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Theophilus J. Alcantara (b. 1902) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trinidad,
December
21, 1902.
American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1938.
African
and Venezuelan
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Pedro de Alcantara. |
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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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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
German
ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
26, 1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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Morton Bahr (1926-2019) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 18,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980,
1984;
president,
Communication Workers of America, 1985-2005; president,
Jewish Labor Committee, 1999-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004.
Jewish.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
2019 (age 93 years, 12
days).
Cremated.
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Henry Baum (b. 1871) —
of Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Printer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1920-21, 1925;
defeated, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1933.
Member, Typographical Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur T. Berge (b. 1907) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
22, 1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1945-48;
defeated, 1940.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Breckinridge Board Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., March 5,
1931.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1993.
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Michael F. Breen (b. 1875) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
10, 1875.
Democrat. President of
Local 21, Union of Billposters and Billers of America; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1927-35;
defeated, 1935.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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George Breitman (1916-1986) —
also known as Albert Parker; Philip Blake; Chester
Hofla; Anthony Massini; John F. Petrone; G.
Sloane —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
28, 1916.
Socialist. Became a socialist agitator in Newark, N.J., 1935; arrested
about 1936 and charged
with inciting
riots; jailed
for a week; founding member of the Socialist Workers Party, 1937;
member of its National Committee, 1939-81; Socialist Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1954;
editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper,
The Militant, 1941-43, 1946-54; writer
under several different pen names; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Jersey; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, International Typographical Union.
Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party for "disloyalty," 1984.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Beekman Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1986 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Breitman and Pauline (Trattler) Breitman; married 1940 to
Dorothea Katz. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Bessie Allison Buchanan (1902-1980) —
also known as Bessie A. Buchanan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1902.
Democrat. Actress;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1955-62;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild; Urban
League.
First
Black woman member of the New York legislature.
Died in September, 1980
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles P. Buchanan. |
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Edward W. Buckley (b. 1877) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, October
14, 1877.
Democrat. Printing
executive; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1907-08.
Member, Typographical Union; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank J. Caffery (1913-1980) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
30, 1913.
Democrat. Yard foreman for Nickel Plate Railroad;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1941-42, 1949-62;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 42nd District, 1942.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Catholic
War Veterans; American
Legion; Knights
of Equity.
Died in September, 1980
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Thomas Chester (b. 1943) —
also known as Eric Chester —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Montague, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
6, 1943.
New Politics candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1968; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; university
professor; Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1996; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 2006.
Member, Industrial Workers of the World.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Chester and Alice (Fried) Chester. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) —
also known as Edgar E. Clark —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
18, 1856.
Republican. Train
conductor; Grand Senior
Conductor (1889), and Grand Chief
Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors of
America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1906-21; chair, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.
Member, Order of Railway Conductors; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
1, 1930 (age 74 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of
University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hyman Costrell (b. 1890) —
also known as Jack Robbins —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; New York.
Born in Kurenitz, Russia (now Belarus),
October
19, 1890.
Communist. Arrested
in 1905 in Russia and jailed
three months for demonstrating
and distributing
circulars against the Czarist government; naturalized U.S.
citizen; plumber;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1934.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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George E. Dennen (b. 1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1884.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
reporter; member of New York
state assembly, 1913, 1926-34 (Kings County 10th District 1913,
Kings County 4th District 1926-34).
Member, Typographical Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to May R.
Conklin. |
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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. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: The Militant, July 2,
1956 |
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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David Dubinsky (1892-1982) —
also known as David Dobnievski —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest, Belarus),
February
22, 1892.
President
of International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, from 1932; one of the
founders
of the American Labor Party in New York, 1936; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1944, 1958; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1982 (age 90 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zallel Dubinsky and Shaine (Wishingrad) Dubinsky; married 1915 to Emma
Goldberg. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 29,
1949 |
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Eliot Lanze Engel (b. 1947) —
also known as Eliot L. Engel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
18, 1947.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972
(alternate), 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly 81st District, 1977-88; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (19th District 1989-93,
17th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Member, Pi
Lambda Phi; American Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2014.
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Arthur O. Eve (b. 1933) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1933.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1967-2001 (143rd District 1967-82, 141st District
1983-2001); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1977.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets;
NAACP;
Urban
League; United Auto Workers; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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John McCreath Farquhar (1832-1918) —
also known as John M. Farquhar —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born near Ayr, Scotland,
April
17, 1832.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1885-91; defeated,
1902; member, U.S. Industrial Commission, 1898-1902.
Member, International Typographical Union.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1902, for action at Stone River, Tenn., December 31,
1862.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
24, 1918 (age 86 years, 7
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Daniel F. Farrell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Hatter;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1910-18; member of
New
York state senate 5th District, 1919-30.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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William B. Fitzgerald (1914-1970) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
3, 1914.
Democrat. Real estate
sales; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 4th District, 1965-70; died in
office 1970.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; AFSCME.
Died December
7, 1970 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Fitzgibbons (1868-1941) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Glenmore, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 10,
1868.
Democrat. Railway
trainman; mayor of
Oswego, N.Y., 1910-11, 1918-21; chair of
Oswego County Democratic Party, 1932; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1914.
Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Died in a hospital
at Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
4, 1941 (age 73 years, 25
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oswego, N.Y.
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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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Jack Fuller (1900-1958) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mongaupe Center (now Harris), Sullivan
County, N.Y., April
17, 1900.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1945-46, 1949-50; defeated, 1946, 1950.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died in 1958
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Germer (1881-1966) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk, Kaliningrad
Oblast), January
15, 1881.
Socialist. Miner; union
official in various capacities for the United Mine Workers of
America, 1906-16; member of Socialist National Committee from
Illinois, 1911; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,
Socialist Party of America, 1916-19; 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; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.
Member, United Mine Workers.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., May, 1966
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) —
Born in London, England,
January
27, 1850.
Democrat. Cigar
maker; Founder and
president, American Federation of Labor; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
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George W. Hartmann (b. 1904) —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1904.
Socialist. Editor, Social Frontier magazine;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941.
Member, American Federation of Teachers.
Burial location unknown.
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Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
January
8, 1876.
Socialist. Engineer;
university
professor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1913; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1932.
Christian.
Member, American Association of University Professors; Sigma
Xi; Phi Mu
Alpha; Theta
Xi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff; married, August
2, 1904, to Frances Lulu Gillmor. |
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Paul Joseph Krebs (1912-1996) —
also known as Paul J. Krebs —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1912.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1965-67; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1972.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died in Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach), Broward
County, Fla., September
17, 1996 (age 84 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Lanahan (b. 1871) —
of Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 28,
1871.
Democrat. Linotype
operator; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1909.
Member, Eagles;
Typographical Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Revisch, Hungary,
1884.
School
teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the founders and
a vice-president
of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in
the union.
Member, Urban
League; American Federation of Teachers.
Collapsed and died in a barber
shop, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1956 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Queens, N.Y.
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Herbert G. Lewin (1914-2010) —
also known as Herbert Lewin —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in 1914.
Machinist;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1950 (Militant Workers), 1958 (Workers); Militant
Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; Peace and Freedom candidate for President
of the United States, 1988.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died March
18, 2010 (age about 95
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Socialist. Seaman;
automobile
worker; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1949 to Sarah
Zucker. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, October 27,
1958 |
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Sarah Lovell (1922-1994) —
also known as Sarah Rebecca Hellman; Sarah
Zucker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 8,
1922.
Socialist. Candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1957; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1968.
Female.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, International Typographical Union; National
Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer,
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 14,
1994 (age 72 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman; married 1949 to Frank
Lovell; married to Frank Zucker. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, January 6,
1958 |
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Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
3, 1904.
College
instructor; concert
violinist; legislative
representative, College Teachers Union;; American Labor candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New York
City Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41; legislative
director, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44; legislative
representative, political action
director, and later international
representative, United Electrical Workers; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Labor
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Member, American Federation of Teachers.
Died, from nephritis,
in Cape Cod Hospital,
Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
9, 1957 (age 52 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis J. McCaffrey Jr. (b. 1902) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
9, 1902.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1934-40;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1941; resigned 1941.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Francis J. McCaffrey and Irene (Booth) McCaffrey; married 1932 to
Katherine Agnes Hume. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Richard McCleery (b. 1902) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
19, 1902.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1935, 1936, 1937,
1938, 1940, 1942; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1947-48; defeated, 1944 (9th
District), 1948 (9th District), 1950 (9th District), 1952 (9th
District), 1962 (18th District).
Member, Typographical Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas McCleery and Katherine McCleery; married 1925 to
Katherine Schaible. |
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Brian M. McLaughlin (b. 1952) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1952.
Democrat. Electrician;
member of New York
state assembly 25th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000.
Catholic.
Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 2005.
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Patrick Joseph McMahon (born c.1883) —
also known as Patrick J. McMahon —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1883.
Democrat. Inspector of highways; Master
Workman of the Bronx Knights of Labor; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 34th District, 1913.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Labor; Elks; Woodmen;
Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907 to
Wilhelmina Hamberg. |
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Edward A. Miller (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., August
30, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper
compositor; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1903-04.
German
ancestry. Member, Typographical Union.
Burial location unknown.
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John P. Nugent (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1879.
Democrat. Worked in shipbuilding;
business
agent of his Railroad Iron Workers local; appraiser;
insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Max O. Pabis (1916-1989) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in 1916.
Union
organizer; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 46th District, 1946.
Died in 1989
(age about
73 years).
Interment at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Gregory J. Pope (b. 1926) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., November
27, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-70 (Niagara County 1965, 152nd District
1966, 138th District 1967-70).
Catholic.
Member, United Auto Workers; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange.
Still living as of 1970.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social
worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April
15, 1889.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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John F. Rourke (b. 1861) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland,
June
24, 1861.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1922-23;
defeated (Independent), 1923.
Member, Teamsters Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony C. Sabatine (1916-1987) —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Holley, Orleans
County, N.Y., April
20, 1916.
Democrat. Electrician;
candidate for mayor
of Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1955.
Died in Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla., August
30, 1987 (age 71 years, 132
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Jacob Schifferdecker (b. 1862) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1862.
Organizer
and president,
Bartenders Union Local 70; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1911-13.
Burial location unknown.
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John Richard Schmidhauser (b. 1922) —
also known as John R. Schmidhauser —
of Iowa.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
3, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966,
1968; member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Association of University Professors; Izaak
Walton League.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward A. Schuster Sr. (1900-1968) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 7,
1900.
Democrat. Machinist;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1943-60 (Allegheny County 3rd
District 1943-54, Allegheny County 7th District 1955-60).
Died in 1968
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John F. Schuster and Ida B. (Eichenger) Schuster; married to Agnes
A. Foley. |
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Democrat. School
teacher; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, American Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y.
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Clara Lemlich Shavelson (1886-1982) —
also known as Clara Shavelson; Clara Lemlich; Clara
Goldman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Gorodok, Ukraine,
March
28, 1886.
Communist. Labor
organizer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1936.
Female.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 25,
1982 (age 96 years, 119
days).
Interment at New
Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edward A. Stevenson Sr. (b. 1907) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica,
November
9, 1907.
Democrat. Food service director, New York City Department of
Correction; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-70 (86th District 1966, 78th District
1967-70).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) —
also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott
Peabody —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., April
17, 1917.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Female.
She was walking with Adlai
Stevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart
attack.
Died August
15, 1991 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Cremated.
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter;
president,
Local 13, Shipbuilders
Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as international
representative for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman's
and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
18, 1976 (age 62 years, 260
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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John H. Westbrook (b. 1890) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., April 6,
1890.
Democrat. Sheet metal
worker; president,
Local 15, Sheet Metal Workers; delegate,
Central Federation of Labor, 1912; president,
Troy Building Trades Council, 1918; president,
New York State Council of Sheet Metal Workers, 1921-22; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1924.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) —
also known as Charles Zimmerman; Alexander
Ubsushone —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne, Ukraine),
1896.
Communist. Garment
worker; Workers candidate for New York
state assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (Bronx
County 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled from
Communist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and became
anti-Communist by 1946; vice-president,
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1934-72; became blind
in 1966.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died June 3,
1983 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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