| |  Leo P. Carlin (1908-1999) — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Avon-by-the-Sea,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,December8, 1908.Democrat.President, Local 478, Brotherhood of Teamsters andChauffeurs; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1937;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1952;mayorof Newark, N.J., 1953-62; defeated, 1962.Died in Avon-by-the-Sea,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,December17, 1999 (age91 years, 9days).Burial location unknown. | | Evelyn Dubrow (1917-2006) — also known asEvy Dubrow — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Passaic,PassaicCounty, N.J.,May 6,1917.Democrat.Labor organizer;vice president andlobbyistfor the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for many years;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1984,1988,1996.Female.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1999.Died, in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,June 20,2006 (age89 years, 45days).Burial location unknown. | | James E. Gano Jr. — of Bridgewater,SomersetCounty, N.J.Democrat.Business representative for Local 262, IBEW;candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly District 8, 1973.Member,InternationalBrotherhood of Electrical Workers.Still living as of 1973. | | Benjamin Gitlow (1891-1965) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,December22, 1891.Communist.Organizer andpresident, Retail Clerks Unionof New York, 1913; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1918; defeated(Socialist), 1918;convictedoncriminalanarchycharges,1920;sentencedto five to ten years inprison;lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1925; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1921 (Communist), 1925 (Workers);candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1924, 1928; Workers candidate forGovernorof New York, 1926; after 1939, he became an anti-Communistwriter andlecturer.Died in Crompond,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1965 (age73 years, 209days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry A. Hicks (1856-1927) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Hasbrouck Heights,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in1856.Stairbuilder; People's candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1892;Grand Master Workman,Knights of Labor, 1897.Member,Knightsof Labor.DiedAugust27, 1927 (ageabout 71years).Burial location unknown. | | James Lustig (b. 1902) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Budapest,Hungary,1902.Communist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;agent, United ElectricalWorkers; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1932; member, Joint Anti-FascistRefugee Committee; the group was investigated forsubversionby the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities;indictedin 1947, along with other members, forcontemptof Congress over their refusal to provide records demanded by theHouse committee;convictedin 1947;sentencedto three months in jail, andfined$500.Hungarianancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Joseph George Minish (1916-2007) — also known asJoseph G. Minish — of West Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Throop,LackawannaCounty, Pa.,September1, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;executivesecretary, Hudson Council, CIO, 1954-60, and Essex-WestIndustrial Union Council, AFL-CIO, 1960-62;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1963-85.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died, in St. BarnabasMedicalCenter, Livingston,EssexCounty, N.J.,November24, 2007 (age91 years, 84days).Burial location unknown. | | Vincent Joseph Murphy (1893-1976) — also known asVincent J. Murphy — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Spring Lake,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,August1, 1893.Democrat.Plumber;secretary-treasurer of Local 24, United Association (Plumbersand Pipefitters), 1920-38;secretary-treasurer, New JerseyFederation of Labor, 1933;mayor ofNewark, N.J., 1941-49; candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1943; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew Jersey,1944,1948,1956,1964;president, New Jersey AFL-CIO, 1961-70.Died in Spring Lake,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,June 8,1976 (age82 years, 312days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Francis Murphy and Sarah (Gaskin) Murphy. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Raymond M. Pocino — also known asRay Pocino — of Cranbury,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.; Moorestown,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.; Lawrenceville,MercerCounty, N.J.Democrat.Labor leader; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Jersey,1996,2000,2004,2008.Still living as of 2008. | | Wesley A. Taylor (b. 1906) — of East Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Mays Landing,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,July 12,1906.Republican.Bookbinder;Secretary andBusiness Representative, BookbindersLocal Union #62;delegate to New Jersey AFL and other laborcouncils;vice-president, Allied Printing Trades Council;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,1947.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArcanum.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Clarence A. Taylor and Almeda S. (Henry) Taylor. |
| | Charles Wowkanech — of Ocean City,Cape MayCounty, N.J.Democrat.President, New Jersey AFL-CIO; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New Jersey,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew Jersey,2004.Still living as of 2004.
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