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Americans for Democratic Action
Politician members in Virginia

Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) — also known as Henry H. Fowler; Joe Fowler — of Alexandria, Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., September 5, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1956, 1960 (alternate); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Pi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Americans for Democratic Action. Died, of pneumonia, in a nursing home at Falls Church, Va., January 3, 2000 (age 91 years, 120 days). Interment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.   Relatives: Son of Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married, October 19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote.   Fowler House (office buiding, built 1940, named for Fowler in the 1960s, renamed Connell House 2003), at Harvard University Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert William Kastenmeier (1924-2015) — also known as Robert W. Kastenmeier — of Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wis. Born in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wis., January 24, 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; state court judge in Wisconsin, 1955-58; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1959-91; defeated, 1956, 1990. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., March 20, 2015 (age 91 years, 55 days). Burial location unknown.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) — also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean Gene" — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Watkins, Meeker County, Minn., March 29, 1916. Democrat. School teacher; university professor; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952 (alternate), 1960, 1964; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1968, 1972, 1992; candidate for President of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent). Catholic. Irish and German ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Kappa Theta. Died, from complications of Parkinson's disease, in the Georgetown Retirement Residence, Washington, D.C., December 10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256 days). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.   Relatives: Son of Michael J. McCarthy and Anna (Baden) McCarthy; married 1945 to Abigail Quigley.   Cross-reference: Gerry E. Studds — Thomas A. Hutto   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Eugene J. McCarthy: Up 'Til Now : A Memoir of the Decline of American Politics (1987)   Books about Eugene J. McCarthy: Dominick Sandbrook, Eugene McCarthy : The Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism

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