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Wilhelmina F. Adams (1901-1987) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., January
31, 1901.
Democrat. Florist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1964;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1945-51.
Female.
Protestant.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Urban League; Tammany
Hall; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in May, 1987
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas F. Adams and Mary F. (Peck) Adams. |
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Max Berking (1917-1997) —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.; North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1917.
Democrat. Advertising
executive; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1965; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1971-75.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban League.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
24, 1997 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Noyes and Frances Bauman. |
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Josephus Eggelletion Jr. (b. 1949) —
of Lauderdale Lakes, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April
23, 1949.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 94th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Urban League.
Still living as of 1999.
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James R. Ford (1925-2017) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Leon
County, Fla., December
1, 1925.
Mayor-commissioner
of Tallahassee, Florida, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1982-83.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban League.
First
Black mayor of Tallahassee; also first Black mayor of any U.S. state
capital city.
Died October
11, 2017 (age 91 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Addie L. Greene (b. 1943) —
of Mangonia Park, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Black Creek, Choctaw
County, Ala., January
21, 1943.
Democrat. Mayor of Magnolia Park, Fla., 1991-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives 84th District, 1993-.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; NAACP;
Urban League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st
District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972
(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in
office 2000.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Association of Retired Persons; Audubon
Society; American
Legion; Nature
Conservancy; Sierra
Club; Urban League; Common
Cause.
While attending a primary victory rally
for Al Gore, suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day at a hospital
at Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March
15, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elijah Pat Larkins (1942-2009) —
also known as E. Pat Larkins —
of Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born April
29, 1942.
Mayor
of Pompano Beach, Fla., 1985.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban League; NAACP; Kiwanis.
Died, from brain
cancer, in Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
14, 2009 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married 1962 to Bettye
Lamar. |
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Alfred J. Lawson Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Al Lawson —
of Florida.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., September
21, 1948.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 8th District, 1983-.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Urban League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Willie F. Logan (b. 1957) —
of Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
16, 1957.
Member of Florida
state house of representatives 103rd District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2000.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Sigma; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Alpha
Phi Omega; Urban League; NAACP.
Still living as of 2000.
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William Thacher Longstreth (1920-2003) —
also known as W. Thacher Longstreth —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa., November
4, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; advertising
business; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1955, 1971.
Quaker.
Member, Urban League.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolism, while hospitalized for pneumonia
and suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in Naples Community Hospital,
Naples, Collier
County, Fla., April
11, 2003 (age 82 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lesley Miller Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Les Miller —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., April
21, 1951.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 59th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban League; Freemasons;
NAACP.
Still living as of 2004.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Alzo J. Reddick (b. 1937) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Alturas, Polk
County, Fla., November
15, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 39th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Urban League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Nelis J. Saunders (b. 1923) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., September
3, 1923.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1964; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1969-72; defeated
in primary, 1960 (Wayne County 11th District), 1962 (Wayne County
11th District), 1965 (24th District), 1966 (11th District), 1972
(20th District), 1974 (21st District).
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban League; NAACP; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1974.
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James Castle Turner (c.1917-1996) —
also known as J. C. Turner; "Mr.
Labor" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., about 1917.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Urban League.
President
of the International Union of Operating Engineers, 1975-85.
Died, after a series of strokes,
in Day Shore Convalescent
Center, North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April
13, 1996 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Waters (b. 1947) —
of Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., 1947.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 51st District, 1999-.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Beta
Phi; Urban League.
Still living as of 1999.
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