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William Loren Batt, Jr. (b. 1916) —
also known as William L. Batt, Jr. —
of Montgomery
County, Pa.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
30, 1916.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1946.
Protestant.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1950.
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Andrew John Biemiller (1906-1982) —
also known as Andrew J. Biemiller —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, July 23,
1906.
Son of Andrew Frederick Biemiller and Pearl (Weaver) Biemiller;
married, December
20, 1929, to Hannah Perot Morris.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1937-42; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-51;
defeated, 1946, 1950, 1952; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Quaker.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Eagles; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 3,
1982 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Ellicott
Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.
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Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987) —
also known as Wilbur J. Cohen —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 10,
1913.
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-69.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Leading expert on Social Security.
Died in a hotel room
in Seoul, South
Korea, May 17,
1987 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Tex.
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John Conyers, Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Brother of Nathan
G. Conyers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2003 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1972,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1989.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Americans for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Son of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia (Estes) Kefauver; married,
August
8, 1935, to Nancy Paterson Pigott.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Americans for Democratic Action; American
Political Science Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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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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William Proxmire (1915-2005) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., November
11, 1915.
Son of Theodore Stanley Proxmire and Adele (Flanigan) Proxmire;
married 1946
to Elsie Rockefeller (divorced 1955; third cousin of John
Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop
Paul Rockefeller); married 1956 to Ellen
Hodges Sawall.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1951-52; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1952, 1954, 1956 (Democratic); alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1957-89.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Americans for Democratic
Action; Chi Psi.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., December
15, 2005 (age 90 years, 34
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.
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William Fitts Ryan (1922-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., June 28,
1922.
Grandson of William
Cochrane Fitts; son of Bernard
Ryan, Sr.; married to Priscilla
Marbury Ryan.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1961-72; died in
office 1972; candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1968.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
First
member of the U.S. House to speak out against the Vietnam War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1972 (age 50 years, 81
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Church Cemetery, Croom, Md.
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Deborah A. Vollmer (b. 1948) —
of California; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born January
15, 1948.
Daughter of Erwin P. Vollmer and Aline Fruhauf Vollmer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1992, 1996;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1998, 2000, 2002.
Female.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2002.
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William Wayne Winpisinger (1924-1997) —
also known as William W. Winpisinger;
"Wimpy" —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.; Columbia, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
10, 1924.
Son of Joseph Winpisinger and Edith (Knodel) Winpisinger; married, July 16,
1946, to Pearl Foster.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mechanic;
president,
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
1977-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, of cancer, in
the Howard County Memorial Hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
11, 1997 (age 73 years, 1
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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