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John C. Barrett (d. 1973) —
of South Omaha (now part of Omaha), Douglas
County, Neb.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 10th District, 1915.
Member, Elks;
Knights of Columbus; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
27, 1973.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro, Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August 1,
1903.
Son of Thomas D'Alesandro and Mary Ann (Foppiano) D'Alesandro.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1927-33; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1939-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964;
mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1947-59; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1958.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August
23, 1987 (age 84 years, 22
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Martin Patrick Durkin (1894-1955) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 18,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
13, 1955 (age 61 years, 240
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Joseph Flynn (1888-1971) —
also known as Bernard J. Flynn —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
10, 1888.
Son of Bernard Flynn and Mary (McGann) Flynn.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1934-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in September, 1971
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Alexander Giannetti, Jr. (b. 1964) —
also known as John A. Giannetti, Jr. —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born, in a hospital,
at Camp Lejeune, Onslow
County, N.C., June 9,
1964.
Son of John
A. Giannetti, Sr..
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 13-B, 1999-2003; defeated,
1994; member of Maryland
state senate 21st District, 2003-.
Catholic.
Italian,
Irish,
and American
Indian ancestry. Member, Chi Phi;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Sons of
Italy; Knights of Columbus.
Still living as of 2003.
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Joseph Harold Grady (b. 1917) —
also known as J. Harold Grady —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., February
27, 1917.
Mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1959-62; state court judge in Maryland, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights of Columbus.
Still living as of 1967.
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Leo E. Green —
of Bowie, Prince
George's County, Md.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Bowie, Md., 1968-72; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1975-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1976;
member of Maryland
state senate 23rd District, 1983-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights of Columbus; Lions; Elks; Purple
Heart.
Still living as of 2002.
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Melvin Joseph Maas (1898-1964) —
also known as Melvin J. Maas —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 14,
1898.
Son of Frank Newton Maas and Rose (Brady) Maas.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1927-33, 1935-45;
defeated, 1932 (Independent, at-large), 1944 (Republican, 4th
District); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights of Columbus; Woodmen;
Moose;
Eagles.
Stricken with total blindness
in August 1951.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 13,
1964 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph A. Mattingly (1916-1999) —
of St.
Mary's County, Md.
Born in Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., January
2, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1946-50; member of Maryland
state senate, 1954-58; circuit judge in Maryland, 1972-86.
Member, Knights of Columbus; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
Died in Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., December
28, 1999 (age 83 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Thomas Nagle (1897-1950) —
also known as Raymond T. Nagle; Ray Nagle —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 2,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives; Montana
state attorney general, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights of Columbus; American Bar
Association.
Died, from periarteritis
nodosa, in Brookmont, Montgomery
County, Md., March 6,
1950 (age 52 years, 277
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Joseph O'Brien (1878-1964) —
also known as Thomas J. O'Brien; "Blind
Tom" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 30,
1878.
Son of Thomas O'Brien and Mary (Murphy) O'Brien.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1933-39, 1943-64; died
in office 1964; arrested
in a police raid on a gambling
establishment, 1935; Cook
County Sheriff, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 14,
1964 (age 85 years, 350
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Herbert Romulus O'Conor (1896-1960) —
also known as Herbert R. O'Conor —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
17, 1896.
Son of James P. A. O'Conor and Mary A. (Galvin) O'Conor.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Maryland
state attorney general, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
Governor
of Maryland, 1939-47; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1947-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Knights of Columbus.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 4,
1960 (age 63 years, 108
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Charles Melvin Price (1905-1988) —
also known as Melvin Price —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
1, 1905.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. Edwin
M. Schaefer, 1933-43; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1945-88 (22nd District 1945-49,
25th District 1949-53, 24th District 1953-73, 23rd District 1973-83,
21st District 1983-88); died in office 1988.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Knights of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Camp Springs, Prince
George's County, Md., April 22,
1988 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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John George Schmitz (1930-2001) —
also known as John G. Schmitz —
of California.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
12, 1930.
Member of California
state senate, 1965-70, 1979; U.S.
Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeated
in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972; reprimanded
by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his
office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with crude
slurs; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; John
Birch Society; American
Legion; Knights of Columbus; National Rifle
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; Toastmasters.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
10, 2001 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Father of Mary Kay LeTourneau (Seattle teacher; convicted of child
rape over her affair with a 13-year-old student). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "When you're out of
Schmitz, you're out of gear." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
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James T. Smith, Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Jim Smith —
of Reisterstown, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Reisterstown, Baltimore
County, Md., February
8, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Maryland, 1985-2001; Baltimore
County Executive, 2002-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 2004.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2006.
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Michael S. Steele (b. 1958) —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., October
19, 1958.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Prince George's County Republican Party, 1994-2000; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
candidate for Maryland
state comptroller, 1998; Maryland
Republican state chair, 2000-02; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 2003-.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Knights of Columbus; Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Concannon Walsh (1890-1975) —
also known as William C. Walsh —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April 2,
1890.
Son of William Edward Walsh and Mary C. (Concannon) Walsh.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in
Maryland, 1921-26; chair of
Allegany County Democratic Party, 1922-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1964;
Maryland state insurance commissioner, 1931-35; Maryland
state attorney general, 1938-45; member board of directors,
Allegany Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Knights of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., June 17,
1975 (age 85 years, 76
days).
Interment at Sts.
Peter and Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Walsh; son of William Edward Walsh and Mary C. (Concannon) Walsh;
married, June 1,
1929, to Sarah Elizabeth Nee. |
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