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Alexander Sandor Asboth (1811-1868) —
also known as Alexander Asboth —
of Missouri.
Born in Keszthely, Hungary,
December
18, 1811.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1866-68, died in office 1868; Uruguay, 1867-68, died in office 1868.
Hungarian ancestry.
Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
January
21, 1868 (age 56 years, 34
days).
Original interment at Charita
District Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles H. Breitbart (b. 1887) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Burstein, Austria,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1933-39; resigned
1939.
Austrian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Djerassi (b. 1923) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
October
29, 1923.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; university
professor; chemist
and pharmaceutical
researcher;
helped develop the oral contraceptive pill; playwright;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972.
Austrian and Bulgarian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted into National Inventors Hall of
Fame, 1978.
Still living as of 2006.
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Zolton A. Ferency (1922-1993) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 30,
1922.
Son of John Ferency and Mary (Jankovics) Ferency.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1957-58; director,
Michigan Workers Compensation Bureau, 1958-60; executive secretary to
Gov. John
B. Swainson, 1961-62; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1964;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1966 (Democratic), 1970 (Democratic primary), 1974
(Human Rights), 1978 (Democratic primary), 1982 (Democratic primary);
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1972 (Human Rights), 1976 (Human
Rights), 1986 (Independent); Ingham
County Commissioner, 1981-82; candidate in Democratic primary for
Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1990.
Catholic.
Hungarian ancestry. Member, NAACP; Catholic
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Sparrow Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 23,
1993 (age 70 years, 266
days).
Interment at Summit
Cemetery, Williamston, Mich.
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Freman Hendrix (born c.1951) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1951.
Son of Emmanuel Freman Hendrix and Rudolfine (Ernegger) Hendrix.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1996,
2000;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2005, 2009 (primary).
Catholic.
African
and Austrian ancestry. Member, NAACP; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Son of Justin Louis Kestenbaum (1925-1995) and Maryhelen (Dietrich)
Kestenbaum (1928-1985).
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate in primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian, German, Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Grange; Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2010.
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George Elmer Pataki (b. 1945) —
also known as George Pataki —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 24,
1945.
Son of Louis P. Pataki (1912-1996) and Margaret (Lagana) Pataki.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Peekskill, N.Y., 1981-84; member of New York
state assembly 91st District, 1985-92; member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1993-94; Governor of
New York, 1995-2006; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 2004.
Catholic.
Hungarian, Irish, and
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry L. Schmidt (1891-1982) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March 18,
1891.
Democrat. Merchant
tailoring business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1917-18; defeated, 1918; candidate for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1920.
German
and Austrian ancestry.
Died in 1982
(age about
91 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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).
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 2009.
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Relatives: 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). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Arnold Schwarzenegger: Arnold
: The Education of a Bodybuilder (1977) |
| | | Books about Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Nigel Andrews, True
Myths : The Life and Times of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Pumping
Iron to Governor of California — Susan Zannos, Arnold
Schwarzenegger — Laurence Leamer, Fantastic
: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Michael Blitz &
Louise Krasniewicz, Why
Arnold Matters: The Rise of a Cultural Icon — Colleen
A. Sexton, Arnold
Schwarzenegger (for young readers) |
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Josef Winkler III (1928-2002) —
also known as Joe Winkler —
of Douglas
County, Colo.
Born in Douglas
County, Colo., April 23,
1928.
Son of Josef Winkler II and Rose Paoli Winkler.
Rancher;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
state senate, 1979-86.
Catholic.
Austrian ancestry.
Died, from an infection,
in Porter Adventist Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., July 18,
2002 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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