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M. M. Aldrich —
of Missouri.
Socialist. Labor organizer; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Missouri, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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