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George Ellsworth Boomer (1862-1915) —
also known as George E. Boomer; "Uncle
Sam" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.; Prosser, Benton
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Leavenworth, Chelan
County, Wash.; Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, November
28, 1862.
Printer;
president, Rhode Island Central Labor Union, 2 years; newspaper
editor and publisher; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1893; Socialist candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1908; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1914.
Member, International
Typographical Union.
Died in Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash., April 5,
1915 (age 52 years, 128
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) —
also known as Francis Xavier Waldron —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
10, 1905.
Communist. Union organizer; fled
to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoid prosecution;
General Secretary, Communist Party, 1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61;
arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died January
31, 1961 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Jacqueline Jones-Walsh —
also known as Jacquie Jones-Walsh —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1996,
2000;
president, Local 243, Washington Federation of State Employees
(AFSCME).
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, AFSCME.
Still living as of 2003.
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Ernest Thor Olson (born c.1915) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Canada,
about 1915.
Democrat. President, Building Service Employees International
Union, Local 38; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1939; member of Washington
state senate 27th District, 1945-47.
Still living as of 1947.
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