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Victorine Quille Adams (1912-2006) —
also known as Victorine Q. Adams; Victorine
Quille —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
28, 1912.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1964.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died January
8, 2006 (age 93 years, 255
days).
Interment at Arbutus
Memorial Park, Arbutus, Md.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph Quille and Estella (Tate) Quille; married 1935 to
William L. Adams. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) —
also known as Aris T. Allen —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
27, 1910.
Republican. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972
(delegation chair); Maryland
Republican state chair, 1977-79; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; member of Maryland
state senate 30th District, 1979-81.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Medical
Association; American
Legion; NAACP.
Following a diagnosis of cancer,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his parked rental
car, in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., February
5, 1991 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert M. Bell —
Chief
judge of Maryland Court of Appeals, 1996-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Corrine Brown (b. 1946) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
11, 1946.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1983-93; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Benson Bryant (1911-2005) —
also known as William B. Bryant —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala., September
18, 1911.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1965-82; took senior
status 1982.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 2005 (age 94 years, 57
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Andrey Bundley (born c.1961) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born about 1961.
Democrat. School
principal; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2003, 2007.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Clarence H. Burns (1918-2003) —
also known as Du Burns —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born September
17, 1918.
Democrat. Mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1987; defeated in primary, 1987, 1991.
African ancestry.
First
African-American mayor of Baltimore.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
12, 2003 (age 84 years, 117
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Jill P. Carter (b. 1964) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 18,
1964.
Democrat. Journalist;
lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates 41st District, 2003-; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter P. Carter and Zerita Joy Carter. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Claudette M. Chandler (d. 2015) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1975.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died September
9, 2015.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor Clarke Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1980; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1988;
candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1995.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1995.
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Harry A. Cole (1921-1999) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate 4th District, 1955-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1956;
Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1977-90.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
14, 1999 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Belinda Conaway —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
2004.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Frank Melvin Conaway Sr. —
also known as Frank M. Conaway, Sr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates 40th District, 1979-82; clerk of
Baltimore Circuit Court, 1999; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2004, 2007 (Democratic primary).
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Frank Melvin Conaway Jr. (b. 1963) —
also known as Frank M. Conaway, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
4, 1963.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates 40th District, 2007-.
Christian.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2010.
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Mary W. Conaway —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; Baltimore Register of Wills, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988;
candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1999.
Female.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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John James Conyers Jr. (1929-2019) —
also known as John Conyers, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2017 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2013, 13th District 2013-17); resigned 2017;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989; in 2017, it was reported that a former
member of Conyers' staff had alleged
that he had sexually
harassed her, and had been paid a settlement of $27,000;
subsequently, the House Ethics Committee started an investigation
into multiple such allegations; he subsequently resigned
from Congress.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal, 2007.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
27, 2019 (age 90 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Elijah Eugene Cummings (1951-2019) —
also known as Elijah E. Cummings —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 2004.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., October
17, 2019 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andre Maurice Davis (b. 1949) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1949.
U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1995-2009; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 2009-14; took
senior status 2014.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dereck Eugene Davis (b. 1967) —
also known as Dereck E. Davis —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 6,
1967.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1995-2021; Maryland
state treasurer, 2021-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2023.
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Richard N. Dixon (1938-2012) —
of New Windsor, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., April
17, 1938.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; stockbroker;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; defeated, 1978; Maryland
state treasurer, 1996-2002; resigned 2002.
African ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 7,
2012 (age 74 years, 51
days).
Interment at St. Luke's United Methodist Cemetery, Howard County, Md.
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Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) —
also known as Sheila Dixon; Sheila
Dixon-Smith —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1953.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1988,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007-10; resigned 2010.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Indicted
in January 2009, on perjury
theft,
and misconduct
charges,
over secretly
accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing
business with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needy
families to buy furs
and other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in
May, but she was reindicted
in July; tried in
fall 2009; convicted
on one count of embezzlement,
and acquitted on other charges; pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and resigned
as mayor, as part of a plea
agreement.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass
(1818-1895) —
also known as Frederick Douglass —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in slavery
in Maryland, 1818.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91.
African ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841.
Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848,
he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the
women's rights movement.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1895 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; statue erected 1899 at Highland
Park, Rochester, N.Y.
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William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
14, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1924.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald; married, November
26, 1913, to Lucille Wilson. |
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Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) —
Born in slavery
in New Market, Frederick
County, Md., December
23, 1815.
Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1881-82, died in office 1882.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
On February 12, 1865, was the first
Black person to make a speech to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Died in Liberia,
February
13, 1882 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at Palm Grove Cemetery, Monrovia, Liberia.
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John Raymond Hargrove Sr. (1923-1997) —
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
25, 1923.
U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1984-94; took senior status 1994.
African ancestry.
Died in Ashburton, Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1997 (age 73 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James H. Harris (d. 1898) —
of North Carolina.
Born in St. Mary's
County, Md.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1874 for action at New Market Heights, Virginia,
September 29, 1864; delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Carolina, 1868,
1880,
1884,
1888.
African ancestry.
Died January
28, 1898.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907-2007) —
also known as Augustus F. Hawkins; Gus
Hawkins —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
31, 1907.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1935-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1960,
1964,
1988;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75,
29th District 1975-91).
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
10, 2007 (age 100 years,
71 days).
Burial location unknown.
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James House —
of Bowie, Prince
George's County, Md.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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John Adams Hyman (1840-1891) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., July 23,
1840.
Republican. Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1869-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1875-77.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1891 (age 51 years, 53
days).
Original interment at Columbian
Harmony Cemetery (which no longer exists), Washington, D.C.;
reinterment in 1959 at National
Harmony Memorial Park, Landover, Md.
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Mary Jackson —
of Davidsonville, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) —
also known as Alan L. Keyes —
of Maryland.
Born in the St. Albans Naval Hospital,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
7, 1950.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
African ancestry.
Syndicated newspaper
columnist;
radio
talk show host.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) —
also known as John Lewis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., February
21, 1940.
Democrat. Among the leaders of the civil rights movement of the
1960s; chair, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-66;
board member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1987-; defeated, 1977;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 2002.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died July 17,
2020 (age 80 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) —
also known as Thoroughgood Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 2,
1908.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; resigned
1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1946 First
African-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
24, 1993 (age 84 years, 206
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at Lawyers'
Mall, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1929, to Vivien Burey; married, December
17, 1955, to Cecilia
Suyat; father of Thurgood
Marshall Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Marshall
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
Curtis Bryson |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: Juan
Williams, Thurgood
Marshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,
Justice
Thurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His Judicial
Biography — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1936-1961 — Gilbert King, Devil
in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of
a New America |
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Kweisi Mfume (b. 1948) —
also known as Frizzell Gerard Tate; Frizzell Gerard
Gray —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
24, 1948.
Democrat. University
professor; program director for a radio
station; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1987-96; resigned
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988;
chief executive officer of the NAACP.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Edward Mitchell (1870-1937) —
also known as Charles E. Mitchell —
of Institute, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., May 30,
1870.
Republican. Business manager, West Virginia State College, 1904-31;
president, Mutual Savings and
Loan Company of Charleston, 1920-31; member of West Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1921-29; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1930-33; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1932; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1937.
African ancestry.
Died, from an embolism
which developed after surgery, in Harlem Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1937 (age 66 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate District 10, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried
and acquitted.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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Madie E. Mitchell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
1972,
1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Parren James Mitchell (1922-2007) —
also known as Parren J. Mitchell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
29, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1971-87; defeated in
primary, 1968.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Greater Baltimore Medical
Center, Baltimore,
Md., May 28,
2007 (age 85 years, 29
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George A. Myers (1859-1930) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 5,
1859.
Republican. Barber;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1892,
1900;
member of Ohio
Republican State Executive Committee, 1897-98.
African ancestry.
Died at the New York Central Railroad ticket
office in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
17, 1930 (age 70 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Major Robert Odell Owens (1936-2013) —
also known as Major R. Owens —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Collierville, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 28,
1936.
Democrat. Librarian;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1975-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2007 (12th District 1983-93,
11th District 1993-2007).
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died, from renal
failure and heart
failure, in New York University Langone Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 2013 (age 77 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Ellsworth Parker —
also known as Henry E. Parker —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1969 (Democratic primary), 1971, 1979
(Democratic primary); Connecticut
state treasurer, 1975-86; resigned 1986.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1986.
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Henry G. Parks Jr. (born c.1917) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., about 1917.
Democrat. Founder and chairman, H. G. Parks Inc. (meat
products); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Virginia Byrd. |
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Arthur Jerome Payne —
also known as Arthur J. Payne —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Republican. Pastor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1948.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Colin Luther Powell (1937-2021) —
also known as Colin L. Powell;
"Balloonfoot" —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1937.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S. Army
general; National Security Advisor, 1987-89; chairman, Joint Chiefs
of Staff, 1989-93; U.S.
Secretary of State, 2001-05; received 3 electoral votes for
President, 2016.
African ancestry.
Recipient of the Spingarn
medal, 1991; twice recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, in 1991 and again in 1995.
Died, from COVID-19,
at Walter
Reed Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
18, 2021 (age 84 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Peters Rawlings (1937-2003) —
also known as Pete Rawlings —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March
17, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 40, 1979-2003; died in office
2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000.
African ancestry.
Died, of cancer,
November
14, 2003 (age 66 years, 242
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake (b. 1970) —
also known as Stephanie C. Rawlings —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March
17, 1970.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2000;
mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2010-.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Federal
Bar Association; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Kurt Lidell Schmoke (b. 1949) —
also known as Kurt L. Schmoke —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
1, 1949.
Democrat. Mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1987-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1996.
Christian
and Missionary Alliance. African ancestry. Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2014.
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Brenda Brown Schoonover (b. 1939) —
also known as Brenda Schoonover —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1939.
Served
in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to
Togo, 1997-2000.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Dennis C. Smith —
of Glenarden, Prince
George's County, Md.
Mayor
of Glenarden, Md., 2013-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
City of Glenarden |
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Joshua Smith —
of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Michael S. Steele (b. 1958) —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., October
19, 1958.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Prince George's County Republican Party, 1994-2000; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
candidate for Maryland
state comptroller, 1998; Maryland
Republican state chair, 2000-02; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 2003-.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Knights
of Columbus; Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Carl Stokes —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1999.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) —
also known as Art Teele —
of Florida.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., May 14,
1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; as Miami city
commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA); an investigation
of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges
that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks
from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from
office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb
Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under
surveillance, he drove his
car at a police detective in an attempt to run him
over, and also threatened
to kill police officers who had been following his wife during
the investigation; convicted
in March 2005 on charges
related to this incident; indicted
on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money
laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain
contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport
through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports
revealed that he had put his mistress
on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine,
and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute.
Church
of God in Christ. African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons.
Came to the offices
of the Miami Herald newspaper, and shot himself
in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in
the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
2005 (age 59 years, 74
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Cyprian Olave Tilghman (1913-2009) —
also known as Cyprian O. Tilghman —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1913.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1964.
African ancestry.
Died, in Laurel Regional Hospital,
Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., February
17, 2009 (age 95 years, 274
days).
Interment at Maryland National Memorial Park, Laurel, Md.
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John Toadvin —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1920.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Decatur W. Trotter (1932-2004) —
also known as Bucky Trotter;
"Zeus" —
of Glenarden, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1932.
Democrat. Mayor
of Glenarden, Md., 1970-74; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 25, 1975-80; orphan's court
judge in Maryland, 1982-83; member of Maryland
state senate 24th District, 1983-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died, of bone
cancer, in John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 3,
2004 (age 72 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Cynthia DeLores Tucker (1927-2005) —
also known as C. DeLores Tucker; Cynthia DeLores
Nottage —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
4, 1927.
Democrat. Secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1971-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972,
1996,
2000,
2004;
speaker, 1984;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1978; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1980; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 2004.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, in Suburban Woods Health
Center, Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
12, 2005 (age 78 years, 8
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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William A. Wallace (b. 1867) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Maryland, June 6,
1867.
Democrat. Postal
worker; land title
worker; merchant;
member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District; elected 1938; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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James L. Walls Jr. —
of District Heights, Prince
George's County, Md.
Ordained
minister; mayor
of District Heights, Md., 2006-13.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
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Gregory Washington —
of Forestville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Walter Edward Washington (1915-2003) —
also known as Walter Washington —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., April
15, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1975-79; defeated in primary, 1978.
African ancestry.
Died, in Howard University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
27, 2003 (age 88 years, 195
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Carmena F. Watson (b. 1934) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
1, 1934.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 44, 1996-99.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899-1990) —
also known as Clifton R. Wharton —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 11,
1899.
Lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Monrovia, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Las Palmas, as of 1932-38; Ponta Delgada, 1945-47; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1958-60; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1961-64.
African ancestry.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
25, 1990 (age 90 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Johnny Young (b. 1940) —
of Pennsylvania; Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
6, 1940.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1989-92; Togo, 1994-97; Bahrain, 1997-2001; Slovenia, 2001-04.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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