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Kay Alexander —
of Montrose, Montrose
County, Colo.
Republican. Social worker; member of Colorado
state senate 58th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Aida Louise Aurelio (1906-1999) —
also known as Aida L. Aurelio; Aida Louise
Pardi —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born January
8, 1906.
Democrat. Social worker; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940.
Female.
Died February
7, 1999 (age 93 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul C. Bather —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Social worker; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1990; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 43rd District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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María Concepcíon Bechily (b. 1949) —
also known as María C. Bechily —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Matanzas, Cuba, February
20, 1949.
Daughter of Antonio Bechily and Concepcion Bechily.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1980;
staff assistant to U.S. Sen. Alan J.
Dixon, 1981-83; host and assistant producer, WSNS television,
Chicago, 1984-85; public
relations business.
Female.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 1985.
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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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Joseph C. Brannigan —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Maine
state house of representatives 35th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Lynn Bromley —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Maine
state senate 30th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 19,
1914.
Democrat. Social worker; police
officer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District
1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
17, 1972 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Tommie Brown —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives 28th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Edward B. Bullard —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Florida
state house of representatives 118th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Rosalie Buzzas —
also known as Rosie Buzzas —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Montana
state house of representatives 65th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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James W. Campbell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 42, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Gilda Cobb-Hunter —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives 66th District, 2001;
member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 2004-08.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Barbara L. Cubin (b. 1946) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif., November
30, 1946.
Republican. School
teacher; social worker; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1987-91; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1992-94; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1995-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bettye Davis (b. 1938) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Louisiana, May 17,
1938.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1990, 1992, 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1996;
member of Alaska
state senate District K, 2001-; defeated, 1996.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; League of Women
Voters; Zonta; NAACP.
Still living as of 2001.
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Mandy Dawson —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Florida
state senate 30th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Ronald Vernie Dellums (b. 1935) —
also known as Ronald V. Dellums —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
24, 1935.
Democrat. Social worker; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,
8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988,
1996,
2008.
Protestant.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mary Lou Dickerson —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Washington
state house of representatives 36th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Jesse L. Dickinson (b. 1906) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Lincoln
County, Okla., March 11,
1906.
Democrat. Musician;
social worker; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1943-46.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chris Donovan —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 84th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Betsy Dunklin —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Idaho
state senate 19th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Patricia A. Eddington —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Social worker; member of New York
state assembly 3rd District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Michael Fisher —
of Addison, Addison
County, Vt.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Susan Walker FitzGerald (b. 1871) —
also known as Susan W. FitzGerald; Susan
Walker —
of New York; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1871.
Daughter of John Grimes Walker and Rebecca White (Pickering) Walker.
Democrat. Social worker; woman suffrage advocate; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1923-24.
Female.
Burial
location unknown.
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Romaine Foege —
also known as Ro Foege —
of Mt. Vernon, Linn
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Iowa state
house of representatives 50th District, 2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 2004
(alternate), 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Mary Jane M. Garcia —
of Dona Ana, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New Mexico
state senate 36th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Sharon L. Gire (b. 1944) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born January
13, 1944.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1987-98 (72nd District 1987-92,
31st District 1993-98); member of Michigan
state board of education, 1999-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 2000.
Female.
Member, Humane
Society.
Still living as of 2001.
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Kenneth Green —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 1st District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Melony Ghee Griffith —
also known as Melony G. Griffith —
of Suitland, Prince
George's County, Md.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 25, 2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Joe T. Grist, Jr. —
also known as Joey Grist —
of Bruce, Calhoun
County, Miss.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1996;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 2000; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives 23rd District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Johnie Hammond —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Iowa state
senate 31st District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carmen M. Hernandez —
of Barstow, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Social worker; candidate for mayor of
Barstow, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Nancy Hetherington —
of Rhode Island.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives 28th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Earlene Hill Hooper —
also known as Earlene Hooper; Earlene H.
Hill —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996,
2004;
member, Platform Committee, 2008;
member of New York
state assembly 18th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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David E. Humke —
of Washoe
County, Nev.
Republican. Social worker; member of Nevada
state house of representatives 26th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Jon Blair Hunter (b. 1938) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Richwood, Nicholas
County, W.Va., December
25, 1938.
Son of John Patrick Hunter and Johnie Holifield Hinkleman.
Democrat. Social worker; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives:
Married to Judy Raught. |
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Geri Huser —
of Altoona, Polk
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Iowa state
house of representatives 66th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Derrick Jackson —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Social worker; chief deputy Washtenaw County Clerk;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Mae J. Jackson (born c.1940) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1940.
Democrat. Social worker; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 2004-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 2004.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Married to Dillard Huddleston. |
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Sheldon Johnson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Social worker; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67-B, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Janice Judy —
also known as Jan Judy —
of Arkansas.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives 7th District, 2001; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Thomas J. Kane —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Maine
state house of representatives 16th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Irma Louise Hotchkiss Karmol (1923-1979) —
also known as Irma Karmol —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, April 13,
1923.
Republican. Social worker; member of Ohio state
house of representatives 44th District, 1975-79; died in office
1979.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta.
Died, in a traffic
accident, in Perrysburg, Wood
County, Ohio, April 24,
1979 (age 56 years, 11
days).
Interment at Toledo
Memorial Park, Sylvania, Ohio.
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Albert Kaufmann, Jr. —
also known as Al Kaufmann —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Social worker; mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 2000-01.
Still living as of 2001.
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Nancy Kirk —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Kansas
state house of representatives 56th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Marie Laverriere-Boucher —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Maine
state house of representatives 18th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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James Leddy —
of Chittenden
County, Vt.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Vermont
state senate, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Howard Lee —
of North Carolina.
Democrat. Social worker; member of North
Carolina state senate 16th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Burton Leland (b. 1948) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1948.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1981-98 (2nd District 1981-92,
13th District 1993-98); defeated in primary, 1978; member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1999-2002.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2002.
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Vito J. Lopez —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Social worker; member of New York
state assembly 53rd District, 1985-2001; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Vilma Luna —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 33rd District, 2001-03.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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James MacKay —
of Merrimack
County, N.H.
Republican. Social worker; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Salima Siler Marriott —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1988;
social worker; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 40, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Phillip Massari (b. 1913) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.
Born in Segundo, Las Animas
County, Colo., April 12,
1913.
Son of Domenic Massari and Angelina (Pecorelli) Massari.
Democrat. Social worker; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; probation
officer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1952; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1960.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Eagles.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Domenic Massari and Angelina (Pecorelli) Massari; brother of Vincent
Massari; married, June 6,
1936, to Mary Margaret Spota. |
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Tim Mathern —
of North Dakota.
Democrat. Social worker; member of North
Dakota state senate 11th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Barbara Mobley —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 69th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carol F. Moore —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Democrat. Social worker; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Janet Munt —
of Chittenden
County, Vt.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Vermont
state senate, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Elliott Naishtat —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Texas
state house of representatives 49th District, 2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Barbara Notestein (b. 1949) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., April 14,
1949.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly 12th District, 1985-91.
Female.
Still living as of 1991.
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Edith Page —
of Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
13, 1922.
Democrat. School
teacher; welder;
social worker; founder, in 1961, of ASPIRA, a non-profit
organization which promotes education and community for Puerto Rican
and other Latino youth; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967;
received the Medal
of Freedom, 1996; inducted into the Hunter College Hall of
Fame.
Female.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Lesbian.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
2002 (age 79 years, 253
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucy Phelps Patterson (c.1932-2000) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., about 1932.
Republican. Social worker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 24th District, 1982.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
First
black woman ever elected to Dallas city council.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 15,
2000 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent A. Pedone —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fifteenth Worcester District,
2001; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Douglas W. Petersen —
of Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighth Essex District, 2001-02.
Still living as of 2002.
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Millie Peterson —
of Utah.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Utah state
senate 12th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Roger A. Picard —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives 66th District, 2001-02.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2002.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Still living as of 1975.
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Edith G. Prague —
of Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Social worker; school
teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ann Pugh —
of South Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Pauline Sims Puryear (b. 1900) —
also known as Pauline Puryear —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 6,
1900.
Republican. Social worker; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Christine Radogno —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Social worker; member of Illinois
state senate 24th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.; Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born near Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., June 11,
1880.
Daughter of John Rankin and Olive (Pickering) Rankin.
Social worker; U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1917-19, 1941-43 (2nd District
1917-19, 1st District 1941-43); National candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1918.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Voted against U.S. participation in World Wars I and II.
Died in Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif., May 18,
1973 (age 92 years, 341
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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John Ravitz —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Social worker; member of New York
state assembly 73rd District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Elias Gerson Reiger (1892-1931) —
also known as E. Gerson Reiger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
social worker; candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922.
Died, of tuberculosis,
1931
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Augusta Reiger. |
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Barbara Richardson —
of Cheshire
County, N.H.
Democrat. Social worker; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Pete Rios —
of Hayden, Gila
County, Ariz.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Arizona
state senate 7th District, 1999-2001; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Arizona, 2000.
Still living as of 2001.
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Cheryl Rivers —
of Bethel, Windsor
County, Vt.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1996,
2000;
member of Vermont
state senate, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer;
went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor;
social worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sally Roettger-Harrell —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 62nd District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Rose Marie Rogers —
of Strafford
County, N.H.
Democrat. Social worker; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Allyson Y. Schwartz (b. 1948) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
3, 1948.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1991-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 2005-.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 2009.
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Judith L. Scranton —
of Brighton, Livingston
County, Mich.
Republican. Social worker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 66th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carol Shea-Porter (b. 1952) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1952.
Democrat. Social worker; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 2007-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Katharine Kaufman Smith (1892-1996) —
also known as Katharine K. Smith; Katharine Gladys
Kaufman —
of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak., April 3,
1892.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1930; candidate for New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1931, 1932, 1933;
social worker; peace and civil rights activist; philanthropist.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died in Riverdale, Prince
George's County, Md., May 4,
1996 (age 104 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Warren Smith (died 1965). |
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Mark Smith —
of Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Iowa state
house of representatives 64th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Deborah Ann Stabenow (b. 1950) —
also known as Debbie Stabenow; Deborah Ann
Greer —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich., April 29,
1950.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 58th District, 1979-90; member of
Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1991-94; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1994; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1997-2001; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 2001-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 2008.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2010.
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Paul L. Tessier —
of Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1996,
2000;
member of Maine
state house of representatives 101st District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Pat Thibaudeau —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Washington
state senate, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Maggie Tinsman —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Republican. Social worker; member of Iowa state
senate 21st District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Kip Tokuda —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Washington
state house of representatives 37th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carolyn Tomei —
of Oregon.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Oregon
state house of representatives 25th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Nicola S. Tsongas (b. 1946) —
also known as Niki Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chico, Butte
County, Calif., April 26,
1946.
Democrat. Social worker; lawyer; dean of
external affairs, Middlesex Community College, 1997-2007; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 2007-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clara Towle Dockum Van Auken (1890-1977) —
also known as Clara Van Auken; Clara Towle Dockum;
Mrs. Howell Van Auken —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., September
12, 1890.
Daughter of Russel Myers Dockum and Catherine (Towle) Dockum.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1936-47.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Died in St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich., February
13, 1977 (age 86 years, 154
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Howell Van Auken. |
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Jackie Washington —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Social worker; president and CEO, Pontiac Urban
League, 1985-92; president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Southeast
Michigan, 1992-; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 2001; inductee, Michigan Women's
Hall
of Fame.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Civil
Liberties Union; National
Organization for Women; NAACP.
Still living as of 2002.
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Jim Wayne —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 35th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Susan Westrom —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 2000;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 79th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Thomas W. White (b. 1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
31, 1937.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1965-68; defeated
in primary, 1968.
Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives:
Married 1964
to Judith Maxon. |
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Noboru Yonamine —
of Hawaii.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Hawaii
state house of representatives 35th District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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