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James Patrick Aylward (1885-1982) —
also known as James P. Aylward —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., September
10, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jackson County Democratic Party, 1918-36; Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1934-40; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1934-44; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 22,
1982 (age 96 years, 315
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Daniel P. Bergin —
of Chicago Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland.
Democrat. Mayor
of Chicago Heights, Ill., 1927-35; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Izaak
Walton League; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) —
also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland
Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow —
of Yorktown, York
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
21, 1897.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948,
1956;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1950.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Staff writer for
The New Yorker magazine,
1936-42.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., March
25, 1965 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Henry Clare (1868-1923) —
also known as William H. Clare —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., September
15, 1868.
Democrat. Real estate
business; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; candidate for mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1915.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., December
14, 1923 (age 55 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clare and Margaret (Flannery) Clare. |
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James Costello (1848-1924) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
October
2, 1848.
Mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1912-15.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., February
16, 1924 (age 75 years, 137
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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William Alexander Cunnea (1868-1937) —
also known as William A. Cunnea —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
September
22, 1868.
Lawyer;
Socialist candidate for various offices; defense attorney for Eugene
V. Debs at one of his sedition trials.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth (unknown
county), Fla., March
13, 1937 (age 68 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Alexander Cunnea II (1905-1963) —
also known as William A. Cunnea —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
22, 1963 (age 57 years, 165
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Richard Joseph Daley (1902-1976) —
also known as Richard J. Daley; "The
Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 15,
1902.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 9th District, 1936-38; member of
Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
speaker, 1968;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1955-76; died in office 1976.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Stricken with a heart
attack and died at his doctor's
office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1976 (age 74 years, 219
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, June 17,
1936, to Eleanor 'Sis' Guilfoyle; father of Richard
Michael Daley and William
Michael Daley. |
| | | Political family: Daley
family of Chicago, Illinois. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Richard J. Daley: Mike
Royko, Boss
: Richard J. Daley of Chicago — Adam Cohen & Elizabeth
Taylor, American
Pharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and the
Nation — Hugh Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Roger Biles, Richard
J. Daley : Politics, Race, and the Governing of
Chicago — Eugene C. Kennedy, Himself!
The Life and Times of Richard J. Daley — Len O'Connor,
Requiem
: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era —
F. Richard Ciccone, Daley
: Power and Presidential Politics — Frank Sullivan, Legend:
The Only Inside Story About Mayor Richard J. Daley —
Milton Rakove, Don't
Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers : An Insider's Analysis of the
Daley Machine |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 23,
1962 |
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Richard Michael Daley (b. 1942) —
also known as Richard M. Daley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
24, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 23rd District,
1969-70; member of Illinois
state senate 23rd District, 1973-81; Cook
County State's Attorney, 1981-89; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1989-2011; defeated in primary, 1983; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2020.
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William Michael Daley (b. 1948) —
also known as William M. Daley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
8, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) —
also known as Walt Disney; "Uncle
Walt" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
5, 1901.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Irish ancestry.
Producer
or director
of several hundred films
from 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse;
founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, the
world's first
theme park; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. In honor of his
invention of the multiplane camera, he is an inductee to the National
Inventors Hall of
Fame.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
15, 1966 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue erected 1993 at Disneyland,
Anaheim, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Disney and Flora (Call) Disney; married, July 13,
1925, to Lillian Marie Bounds. |
| | | Cross-reference: George
J. Mitchell |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Walt Disney: Richard
Schickel, The
Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt
Disney — Leonard Mosley, Disney's
World: A Biography — Katherine Greene & Richard
Greene, The
Man Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney — Bob
Thomas, Walt
Disney: An American Original — Jean-Pierre Isbouts, Discovering
Walt: The Magical Life of Walt Disney (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: Boy Scouts of
America |
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Frank B. Doran (1853-1914) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Lisbon, Kendall
County, Ill., May 1,
1853.
Republican. Mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1896-98.
Universalist.
Irish ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
1, 1914 (age 60 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853-1937) —
also known as Edward F. Dunne —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waterville, Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
12, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1892-1905; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1905-07; defeated, 1907, 1911; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
Governor
of Illinois, 1913-17; defeated, 1916.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died May 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Patrick Fitzpatrick (1850-1908) —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., March
17, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Winona
County Attorney, 1882-92; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1899-1908; died in office 1908.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
31, 1908 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) —
also known as "Rebel Girl" —
of New York.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
7, 1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer
for the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one
of the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (Communist, at-large), 1954
(Peoples' Rights, 24th District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961.
Female.
Irish ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964 (age 74 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961) —
also known as William Z. Foster; William Edward
Foster —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor
organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in 1919; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia; cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Arthur Radcliffe Getty (1861-1919) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in London, England,
1861.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; musician; lyricist;
poet;
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Chicago,
Ill., 1896-1901.
English
and Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1919 (age about 58
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Gibson Getty and Emily (Crossley) Getty; married, July 26,
1919, to Marie Reid. |
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Henry John Hyde (1924-2007) —
also known as Henry J. Hyde —
of Bensenville, DuPage
County, Ill.; Wood Dale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
18, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-75; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1975-; defeated, 1962.
Catholic.
English
and Irish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from complications of earlier heart
surgery, in Rush University Medical
Center, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 2007 (age 83 years, 225
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Austin Kelly (1892-1969) —
also known as Edward A. Kelly —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 3,
1892.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1931-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942, 1946.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1969 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Edward Joseph Kelly (1876-1950) —
also known as Edward J. Kelly; "Big
Ed" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 1,
1876.
Democrat. Chief engineer,
Sanitary District of Chicago; park district commissioner, 1922-34;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1933-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1940-47.
Irish ancestry.
Stricken with a heart
attack and died at his doctor's
office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
20, 1950 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Roger Joseph Kiley (1900-1974) —
also known as Roger J. Kiley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
23, 1900.
Democrat. Professional football
player, Chicago Cardinals, 1923; athletic
coach; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940;
superior court judge in Illinois, 1940; Judge, Illinois Appellate
Court, 1941-61; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1961-74; took
senior status 1974.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Suffering from diabetes
and a heart
ailment, he collapsed at Rosary College in River Forest, and died
soon after at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital,
Melrose Park, Cook
County, Ill., September
6, 1974 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Robert Emmet Lee (1912-1993) —
also known as Robert E. Lee —
of Illinois; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
31, 1912.
Republican. FBI
special agent; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1953-81; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1981.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of liver
cancer, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., April 5,
1993 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick J. Lee and Delia (Ryan) Lee; married 1936 to Wilma
Rector. |
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William Aloysius Lee (1895-1984) —
also known as William A. Lee —
of River Forest, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; President of
Bakery Drivers Local 734, 1926-60, and vice-president
of the Teamsters' Union; president of
the Chicago Federation of Labor, 1946-84; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 16,
1984 (age 89 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Mahood —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland.
Republican. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1891.
Irish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Mercedes McCambridge (1916-2004) —
also known as Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge —
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
16, 1916.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 2,
2004 (age 87 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Lawrence Edward McGann (1852-1928) —
also known as Lawrence E. McGann —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
February
2, 1852.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1891-97 (2nd District 1891-95, 3rd
District 1895-97).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died July 22,
1928 (age 76 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Michael Joseph Mulvihill (1855-1935) —
also known as M. J. Mulvihill —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in La Salle
County, Ill., July 17,
1855.
Republican. Postmaster at Vicksburg,
Miss., 1902-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
member of Republican
National Committee from Mississippi, 1920.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., November
21, 1935 (age 80 years, 127
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Dick Murphy (b. 1942) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., December
16, 1942.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1989; mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 2001-05; resigned 2005.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank J. Ryan (b. 1861) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Tipperary, Ireland,
March
30, 1861.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 11th District, 1911-16, 1919-22;
member of Illinois
state senate 11th District; elected 1922.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Royal
League.
Burial location unknown.
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James Shields (1806-1879) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Rice
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), May 10,
1806.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the
Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,
Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham
Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,
and Shields challenged him to a duel,
which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, June 1,
1879 (age 73 years, 22
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at Courthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.
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John Henry Stelle (1891-1962) —
also known as John Stelle —
of McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., August
10, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1935-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1937-40; Governor of
Illinois, 1940-41.
English,
Irish, German,
and French
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died July 5,
1962 (age 70 years, 329
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Mark E. Storen (1910-1965) —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., 1910.
Mayor
of Highland Park, Mich., 1960-65; died in office 1965.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, February
25, 1965 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Samuel Alphonsus Stritch (1887-1958) —
also known as Samuel Stritch —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
17, 1887.
Catholic
priest; bishop of Toledo, 1921-30; archbishop of Milwaukee,
1930-39; archbishop of Chicago, 1940-58; cardinal, 1946-58; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1952 ; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1952.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Rome, Italy,
May
27, 1958 (age 70 years, 283
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.; cenotaph at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Daniel Joseph Tobin (1875-1955) —
also known as Daniel J. Tobin —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
April, 1875.
Democrat. General
president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 1907-52; secretary-treasurer,
American Federation of Labor, 1917-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1948.
Irish ancestry. Member, Teamsters
Union.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
14, 1955 (age 80 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Michael Walsh —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Lawyer; Cook
County Sheriff, 1946-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Irish ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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