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Theophilus J. Alcantara (b. 1902) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trinidad,
December
21, 1902.
Son of Pedro de Alcantara (Venezuelan Secretary of War).
American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1938.
African
and Venezuelan
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Son of Nathaniel Allison and Mattie (Johnson) Allison.
Sawmill
worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Son of Carl Schneider and Elizabeth (Ohse) Schneider.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944.
German
ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 26,
1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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Henry Baum (b. 1871) —
of Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Printer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1920-21, 1925;
defeated, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1933.
Member, Typographical Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur T. Berge (b. 1907) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
22, 1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1945-48;
defeated, 1940.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Breckinridge Board, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., March 5,
1931.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1993.
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Michael F. Breen (b. 1875) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
10, 1875.
Democrat. President of
Local 21, Union of Billposters and Billers of America; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1927-35.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Breitman (1916-1986) —
also known as Albert Parker; Philip Blake; Chester
Hofla; Anthony Massini; John F. Petrone; G.
Sloane —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
28, 1916.
Son of Benjamin Breitman and Pauline (Trattler) Breitman.
Became a socialist agitator in Newark, N.J., 1935; arrested
about 1936 and charged
with inciting
riots; jailed
for a week; founding member of the Socialist Workers Party, 1937;
member of its National Committee, 1939-81; Socialist Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1954; editor-in-chief
of the weekly newspaper,
The Militant, 1941-43, 1946-54; writer
under several different pen names; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964.
Member, International Typographical Union.
Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party for "disloyalty," 1984.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Beekman Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 19,
1986 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bessie Allison Buchanan (1902-1980) —
also known as Bessie A. Buchanan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1902.
Democrat. Actress;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1955-62;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild; Urban
League.
First
black woman member of the New York legislature.
Died in September, 1980
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles P. Buchanan. |
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Edward W. Buckley (b. 1877) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, October
14, 1877.
Democrat. Printing
executive; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1907-08.
Member, Typographical Unon; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank J. Caffery (1913-1980) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
30, 1913.
Democrat. Yard foreman for Nickel Plate Railroad;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1941-42, 1949-62;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 42nd District, 1942.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Catholic
War Veterans; American
Legion; Knights
of Equity.
Died in September, 1980
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eric Thomas Chester (b. 1943) —
also known as Eric Chester —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Montague, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 6,
1943.
Son of Harry Chester and Alice (Fried) Chester.
New Politics candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1968; New Politics candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968;
university
professor; Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1996; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 2006.
Member, Industrial Workers of the World.
Still living as of 2010.
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Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) —
also known as Edgar E. Clark —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
18, 1856.
Son of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Train
conductor; Grand Senior
Conductor (1889), and Grand Chief
Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors of
America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-21; chair, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.
Member, Order of Railway Conductors; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
1, 1930 (age 74 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark; married, September
1, 1880, to Lovenia Jenkins (died 1903); married, June 28,
1911, to Agnes English Barnes. |
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of
University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hyman Costrell (b. 1890) —
also known as Jack Robbins —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; New York.
Born in Kurenitz, Russia (now Belarus),
October
19, 1890.
Communist. Arrested
in 1905 in Russia and jailed
three months for demonstrating
and distributing
circulars against the Czarist government; naturalized U.S.
citizen; plumber;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1934.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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George E. Dennen (b. 1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1884.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
reporter; member of New York
state assembly, 1913, 1926-34 (Kings County 10th District 1913,
Kings County 4th District 1926-34).
Member, Typographical Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to May R. Conklin. |
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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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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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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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Arthur O. Eve (b. 1933) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 23,
1933.
Son of Arthur B. Eve and Beatrice (Clark) Eve.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1967-2001 (143rd District 1967-82, 141st District
1983-2001); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1977.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; NAACP; Urban
League; United Auto Workers; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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John McCreath Farquhar (1832-1918) —
also known as John M. Farquhar —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born near Ayr, Scotland,
April
17, 1832.
Son of John Farquhar and Marion (McCreath) Farquhar.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1885-91; member, U.S.
Industrial Commission, 1898-1902.
Member, International Typographical Union.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1902, for action at Stone River, Tenn., December 31,
1862.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 24,
1918 (age 86 years, 7
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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William B. Fitzgerald (1914-1970) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
3, 1914.
Democrat. Real estate
sales; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 4th District, 1965-70; died in
office 1970.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; AFSCME.
Died December
7, 1970 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) —
also known as "Rebel Girl" —
of New York.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August 7,
1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer for
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one of
the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (at-large), 1954 (24th
District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961.
Female.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Industrial Workers of the World.
Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964 (age 74 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Jack Fuller (1900-1958) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mongaupe Center (now Harris), Sullivan
County, N.Y., April 17,
1900.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1945-46, 1949-50; defeated, 1946, 1950.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died in 1958
(age about
58 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph Germer (1881-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk, Kaliningrad
Oblast), January
15, 1881.
Socialist. Miner; union
official in various capacities for the United Mine Workers of
America, 1906-16; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,
Socialist Party of America, 1916-19; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried and
convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.
Member, United Mine Workers.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., 1964
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Hartmann (b. 1904) —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1904.
Socialist. Editor, Social Frontier magazine;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941.
Member, American Federation of Teachers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
January
8, 1876.
Son of Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff.
Socialist. Engineer;
university
professor; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1932.
Christian.
Member, American Association of University Professors; Sigma
Xi; Phi Mu
Alpha; Theta Xi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Joseph Krebs (1912-1996) —
also known as Paul J. Krebs —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1912.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1965-67; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1972.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died in Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach), Broward
County, Fla., September
17, 1996 (age 84 years, 114
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Lanahan (b. 1871) —
of Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 28,
1871.
Democrat. Linotype
operator; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1909.
Member, Eagles;
Typographical Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Revisch, Hungary,
1884.
School
teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the founders and
a vice-president
of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in
the union.
Member, Urban
League; American Federation of Teachers.
Collapsed and died in a barber
shop, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1956 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Queens, N.Y.
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Seaman;
automobile
worker; candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sarah Lovell (1922-1994) —
also known as Sarah Rebecca Hellman; Sarah
Zucker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 8,
1922.
Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman.
Candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1957; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Socialist Workers candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1968.
Female.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, International Typographical Union; National
Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer, in
New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 14,
1994 (age 72 years, 37
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman; married to
Frank Zucker; married 1949 to Frank
Lovell. |
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Francis J. McCaffrey, Jr. (b. 1902) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
9, 1902.
Son of Dr. Francis J. McCaffrey and Irene (Booth) McCaffrey.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1934-40;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1941; resigned 1941.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1932
to Katherine Agnes Hume. |
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Richard McCleery (b. 1902) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
19, 1902.
Son of Thomas McCleery and Katherine McCleery.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1935, 1936, 1938,
1940; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1947-48; defeated, 1944 (9th
District), 1948 (9th District), 1962 (18th District).
Member, Typographical Unon.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1925
to Katherine Schaible. |
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Brian M. McLaughlin (b. 1952) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 30,
1952.
Democrat. Electrician;
member of New York
state assembly 25th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000.
Catholic.
Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 2005.
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Patrick Joseph McMahon (born c.1883) —
also known as Patrick J. McMahon —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1883.
Democrat. Inspector of highways; Master
Workman of the Bronx Knights of Labor; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 34th District, 1913.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Labor; Elks; Woodmen;
Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Wilhelmina Hamberg. |
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Edward A. Miller (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., August
30, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper
compositor; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1903-04.
German
ancestry. Member, Typographical Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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John P. Nugent (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1879.
Democrat. Worked in shipbuilding;
business
agent of his Railroad Iron Workers local; appraiser;
insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gregory J. Pope (b. 1926) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., November
27, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-70 (Niagara County 1965, 152nd District
1966, 138th District 1967-70).
Catholic.
Member, United Auto Workers; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange.
Still living as of 1970.
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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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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April 15,
1889.
Son of James William Randolph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Randolph.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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John F. Rourke (b. 1861) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland,
June
24, 1861.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1922-23;
defeated (Independent), 1923.
Member, Teamsters Union.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Schifferdecker (b. 1862) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1862.
Organizer
and president,
Bartenders Union Local 70; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1911-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Richard Schmidhauser (b. 1922) —
also known as John R. Schmidhauser —
of Iowa.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
3, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966,
1968; member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Association of University Professors; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 1998.
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Edward A. Schuster, Sr. (1900-1968) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 7,
1900.
Son of John F. Schuster and Ida B. (Eichenger) Schuster.
Democrat. Machinist;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1943-60 (Allegheny County 3rd
District 1943-54, Allegheny County 7th District 1955-60).
Died in 1968
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Son of Morris Shanker and Mamie Shanker.
Democrat. School
teacher; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, American Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y.
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Clara Shavelson (1886-1982) —
also known as Clara Lemlich —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Gorodok, Ukraine,
March
28, 1886.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1936.
Female.
Died in California, July 25,
1982 (age 96 years, 119
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward A. Stevenson, Sr. (b. 1907) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica,
November
9, 1907.
Democrat. Food service director, New York City Department of
Correction; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-70 (86th District 1966, 78th District
1967-70).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) —
also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott
Peabody —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., April 17,
1917.
Daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman)
Peabody.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Female.
She was walking with Adlai
Stevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart
attack.
Died August
15, 1991 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman)
Peabody; married, September
2, 1939, to Desmond FitzGerald (divorced 1947); married, July 26,
1947, to Ronald Tree (1897-1976; journalist, member of British
Parliament); mother of Frances FitzGerald (born 1940; writer,
journalist, won Pulitzer Prize for Fire in the
Lake). |
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article — Internet Movie Database
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Son of Clara
Shavelson.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter;
president,
Local 13, Shipbuilders
Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as international
representative for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman's
and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in 1976
(age about
63 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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John H. Westbrook (b. 1890) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., April 6,
1890.
Democrat. Sheet metal
worker; president,
Local 15, Sheet Metal Workers; delegate,
Central Federation of Labor, 1912; president,
Troy Building Trades Council, 1918; president,
New York State Council of Sheet Metal Workers, 1921-22; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1924.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) —
also known as Charles Zimmerman; Alexander
Ubsushone —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne, Ukraine),
1896.
Communist. Garment
worker; Workers candidate for New York
state assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (Bronx
County 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled from
Communist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and became
anti-Communist by 1946; vice-president,
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1934-72; became blind
in 1966.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died June 3,
1983 (age about 86
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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