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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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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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Louis J. Agostini (b. 1845) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Italy,
May
10, 1845.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; shipping
agent; language teacher; U.S. Consular Agent in Tarragona, 1899-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Tom R. Ammiano (b. 1941) —
also known as Tom Ammiano —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., December
15, 1941.
Democrat. School teacher; movie
stuntman; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1999, 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000;
member of California
state assembly 13th District, 2009.
Gay.
Still living as of 2009.
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Michael Dennis Antonovich (b. 1939) —
also known as Michael D. Antonovich —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
12, 1939.
Republican. School teacher; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1965-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
member of California
state assembly 43rd District, 1973-78.
Lutheran.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Kappa; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Still living as of 2014.
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Fred Jason Babcock (1891-1973) —
also known as Fred J. Babcock —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, August
15, 1891.
Republican. School teacher and principal; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer; Nez
Perce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-28; Idaho
state attorney general, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jason Eugene Babcock and Bertha Rebecca (Peyton)
Babcock. |
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Elizabeth Cervantes Barron —
of California.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
School teacher; Peace and Freedom candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1974; Peace and
Freedom candidate for California
state controller, 1978, 2006; Peace and Freedom candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980; Peace and Freedom candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1994.
Female.
Still living as of 2006.
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Julian Beck (1905-1992) —
of San Fernando, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1905.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 41st District, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died August
18, 1992 (age 87 years, 97
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Eternal
Valley Memorial Park, Santa Clarita, Calif.
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Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) —
also known as Joanne Kleinhofer —
of Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., March
20, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; mayor
of Los Gatos, Calif., 1984-85, 1988-90.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett)
Kleinhofer; married, June 24,
1967, to James Edward Benjamin. |
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Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) —
also known as G. Vernon Bennett —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, February
17, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; university
professor; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938-40, 1948; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Boyer III (b. 1937) —
of Santa Clarita, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
22, 1937.
Republican. School teacher; mayor
of Santa Clarita, Calif., 1990, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1998.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Boyer, Jr. and Elizabeth Campbell (Timm) Boyer; married, July 28,
1962, to Ada Christine Kruse. |
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Bernice Layne Brown (1908-2002) —
also known as Bernice Layne —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
19, 1908.
School teacher; First Lady of California, 1959-67.
Female.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 9,
2002 (age 93 years, 171
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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H. Monroe Browne (1917-2006) —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Wheatland, Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher; athletic
coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; cattle feeding
business; president, Hartman Concrete
Materials, and McCoy Tire and
Recap Company; race horse
owner; president and CEO, Institute for Contemporary Studies,
1975-81; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85; Western Samoa, 1981-85.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Wheatland, Yuba
County, Calif., June 13,
2006 (age 89 years, 35
days).
Interment at Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Calif.
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Elizabeth Buchanan (1855-1931) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Simpson
County, Ky., December
21, 1855.
Democrat. School principal; assistant superintendent of
schools; Independent candidate for delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922.
Female.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 24,
1931 (age 75 years, 215
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Buchanan and Georgiana Margaret (Jones)
Buchanan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Wheaton Casto (1879-1950) —
also known as John W. Casto —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., August
1, 1879.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; music
composer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1926.
Member, Rotary.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., May 7,
1950 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Belle Cooledge (1884-1955) —
also known as "Auntie Belle" —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sutter Creek, Amador
County, Calif., July 29,
1884.
School teacher; instructor, dean of women, and vice president
of Sacramento Junior College; mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1948-49.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
9, 1955 (age 71 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Costello —
also known as Jim Costello —
of Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif.
School teacher; mayor
of Pacific Grove, Calif.; elected 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Cheryl Cox (b. 1949) —
also known as John Willett —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Florida, 1949.
Republican. School teacher and principal; mayor
of Chula Vista, Calif., 2006-14.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives:
Married to Gregory
R. Cox. |
| | | Image source: City of Chula
Vista |
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Barbara L. Cubin (b. 1946) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif., November
30, 1946.
Republican. School teacher; social
worker; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1987-91; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1992-94; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1995-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jim Dear —
of Carson, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
School teacher; mayor of
Carson, Calif.; elected 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Chester Huntington Donaldson (1862-1952) —
also known as Chester Donaldson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., March
28, 1862.
School teacher and principal; engineer;
U.S. Consul in Managua, 1898-1905; Port Limon, 1905-17; Sherbrooke, 1917-18; real estate
broker.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Delta
Epsilon; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
28, 1952 (age 90 years, 245
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Somers, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Chester Donaldson and Mary McCord (Smith) Donaldson; married,
December
23, 1886, to Edith Levy Maduro. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1920) |
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Mark Dornan (born c.1959) —
of San Juan Capistrano, Orange
County, Calif.
Born about 1959.
Republican. School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 48th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jonathan M. Dudley (1830-1893) —
of near Dixon, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., September
7, 1830.
School teacher; farmer;
member of California
state assembly 17th District, 1862-63; candidate for California
state senate, 1873; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878.
Died in 1893
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Silveyville
Cemetery, Dixon, Calif.
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John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) —
also known as John A. Elston; J. A. Elston —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Woodland, Yolo
County, Calif., February
10, 1874.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died in
office 1921.
Killed
himself by drowning
in the Potomac River, Washington,
D.C., December
15, 1921 (age 47 years, 308
days). In his suicide note, he wrote that he was "caught in a
chain of circumstances that spelled ruin.".
Cremated.
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Aaron Spencer Feld (1891-1987) —
also known as A. Spencer Feld —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
5, 1891.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1925-26;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1927-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
24, 1987 (age 96 years, 78
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy Louisa Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School teacher; social reformer; founder of
nursing school; advocate for the creation of a "parental court" to
handle cases of delinquent children; her efforts led to the world's
first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April
27, 1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Harriet Flower
(daughter-in-law of John
Villiers Farwell) and Elliott Flower. |
| | | Political family: Farwell
family of Chicago, Illinois (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Lucy Flower Park,
on West Moffat Street, and Lucy Flower Technical High
School (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed Flower
Vocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy High
School, 1995; closed, 2003), both in Chicago,
Illinois, were named for
her. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ormond Weyman Follin (1831-1902) —
also known as Ormond W. Follin —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
27, 1831.
Language teacher; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Guatemala in San
Diego, Calif., 1900-02.
French
ancestry.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
28, 1902 (age 71 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ezola Broussard Foster (b. 1938) —
also known as Ezola B. Foster; Ezola
Broussard —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Maurice, Vermilion
Parish, La., August
9, 1938.
School teacher; Republican candidate for California
state assembly, 1984; arrested
with others while protesting
recognition of the gay Log Cabin Republican organization, at the
California Republican state convention, 1987; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Female.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, John
Birch Society.
Still living as of 2018.
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James Malcolm Gleaves (1852-1901) —
also known as James M. Gleaves —
of Shasta, Shasta
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, September
10, 1852.
Republican. School teacher; mining engineer;
Shasta
County Surveyor; member of California
state senate 2nd District, 1895; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1896;
U.S. Surveyor-General for California, 1898-1901; died in office 1901.
Died, in Waldeck Sanatorium,
San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1901 (age 49 years, 78
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Jackie Goldberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. School teacher; member of California
state assembly 45th District, 2001-.
Female.
Lesbian.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Still living as of 2002.
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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Erin Gruwell (b. 1969) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born August
15, 1969.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 38th District, 2000; president,
Freedom Writers Foundation.
Female.
Still living as of 2007.
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Janice Kay Hahn (b. 1952) —
also known as Janice Hahn —
of San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1952.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1998; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Christian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Cecil Donald Hardesty (1907-2000) —
also known as Cecil D. Hardesty —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Kensington, Smith
County, Kan., August
24, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; superintendent of
schools; candidate for California
superintendent of public instruction, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Died in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 92 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Susan Hitchcock —
of Lodi, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
School principal; mayor of
Lodi, Calif., 2002-03.
Female.
Still living as of 2003.
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Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta (b. 1930) —
also known as Dolores C. Huerta —
of Delano, Kern
County, Calif.; Keene, Kern
County, Calif.; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Dawson, Colfax
County, N.M., April
10, 1930.
Democrat. School teacher; co-founded
the National Farm Workers Association, which became the United Farm
Workers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1968
(alternate), 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; received the Medal
of Freedom in 2012.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Juan Fernandez and Alicia Chavez; married to Ralph Head
and Ventura Huerta. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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John Powell Irish (1843-1923) —
also known as John P. Irish —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, January
1, 1843.
Democrat. School teacher; newspaper
editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1868; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1869-72; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1890; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896.
Died from a fall while
trying to board a
moving streetcar, in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., October
6, 1923 (age 80 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann (Robinson) Irish; married,
November
8, 1875, to Anna McClellan. |
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James Knox Jamison (1887-1954) —
also known as James K. Jamison —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Loomis, Isabella
County, Mich., April
28, 1887.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; Ontonagon
County Treasurer, 1931-34; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Riverside
County, Calif., March
23, 1954 (age 66 years, 329
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel J. Jamison and Kate (Burwash) Jamison; married, June 17,
1907, to Frances C. Crooks. |
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Ying Lee Kelley —
also known as Ying L. Kelley —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Shanghai, China.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972,
1988
(alternate); candidate for mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1975.
Female.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Married to John L. Kelley. |
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Willard de Lsamater Kingsbury (b. 1868) —
also known as Willard Kingsbury —
Born in San Pablo, Contra
Costa County, Calif., December
18, 1868.
School teacher and principal; missionary;
U.S. Consular Agent in Yokkaichi, 1909-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel S. Knabenshue (b. 1845) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
1, 1845.
Republican. School teacher; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Belfast, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1909-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Martin Lebus (1834-1905) —
also known as Lewis Lebus —
of Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. School teacher; farmer; Harrison
County Sheriff; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1888.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1905 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Alfred Collins Lockwood (1875-1951) —
also known as Alfred C. Lockwood —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., July 20,
1875.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1913-24; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1925-43; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1929-31, 1935-37, 1941-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
29, 1951 (age 76 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Flavel Sweeten Luther (1850-1928) —
also known as Flavel S. Luther —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn., March
26, 1850.
Republican. School teacher; college
professor; president,
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1904-19; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1907-08.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Died in 1928
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Flavel S. Luther and Jane (Lillie) Luther; married, November
2, 1871, to Isabel Blake Ely. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Legislative History and
Souvenir of Connecticut |
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William Manning (1832-1914) —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Arlington, Rush
County, Ind., November
8, 1832.
School teacher; ordained
minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., May 26,
1914 (age 81 years, 199
days).
Interment at Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Helen M. Marshall (1929-2017) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; East Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
30, 1929.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1975; member of New York
state assembly 35th District, 1983-91; member, New York City
Council, 1992-2001; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
borough
president of Queens, New York, 2002-13.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., March 4,
2017 (age 87 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Catherine Dean Barnes May (1914-2004) —
also known as Catherine Dean May; Catherine Dean
Barnes; Mrs. James O. May —
of Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash., May 18,
1914.
Republican. School teacher; radio
writer and commentator; member of Washington
state house of representatives 14th District, 1952-58; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1959-71; defeated,
1970.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., May 28,
2004 (age 90 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Johnson Mitchell (1869-1955) —
also known as Robert J. Mitchell —
of Verona, Lawrence
County, Mo.; Marionville, Lawrence
County, Mo.; Aurora, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in New Palestine (now Speed), Cooper
County, Mo., September
24, 1869.
Democrat. School teacher; merchant;
banker;
Lawrence
County Recorder, 1899-1902; member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1915-18; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1924.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease and pulmonary
edema, in Mount Zion Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April
25, 1955 (age 85 years, 213
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Mitchell and Margaret (Parrish) Mitchell; married, August
13, 1899, to Leni L. Smith. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Edward E. Moore —
of Indiana; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
School teacher; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state senate, 1904-12; lawyer; real estate
dealer; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Democrat. School teacher; postmaster;
member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee, 1920.
Female.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Laura Emelia Naplin (1893-1985) —
also known as Laura E. Naplin; Laura Emelia
Johnson —
of Thief River Falls, Pennington
County, Minn.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., February
14, 1893.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate 65th District, 1927-34.
Female.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., 1985
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Sutherland Nisbet (1895-1986) —
also known as Stephen S. Nisbet —
of Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Tawas City, Iosco
County, Mich., May 28,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher and principal; superintendent of schools;
vice-president, Gerber Baby Foods;
bank
director; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1943-61; appointed 1943; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 26th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1964-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Riverside
County, Calif., July 3,
1986 (age 91 years, 36
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Fremont, Mich.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
of California.
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March
16, 1912.
Republican. School teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1953-61; First Lady
of the United States, 1969-74; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;
married, June 21,
1940, to Richard
Milhous Nixon. |
| | | Political families: Eisenhower-Nixon
family; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Patricia Nixon Elementary
School (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. — Pat Nixon Park
(established 1969), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. |
| | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speak
your language, they can tell if you have love in your
heart." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Ellis Ellwood Patterson (1897-1985) —
also known as Ellis E. Patterson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Yuba City, Sutter
County, Calif., November
28, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent of schools; member of California
state assembly, 1932-38; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1934, 1940, 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1939-43; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946, 1948; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1949.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
25, 1985 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wallace Monroe Pence (b. 1860) —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.; San Miguel, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Rozetta Township, Henderson
County, Ill., March
27, 1860.
School teacher; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for California
state attorney general, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert T. Pence and Elizabeth (Conger) Pence; married, January
4, 1893, to Carrie M. Beeman. |
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Mahlon Fay Perkins (b. 1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
23, 1882.
Advertising
business; school teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1911-12; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Changsha, 1917-20; Tientsin, as of 1926-27.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Perkins and Belle Louise (Benton) Perkins; married 1916 to Fanny
Earp Gooden. |
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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William Augustus Reeder (1849-1929) —
also known as William A. Reeder —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
28, 1849.
Republican. School teacher; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1899-1911.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
7, 1929 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edwin Ewing Roberts (1870-1933) —
also known as Edwin E. Roberts; E. E.
Roberts —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Pleasant Grove, Sutter
County, Calif., December
12, 1870.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1911-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1912,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918; mayor of
Reno, Nev., 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1933
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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James William Robinson (1878-1964) —
also known as J. W. Robinson —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Coalville, Summit
County, Utah, January
19, 1878.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer; Utah
County Attorney, 1918-21; candidate for Utah
state attorney general, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Utah, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1933-47; defeated, 1946.
Mormon.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., December
2, 1964 (age 86 years, 318
days).
Interment at Provo
City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
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Eunice Noda Sato (b. 1921) —
also known as Eunice N. Sato; Eunice Noda —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Livingston, Merced
County, Calif., June 8,
1921.
Republican. School teacher; missionary;
candidate in primary for California
state senate 31st District, 1979; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1980-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1990.
Female.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Bunsaku Noda and Sawa (Maeda) Noda; married, December
9, 1950, to Thomas Takashi Sato. |
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Byron Nicholson Scott (1903-1991) —
also known as Byron N. Scott —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan., March
21, 1903.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1935-39; defeated,
1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died December
21, 1991 (age 88 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrea H. Seastrand (b. 1941) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
5, 1941.
Republican. School teacher; member of California
state assembly, 1990-94; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1995-97; defeated,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Marion Sheets (1854-1940) —
also known as John M. Sheets —
of Ottawa, Putnam
County, Ohio.
Born near Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio, May 26,
1854.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1894-99; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
Ohio
state attorney general, 1900-04.
German
and English
ancestry.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
29, 1940 (age 86 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene B. Sherman —
of Nebraska; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; California.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; lumber
business; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1921-25.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Boise |
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Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912) —
also known as Albert K. Smiley —
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1828.
School principal; created a resort
hotel, now known as Mohonk Mountain House, where many important
conferences were held; member, U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners,
1879-1912; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1888.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., December
2, 1912 (age 84 years, 260
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) —
also known as Dora H. Stockman; Dora Hall; Dora
Weinkauf —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin at Marilla, Manistee
County, Mich., August
4, 1872.
Republican. School teacher; Lecturer of the Michigan State
Grange, and editor of the Grange paper,
the Michigan Patron; songwriter;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham
County 2nd District, 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1939-46.
Female.
Member, Grange;
Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
First
woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan.
Died in California, 1948
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Hurd
Cemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married, August
8, 1889, to Francis M. Stockman; married 1947 to Gustof
Weinkauf. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1927 |
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; newspaper
editor; candidate for secretary
of state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Mark A. Takano (b. 1960) —
of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., December
10, 1960.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 41st District, 2013-; defeated,
1992, 1994.
Japanese
ancestry. Gay.
Still living as of 2018.
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Casey Tanaka —
of Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
School teacher; mayor
of Coronado, Calif., 2008-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
City of Coronado |
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Anna Mary Tibbets —
also known as Anna Tibbets —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Tibbetts Hills, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Burial location unknown.
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Fannie W. Tracy (b. 1879) —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.; Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, June, 1879.
Republican. School teacher; Newton
County Treasurer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1924.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to James E. Tracy. |
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Maxine Waters (b. 1938) —
also known as Maxine Moore Carr —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1938.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly 48th District, 1977-90; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2019 (29th District 1991-93,
35th District 1993-2013, 43rd District 2013-19); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Jim Weir (b. 1943) —
of Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
17, 1943.
Democrat. Community college teacher; Nevada
County Supervisor, 1986-94; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Laurence N. Wolfe —
of Monterey Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
School teacher; candidate for California
superintendent of public instruction, 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
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Donald Edwin Young (b. 1933) —
also known as Don Young —
of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Meridian, Sutter
County, Calif., June 9,
1933.
Republican. School teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1967-70; member of Alaska
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1973-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
National
Education Association; Elks; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2019.
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