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Frank Polipnick Anthony (b. 1922) —
also known as Frank Anthony —
of Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn., June 6,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
writer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) —
also known as Margaret Frances Culkin —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Tryon, Polk
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn., March
18, 1891.
Republican. Novelist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1924
(alternate), 1936.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Elected to Duluth Hall of
Fame.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., January
4, 1982 (age 90 years, 292
days).
Interment at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbus, N.C.
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Winifred Nelson Campbell (1879-1964) —
also known as Winifred N. Campbell; Winifred Pearl
Nelson; Mrs. J. K. Campbell —
of Slayton, Murray
County, Minn.
Born in Adrian, Nobles
County, Minn., April
14, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper
columnist; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 19,
1964 (age 85 years, 35
days).
Interment at Slayton Cemetery, Slayton, 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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J. Louis Engdahl (1884-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
11, 1884.
Writer and editor for Socialist and Communist newspapers;
indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Workers), 1926 (Workers Communist);
Communist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930; Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1931.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Moscow, Russia,
November
21, 1932 (age 48 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Laurence Curran Hodgson (1874-1937) —
also known as Laurence C. Hodgson; "Larry
Ho" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., November
6, 1874.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; poet; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1918-22, 1926-30; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
24, 1937 (age 62 years, 138
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Hastings, Minn.
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Henry Holmes (b. 1861) —
of Monticello, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., 1861.
Pastor;
writer; lecturer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 55, 1915-18.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Garrison Keillor (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary Edward Keillor —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., August
7, 1942.
Democrat. Writer; radio show
host; comedian;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
inducted into the Radio Hall of
Fame in 1994.
Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Joan Mondale (1930-2014) —
also known as Joan Adams; "Joan of
Art" —
Born in Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., August
8, 1930.
Democrat. Artist;
author; Second Lady
of the United States, 1977-81.
Female.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at a care
facility in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
3, 2014 (age 83 years, 179
days).
Cremated.
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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 Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) —
also known as Louis B. Nagler —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1871.
Republican. Journalist;
author; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1940.
German
ancestry.
Died of prostate
cancer, in Polk
County, Wis., May 8,
1947 (age 76 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, East Farmington, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis J. Nagler and Catherine (Schottmuller) Nagler; married, June 20,
1912, to Ellen Torelle. |
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Kay Nee (1919-2010) —
also known as Kay Evangeline Bonner —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Fridley, Anoka
County, Minn.
Born in Plummer, Red Lake
County, Minn., October
26, 1919.
Democrat. Radio and
television writer and producer; actress;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1964.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died August
2, 2010 (age 90 years, 280
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
editor; author; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Milton Rakove (1918-1983) —
also known as "Mayor Daley's
Intellectual" —
of Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buhl, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
30, 1918.
Democrat. University
professor; political historian; consultant and
speechwriter to U.S. Sen. Charles
H. Percy and Gov. Otto
Kerner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980.
Died, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
5, 1983 (age 65 years, 6
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicated newspaper
columnist, author, biographer, television
and radio
commentator; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64; in 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1997.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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