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Edward James Begley Jr. (b. 1949) —
also known as Ed Begley, Jr. —
of Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
16, 1949.
Democrat. Actor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker).
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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William Philip Boland (1863-1931) —
also known as William P. Boland —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
January
6, 1863.
Progressive. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1924.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, of a heart
condition, at Clara Barton Hospital,
Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1931 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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William Sebastian Boyle (1888-1949) —
also known as William S. Boyle —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
22, 1888.
Democrat. Brickmason;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1931; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1936
(secretary, Platform
Committee; speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1939.
Irish ancestry.
Died in 1949
(age about
61 years).
Interment somewhere
in Reno, Nev.
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Relatives:
Married to Myrtle Jane McGrath. |
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David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) —
also known as David C. Broderick —
of New York; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1820.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1846; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1850-52; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.
Irish ancestry.
Mortally
wounded in a duel on
September 13, 1859 with David
S. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and died
in San
Francisco, Calif., September
16, 1859 (age 39 years, 224
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Angela Marie Buchanan (b. 1948) —
also known as Bay Buchanan —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1948.
Republican. Treasurer for Ronald
Reagan's presidential campaigns, 1976-84; treasurer of the United
States, 1981-83; television
commentator; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988;
candidate for California
state treasurer, 1990.
Female.
Catholic;
later Mormon.
Irish, English,
and German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Erwin Ladislav Chloupek (1870-1948) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born October
8, 1870.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; Consul
for Czechoslovakia in San
Francisco, Calif., 1935.
Czech
and Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in San
Francisco, Calif., August
28, 1948 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Chloupek and Mary (Sullivan) Chloupek. |
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Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) —
also known as Walt Disney; "Uncle
Walt" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
5, 1901.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Irish ancestry.
Producer
or director
of several hundred films
from 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse;
founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, the
world's first
theme park; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. In honor of his
invention of the multiplane camera, he is an inductee to the National
Inventors Hall of
Fame.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
15, 1966 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue erected 1993 at Disneyland,
Anaheim, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Disney and Flora (Call) Disney; married, July 13,
1925, to Lillian Marie Bounds. |
| | | Cross-reference: George
J. Mitchell |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Walt Disney: Richard
Schickel, The
Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt
Disney — Leonard Mosley, Disney's
World: A Biography — Katherine Greene & Richard
Greene, The
Man Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney — Bob
Thomas, Walt
Disney: An American Original — Jean-Pierre Isbouts, Discovering
Walt: The Magical Life of Walt Disney (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: Boy Scouts of
America |
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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Actress
and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish
and Irish ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clinton Eastwood Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clint Eastwood —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.; Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 31,
1930.
Republican. Movie
actor, producer,
director;
restaurant
and hotel
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
speaker, 2012;
mayor, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1986-88.
Scottish,
Irish, Dutch,
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Raymond Garamendi Jr. (b. 1945) —
also known as John Garamendi —
of Walnut Grove, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Camp Blanding, Clay
County, Fla., January
24, 1945.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1974-76; member of California
state senate, 1976-90 (13th District 1976-84, 5th District
1984-90); candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1994; candidate for California
state controller, 1986; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member, Platform Committee, 1988;
California
insurance commissioner, 1991-95, 2003-07; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Deputy Secretary of the
Interior, 1995-98; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2007-09; U.S.
Representative from California, 2009-18 (10th District 2009-13,
3rd District 2013-18).
Basque,
Italian,
and Irish ancestry. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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James Hubert Gilmartin (1933-2003) —
also known as James H. Gilmartin; Gil
Gilmartin —
of California.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 2,
1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 25th District, 1992, 1994.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Valencia (now part of Santa Clarita), Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 26,
2003 (age 70 years, 24
days).
Interment at Eternal
Valley Memorial Park, Santa Clarita, Calif.
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Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle (b. 1969) —
also known as Kimberly Guilfoyle —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 9,
1969.
Republican. Lawyer; model;
television
personality; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
Female.
Irish and Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Vincent Hallinan (1896-1992) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
16, 1896.
Progressive. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
innovator in courtroom tactics; defense attorney for longshoreman
union leader Harry Bridges, who had been accused of being a
Communist; jailed
six months for contempt
of court in 1952; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952; indicted
in 1953 on income
tax evasion charges;
convicted
and sentenced
to 18 months in prison.
Irish ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
2, 1992 (age 95 years, 291
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1932 to Vivian
Moore. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: The Militant, December 8,
1958 |
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Thomas Hayden (b. 1939) —
also known as Tom Hayden —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
11, 1939.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988
(member, Platform
Committee), 1996,
2000.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Van Heflin (1910-1971) —
also known as Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Walters, Cotton
County, Okla., December
13, 1910.
Democrat. Actor;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Irish and French
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Suffered a heart
attack while swimming,
and died six weeks later, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 23,
1971 (age 60 years, 222
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Thomas Stephen Hogan (1869-1957) —
also known as Thomas S. Hogan —
of Montana; Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., December
23, 1869.
Oil
business; candidate for Montana
state house of representatives, 1894; secretary
of state of Montana, 1897-1901; Silver Republican candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1898; Independent
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1900; member of Montana
state senate, 1910-14; in Midland, Texas, he built the Yucca movie
theater (1927) and the 12-story Hogan Building (1929), the city's
first
"skyscaper".
Irish ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
25, 1957 (age 87 years, 276
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924-2006) —
also known as Pat Lawford; Patricia Helen
Kennedy —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 2006 (age 82 years, 134
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; sister of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, April
24, 1954, to Peter
Lawford; mother of Christopher Lawford; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); granddaughter of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Daniel Edward Lungren (b. 1946) —
also known as Dan Lungren —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.; Folsom, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Gold River, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
22, 1946.
Republican. Lawyer;
staff for U.S. Sens. George
Murphy and Bill
Brock; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-89, 2005-13 (34th District
1979-83, 42nd District 1983-89, 3rd District 2005-13); defeated,
2012; California
state attorney general, 1991-99; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1992,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1998.
Irish and Swedish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Edmund Lyng (1918-2003) —
also known as Richard E. Lyng —
of Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 29,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president of Ed. J. Lyng
Co., a seed and bean processing company; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1986-89.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif., February
1, 2003 (age 84 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) —
also known as Clarence H. Mackay —
of Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
17, 1874.
Republican. Financier;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Irish and English
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1938 (age 64 years, 209
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Mackay and Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford)
Mackay; married, May 17,
1898, to Katherine Alexander Duer; married, July 18,
1931, to Anna Case; father of Katherine Duer Mackay (who married
Kenneth
O'Brien) and Ellin Blanca Mackay; second cousin twice removed of
Orville
Hungerford; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah
Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Leveret
Brainard. |
| | | Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Mackay Mountains,
in Marie Byrd
Land, Antarctica, are named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) —
also known as Shirley MacLean Beaty —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April
24, 1934.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972.
Female.
English,
Irish, and Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Mercedes McCambridge (1916-2004) —
also known as Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge —
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
16, 1916.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 2,
2004 (age 87 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Patrick Henry McCarthy (1863-1933) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in County Limerick, Ireland,
March
17, 1863.
Republican. Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1910-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1920.
Irish ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 1,
1933 (age 70 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Henry McGarry (1860-1935) —
also known as Patrick H. McGarry —
of Walker, Cass
County, Minn.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June, 1860.
Hotel-keeper;
first village president, Walker, Minn.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 52, 1909-10, 1913-14;
member of Minnesota
state senate 52nd District, 1915-22; resort
owner.
Irish ancestry.
Died in California, 1935
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward P. Meany (1854-1938) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 13,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, New Mexico Central and Southern Railway;
one of the organizers of the American Bell
Telephone Company, and counsel to American Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Colonial Life
Insurance Company of America; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1896,
1900;
chair
of Morris County Democratic Party, 1914.
Irish and English
ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., November
24, 1938 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Augustine Meany and Maria Lavina (Shannon) Meany; married
to Rosalie Behr; married 1923 to Andrie
Chesnal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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John E. Mullally (1875-1912) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1875.
Saloon
keeper; member of California
state assembly 30th District, 1911-12; died in office 1912.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Attacked
by three masked holdup men in his saloon,
shot,
mortally wounded, and died soon after, in Central Emergency Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., January
15, 1912 (age about 36
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Dick Murphy (b. 1942) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., December
16, 1942.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1989; mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 2001-05; resigned 2005.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) —
also known as George L. Murphy —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Professional actor
and dancer in
1934-52; appeared in films
such as For Me And My Gal, Battleground; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.
Irish ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, of leukemia,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 3,
1992 (age 89 years, 304
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Philip Murray (1886-1952) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Blantyre, Scotland,
May
25, 1886.
Democrat. Miner; president,
local union of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), 1905; district
president in 1912; vice-president
in 1917; chairman,
Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC); (SWOC), 1935-42, and president of
the successor United Steelworkers of America, 1942-52 president,
Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1952.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., November
9, 1952 (age 66 years, 168
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Castle Shannon, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Murray and Rose (Layden) Murray. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Gavin Christopher Newsom (b. 1967) —
also known as Gavin Newsom —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
10, 1967.
Democrat. Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2004-11; resigned 2011; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2004,
2008;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2011-19; Governor of
California, 2019-.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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John Francis Neylan (1885-1960) —
also known as John F. Neylan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; counsel to, and close associate of, William
Randolph Hearst; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member, University of California Board of Regents,
1928-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from a pulmonary
condition, in University Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
19, 1960 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
of California.
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March
16, 1912.
Republican. School
teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1953-61; First Lady
of the United States, 1969-74; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish and German
ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;
married, June 21,
1940, to Richard
Milhous Nixon. |
| | | Political families: Eisenhower-Nixon
family; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Patricia Nixon Elementary
School (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. — Pat Nixon Park
(established 1969), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. |
| | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speak
your language, they can tell if you have love in your
heart." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Genevieve Nutto (1902-1993) —
also known as Genevieve Heffernan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., October
23, 1902.
Republican. Stenographer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950.
Female.
Irish and German
ancestry.
Died in Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif., May 2,
1993 (age 90 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Heffernan and Anna M. Heffernan. |
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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Phil Regan (1906-1996) —
also known as Philip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan;
"The Singing Cop" —
of Summerland, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1906.
Democrat. Detective;
singer;
performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944,
1948;
arrested
in January 1973, and charged
with attempting to bribe
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Frank J. Frost $1,000 for his support
of a controversial rezoning; pleaded not guilty; tried and convicted;
sentenced to prison;
released after one year.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., February
11, 1996 (age 89 years, 259
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Richard J. Riordan (b. 1930) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 1,
1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1993-2001; candidate for Governor of
California, 2002.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Mary Pickford Rogers (1892-1979) —
also known as Gladys Louise Smith; Mary Pickford;
"America's Sweetheart"; "Little
Mary"; "Blondilocks" —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
April
8, 1892.
Republican. Professional actress
in 1908-33; appeared in more than 250 films;
co-founder (with Douglas Fairbanks, D. W. Griffith, and Charlie
Chaplin), United Artists motion
picture company; also co-founder of Motion
Picture Academy; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
Female.
English
and Irish ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 29,
1979 (age 87 years, 51
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Charles Smith and Charlotte (Hennessy) Smith;
married, January
7, 1911, to Owen Moore; married, March
28, 1920, to Douglas Fairbanks; married, June 26,
1937, to Charles 'Buddy' Rogers. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Mary Pickford: Kevin
Brownlow, Mary
Pickford Rediscovered — Eileen Whitfield, Pickford:
The Woman Who Made Hollywood |
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John Henry Rosseter (1869-1936) —
also known as John H. Rosseter —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920.
Irish ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., April
28, 1936 (age 66 years, 266
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Joseph Scott (1867-1958) —
also known as "Mr. Los Angeles" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Los Angeles School Board, 1904-15; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Catholic.
Irish and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1958
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; statue at Los
Angeles County Courthouse Grounds, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ally Sheedy (b. 1962) —
also known as Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1962.
Democrat. Actress;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
Jewish,
Irish, and German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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James Shields (1806-1879) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Rice
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), May 10,
1806.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the
Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,
Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham
Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,
and Shields challenged him to a duel,
which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, June 1,
1879 (age 73 years, 22
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at Courthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.
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Ignatius Augustine Sullivan (1867-1928) —
also known as Ignatius A. Sullivan —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
20, 1867.
Democrat. President,
Hartford Central Labor Union; president,
Connecticut Federation of Labor; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1902-04; defeated, 1904; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 1928 (age 60 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Sullivan and Catharine Sullivan; married, September
29, 1891, to Sarah A. Clancy. |
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Fred Langdon Woodworth (1877-1944) —
also known as Fred L. Woodworth —
of Caseville, Huron
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Caseville, Huron
County, Mich., January
8, 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1909-12; member
of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1913-16; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Michigan, 1921-33; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1928; chair of
Wayne County Republican Party, 1934-35.
Irish and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1944 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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