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Catherine M. Abate (b. 1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., December
8, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984
(alternate), 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1995-98; candidate for nomination for
New
York state attorney general, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2004.
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Robert Abrams (b. 1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 4,
1938.
Son of Benjamin Abrams and Dorothy (Kaplan) Abrams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-69 (89th District 1966, 81st District
1967-69); borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1970-78; resigned 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984;
New
York state attorney general, 1979-93; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; NAACP;
Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2000.
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Bella Savitzky Abzug (1920-1998) —
also known as Bella S. Abzug; Bella Savitzky;
"Battlin' Bella"; "Mother Courage";
"Bellicose Bella" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 24,
1920.
Daughter of Emanuel Savitzky (1882-1933) and Esther Savitzky.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-77 (19th District 1971-73,
20th District 1973-77); defeated, 1978, 1986; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1976; candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1993.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Urban
League; National
Organization for Women; American Civil
Liberties Union; Americans for Democratic Action; American
Jewish Congress.
Died, of complications from heart
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1998 (age 77 years, 250
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Sam Ackerman (b. 1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
23, 1934.
Son of Joseph Ackerman and Regina (Marmorstein) Ackerman.
Democrat. Personnel director, Continental Coffee;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1970
to Martha Sue Gordon. |
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Frederick Christopher Arterton (b. 1942) —
also known as F. Christopher Arterton —
of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
22, 1942.
Son of Frederick Harry Arterton and Eleanor (Bell) Arterton.
Democrat. College
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Chi Rho; Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1966
to Janet MacArthur Bond. |
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Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) —
also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack
Bingham —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 24,
1914.
Son of Hiram
Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York
Governor W.
Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York
state senate 29th District, 1958; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73,
22nd District 1973-83).
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Americans for Democratic Action; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1986 (age 72 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bingham
Family Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
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Albert Howard Blumenthal (b. 1928) —
also known as Albert H. Blumenthal —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
13, 1928.
Son of Bennet M. Blumenthal and Matilda Blumenthal.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-76 (New York County 5th District 1963-65,
73rd District 1966, 67th District 1967-72, 69th District 1973-76).
Jewish.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1976.
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Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) —
also known as Richard Bolling —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 17,
1916.
Son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1991 (age 74 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP;
Americans for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) —
also known as Robert J. Dryfoos —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
11, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1988;
chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov. Mary
Ann Krupsak, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91;
retired from office while under
investigation over alleged campaign
finance and federal
tax violations, but no charges were filed; lobbyist.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, from complications of a head
injury, in New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
2006 (age 63 years, 203
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Dubinsky (1892-1982) —
also known as David Dobnievski —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest, Belarus),
February
22, 1892.
Son of Zallel Dubinsky and Shaine (Wishingrad) Dubinsky.
President
of International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, from 1932; one of the
founders
of the American Labor Party in New York, 1936; Presidential Elector
for New York, 1936;
vice-chair of New York
Liberal Party, 1944, 1958; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1982 (age 90 years, 207
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eliot Lanze Engel (b. 1947) —
also known as Eliot L. Engel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
18, 1947.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972
(alternate), 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly 81st District, 1977-88; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (19th District 1989-93,
17th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers; Americans for Democratic Action;
Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Knight Finletter (1893-1980) —
also known as Thomas K. Finletter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
11, 1893.
Son of Thomas
Dickson Finletter and Helen (Grill) Finletter.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
special assistant to U.S. Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, 1941-44; Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, 1950-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1961-65.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Phi; Americans for Democratic Action; United
World Federalists.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Son of William Archibald 'Archie' Galbraith and Catherine (Kendall)
Galbraith.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 29,
2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) —
also known as Arthur J. Goldberg —
of Illinois; New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 8,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; general
counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that
group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO,
1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Americans for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1978.
Died of coronary artery
disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Stanley Myer Isaacs (1882-1962) —
also known as Stanley M. Isaacs —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1882.
Son of Myer S. Isaacs and Maria (Solomon) Isaacs.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
investor; builder;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1938-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1962 (age 79 years, 288
days).
Cremated.
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Arthur J. Katzman (b. 1903) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
September
21, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1988.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) —
also known as Herbert H. Lehman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 28,
1878.
Son of Mayer Lehman (1830-1897) and Babette (Newgass) Lehman.
Democrat. Director, Consolidated Cotton Duck
Co., Imperial Cotton Co.,
U.S. Cotton
Duck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1929-32; Governor of
New York, 1933-42; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Gamma Delta; Americans for Democratic Action.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into the
Jewish-American Hall of
Fame in 1974.
Died December
5, 1963 (age 85 years, 252
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Son of Gabriel Abraham Lowenstein and Augusta (Goldberg) Lowenstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated in
primary, 1972, 1978.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) —
also known as Pat Moynihan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Pindars Corners, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., March 16,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; political
scientist; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960
(alternate), 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S. Ambassador to India, 1973-75; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1975-76; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1977-.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, of infection
from a ruptured appendix,
in Washington,
D.C., March 26,
2003 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jerrold Lewis Nadler (b. 1947) —
also known as Jerrold Nadler —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 13,
1947.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1977-92 (69th District 1977-82, 67th District
1983-92); U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1992-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr.
Pastor;
professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Dorothy Norman (1905-1997) —
also known as Dorothy Stecker —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1905.
Democrat. Writer; photographer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1948.
Female.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Urban
League.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 12,
1997 (age about 91
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Manfred Ohrenstein (b. 1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1961-93 (25th District 1961-65, 29th District 1966,
27th District 1967-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress; Americans for Democratic Action; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Still living as of 1993.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social
worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP;
Americans for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Still living as of 1975.
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William Vann Rogers, Jr. (1911-1993) —
also known as Will Rogers, Jr. —
of Culver City, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, October
20, 1911.
Son of Will Rogers (1879-1935; humorist) and Betty (Blake) Rogers.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1943-44; resigned
1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1946; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1948.
Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in in Tubac, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz., July 9,
1993 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Tubac
Cemetery, Tubac, Ariz.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914-1988) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Campobello, New
Brunswick, August
17, 1914.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1949-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1954; Liberal candidate for Governor of
New York, 1966.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
17, 1988 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; half-first cousin of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; brother of James
Roosevelt and Elliott
Roosevelt; married, June 30,
1937, to Ethel du Pont (1916-1965; divorced 1949; first cousin
twice removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont); married, August
31, 1949, to Suzanne Perrin (divorced 1970); married, July 1,
1970, to Felicia (Schiff) Warburg Sarnoff (granddaughter of Felix
Moritz Warburg); married, May 6,
1977, to Patricia Louise Oakes; married 1984 to Linda
McKay Stevenson Weicker. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article |
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and
Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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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.
Son of Bernard
Ryan, Sr..
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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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1976.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai
B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March 29,
1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen Joshua Solarz (b. 1940) —
also known as Stephen J. Solarz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
12, 1940.
Son of Sanford Solarz and Ruth (Fertig) Solarz.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 45th District, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1975-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harriet R. Taylor (c.1932-1997) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., about 1932.
Superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1979-97.
Female.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died of cancer, August
18, 1997 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) —
also known as Robert C. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1907.
Son of Mortimer G. Weaver and Florence (Freeman) Weaver.
Economist;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1962; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; first
black cabinet member; president,
Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount Sinai Medical
Center.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Americans for Democratic Action.
The H.U.D. Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. was named for
him in 2000.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1997 (age 89 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerry Wurf (b. 1919) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1919.
Democrat. President, American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees, from 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1972,
1980.
Jewish.
Member, Urban
League; Americans for Democratic Action; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 1980.
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