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Martin Joseph Wade (1861-1931) —
also known as Martin J. Wade —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., October
20, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Iowa 8th District,
1893-1903; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1903-05; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1912; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1915-31; died
in office 1931.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
16, 1931 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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James Eugene Walker (1908-1972) —
also known as James E. Walker —
of Orange, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; writer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1940; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-54; chair of
Orange County Democratic Party, 1942-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1944; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; member of California
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946-52; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in May, 1972
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sharpless Walker and Gladys (James) Walker; married, June 10,
1930, to Murrel K. Knox. |
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Ralph Waverly Wallace (b. 1900) —
also known as Ralph W. Wallace —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla., August
27, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1935-37; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1936.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William McChesney Wallace and Helen (Clayton) Wallace; married 1925 to
Margaret Bowie. |
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Chesley Mathew Walter (b. 1889) —
also known as Chesley M. Walter —
of Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill., November
19, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1944.
Member, Kiwanis;
Order of
the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter; married 1912 to Fannie
Machen; married, May 24,
1941, to Dorothy Mills Smith. |
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Earl Warren (1891-1974) —
also known as "Superchief" —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
19, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Alameda
County District Attorney, 1925-39; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
Temporary Chair, 1944;
California
Republican state chair, 1934-36; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1936-38; California
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
California, 1943-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69; chair, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi; Exchange
Club.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1974 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of William Morrow
Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington; married 1953 to Helen
Goodner. |
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Laughlin Edward Waters (b. 1914) —
also known as Laughlin E. Waters —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
16, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1946-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1950-52; California
Republican state chair, 1952; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1952; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1953-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Joseph Waters and Ida Pauline (Bauman) Waters; married, August
22, 1953, to Voula Davanis. |
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Claude A. Watson (b. 1885) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wexford
County, Mich., June 26,
1885.
Ordained
minister; lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; Prohibition candidate for
California
state attorney general, 1938, 1942, 1946; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948.
Free
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Stephen Palfrey Webb (1804-1879) —
also known as Stephen P. Webb —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
20, 1804.
Lawyer; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1842-45, 1860-63; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1854-55.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
29, 1879 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Webb and Sara Putnam (Palfrey) Webb; married, May 26,
1834, to Hannah Hunt Beckford Robinson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Ulysses Sigel Webb (b. 1864) —
also known as Ulysses S. Webb; U. S. Webb —
of Quincy, Plumas
County, Calif.
Born in Flemington, Taylor
County, W.Va., September
29, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Plumas
County District Attorney; California
state attorney general, 1902-39.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Webb and Elizabeth (Cather) Webb; married, October
23, 1895, to Grace Goodwin. |
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Guilford Wiley Wells (1840-1909) —
also known as G. Wiley Wells —
of Mississippi.
Born in New York, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1875-77; U.S.
Consul General in Shanghai, 1877.
Died March
21, 1909 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899-1990) —
also known as Clifton R. Wharton —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 11,
1899.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Monrovia, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Las Palmas, as of 1932-38; Ponta Delgada, 1945-47; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1958-60; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1961-64.
African
ancestry.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
25, 1990 (age 90 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis N. Whealton (c.1872-1951) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Virginia, about 1872.
Lawyer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1914-15.
Died in December, 1951
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George J. Whelan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1856.
Burial location unknown.
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Clinton W. White (1921-2001) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born October
8, 1921.
Lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1977-78; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1978-95.
African
ancestry.
Died, of diabetes
related respiratory
arrest, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 22,
2001 (age 79 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edward Wiggins (1927-2000) —
also known as Charles E. Wiggins —
of El Monte, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in El Monte, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
3, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of El Monte, Calif., 1964-66; U.S.
Representative from California, 1967-79 (25th District 1967-75,
39th District 1975-79); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1984-96.
Member, Lions; American Bar
Association.
Died, of complications from diabetes
and heart
disease, at Sunrise Hospital
and Medical Center, Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 2,
2000 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt (1889-1963) —
also known as Mabel Walker; "First Lady of
Law"; "Prohibition Portia" —
of Temple City, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Indio, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Woodsdale, Stevens
County, Kan., May 23,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; Assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1921-29;
directed Prohibition prosecutions; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1928
(chair, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1932.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of cancer,
in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., April 6,
1963 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of David William Walker and Myrtle S. (Eaton) Walker;
married 1910 to A. F.
Willebrandt. |
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David W. Williams (1910-2000) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
20, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1956-62;
superior court judge in California, 1963-69; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1969-81.
African
ancestry.
First
Black federal judge west of the Mississippi.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
2000 (age 90 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gesner Williams (born c.1867) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Alabama, about 1867.
Lawyer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Los Angeles Times, May 4, 1919 |
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James Robert Williams (1850-1923) —
also known as James R. Williams; Bob
Williams —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Carmi, White
County, Ill., December
27, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1889-95, 1899-1905 (19th District
1889-95, 20th District 1899-1903, 24th District 1903-05); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1900,
1912;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1904.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
8, 1923 (age 72 years, 316
days).
Interment at Maple
Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, Ill.
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George A. Willson (born c.1911) —
of Huntington Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles
County, Calif., about 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1950, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964.
Burial location unknown.
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James Wilson (1797-1881) —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March
18, 1797.
Whig. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825-37, 1840, 1846,
1871-72; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1835, 1838; delegate to Whig National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member,
Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Balloting Committee;
member, Committee to Notify Nominees); Surveyor-General of Public
Lands for Wisconsin and Iowa Territories, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1847-50; resigned
1850.
Died in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., May 29,
1881 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Keene, N.H.
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William Henry Wilson (1877-1937) —
also known as William H. Wilson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
6, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1913-16; Philadelphia director of
public
safety, 1916-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1935-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., August
11, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Lingel H. Winters (b. 1938) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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James Harold Wolfe (1884-1958) —
also known as James H. Wolfe —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Skippack, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
26, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Utah, 1916;
justice
of Utah state supreme court, 1935-54; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1943-44, 1951-54.
Died in Sonoma, Sonoma
County, Calif., March
28, 1958 (age 73 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward M. Wolkowitz —
of Culver City, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Lawyer; mayor
of Culver City, Calif., 1996-.
Still living as of 2001.
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Ernest Edward Wood (1875-1952) —
also known as Ernest E. Wood —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chico, Butte
County, Calif., August
24, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1905-06.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1952 (age 76 years, 139
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Frederic Thomas Woodman (1872-1949) —
also known as Frederic T. Woodman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., June 25,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-03; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1916-19; defeated, 1919; indicted
on bribery
charges, March 1919; tried
and found not guilty; banker.
Died March
25, 1949 (age 76 years, 273
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Samuel Davis Woods (1845-1915) —
also known as Samuel D. Woods —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Maury
County, Tenn., September
19, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1900-03.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
24, 1915 (age 70 years, 96
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Crispus Attucks Wright (c.1904-2001) —
also known as Chris Wright —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born about 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1958.
African
ancestry.
In 1997, donated $2 million to the University of Southern
California's law school, which was the largest-ever gift to USC by an
African American.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
4, 2001 (age about 97
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henderson Yoakum (1849-1909) —
also known as C. H. Yoakum —
of Emory, Rains
County, Tex.; Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Tehuacana, Lincoln County (now Limestone
County), Tex., July 10,
1849.
Lawyer; Rains
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876; District Attorney 8th
District, 1886-90; member of Texas
state senate 5th District, 1893-94; U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., January
1, 1909 (age 59 years, 175
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Cemetery, Ennis, Tex.
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Seth Hartman Yocum (1834-1895) —
also known as Seth H. Yocum —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Catawissa, Columbia
County, Pa., August
2, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Centre
County District Attorney, 1875-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1879-81; mayor
of Johnson City, Tenn., 1885.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
19, 1895 (age 60 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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David Young III (b. 1905) —
of Boonton, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 1,
1905.
Republican. Civil
engineer; lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1941-46; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,
1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Evelle Jansen Younger (1918-1989) —
also known as Evelle J. Younger —
of California.
Born in Stamford, Harlan
County, Neb., June 19,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; FBI
agent; lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1953-58;
superior court judge in California, 1958-64; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1964-70; California
state attorney general, 1971-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerotic
cardiovascular
disease, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1989 (age 70 years, 319
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Paul Zakaib Jr. (b. 1932) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
20, 1932.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-74;
defeated, 1974; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1978, 1980.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, Elks; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 1980.
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Relatives: Son
of Paul Zakaib and Hazel (Rahal) Zakaib; married, March
12, 1967, to Maria Lucia DeRito. |
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George N. Zenovich (b. 1922) —
also known as George Zenovich —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., April
29, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of California
state assembly 32nd District, 1963-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968;
member of California
state senate 16th District, 1971-75.
Eastern
Orthodox. Serbian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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