Floy Evelyn Archer — also known as Floy
Archer; Floy Evelyn Brennan — of Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y. Daughter of Harold Joseph Brennan and Jean (Gates)
Brennan; married, April 12,
1947, to Edward P. Archer. Republican. Delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1964;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1967. Female.
Catholic. Still living as of 1967.
Arthur A. Arvizu (b. 1927) — of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif. Born in Arvin, Kern
County, Calif., February
11, 1927. Son of Arthur Ortiz Arvizu and Rachel (Vargas) Arvizu;
married, August
17, 1950, to Mary Frances Schemmel. Democrat. Served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; fire
fighter; president,
Kern County Fire Fighters Union; chair of Kern
County Democratic Party, 1964-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1968,
1972
(alternate). Catholic. Still living as of 1973.
James H. Ashcraft (b. 1944) — of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, January
15, 1944. Son of Hale H. Ashcraft and Jean (Beach) Ashcraft.
Republican. Marketing rep for IBM;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972.
Catholic. Member, Blue
Key; Jaycees;
Sigma
Pi. Still living as of 1973.
Charles Christopher Cox (b. 1952) — also known as
Christopher Cox — of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
16, 1952. Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk to Judge Herbert
Y. C. Choy, 1977-79; senior associate counsel to Pres. Ronald
Reagan, 1986-88; U.S.
Representative from California, 1989-2005 (40th District 1989-93,
47th District 1993-2003, 48th District 2003-05); resigned 2005;
chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission. Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2005.
Lloyd Davis (c.1915-2001) — of South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1967-70. Catholic.
Member, Sierra
Club. On October 26, 1969, he stabbed
his wife, Mary Troja Davis, with a 9-inch butcher knife; she
recovered. Charged
with felony assault to commit murder;
tried
in 1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Years later, he
attributed the incident to a skin cancer drug. Died in South
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 2001. Burial
location unknown.
Larry LaRocco (b. 1946) — of Idaho. Born in Van
Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
25, 1946. Democrat. Field representative for U.S. Sen. Frank
Church, 1975-81; Oregon primary coordinator for the Church
presidential campaign in 1976; candidate for Idaho
state senate, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1991-95; defeated, 1982,
1994. Catholic. Still living as of 1998.
Gavin Newsom (b. 1967) — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born October
10, 1967. Son of William Newsom and Tessa (Menzies) Newsom;
married to Kimberly Guilfoyle. Democrat. Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2004; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2004.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Still living as of 2007.
Leon Edward Panetta (b. 1938) — also known as
Leon E. Panetta — of Carmel Valley, Monterey
County, Calif. Born in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., June 28,
1938. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1977-93 (16th District 1977-93,
17th District 1993). Catholic. Director, Office of Management
and Budget, 1993-94; White House chief of staff, 1994-96. Still
living as of 2001.
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) — also known
as Arnold Schwarzenegger; "Arnie";
"Conan the Republican"; "The
Governator"; "The Austrian Oak" — of
California. Born in Thal, Styria, Austria,
July
30, 1947. Son of Gustav Schwarzenegger (1907-1972) and Aurelia
(Jadrny) Schwarzenegger (1922-1998); married, April 26,
1986, to Maria Owings Shriver (daughter of Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.; niece of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy; sister of Mark
Kennedy Shriver). Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; actor
in numerous movies,
including Pumping Iron, the Terminator series, Conan the
Barbarian, Predator, Total Recall, and others; Governor of
California, 2003-. Catholic. Austrian
ancestry. Still living as of 2006.
Marlo Thomas (b. 1937) — also known as Margaret
Julia Thomas — of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Deerfield, Lenawee
County, Mich., November
21, 1937. Daughter of Rosa Maria (Cassaniti) Mantell Thomas and
Danny Thomas (1914-1991; entertainer);
married, May 21,
1980, to Phil Donahue (talk show
host). Democrat. Actress
in television shows and movies; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972.
Female.
Catholic. Lebanese
and Italian
ancestry. Still living as of 2006.
Esteban Edward Torres (b. 1930) — of La Puente, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Miami, Gila
County, Ariz., January
27, 1930. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean
conflict;
