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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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Richard Edmonds (born c.1974) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born about 1974.
Republican. Minister; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Eligius Fromentin (c.1767-1822) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in France,
about 1767.
Catholic priest; school
teacher; lawyer;
clerk of the Orleans Territory House of Representatives, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-19; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1821; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1821.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
6, 1822 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned
1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1984;
president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in London, England,
July
1, 2013 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas Hood III (b. 1951) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1951.
Minister; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2001, 2009.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Belize City, Belize,
October
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1903-10; Consul-General
for Liberia in Washington,
D.C., 1911-13.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon; married to Marie
Wright. |
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Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) —
also known as Gerald L. K. Smith —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Pardeeville, Columbia
County, Wis., February
27, 1898.
Pastor; orator;
political administrator and organizer for Huey P.
Long, 1934-35; as a white
supremacist, he joined and organized for William
Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled
directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder
of the America First party; charged
with sedition
in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi
conspiracy; tried
along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was
declared; America First candidate for President
of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and
African-Americans.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1976 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Christ
of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Claude L. White (born c.1951) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born about 1951.
Republican. Pastor; carpenter;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Ervin Freeman Yearling (1929-2005) —
also known as E. Freeman Yearling —
of Lake View, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Red River
Parish, La., March
26, 1929.
Conservative. Minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1967 (18th District), 1978 (19th
District).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, John
Birch Society.
Died January
7, 2005 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as Andy Young —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
12, 1932.
Democrat. Ordained minister; one of the founders of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1957; close advisor of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. until his assassination; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1973-77; defeated,
1970; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1977-79; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1982-90; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1990.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Prince
Hall Masons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1978; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Still living as of 2021.
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