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Ned Culbertson Abbott (1874-1960) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., March 9,
1874.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; newspaper
reporter; author;
instructor in U.S. schools in Philippine Islands, 1901-04; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Nebraska
superintendent of public instruction, 1908; superintendent,
Nebraska School for the Blind, from 1913.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
24, 1960 (age 85 years, 352
days).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Edward Lincoln Abel (1860-1927) —
also known as E. L. Abel —
of Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.; Bridgewater, McCook
County, S.Dak.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
19, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; livestock
grower; mayor of Bridgewater, S.D.; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1913-15.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1927
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.
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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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Jeff Adachi (b. 1959) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August
29, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; San Francisco Public Defender; writer,
director, and producer of two film
documentaries, The Slanted Screen (2006), and You Don't
Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (2009); candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2011.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2011.
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Annette Abbott Adams (1877-1956) —
also known as Annette Abbott; Mrs. A. A.
Adams —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Prattville, Plumas
County, Calif., March
12, 1877.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1918-20.
Female.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta.
Died October
26, 1956 (age 79 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Pollard Adams (1908-1982) —
also known as Frank P. Adams —
of Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
25, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1968,
1972;
treasurer
of California Republican Party, 1971-73.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in June, 1982
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edson Adams and Jessie (Fox) Adams; married, September
9, 1950, to Analisa Bosche. |
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Robert Peter Aguilar (b. 1931) —
also known as Robert P. Aguilar —
of California.
Born in Madera, Madera
County, Calif., April
15, 1931.
Lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1979-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1980-96;
took senior status 1996.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Idaho City, Boise
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880
(not seated); delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Arthur Lawrence Alarcón (1925-2015) —
also known as Arthur L. Alarcón —
of California.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; superior
court judge in California, 1964-78; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1978-79; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-92; took
senior status 1992.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
28, 2015 (age 89 years, 167
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles E. Albrook (1851-1919) —
of Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Clarion
County, Pa., October
23, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Eldora, Iowa, 1879-81, 1892-94;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1900
(chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); district judge in Iowa 11th
District, 1908-14.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
19, 1919 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Eldora
City Cemetery, Eldora, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Michael Albrook and Myra (Hahn) Albrook; married to Adelaide
Victoria Gibbs. |
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memorial |
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Ruggero John Aldisert (1919-2014) —
also known as Ruggero J. Aldisert —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
10, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1961-68; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1968-86; took
senior status 1986.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
28, 2014 (age 95 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Hays Alford (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bowie
County, Tex., September
14, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1893; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1894; California
Democratic state chair, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Michael Alford and Josephine M. Alford. |
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Angela Mia Alioto (b. 1949) —
also known as Angela Alioto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born October
20, 1949.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1991, 1995, 2003.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) —
also known as Joseph L. Alioto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate for Governor of
California, 1974.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1971 on federal charges
of bribery,
conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972.
Died, of prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1998 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.; cenotaph at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Clarence Emir Allen (1852-1932) —
also known as Clarence E. Allen —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Girard Township, Erie
County, Pa., September
8, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; mining
business; member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1888-96; Salt
Lake County Clerk, 1890-93; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1892,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1896-97.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., July 9,
1932 (age 79 years, 305
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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George Edward Allen (1896-1973) —
also known as George E. Allen —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., February
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hotel
business; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1933-38, 1939-40;
resigned 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1936;
Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1943; speechwriter
for Pres. Harry
Truman; director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Close friend of presidents Roosevelt,
Truman,
and Eisenhower.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Eisenhower Medical
Center, Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., April
23, 1973 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Booneville, Miss.
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John Joseph Allen Jr. (1899-1995) —
also known as John J. Allen, Jr. —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1947-59; defeated,
1958; Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation, 1959-61; mayor
of McCall, Idaho, 1989-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Cascade, Valley
County, Idaho, March 7,
1995 (age 95 years, 100
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at McCall Cemetery, McCall, Idaho.
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Matthew Thompson Allen (1848-1913) —
also known as Matthew T. Allen —
of Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio, September
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1892-93;
superior court judge in California, 1897-1905; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1905-07.
Died in 1913
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Allen and Elizabeth (Ash) Allen; married, April
23, 1879, to Mary Whiteside. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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William Vincent Allen (1847-1924) —
also known as William V. Allen; "Intellectual Giant of
Populism" —
of Madison, Madison
County, Neb.
Born in Midway, Madison
County, Ohio, January
28, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 9th District, 1892-93, 1899, 1917-24;
appointed 1899; resigned 1899; died in office 1924; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1893-99, 1899-1901.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
12, 1924 (age 76 years, 349
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Neb.
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William Haskell Alsup (b. 1945) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., June 27,
1945.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1999-.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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Leo Ellis Anderson (1902-1993) —
also known as Leo E. Anderson —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Gettysburg, Potter
County, S.Dak., February
20, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Latvia in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1932-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1936,
1940,
1944;
chair
of Los Angeles County Republican Party, 1936-40; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1942-44; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California; California
Republican state chair, 1944-45.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
20, 1993 (age 91 years, 242
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Frank M. Angellotti (b. 1861) —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., September
4, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; Marin
County District Attorney, 1885-91; superior court judge in
California, 1891-1903; justice of
California state supreme court, 1903-15; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1915-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Giuseppe Angellotti and Frances L. (Osgood) Angellotti; married,
December
27, 1884, to Emma C. Cearley. |
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John Antoon II (b. 1946) —
of Florida.
Born in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., May 16,
1946.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1985-95; Judge,
Florida Court of Appeals, 1995-2000; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 2000-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Saundra Brown Armstrong (b. 1947) —
of California.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March
23, 1947.
Police
officer; lawyer; member, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 1983-86; superior court judge in California, 1989-91; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1991-.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Roger Arnebergh (1909-2004) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952,
1964;
Los Angeles City Attorney, 1953-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
25, 2004 (age 94 years, 161
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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George Longan Arnold (b. 1922) —
also known as George Arnold —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 3,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1954;
administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Matthew
Neely, 1956-57.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Arnold (1903-1984) —
of Susanville, Lassen
County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lassen
County District Attorney, 1949-55; member of California
state senate, 1955-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lassen Cemetery, Susanville, Calif.
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Warren Hendry Atherton (1891-1976) —
also known as Warren H. Atherton —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
28, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; storage
corporation executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate).
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in March, 1976
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dwight C. Atherton and Elizabeth (Hendry) Atherton; married, July 7,
1917, to Anne Holt; married, August
17, 1952, to Marietta Monachino Cochran. |
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Samuel Beach Axtell (1819-1891) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; Amador
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born near Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
14, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; Amador
County District Attorney, 1854; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1867-71; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1875; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1875-78; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1882-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., August
6, 1891 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Donald B. Ayer (b. 1949) —
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., April
30, 1949.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1981-86.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Albert Leroy Aylmer (1885-1970) —
also known as A. Leroy Aylmer —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in North Dakota, March
29, 1885.
Lawyer; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1936-40.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1970 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Eternal
Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, Calif.
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Albert Douglass Ayres (1874-1944) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fort Bidwell, Modoc
County, Calif., June 25,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1911-13.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died October
3, 1944 (age 70 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Irvin Ayres and Annie Laura (Poore) Ayres; married to Emma
McCormick and Enola Sims. |
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