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Thomas Henry Burke (1904-1959) —
also known as Thomas H. Burke —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, May 6,
1904.
Democrat. Official, United Auto Workers union, 1938-48; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
12, 1959 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Nuckles Doak (1882-1933) —
also known as William N. Doak —
of Roanoke,
Va.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Rural Retreat, Wythe
County, Va., December
12, 1882.
Son of Canaro Draton Doak and Elizabeth (Dutton) Doak.
Republican. Vice-president, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
1916-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1916
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1924; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1930-33.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of heart
disease, in McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., October
23, 1933 (age 50 years, 315
days).
Interment at Methodist
Church Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Va.
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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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