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Charles F. W. Albrecht Jr. (1875-1951) —
also known as Charles Albrecht —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
27, 1875.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1927-28.
Died July 16,
1951 (age 75 years, 262
days).
Interment at Lakewood Park Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Communist. Sawmill
worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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William Lacy Clay Sr. (b. 1931) —
also known as William L. Clay, Sr.; Bill
Clay —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
30, 1931.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1969-2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Clay Cole (1897-1965) —
also known as William C. Cole —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Fillmore, Andrew
County, Mo., August
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1940; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1943-49, 1953-55 (3rd District
1943-49, 6th District 1953-55); defeated, 1948 (3rd District), 1950
(3rd District), 1954 (6th District).
Member, Lions; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose;
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died September
23, 1965 (age 68 years, 25
days).
Interment at Fillmore
Cemetery, Fillmore, Mo.
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Bobby D. Crim (b. 1931) —
of Davison, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., December
10, 1931.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-66, 1973-82 (79th District
1965-66, 82nd District 1973-82); defeated, 1966; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1975-82; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1983-84; resigned 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Lions;
National Education Association; American Federation of
Teachers; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives:
Married 1953 to Lila
F. Vogel. |
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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 |
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1956 |
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Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) —
also known as R. Budd Dwyer —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
21, 1939.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Baptist.
Member, National Education Association; Eagles;
Theta
Chi; Jaycees.
Convicted
in December 1986 of bribery
and conspiracy in federal court.
About to be sentenced,
and widely expected to resign from office, he called a press
conference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,
he insisted he was not guilty, and then shot and
killed
himself, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., January
22, 1987 (age 47 years, 62
days).
Interment at Blooming
Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa.
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Harold Joseph Patrick Gibbons (1910-1982) —
also known as Harold J. Gibbons —
of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Archibald Patch, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April
10, 1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1952,
1956.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Teamsters Union; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
The site of the original Sportsman's Park baseball stadium in St.
Louis, now a neighborhood playground, was named "Harold J.
Gibbons Field" for him.
Died, from complications of a ruptured
aortic aneurysm, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November, 1982
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Mo.
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Richard Goodenough (1871-1947) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in West Cowes, Hampshire, England,
July
7, 1871.
Republican. Printer;
proofreader;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 5th District,
1921-26.
English
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Typographical Union.
Died in St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 1947 (age 75 years, 208
days).
Interment at Friedens Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.
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Joseph J. Hauser (b. 1881) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
8, 1881.
Republican. Brewer;
president,
St. Louis Trades and Labor Council; delegate to
national convention, American Federation of Labor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District,
1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward J. Hogan Jr. (b. 1885) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
18, 1885.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 4th District,
1917-18, 1935-42; business
representative, Local 303, Brewery and Soft Drink Bottlers Union;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 33rd District,
1943-44; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-60 (33rd District 1945-48, 7th District
1949-60).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., September
2, 1851.
Preacher;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890
(Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Knights of Labor.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 13,
1930 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Theodore David McNeal (b. 1905) —
also known as Theodore D. McNeal —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., November
5, 1905.
Democrat. International
vice-president, Union of Sleeping Car Porters, 1950; chairman,
St. Louis Division, American Negro Labor Council, 1959; member of Missouri
state senate, 1961-65 (7th District 1961-62, 4th District
1963-65).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond M. Murphy (b. 1927) —
also known as Ray Murphy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
13, 1927.
Democrat. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
11th District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1964,
1988
(alternate), 1996;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1983-98 (17th District 1983-92,
7th District 1993-98); defeated in primary, 1954; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1999-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, United Auto Workers; NAACP;
AFSCME; Lions; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives: Son
of John Murphy and Etta (Thompkins) Murphy; married to Loretta
Blackwell. |
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Patrick J. O'Connor (1931-1971) —
of Bridgeton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
7, 1931.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; pipefitter;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1963-71 (St. Louis County 2nd
District 1963-66, 30th District 1967-71); died in office 1971.
Catholic.
Died in Bridgeton, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 6,
1971 (age 39 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Pentland (1908-1975) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowhill, Scotland,
February
7, 1908.
Democrat. Coal miner;
grocery
clerk; warehouse
worker; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; business
representative, Teamsters Local 688; member of Missouri
state senate 1st District, 1949-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Teamsters Union.
Died June 7,
1975 (age 67 years, 120
days).
Interment at Jefferson
Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Mo.
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Theron Eads Roberts (1907-1968) —
also known as Theron E. Roberts; Tex
Roberts —
of Diamond, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Wheeler, Wheeler
County, Tex., March
22, 1907.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
railway
station agent; newspaper
publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Newton County, 1935-38;
member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1939-42; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
Died November
12, 1968 (age 61 years, 235
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Byrd Fanita Sawyer (b. 1895) —
also known as Byrd Fanita Wall; Mrs. Harry W.
Sawyer —
of Fallon, Churchill
County, Nev.; Sparks, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., May 5,
1895.
Democrat. School
teacher; librarian;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Nevada; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nevada, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952.
Female.
Member, American
Association of University Women; National Education
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Gamma
Phi Beta; Beta
Sigma Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Henry J. Wall and Burd (McIlvaine) Wall; married, September
11, 1923, to Harry W. Sawyer. |
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