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Jacob M. Arvey (1895-1977) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1895.
Son of Israel Arvey and Bertha (Eisenberg) Arvey.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alderman, 24th Ward, Chicago, 1923-41; commissioner, Chicago Park
District, 1945-67; delegate to
Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1968;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Cook County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1950-.
Jewish.
Russian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; Navy
League; Elks; Freemasons;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of heart
failure, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 1977 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph T. Baran (b. 1894) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
9, 1894.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948,
1952.
Ukrainian ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary V. Beck (1908-2005) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ford City, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
29, 1908.
Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck.
Democrat. Social
worker; lawyer;
member, Detroit City Council, 1950-70 (first
woman to be elected); candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950; candidate in
primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1969.
Female.
Eastern
Orthodox. Ukrainian ancestry.
Died, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich., January
30, 2005 (age 97 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, South Bound Brook, N.J.
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Campaign slogan
(1969): "Sweep the Deck with Mary Beck." |
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Daughter of Harry Goldstein and Miriam (Horowitz) Goldstein.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish
and Russian ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to National Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bohdan Futey (b. 1939) —
of Parma, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Buchach, Ukraine,
June
28, 1939.
Son of Petro Futey and Maria (Woroszczuk) Futey.
School
teacher; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1974.
Ukrainian ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Still living as of 1975.
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Samuel Gejdenson (b. 1948) —
also known as Sam Gejdenson —
of Bozrah, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Eschwege, Germany,
May
20, 1948.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1981-2001;
defeated, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Belarusian and Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Still living as of 2009.
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John S. Gonas (b. 1907) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Crossfork, Potter
County, Pa., May 14,
1907.
Son of Samuel Gonas and Hazel (Stranka) Gonas.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1936-38; member of Indiana
state senate, 1940-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1946; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1948; probate judge in Indiana, 1949-58; Judge, Indiana
Appellate Court, 1960-72.
Ukrainian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1937
to Theodosia Bonder. |
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Jane Frank Harman (b. 1945) —
also known as Jane F. Harman; Jane Lakes; Jane
Frank —
of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1945.
Daughter of Adolf Lakes and Lucille (Geier) Lakes.
Democrat. Lawyer;
legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
V. Tunney, 1972; counsel for congressional subcommittees; deputy
secretary to the Cabinet in the Jimmy
Carter White House, 1977-78; U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1993-99, 2001-;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1998.
Female.
Jewish.
Polish
and Russian ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) —
also known as Philip M. Kaiser —
of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1913.
Son of Morris Kazas and Temma (Sloven) Kazas.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81.
Ukrainian and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 24,
2007 (age 93 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ian T. Kaplan (b. 1946) —
also known as Ted Kaplan —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in St. Leo's Hospital,
Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., December
26, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1977-82; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1985-94; defeated, 1994.
Jewish.
German
and Russian ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) —
also known as Ted Kaufman —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 15,
1939.
Son of Manuel Kaufman and Helen (Carroll) Kaufman.
Democrat. Engineer;
administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Joe
Biden, 1976-95; college
professor; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009.
Irish,
Jewish,
and Russian ancestry.
Died in 2010
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Maurice Mezvinsky (b. 1937) —
also known as Edward Mezvinsky —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, January
17, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Iowa state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1973-77; defeated, 1970,
1976; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1981-86.
Jewish.
Ukrainian ancestry.
Indicted
in March, 2001 on 56 federal fraud charges;
pleaded
guilty to 31, and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 2011.
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Brian David Schweitzer (b. 1955) —
also known as Brian Schweitzer —
Born in Havre, Hill
County, Mont., September
4, 1955.
Son of Adam Schweitzer and Kay Schweitzer.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 2000; Governor of
Montana, 2005-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 2008
(speaker).
Catholic.
German,
Russian, and Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Son of Morris Shanker and Mamie Shanker.
Democrat. School
teacher; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Russian ancestry. Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y.
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Abe Stark (1894-1972) —
also known as "Mr. Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1894.
Democrat. Clothier;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1962-70; defeated (Republican),
1949; resigned 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Russian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Famed among Brooklyn Dodgers fans for his longtime, conspicious
advertising sign (for his clothing business) below the scoreboard at
Ebbets Field, which promised a free suit to players who batted the
ball there: "HIT SIGN, WIN SUIT".
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., July 2,
1972 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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