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Labor Leader Politicians in Kentucky

Anne McCarty Braden (1924-2006) — also known as Anne Braden; Anne McCarty — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., July 28, 1924. Newspaper reporter; labor organizer; civil rights activist starting in the 1940s; in May 1954, to fight segregation, she and her husband bought a house in a white neighborhood on behalf of a Black family; this sparked furious and violent opposition and the bombing of the house; she and others were charged with sedition; her husband was the first to be convicted, but then, in 1956, all state sedition laws were struck down; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., March 6, 2006 (age 81 years, 221 days). Interment at Eminence Cemetery, Eminence, Ky.   Relatives: Married 1948 to Carl Braden.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage   Samuel H. Caddy (c.1884-1959) — also known as Sam Caddy; "The Grand Old Man of Kentucky Labor" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Staffordshire, England, about 1884. Democrat. Union organizer and labor leader; district president, United Mine Workers of America; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936, 1940, 1952. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; United Mine Workers. Died, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., January 24, 1959 (age about 75 years). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   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.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Ezelle and Augusta Mae (Culley) Ezelle; married, September 16, 1939, to Ruby Gordon Layman.   James H. Ramey (1931-2018) — also known as Jim Ramey — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; Okemos, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lynch, Harlan County, Ky., March 15, 1931. Democrat. Automobile worker; financial secretary for UAW Local 652; international representative for the UAW; assistant regional director of UAW Region 1C; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968, 1976, 1996; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1969, 1973; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Died April 8, 2018 (age 87 years, 24 days). Burial location unknown.   Leo Pierre Wagner (b. 1870) — also known as Leo P. Wagner — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Covington, Kenton County, Ky., April 18, 1870. Democrat. Barber; secretary, Saginaw Federation of Labor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District, 1917-18; candidate for Michigan state senate 22nd District, 1922. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1903 to Amelia B. D. Gehrls.   Al Whitehouse — of Covington, Kenton County, Ky.; Newport, Campbell County, Ky.; Park Hills, Kenton County, Ky. Democrat. Labor leader; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1944, 1952, 1960, 1964. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

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