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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1984;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80; first
Black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Urban League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lisa Blunt=Rochester (b. 1962) —
also known as Lisa LaTrelle Blunt —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
10, 1962.
Democrat. Delaware Secretary of Labor, 1998-2001; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 2017-.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban League.
First
woman and first
African-American to represent Delaware in Congress.
Still living as of 2020.
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Robert Filner (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Filner —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1942.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from California, 1993-2008 (50th District
1993-2003, 51st District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, Urban League; Navy
League; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) —
also known as Philip A. Hart —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1950; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968
(speaker),
1976;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.
Member, Urban League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1976 (age 64 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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William Thacher Longstreth (1920-2003) —
also known as W. Thacher Longstreth —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa., November
4, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; advertising
business; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1955, 1971.
Quaker.
Member, Urban League.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolism, while hospitalized for pneumonia
and suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in Naples Community Hospital,
Naples, Collier
County, Fla., April
11, 2003 (age 82 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dorothy Norman (1905-1997) —
also known as Dorothy Stecker —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1905.
Democrat. Writer; photographer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1948.
Female.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Urban League.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
12, 1997 (age about 91
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Marion D. Patterson (b. 1876) —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsburg, Blair
County, Pa., October
20, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1912-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania 24th District, 1927-39; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Urban League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Marion Patterson and Mary Rebecca (Roller) Patterson;
married, June 23,
1925, to Gertrude Gable Stewart. |
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Herman Toll (1907-1967) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine,
March
17, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1951-59; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-67 (6th District 1959-63,
4th District 1963-67).
Jewish.
Member, Urban League; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1967 (age 60 years, 131
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Memorial Park, Trevose, Pa.
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