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Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) —
also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack
Bingham —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April
24, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York
Governor W.
Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York
state senate 29th District, 1958; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73,
22nd District 1973-83).
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Americans for Democratic Action; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1986 (age 72 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodbridge Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
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Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) —
also known as Chester Bowles —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League; Grange;
Americans for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 25,
1986 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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John Foster Furcolo (1911-1995) —
also known as Foster Furcolo —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 29,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1949-52;
defeated, 1946; resigned 1952; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1953-54; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1954, 1960 (primary); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 5,
1995 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Herman Paul Kopplemann (1880-1957) —
also known as Herman P. Kopplemann —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Odessa, Ukraine,
May
1, 1880.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1913-14; member of
Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1933-39, 1941-43,
1945-47; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1942, 1946.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Americans for Democratic Action.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
11, 1957 (age 77 years, 102
days).
Interment at Emanuel
Cemetery, Wethersfield, Conn.
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian.
Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (1910-1998) —
also known as Abraham A. Ribicoff —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., April 9,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1939-42; state
court judge in Connecticut, 1941-43, 1945-47; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1949-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1955-61; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1961-62; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1963-81; defeated, 1952.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Died February
22, 1998 (age 87 years, 319
days).
Interment at Cornwall
Cemetery, Cornwall, Conn.
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