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Rudolph Eli Boschwitz (b. 1930) —
also known as Rudy Boschwitz —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
November
7, 1930.
Republican. Lawyer;
founder and chairman of Plywood Minnesota (later Home Valu
Interiors), a plywood and
home
improvement retailer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1979-91; defeated, 1990, 1996.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lawrence D. Cohen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1972-76.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1976.
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Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. (b. 1949) —
also known as Norm Coleman —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
17, 1949.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1994-2002; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1998; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alan Stuart Franken (b. 1951) —
also known as Al Franken; "Stuart
Smalley" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1951.
Democrat. Comedian;
author;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2009-18; resigned 2018; in November 2017,
Leeann Tweeden alleged that Franken had forcibly
kissed her on a 2006 USO tour; Franken was also photographed
appearing to place his hands on
or near her breasts; other women made similar allegations; resigned
from the Senate in January.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Arthur Naftalin (1917-2005) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., June 28,
1917.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper
columnist;
secretary to Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1961-69.
Jewish.
Injured in a fall, and
died a few hours later, in Abbott Northwestern Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 16,
2005 (age 87 years, 322
days). His body was
donated to the University of Minnesota medical school.
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Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Germany,
about 1856.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Bamberg, 1893-1901.
Jewish.
Arrested
and fined in
Kissingen, Germany, 1895, for insulting
the Baron von Thuengen; also charged
with misrepresenting
his 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passage
to Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlin
asserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".
Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, he
began neglecting
his work; he was recalled
as commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; his failure
to return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens led
to a judgement
against him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he died
by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the public gardens at Bamberg, Germany,
June
10, 1901 (age about 45
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul David Wellstone (1944-2002) —
also known as Paul Wellstone; "Senator
Welfare" —
of Minnesota.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1944.
Democrat. College
professor; arrested
during a Vietnam
War protest at the federal building in Minneapolis, 1970; arrested
again during a protest of
farm foreclosures at a bank in Paynesville, Minn., 1984;
candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1982; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1984-91; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002; died in office 2002; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1996,
2000.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Killed in a plane
crash, along with his wife and daughter, near Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
25, 2002 (age 58 years, 96
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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