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Unitarian or Universalist Politicians in California

  Loretta Abel Amley (1919-2006) — also known as Loretta Amley — of La Mirada, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn., May 28, 1919. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972. Female. Unitarian. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Died November 15, 2006 (age 87 years, 171 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Amley and Anna (Botten) Amley.
John J. Bagley John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) — also known as John J. Bagley — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Medina, Orleans County, N.Y., July 24, 1832. Republican. Cigar manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1867-72; bank director; Governor of Michigan, 1873-76. Unitarian. Died, from tuberculosis, in San Francisco, Calif., July 27, 1881 (age 49 years, 3 days). Interment at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John Bagley and Mary M. (Smith) Bagley; married, January 16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry (daughter of Samuel Newberry); father of Margaret Bagley (who married George S. Hosmer (1855-1921)) and Frances Bagley (who married George S. Hosmer (1855-1921)).
  Political family: Bagley-Newberry family of Detroit, Michigan.
  Bagley Street, in downtown Detroit, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Amerish Babulal Bera (b. 1965) — also known as Ami Bera — of Elk Grove, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 2, 1965. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 2013-; defeated, 2010. Unitarian-Universalist. Indian subcontinent ancestry. Still living as of 2018.
  Relatives: Son of Babulal Bera and Kanta Bera; married to Janine Vivienne Bera.
  See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article
  William Donlon Edwards (1915-2015) — also known as Don Edwards — of San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., January 6, 1915. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from California, 1963-95 (9th District 1963-75, 10th District 1975-93, 16th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1964, 1968, 1988; arrested during an anti-apartheid protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984. Unitarian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., October 1, 2015 (age 100 years, 268 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) — also known as Thomas F. Ford — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in St. Louis, Mo., February 18, 1873. Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936, 1940, 1944. Unitarian. Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 26, 1958 (age 85 years, 311 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Ford and Ellen (Ferris) Ford; married, June 21, 1911, to Lillian Cope Cummings.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Fred Clinton Jacobs (b. 1865) — of San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., September 13, 1865. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for Arizona, 1923. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Enock Jacobs and Hannah Kidder (Jones) Jacobs; married, November 11, 1923, to Elizabeth Ferrell.
  James Otis (1826-1875) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 11, 1826. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; importer and exporter; Republican Presidential Elector for California, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1872 (delegation chair); mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875. Unitarian. Died, of diphtheria, in San Francisco, Calif., October 30, 1875 (age 49 years, 80 days). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of George Washington Otis and Hannah Leavitt (Waters) Otis; married 1858 to Lucy Hamilton Macondray; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Allyne Otis; third cousin of John Otis and William Shaw Chandler Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) and Charles Augustus Otis, Sr.; fourth cousin of Oran Gray Otis, Asa H. Otis, David Perry Otis, Harris F. Otis and Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917).
  Political family: Otis family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) — also known as Linus Pauling — of California. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., February 28, 1901. Chemist; university professor; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1962; received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962, and the Lenin Peace Prize in 1968-69. Unitarian; later Atheist. Died, from prostate cancer, in Big Sur, Monterey County, Calif., August 19, 1994 (age 93 years, 172 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Oswego Pioneer Cemetery, Lake Oswego, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of Herman Pauling and Lucy Isabelle (Darling) Pauling; married, June 17, 1923, to Ava Helen Miller.
  See also Wikipedia article — Nobel Laureates — Nobel Laureates
  Edward B. Pond (1833-1910) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Belleville, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 7, 1833. Democrat. Mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1887-91; candidate for Governor of California, 1890. Unitarian. Died, of a heart attack, in San Francisco, Calif., April 22, 1910 (age 76 years, 227 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (b. 1931) — also known as Pete Stark — of Danville, Contra Costa County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif.; Fremont, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., November 11, 1931. Democrat. Candidate for California state senate, 1969; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972 (alternate), 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; U.S. Representative from California, 1973-2008 (8th District 1973-75, 9th District 1975-93, 13th District 1993-2008). Unitarian. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Common Cause. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
Adlai E. Stevenson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) — also known as Adlai E. Stevenson — of Libertyville, Lake County, Ill. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 5, 1900. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948 (member, Credentials Committee), 1952, 1956, 1960; Governor of Illinois, 1949-53; candidate for President of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1961-65, died in office 1965. Unitarian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. While walking with Marietta Tree, he was stricken with a heart attack, and died soon after, in St. George's Hospital, London, England, July 14, 1965 (age 65 years, 159 days). Interment at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Green Stevenson and Helen Louise (Davis) Stevenson; married, December 1, 1928, to Ellen Borden; father of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; grandson of Adlai Ewing Stevenson and Letitia Stevenson; great-grandnephew of Speed Smith Fry; second great-grandnephew of John Speed Smith; fourth great-grandson of John Fry; fifth great-grandson of Joshua Fry; first cousin twice removed of James Stevenson Ewing and William Gillespie Ewing; first cousin thrice removed of James Speed and Green Clay Smith; second cousin once removed of McLean Stevenson; second cousin twice removed of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt; second cousin five times removed of Robert Pryor Henry, John Flournoy Henry, Gustavus Adolphus Henry and Thomas Stanhope Flournoy; third cousin once removed of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); third cousin thrice removed of Robert Goodloe Harper Speed.
  Political families: Clay family of Kentucky; Bullitt family; Fry family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: William McCormick Blair, Jr. — Daniel Walker — John Brademas — John Bartlow Martin
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Adlai Stevenson: Jeff Broadwater, Adlai Stevenson and American Politics : The Odyssey of a Cold War Liberal — Porter McKeever, Adlai Stevenson: His Life and Legacy — Scott Farris, Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology]
  Image source: Carl Albert Center (via Wikipedia)
  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.
  Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) — also known as C. W. Wendte — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Newport, Newport County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 11, 1844. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1880. Unitarian. German ancestry. Injured in a fall, and died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital, Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., September 9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Wendte and Johanna (Ebeling) Wendte; married, April 28, 1896, to Abbie Louise Grant.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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