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Richard J. Allen (b. 1933) —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.; Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich., August 6,
1933.
Son of Lester
J. Allen.
Republican. Veterinarian;
college
professor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 88th District, 1969-72; defeated
in primary, 1972; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1975-82; defeated in primary, 1982;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1980, 1990 (primary).
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary; Audubon
Society; Sierra Club.
Still living as of 1990.
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John Finley Baldwin, Jr. (1915-1966) —
also known as John F. Baldwin, Jr. —
of Martinez, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 28,
1915.
Son of John Finley Baldwin and Nellie (Linekin) Baldwin.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1955-66 (6th District 1955-63,
14th District 1963-66); died in office 1966.
Member, Sierra Club; Kiwanis.
Died, of cancer, at
Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 9,
1966 (age 50 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oakmont
Memorial Park, Lafayette, Calif.
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Jackie Biskupski —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Democrat. Member of Utah state
house of representatives 30th District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 2000.
Member, Sierra Club; American Civil
Liberties Union; Lesbian.
Still living as of 2006.
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John L. Boettner, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Si Boettner —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., June 18,
1943.
Son of John Lewis Boettner, Sr. and Grace (Mitter) Boettner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 17th District, 1975-78;
defeated, 1970, 1972; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1979-89; resigned 1989.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sierra Club; Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1989.
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Betty Castor (b. 1941) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., May 11,
1941.
Daughter of Joseph L. Bowe and Gladys Wright Bowe.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state senate, 1977-78, 1983-86 (23rd District 1977-78, 21st
District 1983-86); candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1978; Florida Commissioner of Education,
1986; President
of of the University of South Florida, 1994; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, League
of Women Voters; American
Association of University Women; Sierra Club.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1996.
Still living as of 2004.
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Lloyd Davis (c.1915-2001) —
of South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., about 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1967-70.
Catholic.
Member, Sierra Club.
On October 26, 1969, he stabbed
his wife, Mary Troja Davis, with a 9-inch butcher knife; she
recovered. Charged
with felony assault to commit murder;
tried
in 1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Years later, he
attributed the incident to a skin cancer drug.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 2001 (age about 86
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roman P. Denissen (b. 1918) —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Bellevue town, Brown
County, Wis., July 13,
1918.
Son of Matt Denissen and Nettie (Parins) Denissen.
Mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1959-65; defeated, 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Sierra Club; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 2003.
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Relatives: Son
of Matt Denissen and Nettie (Parins) Denissen; married, August
24, 1939, to Ursula Carmody (died 1983); married, December
27, 1984, to Agnes (Johnson) LeClair (died 2003). |
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Thomas P. DiNapoli —
of Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 16th District, 1987-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1988,
2000,
2008.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sierra Club; Sons of
Italy.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert Filner (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Filner —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1942.
Son of Joseph H. Filner and Sarah F. Filner.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from California, 1993-2008 (50th District
1993-2003, 51st District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, Urban
League; Navy
League; Sierra Club.
Still living as of 2009.
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John J. G. Grames (b. 1936) —
also known as Johnny Grames —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in a hospital
at Anchorage,
Alaska, October
1, 1936.
Green. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1996, 1998.
Member, Sierra Club; Audubon
Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 1998.
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Loni Hancock (b. 1950) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1950.
Daughter of Donald
S. Harrington.
Democrat. Mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1986-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988;
member of California
state assembly 4th District, 2003-.
Female.
Member, Sierra Club.
Still living as of 2006.
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Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st
District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972
(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in
office 2000.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Association of Retired Persons; Audubon
Society; American
Legion; Sierra Club; Urban
League; Common
Cause.
While attending a primary victory rally
for Al Gore, suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day at a hospital
at Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March 15,
2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Christine T. Kehoe —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 49th District, 1998; member of California
state assembly 76th District, 2001-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Lesbian.
Member, Sierra Club; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2008.
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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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Barbara Ann Jackson Koerber (b. 1929) —
also known as Barbara A. Koerber —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
6, 1929.
Democrat. Candidate for Iowa state
senate 17th District, 1970.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Sierra Club; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2000.
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Beth Krom —
of Irvine, Orange
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Irvine, Calif.; elected 2004, 2006.
Female.
Member, Sierra Club.
Still living as of 2006.
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Naomi Caplan Matusow (b. 1938) —
also known as Naomi Matusow —
of Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988
(alternate), 2000;
member of New York
state assembly, 1993.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Sierra Club.
Still living as of 2000.
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Virginia Papan —
also known as Gina Papan —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Daughter of Louis
J. Papan.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for California
state assembly 19th District, 2002.
Female.
Greek
ancestry. Member, Lions;
Sierra Club.
Still living as of 2007.
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Mark Pocan (b. 1964) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., August
14, 1964.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly 78th District, 1999-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 2000,
2008.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Sierra Club; Gay.
Still living as of 2008.
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Charlotte Pritt (b. 1949) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
2, 1949.
Daughter of Garnett Edmund Pritt and Ada Ernestine (Lanham) Pritt.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 23rd District; elected 1984,
1986; member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1989-92; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1996; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women; Sierra Club.
Still living as of 1996.
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Edwin John Turanchik (born c.1956) —
also known as Ed Turanchik;
"Choo-Choo" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born about 1956.
Son of John Turanchik.
Anderson Coalition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
1980;
lawyer;
real
estate developer; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1990-2000; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sierra Club.
Still living as of 2011.
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Married 1992
to Jenny Pierson. |
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Henry Arnold Waxman (b. 1939) —
also known as Henry A. Waxman —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
12, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from California, 1975-2008 (24th District 1975-93,
29th District 1993-2003, 30th District 2003-08); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Sierra Club.
Still living as of 2009.
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