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Roberta Achtenberg (b. 1950) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born July 20,
1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1988; Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 1993-95; first
openly gay person to be confirmed for appointment by the U.S. Senate;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1995; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Jewish. Member, National
Lawyers Guild; Lesbian.
Still living as of 2000.
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George Felix Allen Jr. (b. 1952) —
also known as George F. Allen, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
1952.
Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1991-93; Governor of
Virginia, 1994-98; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2001-07; defeated, 2006; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Lionel Alperson (1907-1992) —
also known as Joseph L. Alperson —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Poland,
April
10, 1907.
Democrat. President, Affiliated Metal Stainless
Steel Warehousing Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960,
1964.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died June 7,
1992 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Usher Alperson and Rochel (Weisman) Alperson; married, March 5,
1931, to Sadie Horwitz. |
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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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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Michael Balkman (c.1954-2001) —
of Culver City, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born about 1954.
Mayor
of Culver City, Calif., 1980.
Jewish.
Died in 2001
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Thomas J. Bane (1913-1999) —
also known as Tom Bane —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Tarzana, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1913.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; member of California
state assembly, 1959-64, 1975-92 (42nd District 1959-64, 40th
District 1975-92); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 27th District, 1964.
Jewish. Member, Lions; Toastmasters.
Died, from a respiratory
illness, in Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
11, 1999 (age 85 years, 104
days).
Interment at Eden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Leon David Bayer (b. 1953) —
also known as Leon Bayer —
of Sunland, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Northridge, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April
11, 1953.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1972.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert Bayer and Martha (Miller) Bayer. |
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Anthony Charles Beilenson (1932-2017) —
also known as Anthony C. Beilenson —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
26, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1963-66; member of California
state senate, 1967-76; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; U.S.
Representative from California, 1977-97 (23rd District 1977-93,
24th District 1993-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 5,
2017 (age 84 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Aaron Berliner (b. 1899) —
also known as Harold A. Berliner —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
16, 1899.
Democrat. Member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-49; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for the 1st California District, 1943-44; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Lawrence Berman (b. 1941) —
also known as Howard L. Berman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Mission Hills, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Valley Village, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly, 1973-82; U.S.
Representative from California, 1983-2008 (26th District
1983-2003, 28th District 2003-08).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sherman Block (1924-1998) —
of Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1924.
Los
Angeles County Sheriff, 1981-98.
Jewish.
Died in 1998
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Barbara Levy Boxer (b. 1940) —
also known as Barbara Boxer; Barbara Levy —
of Greenbrae, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
11, 1940.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1983-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996
(delegation co-chair), 2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1993-.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Delta
Phi Epsilon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stephen Gerald Breyer (b. 1938) —
also known as Stephen G. Breyer —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
15, 1938.
Law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur
J. Goldberg, 1964-65; lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1980-94; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1994-.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2017.
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Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) —
also known as Smylla Brynd; Tessa Brind —
of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
March
24, 1928.
Democrat. Actress;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from breast
cancer, at the Motion Picture Country Home,
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 21,
1999 (age 71 years, 58
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Sala Galant Burton (1925-1987) —
also known as Sala Burton; Sala Galant —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bialystock, Poland,
April
1, 1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956,
1976,
1980,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1983-87; died in
office 1987.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, of colon
cancer, at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1987 (age 61 years, 306
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Bernard Cohn (1835-1889) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1835.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1878.
Jewish.
Died in 1889
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel S. Cooper (b. 1930) —
of Oak Park, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
10, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 69th District, 1965-70; member of
Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1971-78; defeated in primary, 1978;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1972.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 1978.
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Relatives:
Married to Hilda Winshall. |
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Theodore E. Cummings (1907-1982) —
Born in 1907.
U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1981-82, died in office 1982.
Jewish.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1982 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) —
also known as Samuel George Davis —
Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; singer; dancer; actor;
injured in an automobile accident in 1954, and lost his
left eye; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish. African
and Cuban
ancestry.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1968.
Died, from complications of throat
cancer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 16,
1990 (age 64 years, 159
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Susan A. Davis (b. 1944) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
13, 1944.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1994-2001; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (49th District 2001-03,
53rd District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Michael Henry de Young (1849-1925) —
also known as M. H. de Young —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
30, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; in 1879, his brother Charles de Young (1846-1880),
then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, shot and wounded San
Francisco mayor Isaac
S. Kalloch; a few months later, Charles was shot to death in his
office by the mayor's son; on November 19, 1884, he was shot and
seriously wounded by Adolph
B. Spreckels, who had been angered by an article in the
Chronicle; Spreckels, who pleaded temporary insanity, was
tried and found not guilty; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1888,
1892,
1908,
1920.
Catholic.
Jewish ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
15, 1925 (age 75 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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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Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd (1919-2017) —
also known as Douglas F. Dowd —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
7, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; economist;
university
professor; Peace and Freedom candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968.
Jewish ancestry.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Bologna, Italy,
September
8, 2017 (age 97 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mervyn Dowd and Sybil (Seid) Dowd; married to Zeril
Druskin. |
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Bevan Dufty (b. 1955) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born February
27, 1955.
Democrat. Legislative assistant to Rep. Shirley
Chisholm and later to Julian
Dixon; aide to Mayor Willie
Brown; member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 2002-11;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2011.
Jewish. Gay.
Still living as of 2011.
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David Englestein (c.1905-1996) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,
about 1905.
Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Jewish.
Left the Communist Party in 1992; helped found the socialist
Committees of Correspondence.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
18, 1996 (age about 91
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joyce A. Fadem (b. 1932) —
also known as Joyce Abrams —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
25, 1932.
Democrat. College
instructor; member of California
Democratic State Committee, 1960-64, 1966-72; secretary of
California Democratic Party, 1963-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 1973.
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Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (b. 1933) —
also known as Dianne Feinstein; Dianne Emiel Goldman;
Dianne Berman; "DiFi" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 22,
1933.
Democrat. Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1978-88; defeated, 1971, 1975; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996
(delegation co-chair), 2000,
2004,
2008;
member, Platform Committee, 1988;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1990; U.S.
Senator from California, 1992-.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2021.
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Bobbi Fiedler (1937-2019) —
also known as Roberta Frances Horowitz —
of Northridge, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
22, 1937.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1981-87; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1986.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in Northridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 3,
2019 (age 81 years, 315
days).
Interment at Eden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Robert Filner (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Filner —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1942.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from California, 1993-2008 (50th District
1993-2003, 51st District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; Navy
League; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jonas Martin Frost (b. 1942) —
also known as Martin Frost —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 24th District, 1979-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1988
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2014.
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Eric Michael Garcetti (b. 1971) —
also known as Eric Garcetti —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
4, 1971.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2008; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2008;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 2013-.
Jewish. Mexican,
Italian,
and Russian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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William Goetz (1903-1969) —
of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
24, 1903.
Democrat. Hollywood movie
producer and studio executive; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
15, 1969 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Michael Goldwater (1821-1903) —
also known as Michael Goldwasser; "Big
Mike" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Konin, Poland,
1821.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; mayor
of Prescott, Ariz., 1885.
Jewish.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., 1903
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Earl Goodman (1892-1961) —
also known as Louis E. Goodman —
of Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Lemoore, Kings
County, Calif., January
2, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1942-61;
died in office 1961.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., September
15, 1961 (age 69 years, 256
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard Gotlieb (1893-1979) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1893.
School
teacher; interpreter;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Baghdad, 1917; Cairo, 1918-21; U.S. Consul in Teheran, 1921-24; Halifax, 1924-26; Singapore, 1926-28; Wellington, 1928-33; Messina, 1933-34; Trieste, 1934-37; Nuevo Laredo, 1940-42; Santiago de Cuba, 1942-43; Havana, 1943-44; Windsor, 1944-47.
Jewish.
Died in Marin
County, Calif., March
15, 1979 (age 85 years, 128
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice Henry Gotlieb and Rebecca (Wolff) Gotlieb; married, July 2,
1929, to Audrey Gwendoline Ormiston. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Walter A. Haas (1889-1979) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 11,
1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president
(1928-56) and chairman of the Levi Strauss clothing
company; director, Crocker-Anglo National Bank,
National Ice
and Cold Storage
Co.; Pacific Gas &
Electric Co.; vice-president, Mt. Zion Hospital;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1952.
Jewish.
Died December
7, 1979 (age 90 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Hamburg (b. 1948) —
also known as Dan Hamburg —
of Ukiah, Mendocino
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1948.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jane Frank Harman (b. 1945) —
also known as Jane F. Harman; Jane Lakes; Jane
Frank —
of Venice, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
V. Tunney, 1972; counsel for congressional subcommittees; deputy
secretary to the Cabinet in the Jimmy
Carter White House, 1977-78; U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1993-99, 2001-;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1998.
Female.
Jewish. Polish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Manny Harmon (1909-2003) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
4, 1909.
Republican. Band and
orchestra leader; performed, Republican National Convention, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Century City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 5,
2003 (age 93 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of Union (now Arcata), Humboldt
County, Calif.; London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English,
Dutch,
and Jewish ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
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Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) —
also known as Edward H. Heller —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
15, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier;
director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank;
director, Permanente Cement
Co., Bandini Petroleum
Co., Olympic Radio and
Television, Inc., Heller Land
Co., Permanente Steamship
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1960;
Regent, University of California, 1942-58.
Jewish.
Died in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Albert Jessel (1898-1981) —
also known as George Jessel; "Toastmaster General of
the United States" —
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., April 3,
1898.
Democrat. Actor;
songwriter;
movie
producer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 23,
1981 (age 83 years, 50
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Florence Prag Kahn (1866-1948) —
also known as Florence P. Kahn; Florence
Prag —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, November
9, 1866.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1925-37.
Female.
Jewish.
First
Jewish woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
16, 1948 (age 82 years, 7
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Julius Kahn (1861-1924) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Kuppenheim, Baden (now Germany),
February
28, 1861.
Republican. Actor;
lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1892; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1899-1903, 1905-24;
died in office 1924.
Jewish.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
18, 1924 (age 63 years, 294
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Quentin Lewis Kopp (b. 1928) —
also known as Quentin L. Kopp —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1928.
Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979; member of California
state senate, 1986-98; superior court judge in California,
1999-2004.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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John Hans Krebs (1926-2014) —
of California.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
December
17, 1926.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1975-79.
Jewish.
Died in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., November
10, 2014 (age 87 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Steven Lane (b. 1956) —
also known as Don Lane —
of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
12, 1956.
Democrat. Founder and president of Saturn Cafe, a vegetarian restaurant
in Santa Cruz; mayor
of Santa Cruz, Calif., 1991-92.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives: Son
of Bert Lane and Ann (Reiss) Lane; married, May 10,
1985, to Diane Hansch. |
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Daniel Lapin (b. 1947) —
of California; Mercer Island, King
County, Wash.
Born in Johannesburg, South
Africa, January
1, 1947.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; rabbi; author; radio show
host; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1996.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2021.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Ambassador to
Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish. Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood
dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Edgar Coleman Levey (1881-1962) —
also known as Edgar C. Levey —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in California, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1925-35, 1937-39; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1927-32.
Jewish.
Died in Hahnemann Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., October
8, 1962 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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David F. Levi (b. 1951) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin
C. Duniway, 1980-81, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis
Powell, 1981-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1987-90; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1990-2007.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2007.
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Meldon Edises Levine (b. 1943) —
also known as Mel Levine —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 7,
1943.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1977-83; U.S.
Representative from California 27th District, 1983-93; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sarah Lovell (1922-1994) —
also known as Sarah Rebecca Hellman; Sarah
Zucker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 8,
1922.
Socialist. Candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1957; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1968.
Female.
Jewish ancestry. Member, International
Typographical Union; National
Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer,
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 14,
1994 (age 72 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman; married 1949 to Frank
Lovell; married to Frank Zucker. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, January 6,
1958 |
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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1905-11; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for
the 7th Circuit, 1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1911-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1929-30; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40; took
senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, in his room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cyril Isaac Magnin (1899-1988) —
also known as Cyril Magnin; "Mr. San
Francisco" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 6,
1899.
Democrat. Women's
appearel business; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948
(alternate), 1964;
Chief of Protocol for the City of San Francisco, 1964-1986; president
of the Port of
San Francisco.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 8,
1988 (age 88 years, 338
days).
Interment at Hills
of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Don Martin Mankiewicz (1922-2015) —
also known as Don M. Mankiewicz —
of East Norwich, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
January
30, 1922.
Democrat. Novelist;
screenwriter
for dozens of television
shows; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1960
(alternate), 1972;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Jewish.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 2015 (age 93 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Fabian Mankiewicz (1924-2014) —
also known as Frank Mankiewicz —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
California
state assembly, 1950; lawyer; author;
press secretary for Robert
F. Kennedy, 1966-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968;
campaign manager for George
McGovern's presidential campaign, 1972; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1976; president,
National Public Radio,
1977-83.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
failure while suffering from lung
problems, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2014 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Milton Marks (1920-1998) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1920.
Member of California
state assembly, 1962-66; member of California
state senate, 1967-96; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1975; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1982.
Jewish.
Died in 1998
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Republican. Owned movie
theaters in New England; moved into the movie
production business starting in 1916; head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie
studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney
infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer and Jacob Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955) and Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944);
married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who
married William
Goetz) and Irene Gladys Mayer (who married David
Oliver Selznick). |
| | | Political family: Mayer
family of Los Angeles, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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Margaret Mayer (1883-1955) —
also known as Margaret Shenberg; Mrs. Louis B.
Mayer —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
3, 1883.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in 1955
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer,
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,
1932 |
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Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
12, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
California, 1943-58; California
state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of
California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died
in office 2001.
Jewish. Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 19,
2001 (age 88 years, 280
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol
Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
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Bess Myerson (1924-2014) —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Miss America, 1945; first
and only Jewish woman to win the pageant; musician; television
personality; New York City commissioner of consumer affairs,
1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 of bribing
Justice Hortense
Gabel by giving her daughter
a city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments for
Carl Andrew Capasso, Myerson's married
lover; the scandal
was called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumer
affairs commissioner; indicted
on federal bribery
charges in 1988, along with Capasso and Gabel; tried
and found not guilty.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
14, 2014 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Jan Perry —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Democrat. Member, Los Angeles City Council, 2001-13; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2004;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 2013.
Female.
Jewish. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sol Price (1916-2009) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
23, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; Retailer
who started the "warehouse club" model copied by Sam's Club and
others; his Price Club chain merged with Costco; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
14, 2009 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jay Robert Pritzker (b. 1965) —
also known as J. B. Pritzker —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., January
19, 1965.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1998; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008,
2016;
Governor
of Illinois, 2019-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2019.
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Max Radin (1880-1950) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kempen, Poland,
March
29, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1940.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Died, from an intestinal
obstruction, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., June 22,
1950 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rabbi Adolph Moses Radin and Johanna (Theodor) Radin; married, July 2,
1909, to Rose Jaffe; married, June 30,
1922, to Dorothea Prall (sister-in-law of Sherwood
Anderson). |
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Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) —
also known as Emanuel Goldenberg —
Born in Bucharest, Romania,
December
12, 1893.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish. Romanian
ancestry.
Died, from bladder
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1973 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Ben Rosenthal (1898-1953) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1898.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1935-40; municipal judge in California, 1940.
Jewish.
Died in 1953
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Selig Salomon (1836-1913) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
December
25, 1836.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1870-72; member of California
state assembly 42nd District, 1889-91.
Jewish. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died July 18,
1913 (age 76 years, 205
days).
Interment at Salem
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Isadore Schary (1905-1980) —
also known as Dore Schary —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
31, 1905.
Democrat. Actor,
playwright,
screenwriter,
movie
producer; replaced Louis
B. Mayer as head of M-G-M Studios in 1951; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died July 7,
1980 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Cemetery, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Lynn Schenk (b. 1945) —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
5, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988,
2004;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 49th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Adam B. Schiff (b. 1960) —
of Burbank, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1996-2001; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (27th District 2001-03,
29th District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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David Oliver Selznick (1902-1965) —
also known as David O. Selznick; Oliver
Jeffries —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 10,
1902.
Republican. Movie
producer and Hollywood
studio head; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1944.
Jewish.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 22,
1965 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Clara Lemlich Shavelson (1886-1982) —
also known as Clara Shavelson; Clara Lemlich; Clara
Goldman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Gorodok, Ukraine,
March
28, 1886.
Communist. Labor
organizer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1936.
Female.
Jewish ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 25,
1982 (age 96 years, 119
days).
Interment at New
Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, N.Y.
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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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Bradley J. Sherman (b. 1954) —
also known as Brad Sherman —
of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
24, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1997-2008 (24th District
1997-2003, 27th District 2003-08).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) —
also known as Norton Simon; Norton
Glickman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
5, 1907.
Republican. President, Val Vita Food
Products, 1931-42; subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods;
director, Wheeling Steel
Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway,
and McCall's Publishing
Co.; art collector; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marcus Cauffman Sloss (1869-1958) —
also known as M. C. Sloss —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1869.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-06; justice of
California state supreme court, 1906-19.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 17,
1958 (age 89 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Sloss and Sarah (Greenebaum) Sloss; married 1899 to Hattie
L. Hecht. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier (b. 1950) —
also known as Jackie Speier —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 14,
1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
staff member for U.S. Rep. Leo J.
Ryan, 1973-78; traveled on a mission to Guyana in 1978, to
investigate allegations of abuse and coercion in the People's Temple
settlement there; shot five
times by security guards, who also shot and killed Congressman
Ryan and four others; member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1986-98; member of California
state senate 8th District, 1998-2006; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 2008-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Armenian
and Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lionel Sanford Steinberg (b. 1919) —
also known as Lionel Steinberg —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., April
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer; business
executive; chair of
Fresno County Democratic Party, 1952-58; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate).
Jewish. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Steinberg and Selma (Steinberg) Steinberg; married, April
10, 1949, to Mary Louise Endfield. |
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Jesse Henry Steinhart (b. 1881) —
also known as Jesse H. Steinhart —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Belvedere, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 11,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Steinhart and Louise (D'Allemand) Steinhart; married, November
11, 1939, to Genevieve Tully. |
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) —
also known as Adolph Sutro —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Germany,
April
29, 1830.
Cigar and
tobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the Sutro
Tunnel, to drain water from the silver
mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada; real estate
investor; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97.
Jewish. German
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
8, 1898 (age 68 years, 101
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Benjamin Harrison Swig (1893-1980) —
also known as Benjamin H. Swig —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1893.
Democrat. Chairman, Fairmont Hotel
Co.; chairman, Western Dairy
Products, Inc.; president, Security Title Insurance
Co., Benefit Standard Life
Insurance Co., Beneficial Fire and
Casualty Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mathew Oscar Tobriner (1904-1982) —
also known as Mathew O. Tobriner —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 2,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956;
Judge,
California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1959-62; justice of
California state supreme court, 1962-82.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of
the Coif.
Died, from heart
trouble, at Mt. Zion Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April 7,
1982 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March
16, 1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Carmen H. Warschaw —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1988
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2005.
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Henry Arnold Waxman (b. 1939) —
also known as Henry A. Waxman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
12, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from California, 1975-2015 (24th District 1975-93,
29th District 1993-2003, 30th District 2003-13, 33rd District
2013-15); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2019.
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission,
1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade
Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney
ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marianne Deborah Williamson (b. 1952) —
also known as Marianne Williamson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 8,
1952.
Author;
lecturer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 33rd District, 2014; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2020.
Female.
Russian
and Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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Shelley Winters (1920-2006) —
also known as Shirley Schrift —
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
18, 1920.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish. Austrian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Rehabilitation
Centre of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
14, 2006 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jonas Schrift and Rose (Winter) Schrift; married, January
1, 1942, to Mack Paul Mayer; married, April
28, 1952, to Vittorio Gassman; married, January
14, 2006, to Gerry DeFord; married, May 4,
1957, to Anthony
Franciosa. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved mother, grandmother,
and actress." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joshua Selassie Wolf (b. 1982) —
also known as Josh Wolf —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in California, June 8,
1982.
Video
journalist; jailed
226 days by a federal court for his refusal
to turn over to prosecutors his tapes of anarchist
protesters clashing with police during a 2005 demonstration;
released in April 2007; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2007.
Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Howard Eliot Wolpe III (1939-2011) —
also known as Howard E. Wolpe —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Saugatuck, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
2, 1939.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 46th District, 1973-76; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1979-93; defeated,
1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1988;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1994.
Jewish. Member, Jaycees.
Died in Saugatuck, Allegan
County, Mich., October
25, 2011 (age 71 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James David Zellerbach (1892-1963) —
also known as J. D. Zellerbach —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
17, 1892.
Executive vice president and director of Crown Zellerbach
Corporation, manufacturers of paper
products; director Wells Fargo Bank and
Union Trust
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1956-60.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
3, 1963 (age 71 years, 198
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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