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Sam Ackerman (b. 1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
23, 1934.
Democrat. Personnel director, Continental Coffee
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Ackerman and Regina (Marmorstein) Ackerman; married 1970 to Martha
Sue Gordon. |
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Emanuel Philip Adler (1872-1949) —
also known as E. P. Adler —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
30, 1872.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1932.
Jewish.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, March 2,
1949 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at Mt. Nebo Hebrew Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Philipp Emanuel Adler and Bertha (Blade) Adler; married to Lena
Rothschild. |
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memorial |
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Benjamin Philip Alschuler (1933-2001) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., February
5, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1968.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Zeta
Beta Tau; American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died March 1,
2001 (age 68 years, 24
days).
Interment at Spring
Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Ill.
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Benjamin Phillip Alschuler (1876-1967) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler; Ben
Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
8, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Court of Claims, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
vice-president and counsel, Western United Gas and
Electric Co.; director, publishing
companies and newspapers.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League.
Died April
17, 1967 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Edward Alschuler (1902-1977) —
also known as Jacob E. Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., July 9,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1940.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died May 23,
1977 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Interment at Spring
Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Ill.
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Jacob M. Arvey (1895-1977) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alderman, 24th Ward, Chicago, 1923-41; commissioner, Chicago Park
District, 1945-67; delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1968;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Cook County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1950-.
Jewish. Russian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; Navy
League; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of heart
failure, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 1977 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Interment at Shalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights, Ill.
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Samuel R. Ballis (1901-1981) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
11, 1901.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in September, 1981
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Lionel Bazelon (1909-1993) —
also known as David L. Bazelon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
3, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-79; took
senior status 1979.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1993 (age 83 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Bazelon and Lena (Krasnovsky) Bazelon; married, June 7,
1936, to Miriam M. Kellner. |
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Louis Binstock (1895-1974) —
also known as Louis Bienenstock —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born November
24, 1895.
Democrat. Rabbi;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1944,
1952.
Jewish.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1974 (age 78 years, 90
days).
Interment at Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Ill.
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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Democrat. Play
producer; entertainment
manager; songwriter;
furniture
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S.
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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Wesley Kanne Clark (b. 1944) —
also known as Wesley K. Clark; Wesley
Kanne —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1944.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Army General; Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2004.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Jewish ancestry.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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Debra DeLee (b. 1948) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1948.
Democrat. School
teacher; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1994-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004,
2008;
president, Americans for Peace Now.
Female.
Jewish. Member, National
Education Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Rahm Israel Emanuel (b. 1959) —
also known as Rahm Emanuel;
"Rahmbo" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 1959.
Democrat. Member of the White House staff, for President Bill
Clinton, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 2011-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2020.
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Martin Emerich (1846-1922) —
of Illinois.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
27, 1846.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1903-05.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
27, 1922 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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David Englestein (c.1905-1996) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,
about 1905.
Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Jewish.
Left the Communist Party in 1992; helped found the socialist
Committees of Correspondence.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
18, 1996 (age about 91
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard E. Epton —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1983.
Jewish.
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) —
also known as Jerome Frank —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1889.
Lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in
office 1957.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Gertz (1906-2000) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
14, 1906.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died three months later, in a nursing
home at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
27, 2000 (age 93 years, 226
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) —
also known as Arthur J. Goldberg —
of Illinois; New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
8, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; general
counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that
group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO,
1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1978.
Died of coronary
artery disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph H. Goldenhersh (1914-1992) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
2, 1914.
Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1964-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1970-87.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke
following heart
surgery, March
11, 1992 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Beth
Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, Ladue, Mo.
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Julius Goldzier (1854-1925) —
of Illinois.
Born in Austria,
January
20, 1854.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1893-95.
Jewish.
Died January
20, 1925 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) —
Born in London, England,
January
27, 1850.
Democrat. Cigar
maker; Founder and
president, American Federation of Labor; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Clem Graver (b. 1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1899.
Republican. Real estate
broker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1942; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1944-48; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper
Appeal to Reason; founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher
of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; there
were more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature, biography,
self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make them widely
accessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to 1951, over 500
million copies were printed and sold; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried
and convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish; later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days). Possibly suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Michael Homel (born c.1944) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1944.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993-95; defeated, 1995.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2020.
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Henry Horner (1878-1940) —
also known as Henry Levy —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1915-31; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
Governor
of Illinois, 1933-40; died in office 1940.
Jewish.
Died October
6, 1940 (age 61 years, 311
days).
Interment at Zion
Gardens Cemetery, Rosemont, Ill.
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Suzanne Jacobs (b. 1936) —
of Florida.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 6,
1936.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 88th District, 1993-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1999.
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Malcolm S. Kamin (b. 1939) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
23, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1970.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish. Hungarian,
German,
Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Grange;
Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2022.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special
assistant to Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60; accompanied Vice President Richard
M. Nixon on an official visit to Moscow, 1959.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his office,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Julius Klein (1901-1984) —
also known as "Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1932; general in the U.S.
Army during World War II; public
relations business; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954.
Jewish. Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died, in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
Great Lakes, Lake
County, Ill., April 6,
1984 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helene von Holstein. |
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Philip M. Klutznick (1907-1999) —
of Park Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 9,
1907.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died August
14, 1999 (age 92 years, 36
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Bentley Kramer (b. 1942) —
also known as Kenneth B. Kramer; Ken
Kramer —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
19, 1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1973-82; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 5th District, 1979-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1986.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May
1, 1880.
Republican. Advertising
business; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; resigned 1923;
chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Ambassador to
Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish. Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood
dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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David F. Levi (b. 1951) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin
C. Duniway, 1980-81, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis
Powell, 1981-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1987-90; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1990-2007.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2007.
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Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) —
also known as Edward H. Levi —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 26,
1911.
Lawyer;
law
professor; president
of the University of Chicago, 1968-75; first
Jewish president of a major U.S. university; U.S.
Attorney General, 1975-77.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 7,
2000 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Levin (1897-1970) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
18, 1897.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1946-70;
died in office 1970.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
31, 1970 (age 73 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Irving Lezak (1924-2006) —
also known as Sidney I. Lezak —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1961-82.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died April
24, 2006 (age 81 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Manny Lezak and Celia (Weiner) Lezak; married, June 26,
1949, to Muriel Elaine Deutsch. |
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Harry Litowich (1899-1973) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1953-58; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1959-64.
Jewish. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1973
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1905-11; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for
the 7th Circuit, 1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1911-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1929-30; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40; took
senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, in his room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob H. Marks (1864-1920) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1864.
Republican. Member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910.
Jewish. Member, Maccabees.
Died, of endocarditis,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1920 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Ridgelawn
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Abner Joseph Mikva (1926-2016) —
also known as Abner J. Mikva —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
21, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1969-73, 1975-79 (2nd District
1969-73, 10th District 1975-79); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-94; retired
1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 4,
2016 (age 90 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Howard Miner (1896-1963) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lubon, Russia (now Lyuban, Belarus),
May
25, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate); circuit judge in Illinois, 1941; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1958-63;
died in office 1963.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died March
13, 1963 (age 66 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Newton Norman Minow (b. 1926) —
also known as Newton N. Minow —
of Glencoe, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
17, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1961-63; chair, Federal
Communications Commission, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1972;
Honorary
Consul-General for Singapore in Chicago,
Ill., 2006.
Jewish. Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2016.
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Ira Nelson Morris (1875-1942) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 8,
1875.
Democrat. U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1914-23; Consul-General
for Romania in Chicago,
Ill., 1929.
Jewish.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
15, 1942 (age 66 years, 313
days).
Entombed at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hugo Pam (b. 1870) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
25, 1870.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Illinois, 1912-.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Pam and Cecilia (Oestreicher) Pam. |
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and
television broadcaster; airplane and
helicopter pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian;
later Jewish. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell)
Phillips. |
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Daniel Marshall Pierce (b. 1928) —
also known as Daniel M. Pierce; Dan Pierce —
of Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
31, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1962-66, 1970-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1972;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-85 (at-large 1965-67, 32nd
District 1967-83, 58th District 1983-85); candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Urban
League; B'nai
B'rith; Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jay Robert Pritzker (b. 1965) —
also known as J. B. Pritzker —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., January
19, 1965.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1998; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008,
2016;
Governor
of Illinois, 2019-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2019.
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Jackyn Sheryl Rosen (b. 1957) —
also known as Jacky Rosen —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
2, 1957.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Nevada 3rd District, 2017-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Michael Rosenberg (b. 1886) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
9, 1886.
Democrat. Partner, Rosenberg Iron and
Metal Company; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 19th District,
1920-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Rosenberg and Fanny (Annenberg) Rosenberg; married, September
30, 1906, to Ethel Colitz. |
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Walter A. Rosenfield (b. 1877) —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., June 13,
1877.
Republican. Member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1916,
1924,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Rock Island, Ill., 1923-27.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris Rosenfield and Julia (Ottenheimer) Rosenfield; married to
Etta Orendorff. |
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Harriet E. Rosenthal —
of Deerfield, Lake
County, Ill.
School
teacher; mayor
of Deerfield, Ill., 2009-.
Female.
Jewish. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2012.
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1936.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married, December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor. |
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Adolph Joachim Sabath (1866-1952) —
also known as Adolph J. Sabath; A. J.
Sabath —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Zabori, Bohemia (now Czechia),
April
4, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Illinois, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1907-52 (5th District 1907-49, 7th
District 1949-52); died in office 1952.
Jewish. Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Royal
League.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
6, 1952 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Edward Selig Salomon (1836-1913) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
December
25, 1836.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1870-72; member of California
state assembly 42nd District, 1889-91.
Jewish. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died July 18,
1913 (age 76 years, 205
days).
Interment at Salem
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Janice D. Schakowsky (b. 1944) —
also known as Jan Schakowsky —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 26,
1944.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1990-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1999-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) —
also known as Samuel H. Shapiro; Israel
Shapiro —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Estonia,
April
25, 1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, chair, 1968;
speaker, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68; Governor of
Illinois, 1968-69.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets;
Moose;
Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Alpha
Epsilon Pi.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., March
16, 1987 (age 79 years, 325
days).
Interment at Jewish
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Jill Ellen Stein (b. 1950) —
also known as Jill Stein —
of Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 14,
1950.
Green. Physician;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 2002, 2010; candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives Ninth Middlesex District, 2004;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2012, 2016.
Female.
Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Martin Tuchow (b. 1924) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
2, 1924.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor H. Weissberg —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2000.
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Shelley Winters (1920-2006) —
also known as Shirley Schrift —
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
18, 1920.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish. Austrian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Rehabilitation
Centre of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
14, 2006 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jonas Schrift and Rose (Winter) Schrift; married, January
1, 1942, to Mack Paul Mayer; married, April
28, 1952, to Vittorio Gassman; married, January
14, 2006, to Gerry DeFord; married, May 4,
1957, to Anthony
Franciosa. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved mother, grandmother,
and actress." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) —
also known as Sidney R. Yates —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
27, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1996.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure and complications of pneumonia,
in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2000 (age 91 years, 39
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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