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Politicians in Manufacturing in California
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Bennett Archambault — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Republican. Manufacturer; president, Stewart-Warner Corp.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Tau Beta Pi; Lambda Chi Alpha. Still living as of 1973.   Relatives: Son of Albert Joseph Archambault and May (Smales) Archambault; married to Margaret Henrietta Morgan.   Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) — of Verona, Essex County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Roseland, Essex County, N.J., September 5, 1855. Grocer; invented and manufactured the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex County Freeholder; real estate business; New York representative for Union Oil Company of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital 1924; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27. Methodist. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.   Relatives: Son of Stephen J. Condit and Catherine Jane (Tappan) Condit; married 1881 to Ida Frances Rafter; first cousin thrice removed of Silas Condict; second cousin once removed of Alfred Henry Condict; second cousin twice removed of John Condit and Lewis Condict; third cousin once removed of Silas Condit and Israel Dodd Condit; fourth cousin of Augustus William Cutler, Albert Pierson Condit, Amzi Condit and Elias Mulford Condit; fourth cousin once removed of Simeon Harrison.   Political family: Condit family of Orange, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Clifton DeBerry (1923-2006) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif.; Union City, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Miss., September 18, 1923. Socialist. Painter; factory worker; Socialist Workers candidate for President of the United States, 1964, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1965; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of New York, 1970; Socialist Workers candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1972. African ancestry. Died, from heart failure, in a hospital in Alameda County, Calif., March 24, 2006 (age 82 years, 187 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Carol Dobbs (daughter of Farrell Dobbs).   See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail   George Watson French (1858-1934) — also known as George W. French — of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, October 26, 1858. Republican. Wheel manufacturer; farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1912, 1916, 1928. Died in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, November 27, 1934 (age 76 years, 32 days). Interment at Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of George Henry French and Frances Wood (Morton) French; married, June 27, 1883, to Clara Virginia Decker; married, January 18, 1911, to Anna Elizabeth Decker; nephew of Marcus Morton (1819-1891); grandson of Marcus Morton (1784-1864); grandnephew of James Leonard Hodges; great-grandson of James Hodges; great-grandnephew of Nicholas Tillinghast (1767-1818); second great-grandson of Nicholas Tillinghast (1726-1797); second cousin once removed of Richard Henry Dana Jr.; third cousin once removed of James Madison Turner; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; fourth cousin of James Munroe Turner; fourth cousin once removed of William Dean Kellogg and James Turner.   Political family: Morton-Hodges-Tillinghast-French family of Taunton, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) — also known as William E. Rothery — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1851. Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul for Liberia in Philadelphia, Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers' agent; food broker. German ancestry. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., July 8, 1932 (age 81 years, 105 days). Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.   Relatives: Married, July 14, 1907, to Olive Draper (Leach) Hoag.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Norton Sandler — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Socialist. Factory worker; candidate in primary for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 2013. Still living as of 2014.   See also OurCampaigns candidate detail

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