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William Loren Batt, Jr. (b. 1916) —
also known as William L. Batt, Jr. —
of Montgomery
County, Pa.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
30, 1916.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1946.
Protestant.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1950.
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Frances Catherine Baur (b. 1949) —
also known as Frances C. Baur —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
21, 1949.
Daughter of Robert Matthew Baur and Louise (Owen) Baur.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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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.
Descendant of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances
(Robinson) Biddle; married, April 27,
1918, to Katherine Garrison Chapin (poet).
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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Genevieve Blatt (1913-1996) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in East Brady, Clarion
County, Pa., June 19,
1913.
Daughter of George F. Blatt and Clara (Laurent) Blatt.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Pennsylvania Democratic Party, 1948; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1952; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1955-66; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1964; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1972-93.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Americans for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died in a retirement
home at Hampden Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 4,
1996 (age 83 years, 15
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa.
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Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. (1901-1990) —
also known as Joseph S. Clark, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
21, 1901.
Son of Joseph S. Clark and Kate Richardson (Avery) Clark; married to
Noel Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1952-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1957-69; defeated, 1968.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; American Bar
Association; United
World Federalists; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
12, 1990 (age 88 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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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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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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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; married, December
25, 1943, to Beryl Lockhart.
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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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;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane.
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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Francis John Myers (1901-1956) —
also known as Francis J. Myers —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1901.
Married to Catharine M. Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1939-45; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died in 1956
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Glenside, Pa.
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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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Molly Yard (1912-2005) —
also known as Mary Alexander Yard; Molly Yard
Garrett —
of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Cook Township, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Shanghai, China to
American parents, July 6,
1912.
Married, August
30, 1938, to Sylvester Garrett (1911-1996; labor arbitrator).
Democrat. Candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1964; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972;
president, National Organization for Women, 1987-92.
Female.
Member, National
Organization for Women; Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, in the Fair Oaks Nursing
Home, Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
21, 2005 (age 93 years, 77
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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