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Robert William Baker (b. 1924) —
also known as Robert W. Baker —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 30,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; psychologist;
university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1968,
1972.
Member, American
Psychological Association; American Association of University
Professors; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Chauncey William Baker and Marion (Power) Baker; married, December
29, 1951, to Rita Agnes Knox. |
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John William Brown (c.1867-1941) —
also known as John W. Brown —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Canada,
about 1867.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; carpenter;
labor
organizer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1907; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910; newspaper
columnist.
Member, United Mine Workers.
While working on his hunting
rifle, it accidentally
discharged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, June 19,
1941 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Thomas Chester (b. 1943) —
also known as Eric Chester —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Montague, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
6, 1943.
New Politics candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1968; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; university
professor; Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1996; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 2006.
Member, Industrial Workers of the World.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Chester and Alice (Fried) Chester. |
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of
University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John J. Fitzgerald (b. 1941) —
also known as Fitz Fitzgerald —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born, in Providence Hospital,
Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., October
9, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; school
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1968;
candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1980.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Vietnam
Veterans of America; Disabled
American Veterans; National Education Association; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2004.
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Samuel Ralph Harlow (1885-1972) —
also known as S. Ralph Harlow —
of Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey;
Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 20,
1885.
Socialist. Congregationalist
minister; college
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1932, 1934, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, League
for Industrial Democracy; NAACP;
American Association of University Professors; American
Federation of Teachers; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
21, 1972 (age 87 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow; married,
February
1, 1912, to Marion Stafford; married to Elizabeth (Kaufmann)
Grigorakis. |
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian.
Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Robert Sarsfield Maloney (1881-1934) —
also known as Robert S. Maloney —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
3, 1881.
Republican. Printer;
Delegate
from American Federation of Labor to Canadian Trades and Labor
Conference, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1921-23.
Member, International Typographical Union; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., November
8, 1934 (age 53 years, 278
days).
Interment at Immaculate
Conception Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass.
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Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
3, 1904.
College
instructor; concert
violinist; legislative
representative, College Teachers Union;; American Labor candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New York
City Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41; legislative
director, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44; legislative
representative, political action
director, and later international
representative, United Electrical Workers; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Labor
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Member, American Federation of Teachers.
Died, from nephritis,
in Cape Cod Hospital,
Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
9, 1957 (age 52 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) —
also known as Patrick V. McNamara —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
4, 1894.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
30, 1966 (age 71 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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James Philip Meehan (b. 1893) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 25,
1893.
Democrat. Painter
and decorator; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1935-36.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Scott (b. 1888) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
9, 1888.
Democrat. Construction
supervisor; insulation
engineer;
president,
Hartford Central Labor Union; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1943-46.
Member, Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter A. Scott and Elizabeth Scott; married to Mary
Glennon. |
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Ignatius Augustine Sullivan (1867-1928) —
also known as Ignatius A. Sullivan —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
20, 1867.
Democrat. President,
Hartford Central Labor Union; president,
Connecticut Federation of Labor; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1902-04; defeated, 1904; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 1928 (age 60 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Sullivan and Catharine Sullivan; married, September
29, 1891, to Sarah A. Clancy. |
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Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) —
also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott
Peabody —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., April
17, 1917.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Female.
She was walking with Adlai
Stevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart
attack.
Died August
15, 1991 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Cremated.
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Michael Henry Wall (1899-1970) —
also known as M. Henry Wall —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., January
26, 1899.
Machinist;
treasurer
and assistant
business manager, Local 201, IUE-CIO; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1961-65.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., December
25, 1970 (age 71 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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