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William R. Copeland (1909-1992) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Washington, Daviess
County, Ind., May 8,
1909.
Democrat. Rigger;
president, United Mine Workers Local 12100; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1953-74 (Wayne County 6th
District 1953-54, Wayne County 18th District 1955-64, 27th District
1965-74); defeated in primary, 1974, 1976.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles;
United
Mine Workers; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., April
22, 1992 (age 82 years, 350
days).
Interment at Michigan
Memorial Park, Huron Township, Wayne County, Mich.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Socialist. Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in 1893 and
president (1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder of the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"),
which hoped to organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Samuel Wahl Ezelle III (b. 1920) —
also known as Sam Ezelle —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 16,
1920.
Democrat. Official, Ironworkers Union, 1941-46;
secretary-treasurer, Kentucky State Federation of Labor, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956,
1964.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Ezelle and Augusta Mae (Culley) Ezelle; married, September
16, 1939, to Ruby Gordon Layman. |
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Allen J. Flannigan (b. 1909) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., June 9,
1909.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; toolgrinder;
committeeman of Steelworkers Local 1114, 1948-56; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 7th District, 1957-66.
Member, United
Steelworkers of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Delano Garrison (1934-2009) —
also known as Frank Garrison —
of Freeland, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind., December
28, 1934.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1976
(alternate), 1980
(alternate), 1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1984; president,
Michigan AFL-CIO, 1986-99.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP.
Died, in Ingham Regional Medical
Center, Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., June 17,
2009 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Owen Cemetery, Thomas Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Joseph J. Kowalski (1911-1967) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., February
19, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
international representative, AFL-CIO; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-67 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 10th District 1955-64, 19th District
1965-67); defeated, 1946; died in office 1967; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1965-66; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died in 1967
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lorraine Kapp. |
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Charles Marion LaFollette (1898-1974) —
also known as Charles M. LaFollette —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., February
27, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927; general counsel,
Central Labor Union (AFL) of Evansville, 1934-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1943-47.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 27,
1974 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Locust
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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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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Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) —
of Lincoln Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 24,
1904.
Democrat. Trained as an engineer;
gold assayer for Yellow Jacket Mining Co.,
Nevada; worked for Chrysler
Corporation in the 1930s; executive board member, United
Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national representative to the
Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1941-48; advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in
primary, 1962.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Maccabees;
Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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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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