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Robert Darwood Alexander (1944-2017) —
also known as Robert D. Alexander; Bob
Alexander —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; school
teacher; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1974 (Human
Rights), 1992 (Democratic primary); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977-79; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2004.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
26, 2017 (age 72 years, 177
days). His body was
donated to the Michigan State University Medical School.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Gibson Alexander and Dorothy (Darwood) Alexander; married
to Julie Horn. |
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N. Lorraine Beebe (1910-2005) —
also known as Nellie Lorraine Boekeloo —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., June 19,
1910.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1967-70; defeated, 1964, 1970;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1974.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Inducted to Michigan Women's Hall of
Fame, 1983.
Died, in Tendercare nursing
home, Portage, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
12, 2005 (age 95 years, 54
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Portage, Mich.
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Owen F. Bieber (b. 1929) —
of Wyoming, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Byron Center, Kent
County, Mich., December
28, 1929.
Democrat. President,
United Auto Workers Local 687, 1956-61; international
president, 1983-95; chair of
Kent County Democratic Party, 1964-67; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1976,
1980;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Catholic.
Member, Foresters;
American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2006.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert F. Bieber and Minnie (Schwartz) Bieber; married, November
25, 1950, to Shirley Van Woerkom. |
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Don Binkowski (b. 1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
26, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 2nd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; district judge in Michigan 37th District, 1969-86.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives: Son
of Alex Binkowski and Helen (Wojtowicz) Binkowski; married to Sharon
J. Hromek. |
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Scott A. Boman (b. 1962) —
also known as Scotty Boman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
14, 1962.
Libertarian. College
instructor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1994; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1996; candidate for
Wayne
State University board of governors, 1998; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 2002, 2004; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 2006; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 2008, 2012; candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 2010.
Member, National Rifle
Association; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2012.
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Image source:
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Winston Perry Bullard (1942-1998) —
also known as Perry Bullard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
2, 1942.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1973-92.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Common
Cause.
Died in Canton, Wayne
County, Mich., October
15, 1998 (age 56 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John M. Burns —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of New York
state assembly, 1964-68 (New York County 8th District 1964-65,
71st District 1966, 64th District 1967-68).
Christian
Scientist. Member, NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union; Psi
Upsilon.
Still living as of 1968.
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Milton Robert Carr (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Carr —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., March
27, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1975-81, 1983-95 (6th District
1975-81, 1983-93, 8th District 1993-95); defeated, 1972, 1980;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1994.
Baptist.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Common
Cause; NAACP.
Still living as of 2020.
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Roger E. Craig (b. 1933) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Blairsville, Indiana
County, Pa., April
23, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1965-70; defeated in primary, 1970.
Protestant.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Civil Liberties
Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1970.
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Jack Faxon (b. 1936) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 9,
1936.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 5th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 15th District, 1965-70; member of
Michigan
state senate, 1971-94 (7th District 1971-82, 15th District
1983-94); defeated in primary, 1962.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Federation of Teachers; American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP.
Still living as of 2006.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris Faxon and Pauline (Krimsky) Faxon. |
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Joseph Edward Gerald Finkbeiner (1942-2013) —
also known as Joe Finkbeiner —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Eagle, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., March
10, 1942.
Democrat. Electrician;
automobile
worker; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1973-78.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; United
Auto Workers.
Died February
26, 2013 (age 70 years, 353
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Westphalia, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Clifford Finkbeiner and Monica (Anderson) Finkbeiner; married to
Sherry
Lee Gilcher. |
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Barbara B. Goushaw (b. 1954) —
of Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
5, 1954.
Libertarian. Candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1996; candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1998.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1998.
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David C. Hollister (b. 1942) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April 3,
1942.
Democrat. Ingham
County Commissioner, 1969-74; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1975-93 (57th District 1975-92,
69th District 1993); resigned 1993; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1993-2003; resigned 2003.
United
Church of Christ. Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2003.
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Relatives:
Married 1962 to Judy
Artz. |
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Mildred Jeffrey (1910-2004) —
also known as Millie Jeffrey; Mildred
McWilliams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Alton, Sioux
County, Iowa, December
29, 1910.
Democrat. Organizer
for the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers in the 1930s; director,
Women's Bureau, and later the community relations and consumer
affairs departments, United Automobile
Workers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1976,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1957-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1961-69; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
12th District, 1961; member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1974.
Female.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2000.
Died, in a nursing
home at Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
24, 2004 (age 93 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936 to Homer
Newman Jeffrey. |
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Howard Lyle Jones (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard L. Jones —
of Webberville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., September
19, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
2nd District, 1962; appointed 1962; candidate in Democratic primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1962 (Ingham County 2nd
District), 1968 (58th District), 1970 (58th District); Human Rights
candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1972, 1976; Human Rights candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1998.
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Relatives: Son
of Sherdie Jones and Millicent (Hardiek) Jones; married to Dorothy
Gertrude Dorch. |
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian,
German,
Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil Liberties
Union; Grange;
Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2022.
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Jean Ledwith King (1924-2021) —
also known as Jean Ledwith —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
16, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967-69, 1977-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984
(member, Credentials
Committee), 2004
(alternate).
Female.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Phi
Kappa Phi; National
Organization for Women; American
Association of University Women.
Died October
9, 2021 (age 97 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Medkirk Ledwith and Nettie May (Herrington)
Ledwith; married 1943 to John
Culver King. |
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Charles Patric Larrowe (1916-2006) —
also known as Charles P. Larrowe; Lash
Larrowe —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., May 1,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, July 7,
2006 (age 90 years, 67
days). His body was
donated to the Michigan State University medical school.
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Relatives: Son
of Albertus Larrowe and Helen (Maginnis) Larrowe. |
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Joseph M. Lenard (b. 1962) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich., August
11, 1962.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 24th District, 2000.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Leslie Ferris Lokken (b. 1926) —
also known as Leslie Lokken —
of Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., April 3,
1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1972;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta
Sigma Phi; Common
Cause; National
Organization for Women; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1997.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Donald Ferris and Leslie (Smith)
Ferris. |
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Harold Norris (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; law
professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Norris and Jean (Richman) Norris; married to Frances
Menacer. |
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Allan R. Sorenson (b. 1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., December
12, 1919.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents; elected 1961.
Protestant.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP; Audubon
Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jackson Vaughn III (1917-2006) —
also known as Jackie Vaughn III —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
17, 1917.
Democrat. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th Senatorial
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-78 (23rd District 1967-72,
18th District 1973-78); resigned 1978; member of Michigan
state senate, 1978-2002 (5th District 1978-82, 3rd District
1983-94, 4th District 1995-2002).
Baptist
or Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Botsford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 2006 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Myron H. Wahls (b. 1921) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
11, 1921.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1974; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1975-82; appointed 1975; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1982-; appointed 1982.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Civil Liberties
Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jackie Washington —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Social
worker; president and CEO, Pontiac Urban League, 1985-92;
president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Southeast Michigan, 1992-;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 2001; inductee, Michigan Women's
Hall
of Fame.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Civil Liberties Union; National
Organization for Women; NAACP.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas W. White (b. 1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
31, 1937.
Democrat. Social
worker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1965-68; defeated
in primary, 1968.
Member, NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives:
Married 1964 to Judith
Maxon. |
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Leonard Freel Woodcock (1911-2001) —
also known as Leonard Woodcock —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
15, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; president,
United Auto
Workers, 1970-77; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
U.S. Ambassador to China, 1979-81.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of pulmonary
complications, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
16, 2001 (age 89 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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