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Arnold P. Abbott (b. 1924) —
of Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., April
12, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1968.
Jewish.
Member, United
World Federalists; NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom; married, June 20,
1948, to Charlotte Ruth Brody. |
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Wallace Thomson Albertson (b. 1924) —
also known as Wallace T. Albertson; Wallace
Thomson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 23,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1972-73; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1972-73.
Female.
Spiritualist.
Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Peter Smart Thomson and Margaretta (Maloney) Thomson;
married 1952 to Jack
Albertson. |
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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) —
also known as Francis Biddle —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born, in Paris, France,
of American parents, May 9,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-40; resigned
1940; U.S. Solicitor General, 1940-41; U.S.
Attorney General, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1952.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union; Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
4, 1968 (age 82 years, 148
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle; married, April
27, 1918, to Katherine Garrison Chapin; great-grandnephew of Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); second great-grandson of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; second great-grandnephew of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas and John
Nicholas; third great-grandson of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); third great-grandnephew of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin twice removed of John
Cadwalader (1805-1879), Edmund
Randolph and Thomas
Biddle; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); first cousin four times removed of
Edward
Biddle and Charles
Biddle; first cousin five times removed of Richard
Bland and Benjamin
Harrison; second cousin once removed of Edmund
Randolph Cocke and John
Cadwalader (1843-1925); second cousin twice removed of Charles
Bingham Penrose and Peter
Myndert Dox; second cousin thrice removed of James
Biddle, John
Biddle (1792-1859) and Richard
Biddle; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Beverley
Randolph, Carter
Bassett Harrison, John
Randolph of Roanoke and William
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of Harry
Bartow Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Edward
MacFunn Biddle, James
Stokes Biddle and Charles
John Biddle; third cousin thrice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Henry
St. George Tucker and John
Scott Harrison; fourth cousin of Boies
Penrose and Spencer
Penrose; fourth cousin once removed of John
Biddle (1859-1936). |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Dana Martha Camp (b. 1952) —
of Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1952.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, National
Organization for Women; American Civil Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Herbert Lawrence Camp and Betty Delores (Brewington)
Camp. |
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George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) —
also known as George S. Counts —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; New Hope, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born near Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan., December
9, 1889.
University
professor; author; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York American Labor
Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,
1955-59.
Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
10, 1974 (age 84 years, 336
days). His body was
donated to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble)
Counts. |
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Roger E. Craig (b. 1933) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Blairsville, Indiana
County, Pa., April
23, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1965-70; defeated in primary, 1970.
Protestant.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Civil Liberties
Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1970.
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Vincent J. Fumo (b. 1943) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1943.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1977-2004; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1996.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil Liberties Union; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives: Son
of Vincent E. Fumo and Helen (Rodgers) Fumo; married to Susan A.
Vena. |
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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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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leroy L. Hodge (c.1948-2004) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Allegheny County Commissioner, 1999;
candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2001; candidate for Pittsburgh city council,
2002.
African
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union.
Died, of complications from an organ transplant, January
22, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper
columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian.
Member, NAACP;
American Civil Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Mary Winsor (b. 1873) —
of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
28, 1873.
Socialist. Woman suffrage activist; participant in the first U.S.
birth control conference, New York City, November 1921; on November
13, police arrived to forcibly shut down the event, and she was arrested,
along with Margaret Sanger, for attempting
to speak; charged
with disorderly conduct, but released soon after; candidate for Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1922; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1932.
Female.
Member, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Burial location unknown.
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