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Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914-1981) —
also known as Hugh J. Addonizio —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
31, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president, A & C Tailoring
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1949-62; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1962-70; defeated, 1970; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Holy
Name Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Lions; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Indicted
in federal court, December, 1969, along with Municipal Judge Anthony
Giuliano, other city officials, and reputed organized
crime leader, Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, on extortion
and income
tax evasion charges
over a scheme to share kickbacks
from a sewer contracting company; pleaded not guilty; tried;
during the trial a witness identified him as recipient of thousands
of dollars in bribes;
convicted
in July, 1970; sentenced
to ten years in prison
and fined
$25,000; released in 1979.
Died in Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J., February
2, 1981 (age 67 years, 2
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.
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David Norman Dinkins (1927-2020) —
also known as David N. Dinkins —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 10,
1927.
Democrat. Served in U.S. Marines, 1945-46; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 78th District, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1986-89; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1990-93; defeated, 1993; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
First
Black mayor of New York City.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 2020 (age 93 years, 136
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Hutchins Franklin Inge (1900-2002) —
also known as Hutchins F. Inge —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., April
16, 1900.
Democrat. Physician;
member of New
Jersey state senate District 11, 1966-67; defeated, 1967.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi; Urban
League; NAACP; American Medical
Association.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., March
28, 2002 (age 101 years,
346 days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Barry W. Jackson (b. 1930) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
27, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kiwanis;
Elks;
NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives: Son
of Rodney H. Jackson and Marion (Englebright) Jackson; married, June 4,
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
28, 1902.
Socialist. Author; lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; chairman,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1943-47; this
organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited
him with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
26, 1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Tony F. Mack (b. 1966) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., January
8, 1966.
Democrat. Mercer
County Freeholder, 1997-2008; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 2000;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 2010-14; removed 2014; arrested
in September 2012, and charged
with accepting
a bribe, fraud,
and extortion;
tried
and convicted
in 2014, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward James Patten (1905-1994) —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
22, 1905.
Democrat. Mayor
of Perth Amboy, N.J., 1934-40; secretary
of state of New Jersey, 1954-62; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 15th District, 1963-81.
Member, NAACP; Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died September
17, 1994 (age 89 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Milford Payne (1934-2012) —
also known as Donald M. Payne —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 16,
1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1989-; defeated in
primary, 1980, 1986; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died March 6,
2012 (age 77 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Shirley Kersey Turner (b. 1941) —
also known as Shirley K. Turner —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born July 3,
1941.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1980
(alternate), 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Mercer
County Freeholder, 1983-86; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 15th District, 1994-97; member of
New
Jersey state senate 15th District, 1998-.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2016.
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