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Philip Bracken Fleming (1887-1955) —
also known as Philip B. Fleming —
of Washington,
D.C.; New Hampshire.
Born in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
15, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the
U.S. Army during World War II; head of Federal Works Agency and of
Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1951-53.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon.
Died, of cancer,
in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1955 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) —
also known as "Rebel Girl" —
of New York.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
7, 1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer
for the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one
of the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (Communist, at-large), 1954
(Peoples' Rights, 24th District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961.
Female.
Irish ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964 (age 74 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Sara Jane Gleeson (1877-1971) —
also known as Sadie J. Gleeson; Sara Jane Sheridan;
Mrs. William A. Gleeson —
of Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in New Hampshire, September
11, 1877.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1928,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., October
4, 1971 (age 94 years, 23
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Island Pond, Brighton, Vt.
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Christopher Thomas Sununu (b. 1974) —
also known as Chris Sununu —
Born in Salem, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1974.
Member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 2011-16; Governor of
New Hampshire, 2017-.
Lebanese,
Greek,
and Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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John E. Sununu (b. 1964) —
of Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1964.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1997-2003; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 2003-; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 2016.
Catholic.
Lebanese,
Greek,
and Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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