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Arnold Abbott (b. 1924) —
of Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1924.
Son of Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, United World Federalists; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
Son of Thomas Ellis Allen (1868-1959) and Harriet (Moore) Allen
(1871-1911).
School
teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, 1930; Shanghai, 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) —
also known as Manny Celler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1888.
Son of Henry H. Celler and Josephine (Müller) Celler.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,
15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
United World Federalists; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1981 (age 92 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Frank Forrester Church (1924-1984) —
also known as Frank Church; "Senator Sunday
School"; "Frank Cathedral" —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, July 25,
1924.
Son of Frank Forrester Church and Laura (Bilderback) Church.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1957-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1960;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Member, American
Legion; United World Federalists.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 7,
1984 (age 59 years, 257
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. (1901-1990) —
also known as Joseph S. Clark, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
21, 1901.
Son of Joseph S. Clark and Kate Richardson (Avery) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1952-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1957-69; defeated, 1968.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; American Bar
Association; United World Federalists; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
12, 1990 (age 88 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-2000) —
also known as Alan Cranston —
of Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 19,
1914.
Son of William Cranston and Carol (Dixon) Cranston.
Democrat. Journalist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1988
(speaker);
California
state controller, 1959-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1969-93; defeated in primary, 1964;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, United World Federalists.
Sued by Adolf Hitler over his unexpurgated translation into English
of Mein Kampf. Reprimanded
by the Senate in 1991 over his dealings with Lincoln Savings and Loan
president Charles Keating.
Died in Los Altos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
31, 2000 (age 86 years, 195
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Thomas Knight Finletter (1893-1980) —
also known as Thomas K. Finletter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
11, 1893.
Son of Thomas
Dickson Finletter and Helen (Grill) Finletter.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
special assistant to U.S. Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, 1941-44; Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, 1950-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1961-65.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Phi; Americans
for Democratic Action; United World Federalists.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Edward Flanders (1880-1970) —
also known as Ralph E. Flanders —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
28, 1880.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1946-59.
Congregationalist.
Member, United World Federalists.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., February
19, 1970 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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Donald MacKay Fraser (b. 1924) —
also known as Donald M. Fraser; Don Fraser —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1954-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1963-79; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1980-93.
Member, United World Federalists.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Grove Fulton (1903-1971) —
also known as James G. Fulton —
of Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 1,
1903.
Son of James Ernest Fulton.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 45th District, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1945-71 (31st District 1945-53,
27th District 1953-71); died in office 1971; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Eagles; Moose;
United World Federalists.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1971 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Samuel Whittier Gardiner (b. 1902) —
also known as Samuel W. Gardiner —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Larkspur, Marin
County, Calif., September
28, 1902.
Son of James Allen Gardiner and Adda E. (Holtz) Gardiner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
chair
of Marin County Democratic Party, 1948-51.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks;
United World Federalists.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald S. Harrington (b. 1914) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 11,
1914.
Son of Charles Harrington and Leita Hersey Harrington.
Liberal. Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1966; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; New
York Liberal Party state chair, 1966-67.
Member, United World Federalists.
Still living as of 1967.
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Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) —
also known as Robert L. Humber —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., May 30,
1898.
Son of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; United World Federalists; American
Legion; Rotary; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Farm
Bureau; National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Died November
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment at Cherry
Hill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.
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Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) —
also known as Jacob K. Javits —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1904.
Son of Morris Javits and Ida (Littman) Javits.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54; New York
state attorney general, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated (Liberal), 1980;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964;
Republican candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; United World Federalists; Amvets.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 7,
1986 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902-1954) —
also known as Vito Marcantonio —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
10, 1902.
Son of Samuel Marcantonio and Angelina (De Dobitis) Marcantonio.
Lawyer;
campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Fiorello
H. LaGuardia, 1924-32; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-37, 1939-51 (20th District
1935-37, 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51); defeated, 1936, 1950;
American Labor candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949; New York American Labor Party state
chair, 1949.
Catholic.
Member, United World Federalists; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Fell dead, after coming up the subway stairs, on Broadway by City
Hall Park, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 9,
1954 (age 51 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April 15,
1889.
Son of James William Randolph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Randolph.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) —
also known as Upton Sinclair —
of California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
20, 1878.
Novelist
and social crusader; author of
The Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago; arrested
in 1914 for picketing
in front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1922; candidate for Governor of
California, 1926 (Socialist), 1934 (Democratic); Socialist
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1928,
1932;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 1943 for the novel
Dragon's Teeth.
Member, United World Federalists; League
for Industrial Democracy; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., November
25, 1968 (age 90 years, 66
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin McLaine Spock (1903-1998) —
also known as Benjamin Spock —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1903.
Son of Benjamin Ives Spock and Mildred Louise (Stoughton) Spock.
Won an Olympic
gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris games; physician;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author of
influential book, Baby and Child Care; People's candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976.
Member, United World Federalists.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 15,
1998 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Glen Hearst Taylor (1904-1984) —
also known as Glen H. Taylor —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April 12,
1904.
Son of Pleasant John Taylor and Olive Oatman (Higgins) Taylor.
Country-western
singer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1938; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1945-51; defeated (Democratic), 1940, 1942;
Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948.
Member, United World Federalists.
Arrested
on May 1, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, for attempting
to use a door reserved for Negroes, rather than the whites-only door;
convicted
in 1949 of disorderly conduct.
Died April 28,
1984 (age 80 years, 16
days).
Interment at Skylawn
Memorial Park, San Mateo, Calif.
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James Jermiah Wadsworth (1905-1984) —
also known as James J. Wadsworth —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. and Alice (Hay) Wadsworth.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1932-41; resigned 1941;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1965-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; United World Federalists.
Died in 1984
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911-1988) —
also known as G. Mennen Williams;
"Soapy" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1911.
Son of Henry Phillips Williams and Elma Christina (Mennen) Williams.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Michigan, 1949-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1968-69; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-86; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Amvets; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Order of
Ahepa; Grange; Americans
for Democratic Action; United World Federalists.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
2, 1988 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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