1934) —
also known as Robert S. Maloney —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
3, 1881.
Son of John T. Maloney and Mary A. (Bower) Maloney.
Republican. Printer;
Delegate
from American Federation of Labor to Canadian Trades and Labor
Conference, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1921-23.
Member, International Typographical Union; Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., November
8, 1934 (age 53 years, 278
days).
Interment at Immaculate
Conception Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass.
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Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) —
also known as Patrick V. McNamara —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
4, 1894.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 30,
1966 (age 71 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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James Philip Meehan (b. 1893) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 25,
1893.
Democrat. Painter and
decorator; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1935-36.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. Scott (b. 1888) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
9, 1888.
Son of Peter A. Scott and Elizabeth Scott.
Democrat. Construction
supervisor; insulation
engineer;
president,
Hartford Central Labor Union; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1943-46.
Member, Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Glennon. |
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Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) —
also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott
Peabody —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., April 17,
1917.
Daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman)
Peabody.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Female.
She was walking with Adlai
Stevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart
attack.
Died August
15, 1991 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman)
Peabody; married, September
2, 1939, to Desmond FitzGerald (divorced 1947); married, July 26,
1947, to Ronald Tree (1897-1976; journalist, member of British
Parliament); mother of Frances FitzGerald (born 1940; writer,
journalist, won Pulitzer Prize for Fire in the
Lake). |
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article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Michael Henry Wall (1899-1970) —
also known as M. Henry Wall —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., January
26, 1899.
Machinist;
treasurer
and assistant
business manager, Local 201, IUE-CIO; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1961-65.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., December
25, 1970 (age 71 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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