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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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George Edward Brown Jr. (1920-1999) —
also known as George E. Brown, Jr. —
of Monterey Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Holtville, Imperial
County, Calif., March 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1956-58; member of California
state assembly, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-71, 1973-99 (29th District
1963-71, 38th District 1973-75, 36th District 1975-93, 42nd District
1993-99); died in office 1999; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, Urban League; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Amvets.
Died, of an infection
following earlier heart
valve replacement surgery, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 15,
1999 (age 79 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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Ronald Wayne Burkle (b. 1952) —
also known as Ron Burkle —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
12, 1952.
Democrat. Founder, Yucaipa Companies private equity firm, invested in
grocery
and supermarket
chains; part owner, Pittsburgh Penguins professional
hockey team; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 2004.
Member, Urban League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (1926-2012) —
also known as Mervyn M. Dymally —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cedros, Trinidad,
May
12, 1926.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1963-66, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964,
1968,
1988,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state senate, 1967-75; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1975-79; defeated, 1978; U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1981-93; Honorary
Consul for Benin in Inglewood,
Calif., 1993-2007.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; NAACP;
Urban League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
7, 2012 (age 86 years, 148
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Calif.
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Robert Filner (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Filner —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1942.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from California, 1993-2008 (50th District
1993-2003, 51st District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, Urban League; Navy
League; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2014.
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William David Lowery (b. 1947) —
also known as Bill Lowery —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 2,
1947.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 41st District, 1981-93.
Catholic.
Member, Urban League; Audubon
Society; Navy
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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James R. Mills (born c.1928) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born about 1928.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1961-66; member of California
state senate, 1967-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Urban League; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1971.
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman
car porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil F. Poole (1914-1997) —
of California.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 25,
1914.
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1961-69; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1976-79; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-96.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Urban League.
Died, of complications of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., 1997
(age about
82 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Sonoma County, Calif.
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Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) —
also known as Frederick M. Roberts; Fred
Roberts —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
14, 1879.
Republican. Mortician;
member of California
state assembly, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1946.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Urban League.
First
African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from
Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident the day before, in Los Angeles County General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 19,
1952 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Roberts and Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts;
married, November
30, 1921, to Pearl W. Hinds; grandnephew of Martha
Jefferson Randolph; great-grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; third great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; first cousin twice removed of Dabney
Carr; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin once removed of Dabney
Smith Carr and John
Gardner Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed of John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, Carter
Henry Harrison and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, Edmund
Randolph and Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1912.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1964
(delegation chair), 1972
(delegation co-chair); Governor of
Arkansas, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas.
Baptist.
Member, Urban League; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died of lung
cancer or pancreatic
cancer, Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., February
22, 1973 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Lionel Sanford Steinberg (b. 1919) —
also known as Lionel Steinberg —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., April
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer; business
executive; chair of
Fresno County Democratic Party, 1952-58; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, Urban League; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Steinberg and Selma (Steinberg) Steinberg; married, April
10, 1949, to Mary Louise Endfield. |
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