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Wallace Thomson Albertson (b. 1924) —
also known as Wallace T. Albertson; Wallace
Thomson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 23,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1972-73; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1972-73.
Female.
Spiritualist.
Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Peter Smart Thomson and Margaretta (Maloney) Thomson;
married 1952 to Jack
Albertson. |
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Loretta Abel Amley (1919-2006) —
also known as Loretta Amley —
of La Mirada, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 28,
1919.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Died November
15, 2006 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Amley and Anna (Botten) Amley. |
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Sheldon Andelson (1931-1987) —
of Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 5,
1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; real estate
investor; member, University of California Board of Regents,
1980-86; member, Arrangements Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 1984.
Jewish.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Gay.
Died, from AIDS
complications, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
29, 1987 (age 56 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dana Martha Camp (b. 1952) —
of Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1952.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, National
Organization for Women; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Herbert Lawrence Camp and Betty Delores (Brewington)
Camp. |
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Harold Joseph Patrick Gibbons (1910-1982) —
also known as Harold J. Gibbons —
of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Archibald Patch, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April
10, 1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1952,
1956.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Teamsters
Union; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
The site of the original Sportsman's Park baseball stadium in St.
Louis, now a neighborhood playground, was named "Harold J.
Gibbons Field" for him.
Died, from complications of a ruptured
aortic aneurysm, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November, 1982
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Mo.
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David Ernest McReynolds (1929-2018) —
also known as David McReynolds —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
25, 1929.
Delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960; Peace
and Freedom candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1968; Socialist
candidate for President
of the United States, 1980, 2000; Green candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 2004.
Gay.
Member, War
Resisters League; American Civil Liberties Union.
Suffered a fall in
his apartment, and died soon after, in Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2018 (age 88 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Cecil Newman (1917-1996) —
also known as Frank C. Newman —
of California.
Born in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 17,
1917.
Lawyer;
law
professor; justice of
California state supreme court, 1977-82.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
18, 1996 (age 78 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Johnston Newman and Anna (Dunn) Newman; married, January
14, 1940, to Frances Burks. |
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880-1973) —
also known as Jeannette Rankin —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.; Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born near Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., June 11,
1880.
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; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif., May 18,
1973 (age 92 years, 341
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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William Matson Roth (1916-2014) —
also known as William M. Roth; W. M. Roth —
of Sausalito, Marin
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
3, 1916.
Democrat. Shipping
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964;
Regent, University of California; U.S. Trade Representative, 1967-69.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Died in Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif., May 29,
2014 (age 97 years, 268
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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), 1930 (Socialist), 1934
(Democratic); candidate for Presidential Elector for California;
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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Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Pete Stark —
of Danville, Contra
Costa County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Fremont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
11, 1931.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state senate, 1969; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1972
(alternate), 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1973-2008 (8th District 1973-75,
9th District 1975-93, 13th District 1993-2008).
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Common
Cause.
Still living as of 2014.
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Antonio Ramó Villaraigosa (b. 1953) —
also known as Antonio R. Villaraigosa; Antonio Ramón
Villar Jr. —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
23, 1953.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Speaker
of the California State Assembly, 1990; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 2005-13; defeated, 2001.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2020.
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James Eugene Walker (1908-1972) —
also known as James E. Walker —
of Orange, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; writer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1940; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-54; chair of
Orange County Democratic Party, 1942-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1944; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; member of California
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946-52; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in May, 1972
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sharpless Walker and Gladys (James) Walker; married, June 10,
1930, to Murrel K. Knox. |
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