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Arnold Abbott (b. 1924) —
of Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1924.
Son of Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, United
World Federalists; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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Wallace Thomson Albertson (b. 1924) —
also known as Wallace T. Albertson; Wallace
Thomson —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 23,
1924.
Daughter of Peter Smart Thomson and Margaretta (Maloney) Thomson.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1972-73; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1972-73.
Female.
Spiritualist.
Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1952
to Jack Albertson. |
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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) —
also known as Francis Biddle —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born, in Paris, France,
of American parents, May 9,
1886.
Son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-40; resigned
1940; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1940-41; U.S.
Attorney General, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1952.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union; Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
4, 1968 (age 82 years, 148
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Dana Martha Camp (b. 1952) —
of Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1952.
Daughter of Herbert Lawrence Camp and Betty Delores (Brewington)
Camp.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, National
Organization for Women; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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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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Roger E. Craig (b. 1933) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Blairsville, Indiana
County, Pa., April 23,
1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1965-70; defeated in primary, 1970.
Protestant.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Civil Liberties
Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1970.
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Vincent J. Fumo (b. 1943) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1943.
Son of Vincent E. Fumo and Helen (Rodgers) Fumo.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1977-2004; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil Liberties Union; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Married to Susan A. Vena. |
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Harold Joseph Patrick Gibbons (1910-1982) —
also known as Harold J. Gibbons —
of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Archibald Patch, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April 10,
1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1952,
1956.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Teamsters
Union; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
The site of the original Sportsman's Park baseball stadium in St.
Louis, now a neighborhood playground, was named "Harold J.
Gibbons Field" for him.
Died, from complications of a ruptured aortic
aneurysm, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November, 1982
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Son of William Henry Hastie and Roberta (Child) Hastie.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took senior
status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April 14,
1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leroy L. Hodge (c.1948-2004) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Allegheny County Commissioner, 1999;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2001; candidate for Pittsburgh city council,
2002.
African
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of complications from an organ transplant, January
22, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March 15,
1874.
Son of Jesse Boone Williams Ickes and Martha Ann (McCune) Ickes.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian.
Member, NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. |
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Mary Winsor (b. 1873) —
of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 28,
1873.
Daughter of James Davis Winsor and Rebecca (Chapman) Winsor.
Socialist. Suffragette; participant in the first U.S. birth control
conference, New York City, November 1921; on November 13, police
arrived to forcibly shut down the event, and she was arrested,
along with Margaret Sanger, for attempting
to speak; charged
with disorderly conduct, but released soon after; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1932.
Female.
Member, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Burial
location unknown.
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