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Labor Leader Politicians in Missouri


  M. M. Aldrich — of Missouri. Socialist. Labor organizer; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Missouri, 1920. Burial location unknown.
  Franz E. Daniel (d. 1976) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Socialist. Labor organizer; candidate for Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs, 1934. Died August 18, 1976. Interment somewhere in Osceola, Mo.
  Farrell Dobbs (1907-1983) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; New York. Born in Queen City, Schuyler County, Mo., July 25, 1907. Truck driver; became involved with a militant Teamsters Union local in Minneapolis in the 1930s, and helped lead a general strike; joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1939; convicted in 1941 of treason under the anti-Communist Smith Act, and served one year in prison; Socialist Workers candidate for President of the United States, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, 1953-72. Member, Teamsters Union. Died October 31, 1983 (age 76 years, 98 days). Burial location unknown.
  Leo O. Gatewood (b. 1910) — of Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., September 20, 1910. Son of John Fred Gatewood and Dorathea P. (Thomas) Gatewood. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chairman, United Labor League for 3rd Congressional District of Colorado; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1948. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Edward J. Hogan, Jr. (b. 1885) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., October 18, 1885. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1917-18, 1935-38, 1941-42; business representative, Local 303, Brewery and Soft Drink Bottlers Union; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1943-44; member of Missouri state senate, 1945-52 (33rd District 1945-48, 7th District 1949-52). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, February 15, 1905, to Jennie Durr (died 1931).
  Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) — also known as Leonard Irving — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., March 24, 1898. Democrat. Railroad work; theater manager; hotel manager; construction worker; president and business agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53. Congregationalist. Member, Eagles. Died in 1962 (age about 64 years). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
  Relatives: Married 1918 to Effie A. Bjornstad.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Theodore D. McNeal (b. 1905) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips County, Ark., November 5, 1905. Democrat. International vice-president, Union of Sleeping Car Porters, 1950-; member of Missouri state senate, 1961-65 (7th District 1961-62, 4th District 1963-65). African ancestry. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, August 25, 1950, to Virgie Louise Foreman.
  Robert Pentland (b. 1908) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Bowhill, Scotland, February 7, 1908. Democrat. Coal miner; grocery clerk; warehouse worker; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; business representative, Teamsters Local 688; member of Missouri state senate 1st District, 1949-66. Presbyterian. Member, Teamsters Union. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, April 25, 1935, to Irma Seaman.

 

 


 
   
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