Sam Ackerman (b. 1934) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
23, 1934. Son of Joseph Ackerman and Regina (Marmorstein)
Ackerman; married 1970 to Martha
Sue Gordon. Democrat. Personnel director, Continental Coffee;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action. Still living as of 1973.
Loretta Abel Amley (born c.1920) — also known as
Loretta Amley — of La Mirada, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn. Daughter of Charles Amley and Anna (Botten) Amley.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1968,
1972.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of
1973.
Robert William Baker (b. 1924) — also known as
Robert W. Baker — of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass. Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 30,
1924. Son of Chauncey William Baker and Marion (Power) Baker;
married, December
29, 1951, to Rita Agnes Knox. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; psychologist;
university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1968,
1972.
Member, American
Psychological Association; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
John M. Burns — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1964-68 (New York County 8th District 1964-65,
71st District 1966, 64th District 1967-68). Christian
Scientist. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP; Psi
Upsilon. Still living as of 1968.
Renee Vera Cafiero (b. 1943) — also known as
Renee Vera Pachter — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
3, 1943. Daughter of Henry M. Pachter and Hedwig (Rösler)
Pachter; married 1961 to Arthur
D. Cafiero (divorced). Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972.
Female.
Deist.
Lesbian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Common
Cause. Still living as of 1993.
Dana Martha Camp (b. 1952) — of Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1952. Daughter of Herbert Lawrence Camp and Betty Delores
(Brewington) Camp. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; National
Organization for Women. Still living as of 1973.
Richard Clarence Clark (b. 1928) — also known as
Dick Clark — of Marion, Linn
County, Iowa. Born in Paris, Linn
County, Iowa, September
14, 1928. Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1973-79; defeated, 1978; U.S. Ambassador to , 1979. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still
living as of 1998.
Renee Crawford — of Shorewood, Milwaukee
County, Wis. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004;
associate director, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. Female.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of
2007.
Frank S. Farrell, Sr. (c.1921-2000) — of Minnesota.
Born in Minnesota. Lawyer;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1956. Member, American Civil Liberties
Union. Plaintiff in a lawsuit over disparities in legislative
district populations (Minnesota had not changed its state senate
districts since 1913), which led to the U.S. Supreme Court's "One
Man, One Vote" decisions starting in 1962. Died, of congestive
heart failure, near Hayward, Sawyer
County, Wis., July 31,
2000. Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Mendota, Minn.
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.
Harold Joseph Patrick Gibbons (1910-1982) — also
known as Harold J. Gibbons — of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo. Born in Archibald Patch, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April 10,
1910. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1952.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP. The
site of the original Sportsman's Park baseball stadium in St. Louis,
now a neighborhood playground, was named "Harold J. Gibbons
Field" for him. Died, from complications of a ruptured aortic
aneurysm, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November, 1982.
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Leroy L. Hodge (c.1948-2004) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Allegheny County Commissioner, 1999;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2001; candidate for Pittsburgh city council,
2002. Black.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Died, of complications
from an organ transplant, January
22, 2004. Burial
location unknown.
Ellen M. Jackson (b. 1935) — of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1935. Daughter of David Swepson and Marguerite (Booker)
Swepson; married to Hugh L. Jackson. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
Black.
Methodist.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of
1973.
Gloria G. Karp (b. 1925) — of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
1925. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1972.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of
1973.
Charles Patric Larrowe (1916-2006) — also known as
Charles P. Larrowe; Lash Larrowe — of East
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich. Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., May 1,
1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974. Member,
American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, 2006;
body
donated to the Michigan State University medical school.
William Matson Roth — also known as William M.
Roth; W. M. Roth — of Sausalito, Marin
County, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960;
Regent, University of California; U.S. Trade Representative, 1967-69.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of
1969.
