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James L. Adams (1921-2014) —
also known as Jim Adams —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
2, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; electrician;
treasurer
and president,
IBEW Local 292; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1955-74 (District 31 1955-62,
District 42 1963-72, District 60-A 1973-74).
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August
6, 2014 (age 92 years, 308
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Anderson (1888-1975) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
25, 1888.
Political
scientist; university
professor; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
1953-55.
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Society for Public Administration; American Association of
University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in May, 1975
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer M. Carr —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; locomotive
engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1933-34; member of
Minnesota
state senate 59th District, 1935-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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William Leighton Carss (1865-1931) —
also known as William L. Carss —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, February
15, 1865.
Locomotive
engineer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1919-21, 1925-29;
defeated, 1920 (Democratic), 1922 (Democratic), 1928 (Farmer-Labor),
1930 (Farmer-Labor).
Member, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 31,
1931 (age 66 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Farrell Dobbs (1907-1983) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; New York.
Born in Queen City, Schuyler
County, Mo., July 25,
1907.
Socialist. Truck
driver; became involved with a militant Teamsters Union local in
Minneapolis in the 1930s, and helped lead a
general strike; joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1939; convicted
in 1941 of treason
under the anti-Communist Smith
Act, and served one year in prison;
Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; national secretary
of the Socialist Workers Party, 1953-72; historian.
Member, Teamsters Union.
Died in Pinole, Contra
Costa County, Calif., October
31, 1983 (age 76 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac T. Dobbs. |
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article |
| | | Image source: The Militant, July 2,
1956 |
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Karl Frederick Grittner (b. 1922) —
also known as Karl F. Grittner —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., November
22, 1922.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 39, 1953-58; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1959-70 (39th District 1959-62, 46th District
1963-66, 43rd District 1967-70).
Member, American Federation of Teachers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (1911-1978) —
also known as Hubert H. Humphrey; "H.H.H.";
"The Happy Warrior"; "The
Hump" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Wallace, Codington
County, S.Dak., May 27,
1911.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1972;
Vice
President of the United States, 1965-69; candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Congregationalist.
English
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Federation of Teachers.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.
Died, of cancer,
at Waverly, Wright
County, Minn., January
13, 1978 (age 66 years, 231
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; statue at Minneapolis City Hall Grounds, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
24, 1898.
Democrat. Railroad
work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president
and business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Richard Jones (b. 1887) —
of Kempton, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Brisbin, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1887.
Telegraph
operator; secretary
and president,
Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 58th District, 1915-18.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Karth (1922-2005) —
also known as Joseph E. Karth —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Brighton, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
26, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; international
representative, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers union; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 41, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1959-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 29,
2005 (age 82 years, 276
days).
Interment at Green
Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Herman John Kording (b. 1903) —
also known as Herman J. Kording —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hayfield, Dodge
County, Minn., August
30, 1903.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 32, 1953-58; member of
Minnesota
state senate 32nd District, 1959-62.
Burial location unknown.
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Loziene Julius Lee (1907-1999) —
also known as L. J. Lee —
of Bagley, Clearwater
County, Minn.
Born in Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn., March
18, 1907.
Democrat. International
representative, Local 39, Union of Operating Engineers, 1948-68;
vice-president,
Minnesota Federation of Labor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1952;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1961-72 (District 65 1961-66,
District 65-B 1967-72); director and chairman, Garden Valley Telephone
Company, 1970-92.
Lutheran.
Member, Eagles.
Died, in Clearwater County Memorial Hospital,
Bagley, Clearwater
County, Minn., May 9,
1999 (age 92 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bagley Cemetery, Bagley, Minn.
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Harley Mikkelson —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Minnesota.
Green. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 2002, 2004; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 2008, 2012; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 2010.
Member, AFSCME; United Auto Workers.
Still living as of 2012.
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Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) —
also known as Alfred J. Pearson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Landskrona, Sweden,
September
29, 1869.
Republican. University
professor; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1924-25; Finland, 1925-30.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American Association of University
Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died August
9, 1939 (age 69 years, 314
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Harry P. Van Guilder (1890-1979) —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Cannon Falls, Goodhue
County, Minn., July 6,
1890.
Progressive. Bookkeeper;
railroad
switchman; president of
his union local, 10 years; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Ashland County, 1937-42; defeated, 1942;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1944.
Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Died in November, 1979
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie Eileen 'May' Habelt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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