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Archibald Alphonso Alexander (1888-1958) —
also known as Archie Alexander —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, May 14,
1888.
Civil
engineer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-55; resigned 1955.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
4, 1958 (age 69 years, 235
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Daniel Webster Ambrose Jr. (1896-1992) —
also known as Daniel W. Ambrose, Jr. —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Pickens, Holmes
County, Miss., September
8, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; Elks; National
Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in February, 1992
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Daniel
Webster |
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Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth (Ambrose) Ambrose; married to Irene N.
Miller. |
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Richard Henry Austin (1913-2001) —
also known as Richard H. Austin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Stouts Mountain, Cullman
County, Ala., May 6,
1913.
Democrat. Accountant;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1992;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964; candidate for
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1969; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1971-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1976.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kappa Alpha Psi; NAACP.
Died, of a heart
attack and Alzheimer's
disease, in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
20, 2001 (age 87 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard H. Austin and Lelia (Hill) Austin; married to Ida B.
Dawson. |
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memorial |
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Boce William Barlow Jr. (1915-2005) —
also known as Boce W. Barlow, Jr. —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., August
8, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
municipal judge in Connecticut, 1957; member of Connecticut
state senate; elected 1966; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1968;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977.
Congregationalist.
Member, NAACP; Prince
Hall Masons; Elks;
Kappa Alpha Psi.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., January
31, 2005 (age 89 years, 176
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cordele, Crisp
County, Ga., February
17, 1906.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd
District, 1961-62.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kappa Alpha Psi; Sigma
Pi Phi.
Died June 23,
2005 (age 99 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jack Barthwell and Sarah (Eubanks) Barthwell; married to Gladys
Marie Whitfield. |
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Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., February
4, 1947.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1977-91; member of Georgia
state senate, 1991-93; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Fenton L. Bland Jr. (b. 1962) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., March 7,
1962.
Democrat. Mortician;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
pleaded
guilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank
fraud; sentenced
in April to 57 months in prison
and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution;
surrendered
his funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethical
violations.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2006.
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa Alpha Psi.
Died March
24, 1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Basil W. Brown (1927-1997) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Vandalia, Cass
County, Mich., March
20, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1957-88 (3rd District 1957-64, 6th District
1965-74, 3rd District 1975-82, 2nd District 1983-88); resigned 1988;
in 1985, a prostitute working for the police went to visit him
several times, and exchanged
sex for marijuana
and cocaine;
arrested
November 8, 1985; pleaded
guilty in 1987 and resigned
from the Senate; sentenced
to six months in jail, fines, and probation; his law license was also
suspended; the state supreme court threw out the conviction in 1991.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
NAACP.
Injured in a fire at his
home, while also suffering cancer,
and died two weeks later, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1997 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke
and died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Richard N. Dixon (1938-2012) —
of New Windsor, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., April
17, 1938.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; stockbroker;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; defeated, 1978; Maryland
state treasurer, 1996-2002; resigned 2002.
African
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association; Kappa Alpha Psi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 7,
2012 (age 74 years, 51
days).
Interment at St. Luke's United Methodist Cemetery, Howard County, Md.
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Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (1926-2012) —
also known as Mervyn M. Dymally —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cedros, Trinidad,
May
12, 1926.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1963-66, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964,
1968,
1988,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state senate, 1967-75; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1975-79; defeated, 1978; U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1981-93; Honorary
Consul for Benin in Inglewood,
Calif., 1993-2007.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; NAACP; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
7, 2012 (age 86 years, 148
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Calif.
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Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. 1933) —
also known as Walter E. Fauntroy —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1933.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971-91;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker);
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
sit-in at the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1990.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Charged
in federal court on March 22, 1995 with making false statements on financial
disclosure forms, including a claimed donation of almost $24,000
to the New Bethel Baptist Church where he served as pastor, to make
it appear that he had complied with House rules limiting outside
income, and that he had failed
to disclose a June 1988 loan of $24,200. Pleaded
guilty to one felony count, and sentenced
to probation.
Still living as of 2014.
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Adrian Malik Fenty (b. 1970) —
also known as Adrian Fenty —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born December
6, 1970.
Democrat. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 2007-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 2008.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Elihu Mason Harris (b. 1947) —
also known as Elihu M. Harris —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
15, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1978-90; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
1996;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1991-99.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives: Son
of Elihu M. Harris, Sr. and Frances Mae (Cunningham) Harris; married,
August
14, 1982, to Kathy Neal. |
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Alcee Lamar Hastings (1936-2021) —
also known as Alcee L. Hastings —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla., September
5, 1936.
Democrat. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-89;
candidate for secretary
of state of Florida, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Florida 23rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Impeached
and removed from
office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery
charges.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., April 6,
2021 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Cremated.
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Freman Hendrix (b. 1950) —
of Detroit west side, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Inkster, Wayne
County, Mich., October
12, 1950.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1988
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2005, 2009 (primary).
Catholic.
African
and Austrian
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmanuel Freman Hendrix and Rudolfine (Ernegger)
Hendrix. |
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Vernon Angus Jones (b. 1960) —
also known as Vernon Jones —
Born in Laurel Hill, Scotland
County, N.C., October
31, 1960.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1993-2000, 2017-20; DeKalb
County Executive, 2001-09; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2008; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 2010 (Democratic primary, 4th
District), 2022 (Republican primary, 10th District); speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2022.
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Leon M. Jordan (1905-1970) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 6,
1905.
Democrat. Police
officer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1965-70 (Jackson County 4th
District 1965-66, 11th District 1967-70); died in office 1970.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Kappa Alpha Psi.
During his campaign
for re-election, was shot and
killed
while leaving the Green Duck Tavern,
which he owned and operated, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 15,
1970 (age 65 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bill McConico (b. 1973) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 27,
1973.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 6th District; elected 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Optimist
Club; American
Federation of Teachers; NAACP;
Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lesley Miller Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Les Miller —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., April
21, 1951.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 59th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; Urban
League; Freemasons;
NAACP.
Still living as of 2004.
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Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate District 10, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried
and acquitted.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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Virgil C. Smith Jr. (b. 1947) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 4,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 10th District, 1977-88; defeated
in primary, 1970 (13th District), 1972 (10th District); resigned
1988; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1988-; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit; elected 2012.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2012.
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Carl Burton Stokes (1927-1996) —
also known as Carl B. Stokes —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1927.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1962; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1968-71; defeated, 1965; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1983-94; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1994-95.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Died of cancer,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 3,
1996 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Louis Stokes (1925-2015) —
of Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1969-99 (21st District 1969-93, 11th
District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972,
1996.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa Alpha Psi.
Arrested
for drunken
driving
in 1983; convicted
on a lesser charge
and fined.
Died August
18, 2015 (age 90 years, 176
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) —
also known as Art Teele —
of Florida.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., May 14,
1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; as Miami city
commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA); an investigation
of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges
that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks
from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from
office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb
Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under
surveillance, he drove his
car at a police detective in an attempt to run him
over, and also threatened
to kill police officers who had been following his wife during
the investigation; convicted
in March 2005 on charges
related to this incident; indicted
on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money
laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain
contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport
through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports
revealed that he had put his mistress
on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine,
and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute.
Church
of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons.
Came to the offices
of the Miami Herald newspaper, and shot himself
in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in
the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
2005 (age 59 years, 74
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Bennie G. Thompson (b. 1948) —
of Bolton, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Bolton, Hinds
County, Miss., January
28, 1948.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Decatur W. Trotter (1932-2004) —
also known as Bucky Trotter;
"Zeus" —
of Glenarden, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1932.
Democrat. Mayor
of Glenarden, Md., 1970-74; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 25, 1975-80; orphan's court
judge in Maryland, 1982-83; member of Maryland
state senate 24th District, 1983-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Died, of bone
cancer, in John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 3,
2004 (age 72 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Walsh (1896-1947) —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
26, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; concert
violinist; vice-president, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-44; appointed 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Kappa Alpha Psi.
Died December
13, 1947 (age 51 years, 290
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.
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Michael R. White (b. 1951) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born August
13, 1951.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state senate 21st District, 1980; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1990-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2008.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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