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Amerigo Bozzani (1883-1964) —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Modena, Italy,
October
2, 1883.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1956.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Americans for Democratic Action.
Died in June, 1964
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeffery Cohelan (1914-1999) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 24,
1914.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer,
Local 302, Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees union, 1942-58; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1959-71; defeated in
primary, 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Moose; Eagles; Teamsters
Union; Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and cancer, in
Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1999 (age 84 years, 236
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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June Oppen Degnan (c.1918-2001) —
also known as June Degnan —
of Ross, Marin
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born about 1918.
Democrat. Member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972.
Female.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Author of what David Broder called "Degnan's Law": "Anybody who
deserves to be president of the United States ought to be able, in a
half-hour conversation, to express one thought I had not already
thought of myself.".
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
14, 2001 (age about 83
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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William Donlon Edwards (b. 1915) —
also known as Don Edwards —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
6, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-95 (9th District 1963-75,
10th District 1975-93, 16th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964,
1968,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harry Girvetz (1910-1974) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in 1910.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died in 1974
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Vann Rogers, Jr. (1911-1993) —
also known as Will Rogers, Jr. —
of Culver City, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, October
20, 1911.
Son of Will Rogers (1879-1935; humorist) and Betty (Blake) Rogers.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1943-44; resigned
1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1946; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1948.
Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in in Tubac, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz., July 9,
1993 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Tubac
Cemetery, Tubac, Ariz.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and
Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
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Deborah A. Vollmer (b. 1948) —
of California; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born January
15, 1948.
Daughter of Erwin P. Vollmer and Aline Fruhauf Vollmer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1992, 1996;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1998, 2000, 2002.
Female.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2002.
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Horace Jeremiah Voorhis (1901-1984) —
also known as H. 'Jerry' Voorhis —
of San Dimas, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., April 6,
1901.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state assembly, 1934; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1937-47; defeated,
1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died, of emphysema,
at Claremont Manor retirement
home, Claremont, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
11, 1984 (age 83 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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