William M. Bennett (1895-1978) — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y. Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 19,
1895. Son of Martin J. Bennett and Mary (Marshall) Bennett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1936.
Irish ancestry. Died in 1978.
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
Matthew F. Callahan — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1927-28; defeated (Republican), 1924, 1944; candidate in Democratic
primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1947-48; defeated, 1928 (Republican
primary), 1942 (Democratic primary), 1948 (Republican primary), 1950
(Republican primary). Irish ancestry. Still living as of 1950.
James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) — also known as
James P. Cannon — of New York. Born in Rosedale (now
part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan., 1890.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1922 (Workers, 10th District), 1928
(20th District); Workers candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924. Irish ancestry. Became an open supporter
of Leon Trotsky's opposition to Stalin about 1928, and was expelled
from the Communist Party; became a major Trotskyist leader and
theoretician, and one of the founders
of the Socialist Workers Party. Arrested
in 1941 and charged
under the Smith
Act; convicted
in 1943, and served sixteen months in federal prison.
Died in 1974.
Burial
location unknown.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) — also known as
"Rebel Girl" — of New York. Born in Concord,
Merrimack
County, N.H., 1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the
World ("Wobblies") in 1906-28; one of the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (at-large), 1954 (24th
District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961. Female.
Irish ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union. Died in Russia,
1964.
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
Thomas St. John Gaffney (b. 1864) — also known as
T. St. John Gaffney — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Limerick, Ireland,
1864.
Son of Thomas Gaffney; married to Fannie (Smith) Humphreys.
Republican. U.S. Consul General in Dresden, 1905-12; Munich, 1914. Irish ancestry. Burial
location unknown.
Patrick Henry McCarren (c.1850-1909) — also known as
Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar
Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass. Married to Kate Hogan (died 1883). Democrat. Cooper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics
for twenty years. Died, from intestinal
degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
Charles Francis Murphy (1858-1924) — also known as
Charles F. Murphy — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1858. Son of John M. Murphy; father-in-law of James
A. Foley. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1920.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall. Leader of Tammany Hall from 1902 to 1924. Died April 25,
1924. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) — also known as
James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker; "Beau
James"; "The Night Mayor" — of
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881. Son of William
H. Walker; married to Janet Allen (divorced 1933); married, April 18,
1933, to Betty Compton (actress;
divorced 1941). Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member
of New
York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District
1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention
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