Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Alfred Wagenknecht (1881-1956) —
also known as Paul Holt; A. B. Mayer; A. B.
Martin; U. P. Duffy; "Wag" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Missouri; Illinois.
Born in Görlitz, Germany,
August
15, 1881.
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1906, 1912; executive
secretary, Communist Labor Party, 1919-20; executive secretary,
United Communist Party, 1920-21; national secretary, Friends of
Soviet Russia, 1922; Communist candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1933.
Died in Illinois, August
26, 1956 (age 75 years, 11
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Communist. Sawmill
worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Hortense Allison Wagenknecht (1887-1975) —
also known as Hortense Wagenknecht; Hortense
Allison —
of Washington; Ohio; Connecticut; California.
Born in Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo., January
14, 1887.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Washington; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Connecticut; Communist candidate for California
state assembly 71st District, 1934.
Female.
Died May 28,
1975 (age 88 years, 134
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Carl Winter (1906-1991) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Michigan.
Born in 1906.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940; convicted
in 1949 under the Smith
Act, for conspiring to advocate the overthrow
of the government; served five years in prison.
Died in 1991
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Helen Allison Winter (1908-2001) —
also known as Helen Winter; Helen Allison
Wagenknecht —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
14, 1908.
Communist. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1946.
Female.
Died December
13, 2001 (age 93 years, 302
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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