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Sammie A. Abbott (1908-1990) —
of Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born April 25,
1908.
Communist. Activist and labor organizer; arrested
about 50 times in connection with demonstrations
and strikes; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1934; mayor
of Takoma Park, Md., 1980-85; defeated, 1985.
Died December
15, 1990 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1938
to Ruth Gracie Yalsic (1920-2009). |
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William Albertson (c.1910-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
about 1910.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 16th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1934;
secretary-treasurer, Local 16, Hotel and Restaurant Workers
Union.
Indicted,
along with other Communist leaders, by a federal grand jury in
August, 1951; tried, in
Pittsburgh, starting in November 1952, and convicted
in August, 1953, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to advocate the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; sentenced
to five years in prison;
the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the convictions in 1956. Expelled
from the Communist Party in 1964 over claims that he served as an
undercover police agent; in 1976, it was revealed that the charge was
founded on a phony letter planted by the F.B.I.
Died in 1972
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Max Bedacht (1883-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1883.
Communist. Barber;
president, Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1930; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934.
German
ancestry.
Expelled from the Communist Party in 1948 over factional differences.
Died July 4,
1972 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Bickhart —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Democrat. President, Dunkirk Area Central Labor Council;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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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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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers;
founder of the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first
president; expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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William J. Butler —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Secretary of the Streetcarmen's Organization labor
union, 1916; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1938-40, 1945-60;
defeated, 1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph D. Cannon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Labor organizer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1920; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1921; candidate for New York
state senate 18th District, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sol Chick Chaikin (1918-1991) —
also known as Sol C. Chaikin —
of Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
9, 1918.
Son of Sam Chaikin and Beckie (Schechtman) Chaikin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
president, International Ladies Garment Workers Union,
1975-86; vice-president, AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish.
Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Died, from heart
failure, in Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, New Hyde Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1991 (age 73 years, 82
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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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 Hunter Corregan (b. 1860) —
also known as Charles H. Corregan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1860.
Son of William H. Corregan and Susannah (Gilmore) Corregan.
Printer;
president, Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse,
1892; vice-president, New York State Federation of Labor,
1893; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1896; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) —
also known as George S. Counts —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; New Hope, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born near Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan., December
9, 1889.
Son of James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble) Counts.
University
professor; author;
president, American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York
American Labor Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,
1955-59.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died November
10, 1974 (age 84 years, 336
days); body donated
to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.
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Frank P. Cox (1895-1977) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
16, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
president, Albany Typographical Union No. 4;
vice-president, Albany Central Federation of Labor; member of
New
York state assembly, 1960-68 (Albany County 1st District 1960-65,
113th District 1966, 102nd District 1967-68).
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died June 4,
1977 (age 81 years, 231
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Etolla L. McCarthy. |
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Peter J. Crotty (c.1908-1992) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel in New York for the United Steelworkers union;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1953; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1954-65; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1958; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 56th District, 1967.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Mercy Hospital,
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 3,
1992 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Curran (1906-1981) —
also known as Joseph Curran; Joe Curran; "Big
Joe" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1906.
Merchant
seaman; president, National Maritime Union (NMU), 1937-73;
vice-president, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO),
1940-55; American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1940; vice-chair of
New York American Labor Party, 1945.
Died, of cancer, in
Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
14, 1981 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel De Leon (1852-1914) —
also known as "The Pope" —
of New York.
Born in Curacao,
December
14, 1852.
Leader and theoretician of the Socialist Labor Party; Socialist Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1896; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1902, 1904; in 1905, was a founder of the
Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to organize
all workers in "One Big Union".
Died May 11,
1914 (age 61 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Evelyn Dubrow (1917-2006) —
also known as Evy Dubrow —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., May 6,
1917.
Democrat. Labor organizer; vice president and lobbyist
for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for many years;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996.
Female.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., June 20,
2006 (age 89 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., July 4,
1878.
Republican. Cement
mason; president, San Francisco Building Trades Council;
member of California
state senate, 1915-22; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died in
office 1926.
Died, in the Hotel
Marseilles, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1926 (age 47 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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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William Z. Foster (1881-1961) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in
1919; candidate for President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Esther Abramovitch. |
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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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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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Abraham Goodman (c.1885-1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1885.
Son of Samuel Goodman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel for the Furriers Union and other labor
organizations; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1916-17.
Jewish.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in St. Mark's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1926 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Victor Gotbaum (b. 1921) —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
5, 1921.
Democrat. Leader of AFSCME District Council 37 in New York
City, 1965-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972,
1984,
1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker;
union organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers'
strike in 1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Sidney Hillman (1887-1946) —
of New York.
Born in Zagare, Lithuania,
March
23, 1887.
President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), and
one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations (CIO); New York American Labor Party state chair, 1945.
Jewish.
Died in Point Lookout, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 10,
1946 (age 59 years, 109
days).
Entombed at Westchester
Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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James P. Hooley (b. 1855) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, July 12,
1855.
Son of Morgan Hooley and Mary Margaret (Coffey) Hooley.
Iron
molder; organizer for the Knights of Labor; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1884-85.
Irish
ancestry.
Interment at St.
John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Jack French Kemp (1935-2009) —
also known as Jack Kemp —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1935.
Republican. Professional football
player, National and American Football Leagues, 1957-70;
cofounder and president, American Football League
Players Association; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-89 (39th District 1971-73,
38th District 1973-83, 31st District 1983-89); candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-93; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of cancer, in
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2009 (age 73 years, 293
days).
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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Jay Mazur (born c.1932) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1932.
Democrat. President, International Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, 1986-95; president, Union of Needletrades, Industrial,
and Technical Employees (UNITE), 1995-2001; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1988,
1996,
2000.
Still living as of 2006.
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Clifford T. McAvoy (born c.1904) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., about 1904.
Son of John
V. McAvoy.
College
instructor; American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; concert
violinist; international representative, United Electrical
Workers; American Labor candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John T. McManus (1904-1961) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1904.
Son of Edward J. McManus.
Reporter
and movie critic for the New York Times; movie and radio
critic for Time magazine;
entertainment editor for PM (newspaper);
general manager, Weekly Guardian newspaper;
president, Newspaper Guild of New York, 1943-47;
international vice president of the American Newspaper Guild;
member, New York CIO Council; member of New York American
Labor Party Executive Committee, 1945; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (American Labor), 1954 (American Labor), 1958
(Independent Socialist); in 1956, called before a U.S. Senate
subcommittee, he took the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
in refusing to answer questions about the Communist
Party.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
22, 1961 (age 56 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jane Bedell. |
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George Meany (1894-1980) —
Born in City Island, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
16, 1894.
Son of Michael Meany.
Plumber;
president, American Federation of Labor, 1952-55;
president, AFL-CIO, 1955-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died January
10, 1980 (age 85 years, 147
days).
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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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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Carlos M. Rios (1914-1980) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, March 5,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
president, Independent Theater Employees Union; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died, following a stroke, in
the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1980 (age 66 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Candida Santos. |
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Frank G. Rossetti —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1943-44, 1955-72 (New York County 20th District
1943-44, New York County 16th District 1955-65, 76th District 1966,
68th District 1967-72); defeated, 1944; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964;
vice-president, Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons
International Association.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
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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Anthony Scotto (b. 1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1934.
Democrat. Longshoreman;
vice-president, International Longshoremen's Association;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
member of the Gambino crime
family; charged
in 1979 on 44 counts of accepting
payoffs, evading
income taxes and racketeering; tried and
convicted
on 33 of the counts; sentenced
to five years in prison;
released in 1984.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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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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Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1936) —
also known as Abraham I. Shiplacoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Province of Chernigov, Russia,
December
25, 1877.
Socialist. Labor union official; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New
York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1926 (10th District), 1928 (10th
District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9th District).
Jewish.
Died, of an infection
secondary to kidney
stones, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February, 1936
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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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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Randi Weingarten (b. 1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
18, 1957.
Daughter of Gabriel Weingarten and Edith (Appelbaum) Weingarten.
Democrat. School
teacher; president, United Federation of Teachers and
American Federation of Teachers; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
Presidential Elector for New York, 2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004-08.
Female.
Lesbian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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