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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March 13,
1908.
Son of Moses Annenberg and Sarah Annenberg.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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David Lionel Bazelon (1909-1993) —
also known as David L. Bazelon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
3, 1909.
Son of Israel Bazelon and Lena (Krasnovsky) Bazelon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-79; took
senior status 1979.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1993 (age 83 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Victor Luitpold Berger (1860-1929) —
also known as Victor L. Berger —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Nieder-Rehbach, Austria,
February
28, 1860.
Son of Ignatz Berger and Julia Berger.
Socialist. Emigrated to the United States in 1878; school
teacher; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1911-13, 1919,
1923-29; defeated, 1904, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party, 1927-29.
Jewish ancestry. Member, International
Typographical Union.
He and Eugene
V. Debs founded the Socialist Party. He opposed
U.S. entry into World War I; in Chicago in 1918, he was tried and
convicted
under the Espionage
Act, and sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
elected to Congress anyway, he was denied a
seat in 1919-21 to to alleged disloyalty.
In 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed his conviction; the cases
against him were withdrawn; he resumed his seat in Congress in 1923.
Injured in a streetcar
accident, and subsequently died, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August 7,
1929 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987) —
also known as Wilbur J. Cohen —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 10,
1913.
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-69.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Leading expert on Social Security.
Died in a hotel room
in Seoul, South
Korea, May 17,
1987 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Tex.
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Henry H. Eng (b. 1948) —
also known as Hank Eng —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
7, 1948.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; aerospace
engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 6th District, 2008.
Jewish. Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Russell Dana Feingold (b. 1953) —
also known as Russell D. Feingold; Russ
Feingold —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., March 2,
1953.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1983-93; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Steven Kagen (b. 1949) —
also known as Steve Kagen —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis., December
12, 1949.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert H. Kohl (b. 1935) —
also known as Herb Kohl —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
7, 1935.
Democrat. Wisconsin
Democratic state chair, 1975-77; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1989-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Owner of Milwaukee Bucks pro basketball
team.
Still living as of 2009.
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Hyman M. Mark —
of Hurley, Iron
County, Wis.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1921-24.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abner Joseph Mikva (b. 1926) —
also known as Abner J. Mikva —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
21, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1969-73, 1975-79 (2nd District
1969-73, 10th District 1975-79); Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Newton Norman Minow (b. 1926) —
also known as Newton N. Minow —
of Glencoe, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
17, 1926.
Son of Jay A. Minow and Doris (Stein) Minow.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1961-63; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1972.
Jewish. Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2009.
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Marcus Otterbourg —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Bavaria, Germany.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul in Mexico City, 1861-67; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1867.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. Padway (b. 1890) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Leeds, England,
July
25, 1890.
Son of Morris Padway and Rose (Salomon) Padway.
Lawyer;
executive counsel to Milwaukee Mayor Daniel
W. Hoan; general
counsel, Wisconsin Federation of Labor; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1925.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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