Jacob Sechler Coxey (1854-1951) — also known as
Jacob S. Coxey; General Coxey — of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio. Born in Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa., April 16,
1854. Greenback candidate for Ohio state
senate 21st District, 1885; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1894 (People's, 18th District), 1922
(18th District), 1924 (Independent, 16th District), 1926 (Republican
primary, 16th District), 1928 (Independent, 16th District), 1930
(Republican primary, 16th District), 1936 (Union, 16th District),
1938 (Democratic primary, 16th District), 1942 (Democratic primary,
16th District); People's candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1895, 1897; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916, 1928 (Republican primary), 1932
(Republican primary), 1934 (Republican primary); mayor
of Massillon, Ohio, 1931-33; defeated, 1933 (Republican primary),
1941 (Democratic primary), 1943 (Democratic); Farmer-Labor candidate
for President
of the United States, 1932. Leader of bands of unemployed (dubbed
"Coxey's Army") asking Congress to provide money for jobs, 1894 and
1914. Died in 1951.
Interment at Massillon
Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.
Theodore J. Wilk (1911-1996) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Adrian, Armstrong
County, Pa., October
28, 1911. Married 1938 to Anna
Popielawski. Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate, 1942 (2nd District), 1944 (2nd District), 1955 (2nd
District), 1991 (16th District); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1947; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1949-54; defeated in primary, 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1946
(Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 7th District), 1956
(Wayne County 7th District), 1958 (Wayne County 7th District), 1982
(66th District), 1984 (66th District), 1990 (66th District), 1992
(42nd District), 1994 (42nd District), 1996 (42nd District);
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1952.
Died in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., September
3, 1996. Burial
location unknown.
August Claessens (1885-1954) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in 1885.
Married 1912
to Hilda
Goldstein; married to Anna Glassman. School
teacher; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1918-20, 1922;
expelled 1920; defeated, 1920 (New York County 17th District), 1922
(New York County 17th District), 1923 (New York County 17th
District), 1925 (Bronx County 4th District), 1938 (Kings County 14th
District), 1954 (Kings County 14th District); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1924 (Socialist, 23rd District),
1928 (Socialist, 14th District), 1934 (Socialist, at-large), 1946
(Liberal, 10th District), 1948 (Liberal, 8th District), 1950
(Liberal, 8th District); American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1940. Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920. Died,
following a heart
attack, at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
9, 1954. Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
Robert J. Henderson (1885-1965) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Thamesford, Ontario,
April
12, 1885. Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1938; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1942 (Wayne County 1st District), 1944 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1948 (Wayne County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne
County 2nd District), 1956 (Wayne County 2nd District), 1958 (Wayne
County 2nd District), 1960 (Wayne County 2nd District), 1962 (Wayne
County 2nd District), 1964 (11th District); candidate in primary for
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd
District, 1961. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1965.
Burial
location unknown.
Richard A. MacRae (1885-1970) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in 1885.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1929-32; defeated, 1926 (Wayne County 1st District), 1932 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1934 (Wayne County 1st District), 1936 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1938 (Wayne County 1st District), 1940 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 5th District), 1956 (Wayne
County 5th District), 1958 (Wayne County 5th District); Republican
candidate for Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1942, 1944, 1950, 1952 (primary). Died
in 1970.
Burial
location unknown.
Frederick Kappler (1866-1953) — also known as
Fred Kappler — of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich. Born in 1866.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1909-14, 1919-20, 1935-38,
1945-46 (Houghton County 2nd District 1909-14, 1919-20, Houghton
County 1st District 1935-38, Houghton District 1945-46); defeated,
1906 (Houghton County 2nd District), 1914 (Houghton County 2nd
District), 1916 (Houghton County 2nd District), 1930 (Republican
primary, Houghton County 1st District), 1932 (Houghton County 1st
District), 1938 (Houghton County 1st District), 1940 (Houghton County
1st District), 1946 (Houghton District), 1948 (Houghton District),
1950 (primary, Houghton District), 1952 (Houghton District);
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1922, 1928 (primary);
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1939. Died in 1953.
Burial
location unknown.
Philip J. Rahoi (1896-1980) — also known as
Philip Rahoi — of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich. Born in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., April 5,
1896. Son of Philip Rahoi and Alma (Makoutz) Rahoi; married 1918 to Elsa
Hallgren. Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Dickinson County, 1935-38;
defeated, 1932 (Dickinson County), 1938 (Dickinson County), 1940
(Dickinson County), 1942 (Dickinson County), 1946 (Dickinson
District), 1968 (109th District), 1972 (109th District); candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1944 (Republican
primary), 1950 (Democratic primary); member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1955-64; defeated, 1952 (31st
District), 1964 (38th District), 1966 (38th District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960
(alternate), 1964
(alternate). Lutheran.
Died in Kingsford, Dickinson
County, Mich., March 11,
1980. Burial
location unknown.
Richard A. H. J. Guzowski (1921-1994) — of Detroit,
Wayne
County, Mich. Born in 1921.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1955; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 9th District,
1963-64; defeated in primary, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954
(Wayne County 1st District), 1964 (10th District), 1966 (10th
District), 1967 (19th District), 1968 (6th District), 1970 (6th
District), 1982 (21st District), 1982 (12th District). Died in 1994.
Burial
location unknown.
Joseph F. Martin, Jr. (1900-1967) — of Wayne
County, Mich. Born in 1900.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1935-38; defeated in primary, 1938; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1940, 1942; candidate
in primary for Michigan
state senate, 1948 (21st District), 1950 (21st District), 1952
(21st District), 1954 (5th District), 1956 (21st District), 1958
(21st District), 1960 (21st District), 1962 (21st District). Died in
1967.
Burial
location unknown.
Robert Lee Ward — also known as Robert L.
Ward — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1932 (Republican primary, 13th
District), 1938 (Democratic primary, 1st District), 1952 (Republican
primary, 13th District), 1956 (Republican primary, 1st District);
Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1940, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950
(primary), 1951; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1948,
1952;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 11th District,
1954. Still living as of 1956.
Joseph A. Weil — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Candidate for New York
state assembly, 1902 (Social Democratic, Kings County 20th
District), 1919 (Socialist, Kings County 19th District), 1922
(Socialist, Kings County 19th District); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1924 (Socialist), 1926
(Socialist), 1928 (Socialist), 1930 (Socialist), 1932 (Socialist),
1934 (Socialist), 1942 (American Labor); Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 9th District, 1926. Burial
location unknown.
John Bartholomew Sosnowski (1883-1968) — also known
as John B. Sosnowski — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
8, 1883. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1925-27; defeated,
1926 (1st District), 1928 (1st District), 1930 (1st District), 1932
(1st District), 1934 (1st District), 1936 (1st District), 1938 (1st
District), 1942 (1st District), 1944 (1st District), 1946 (1st
District), 1952 (16th District); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1932,
1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 16,
1968. Interment at Sweetest
Heart of Mary Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
Samuel Aaron De Witt (b. 1891) — also known as
Samuel A. De Witt — of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y. Born in 1891.
Socialist. Machinery
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1920; expelled
1920; defeated, 1920 (Bronx County 3rd District), 1924 (Bronx County
7th District), 1926 (Bronx County 7th District), 1927 (Bronx County
3rd District), 1929 (Bronx County 3rd District), 1932 (Queens County
4th District); candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1925; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1928 (22nd District), 1934 (2nd
District), 1935 (2nd District). Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920. Burial
location unknown.
Jack E. Legel (1936-2001) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in 1936.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1975-80; defeated,
1966 (17th District), 1968 (17th District), 1970 (17th District),
1980 (2nd District), 1982 (3rd District), 1982 (1st District), 1984
(2nd District), 1986 (2nd District), 1992 (14th District); alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1994. Died, of liver
cancer, in the Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospice,
Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., November
14, 2001. Interment at St.
Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights, Mich.
Ernest H. Kleine — of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1925 (Socialist),
1926 (Socialist), 1928 (Socialist), 1930 (Socialist), 1933
(Socialist), 1935 (Socialist), 1938 (American Labor), 1940 (American
Labor); American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 50th District, 1942. Presumed
deceased. Burial
location unknown.
Isidore Phillips — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1896; Socialist
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1920 (New York County 18th District), 1921 (Bronx
County 7th District), 1923 (Bronx County 7th District), 1924 (Bronx
County 4th District), 1926 (Bronx County 3rd District), 1928 (Bronx
County 7th District), 1929 (Bronx County 7th District); Socialist
candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1922. Burial
location unknown.
Herman Woskow — of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1931 (Socialist),
1932 (Socialist), 1933 (Socialist), 1935 (Socialist), 1936
(Socialist), 1942 (American Labor); candidate for New York
state senate, 1934 (Socialist, 22nd District), 1944 (Liberal,
26th District), 1954 (Liberal, 28th District). Presumed
deceased. Burial
location unknown.
George McMullen — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly, 1909 (New York County 32nd District), 1919 (New
York County 14th District), 1920 (New York County 14th District),
1921 (New York County 14th District), 1922 (New York County 14th
District), 1923 (New York County 14th District); candidate for New York
state senate, 1924 (16th District), 1928 (18th District), 1930
(21st District). Burial
location unknown.
Moissaye J. Olgin (b. 1878) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Born in Kiev, Ukraine,
March
24, 1878. Son of Chaim Aaron Olgin and Zipa (Gelman) Olgin. Journalist;
Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1926 (Workers, 23rd District), 1930
(Communist, 10th District), 1934 (Communist, 23rd District);
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1927 (Workers, Bronx County 5th District), 1929
(Communist, Bronx County 4th District), 1933 (Communist, Bronx County
6th District), 1936 (Communist, Bronx County 5th District), 1936
(Communist, Bronx County 5th District). Jewish. Burial
location unknown.
Philip John Williams (b. 1901) — also known as
Philip J. Williams — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Kastrion, Arcadia, Greece,
February
17, 1901. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1938 (Wayne County 1st District), 1940 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1942 (Wayne County 1st District), 1944 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1948 (Wayne County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne
County 4th District), 1956 (Wayne County 4th District). Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows. Presumed
deceased. Burial
location unknown.
Estelle A. Tripp — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956;
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1948,
1952;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1958. Female.
Still living as of 1958.
Earl A. Johnson — of River Rouge, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich. Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1946, 1948, 1950,
1952, 1954, 1956, 1958; Prohibition candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1956,