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John E. Powers Jr. (born c.1944) —
of Rhode Island; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1944.
Socialist. Machinist;
automobile worker; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1970; candidate in primary for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1971; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1972; Socialist
Workers candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1972;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1988;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Still living as of 1989.
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Leonard Freel Woodcock (1911-2001) —
also known as Leonard Woodcock —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
15, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; president,
United Auto Workers, 1970-77; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976;
U.S. Ambassador to China, 1979-81.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pulmonary
complications, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
16, 2001 (age 89 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) —
also known as Robert R. Young; "Railroad
Young"; "Populist of Wall Street";
"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";
"Maverick of Wall Street" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., February
14, 1897.
Republican. Stockbroker;
financier;
assistant treasurer of General Motors; predicted the 1929
stock market crash, and profited by selling stocks short; chairman of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway,
and later the New York Central Railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1958 (age 60 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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