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Roberta Achtenberg (b. 1950) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born July 20,
1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1988; Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 1993-95; first
openly gay person to be confirmed for appointment by the U.S. Senate;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1995; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National Lawyers Guild; Lesbian.
Still living as of 2000.
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Thaddeus V. Adesko (1902-1978) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Mt. Prospect, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
5, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1947-51.
Member, American Bar
Association; National Lawyers Guild.
Died in August, 1978
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent Morrison Brennan (1890-1959) —
also known as Vincent M. Brennan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., April 22,
1890.
Son of Charles Thomas Brennan and Mary Agnes (Morrison) Brennan.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1921-23; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1924-54.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; National Lawyers Guild; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Maccabees.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
4, 1959 (age 68 years, 288
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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George William Crockett, Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke and
died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Louis L. Friedman (b. 1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1941-44; member
of New
York state senate 15th District, 1945-55; resigned 1955; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1957-58.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith; National Lawyers Guild.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest Goodman (c.1907-1997) —
of Michigan.
Born in Hemlock, Saginaw
County, Mich., about 1907.
Progressive. Lawyer; associate general
counsel, United Auto Workers; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1948.
Member, National Lawyers Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Helfand (1902-1987) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1902.
Son of Ruben Helfand and Rose (Sperance) Helfand.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1935; defeated,
1935.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; National Lawyers Guild.
Sponsored 1935 amendment to New York State tax law, which prohibited
educational institutions from denying admission to qualified
applicants because of race, color, or creed.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
16, 1987 (age 84 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Francis McAllister (1896-1976) —
also known as Thomas F. McAllister —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March 4,
1896.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1934, 1936; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1938-41; resigned 1941; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1941-63.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; National Lawyers Guild; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died November
10, 1976 (age 80 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
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John J. Miller (1932-1985) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born July 28,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1967-78 (17th District 1967-74, 13th District
1975-78); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972;
Judge,
California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1978-85.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association; National Lawyers Guild; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of diabetes,
on February
16, 1985 (age 52 years, 203
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Henry O'Brien (b. 1868) —
also known as Patrick H. O'Brien —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.; Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Phoenix, Keweenaw
County, Mich., March 15,
1868.
Son of Patrick J. O'Brien and Mary (Green) O'Brien.
Democrat. Miner; lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1908 (12th District), 1930 (6th
District); circuit
judge in Michigan 12th Circuit, 1912-22; resigned 1922;
defeated, 1935 (3rd Circuit); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1912
(speaker),
1928
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1919, 1925; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Michigan, 1932; Michigan
state attorney general, 1933-34; defeated, 1934; Wayne
County Probate Judge, 1939.
Member, American Bar
Association; National Lawyers Guild; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Paul O'Dwyer (1907-1998) —
also known as Paul O'Dwyer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland,
June
29, 1907.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968.
Member, National Lawyers Guild.
Suffered a stroke,
and later died, in Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., June 23,
1998 (age 90 years, 359
days).
Interment at Bohola
Graveyard, Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland.
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Frank Schwartz (1893-1984) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
5, 1893.
Son of Joseph Schwartz and Anna (Gilbert) Schwartz.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1932; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic primary), 1941
(primary); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1944,
1948.
Jewish.
Member, National Lawyers Guild; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
4, 1984 (age 91 years, 212
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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