| |  Theophilus J. Alcantara (b. 1902) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inTrinidad,December21, 1902.American Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1938.AfricanandVenezuelanancestry.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Pedro de Alcantara. |
 | Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Washington.Born in Houstonia,PettisCounty, Mo.,December5, 1883.Communist.Sawmillworker;arrestedin Cleveland, 1919, onchargesof violating the state'scriminalsyndicalism law; Workers candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 14th District, 1926;poet.Member,Industrial Workers of the World. Died in Olympia,ThurstonCounty, Wash.,July 18,1982 (age98 years, 225days).Interment atWoodbineCemetery, Puyallup, Wash. | | Edward Arnold (1890-1956) — also known asGunther Edward Arnold Schneider — of Encino, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1890.Republican.Actor;appeared in more than 150movies,most during 1932-56;president,Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for California,1944.Germanancestry. Member,Screen Actors Guild.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April26, 1956 (age66 years, 68days).Interment atSanFernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif. | | Morton Bahr (1926-2019) — of Port Washington,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 18,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1976,1980,1984;president,Communication Workers of America, 1985-2005;president,Jewish Labor Committee, 1999-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from District of Columbia,1996,2000,2004;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from District of Columbia, 2004.Jewish.Died, frompancreaticcancer, inWashington,D.C.,July 30,2019 (age93 years, 12days).Cremated. | | Henry Baum (b. 1871) — of Woodhaven, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1871.Republican.Printer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1920-21, 1925;defeated, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1933.Member,Typographical Union. Burial location unknown. | | Arthur T. Berge (b. 1907) — of Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1907.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1945-48;defeated, 1940.Norwegianancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Elks.Burial location unknown.  | George Blakely (1885-1935) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Toronto,Ontario,April27, 1885.Republican.Bricklayer;plasterer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1914-22 (Westchester County 1st District 1914-17,Westchester County 5th District 1918-22); defeated, 1922.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Knightsof Khorassan.Died, frompneumonia,in GrasslandsHospital,Valhalla,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 22,1935 (age50 years, 86days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. | | Joseph Breckinridge Board Jr. (b. 1931) — also known asJoseph B. Board, Jr. — of Scotia,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Princeton,GibsonCounty, Ind.,March 5,1931.Democrat.Rhodesscholar;universityprofessor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1972.Episcopalian.Member,American Association of University Professors;PhiBeta Kappa.Still living as of 1993. | | Michael F. Breen (b. 1875) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1875.Democrat.President ofLocal 21, Union of Billposters and Billers of America; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1927-35;defeated, 1935.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Burial location unknown. | | George Breitman (1916-1986) — also known asAlbert Parker;Philip Blake;ChesterHofla;Anthony Massini;John F. Petrone;G.Sloane —of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February28, 1916.Socialist. Became a socialist agitator in Newark, N.J., 1935;arrestedabout 1936 andchargedwithincitingriots;jailedfor a week; founding member of the Socialist Workers Party, 1937;member of its National Committee, 1939-81; Socialist Workerscandidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1954;editor-in-chief of the weeklynewspaper,The Militant, 1941-43, 1946-54;writerunder several different pen names; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidential Elector for New Jersey,1952;Socialist Workers candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1960;Socialist Workers candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1964.Member,International Typographical Union. Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party for "disloyalty," 1984. Died, following aheartattack, in Beekman DowntownHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1986 (age70 years, 50days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Breitman and Pauline (Trattler) Breitman; married1940 toDorothea Katz. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Bessie Allison Buchanan (1902-1980) — also known asBessie A. Buchanan — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1902.Democrat.Actress;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 12th District, 1955-62;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1956.Female.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Screen Actors Guild;UrbanLeague.FirstBlack woman member of the New York legislature.Died in September,1980(age78years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Charles P. Buchanan. |
| | Edward W. Buckley (b. 1877) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,October14, 1877.Democrat.Printingexecutive; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 28th District, 1907-08.Member,Typographical Union;Knightsof Columbus;RoyalArcanum.Burial location unknown. | | Frank J. Caffery (1913-1980) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1913.Democrat. Yard foreman for Nickel PlateRailroad;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1941-42, 1949-62;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 42nd District, 1942.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;HolyName Society;Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen;CatholicWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Equity.Died in September,1980(age66years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward F. Cassidy (1868-1937) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in1868.Socialist.Organizerandvice-president,New York Typographical Union; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1902 (Social Democratic, 15thDistrict), 1904 (Social Democratic, 12th District), 1904 (SocialDemocratic, 17th District), 1906 (Socialist, 8th District), 1913(Socialist, 20th District), 1926 (Socialist, 18th District), 1930(Socialist, 18th District), 1934 (Socialist, 20th District);candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1908 (New York County 17th District), 1910 (NewYork County 22nd District), 1914 (New York County 22nd District),1915 (New York County 22nd District), 1918 (New York County 18thDistrict), 1924 (New York County 18th District), 1930 (New YorkCounty 16th District); candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1909; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate, 1916 (20th District), 1932 (18th District);delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1922; candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1925, 1929; candidate forboroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1933.Member,Typographical Union. Died, fromheartdisease, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1937 (ageabout 69years).Interment atCypressHills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Eric Thomas Chester (b. 1943) — also known asEric Chester — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Montague,FranklinCounty, Mass.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,August6, 1943.New Politics candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1968; New Politics candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1968(on behalf ofEldridgeCleaver andLarryHochman);universityprofessor; Socialist candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1996; Socialist candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 2006.Member,Industrial Workers of the World. Still living as of 2010.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry Chester and Alice (Fried) Chester. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
 | Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) — also known asEdgar E. Clark — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born in Lima,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1856.Republican.Trainconductor;Grand SeniorConductor (1889), andGrand ChiefConductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors ofAmerica; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1904;member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1906-21; chair, InterstateCommerce Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.Member,Order of Railway Conductors;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Monrovia,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December1, 1930 (age74 years, 286days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known asCharles W. Cole — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.; New York.Born in Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,February8, 1906.Universityprofessor;Presidentof Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador toChile, 1961-64.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American Association ofUniversity Professors;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;DeltaSigma Rho;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanEconomic Association.Died in1978(ageabout72 years).Burial location unknown. | | Hyman Costrell (b. 1890) — also known asJack Robbins — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; New York.Born in Kurenitz, Russia (nowBelarus),October19, 1890.Communist.Arrestedin 1905 in Russia andjailedthree months fordemonstratinganddistributingcirculars against the Czarist government; naturalized U.S.citizen;plumber;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1934.Jewish.Burial location unknown. | | George E. Dennen (b. 1884) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1884.Democrat.Printer;newspaperreporter; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1913, 1926-34 (Kings County 10th District 1913,Kings County 4th District 1926-34); defeated, 1916.Member,Typographical Union. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1905 to May R.Conklin. |
 | Farrell Dobbs (1907-1983) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Queen City,SchuylerCounty, Mo.,July 25,1907.Socialist.Truckdriver; became involved with a militant Teamsters Union local inMinneapolis in the 1930s, and helpedlead ageneral strike; joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1939;convictedin 1941 oftreasonunder the anti-CommunistSmithAct, and served one year inprison;Trotskyist Anti-War candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1945; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; national secretaryof the Socialist Workers Party, 1953-72;historian.Member,Teamsters Union. Died in Pinole,ContraCosta County, Calif.,October31, 1983 (age76 years, 98days).Burial location unknown. | | Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) — also known asMelvyn Edouard Hesselberg — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,April 5,1901.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1940;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Actor,producer,directorof manymotionpictures; worked inradio,television,andBroadway.JewishandScottishancestry. Member,Screen Actors Guild;Americansfor Democratic Action;American CivilLiberties Union.Died, ofpneumoniaandcardiaccomplications, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1981 (age80 years, 121days).Cremated.  | David Dubinsky (1892-1982) — also known asDavid Dobnievski — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest,Belarus),February22, 1892.Presidentof International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, from 1932; one of thefoundersof the American Labor Party in New York, 1936; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1936;vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1944, 1958;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1982 (age90 years, 207days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Zallel Dubinsky and Shaine (Wishingrad) Dubinsky; married1915 to EmmaGoldberg. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 29,1949 |
| | Eliot Lanze Engel (b. 1947) — also known asEliot L. Engel — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1947.Democrat.Schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1972(alternate),1984,1996,2000,2004,2008;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 81st District, 1977-88;U.S.Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (19th District 1989-93,17th District 1993-2003).Jewish. Member,PiLambda Phi;American Federation of Teachers;Americansfor Democratic Action;ZionistOrganization of America;Knightsof Pythias.Still living as of 2014. | | Arthur O. Eve (b. 1933) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1933.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1967-2001 (143rd District 1967-82, 141st District1983-2001); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972,1976,1984,1988,1996,2000;candidate formayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1977.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Amvets;NAACP;UrbanLeague;United Auto Workers;Freemasons.Still living as of 2001. | | John McCreath Farquhar (1832-1918) — also known asJohn M. Farquhar — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born near Ayr,Scotland,April17, 1832.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from New York 32nd District, 1885-91; defeated,1902; member, U.S. Industrial Commission, 1898-1902.Member,International Typographical Union. Received theMedalof Honor in 1902, for action at Stone River, Tenn., December 31,1862.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1918 (age86 years, 7days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.  | Daniel F. Farrell (1869-1939) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1869.Democrat.Hatter;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1910-18; member ofNewYork state senate 5th District, 1919-30; resigned 1930; DeputyRegister, Kings County, 1930-35.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 17,1939 (age70 years, 61days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. | | William B. Fitzgerald (1914-1970) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,February3, 1914.Democrat.Real estatesales; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 4th District, 1965-70; died inoffice 1970.Catholic.Member,DeltaTheta Phi;AFSCME.DiedDecember7, 1970 (age56 years, 307days).Burial location unknown. | | John Fitzgibbons (1868-1941) — of Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Glenmore,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1868.Democrat.Railwaytrainman;mayor ofOswego, N.Y., 1910-11, 1918-21;chair ofOswego County Democratic Party, 1932; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1932;U.S.Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1914.Member,Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Died in ahospitalat Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1941 (age73 years, 25days).Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Oswego, N.Y. | | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) — also known as"Rebel Girl" — of New York. Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,August7, 1890.Communist. Speaker andorganizerfor the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; oneof thefoundersof the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelledher for being a Communist; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1942 (Communist, at-large), 1954(Peoples' Rights, 24th District);convictedunder theanti-CommunistSmith Act, andsentencedto three years inprison;released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.in 1961.Female.Irishancestry. Member,American CivilLiberties Union;Industrial Workers of the World.Died inRussia,September5, 1964 (age74 years, 29days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | Jack Fuller (1900-1958) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Mongaupe Center (now Harris),SullivanCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1900.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1945-46, 1949-50; defeated, 1946, 1950.Member,United Auto Workers. Died in1958(ageabout58 years).Burial location unknown. | | Adolph Germer (1881-1966) — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk,KaliningradOblast),January15, 1881.Socialist.Miner;unionofficial in various capacities for the United Mine Workers ofAmerica, 1906-16; member of Socialist National Committee fromIllinois, 1911; candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1912; candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,Socialist Party of America, 1916-19;indictedin Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep.VictorL. Berger, and three others, for makingspeechesthat encourageddisloyaltyand obstructedmilitaryrecruitment;triedandconvicted;sentencedto twenty years inprison;the conviction was later overturned; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.Member,United Mine Workers. Died in Rockford,WinnebagoCounty, Ill., May,1966(age85years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) — Born in London,England,January27, 1850.Democrat.Cigarmaker;Founder andpresident, American Federation of Labor; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December13, 1924 (age74 years, 321days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument atGompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue atGompers Park, Chicago, Ill.| | Samuel GompersHighSchool (built 1930, closed about 2012), inBronx, NewYork, wasnamed forhim. — GompersSchool(also known as Eastern High School),Baltimore,Maryland, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Gompers (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theSouthPacific Ocean) wasnamed forhim; a secondLibertyship,SS Samuel Gompers II, (built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1960) was alsonamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Benjamin Hanford (1860-1910) — also known asBen Hanford — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January9, 1860.Socialist.Printer;typesetter;labororganizer; Socialist Labor candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1897; Social Democraticcandidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1898, 1900, 1902; Social Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1901; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1904, 1908.Member,Typographical Union. Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January24, 1910 (age50 years, 15days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass. | | George W. Hartmann (b. 1904) — of Pennsylvania; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Pennsylvania,1904.Socialist. Editor, Social Frontiermagazine;candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1934, 1936;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1938; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1941.Member,American Federation of Teachers. 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 MasterWorkman, Knights of Labor, 1897.Member,Knights of Labor. DiedAugust27, 1927 (ageabout 71years).Burial location unknown. | | Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in St. Petersburg,Russia,January8, 1876.Socialist.Engineer;universityprofessor; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 6th District, 1913; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Tompkins County, 1916; candidate forNew Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 41st District, 1932.Christian.Member,American Association of University Professors;SigmaXi;Phi MuAlpha;ThetaXi.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff; married,August2, 1904, to Frances Lulu Gillmor. |
| | Paul Joseph Krebs (1912-1996) — also known asPaul J. Krebs — of New Jersey. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1912.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1965-67; candidateforU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1972.Member,United Auto Workers. Died in Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach),BrowardCounty, Fla.,September17, 1996 (age84 years, 114days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas J. Lanahan (b. 1871) — of Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 28,1871.Democrat.Linotypeoperator; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Richmond County, 1909.Member,Eagles;Typographical Union.Burial location unknown. | | Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) — of Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Revisch,Hungary,1884.Schoolteacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among thefounders andavice-presidentof the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists inthe union.Member,UrbanLeague;American Federation of Teachers.Collapsed and died in abarbershop, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1956 (ageabout 72years).Intermentsomewherein Queens, N.Y.  | Herbert G. Lewin (1914-2010) — also known asHerbert Lewin — of Pennsylvania. Born in1914.Machinist;candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1950 (Militant Workers), 1958 (Workers); MilitantWorkers candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1956;Peace and Freedom candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1988.Member,United Auto Workers. DiedMarch18, 2010 (ageabout 95years).Burial location unknown.  | Frank Lovell (1913-1998) — also known asFrederick J. Lang — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Ipava,FultonCounty, Ill.,July 24,1913.Socialist.Seaman;automobileworker; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1960; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1960;Socialist Workers candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for Presidential Electorfor Michigan,1964;Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968; SocialistWorkers candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1968(on behalf ofFredHalstead andPaulBoutelle).Member,United Auto Workers. Died, from aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1998 (age84 years, 281days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1949 toSarahZucker. | | | | Image source: The Militant, October 27,1958 |
|  | Sarah Lovell (1922-1994) — also known asSarah Rebecca Hellman;SarahZucker —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 8,1922.Socialist. Candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1957; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1960;Socialist Workers candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1961; Socialist Workers candidatefor Presidential Elector for Michigan,1964;Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1968; SocialistWorkers candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1968(on behalf ofFredHalstead andPaulBoutelle).Female.Jewishancestry. Member,International Typographical Union;NationalOrganization for Women.Died, ofcancer,in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,June 14,1994 (age72 years, 37days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman; married1949 toFrankLovell; married to Frank Zucker. | | | | Image source: The Militant, January 6,1958 |
|  | Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1904.Collegeinstructor;concertviolinist;legislativerepresentative, College Teachers Union;; American Labor candidateforNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New YorkCity Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41;legislativedirector, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44;legislativerepresentative,political actiondirector, and laterinternationalrepresentative, United Electrical Workers; American Laborcandidate forU.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Laborcandidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1953.Member,American Federation of Teachers. Died, fromnephritis,in Cape CodHospital,Hyannis, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,August9, 1957 (age52 years, 310days).Burial location unknown.  | Francis J. McCaffrey Jr. (b. 1902) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1902.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 14th District, 1934-40;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 16th District, 1941; resigned 1941.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Dr. Francis J. McCaffrey and Irene (Booth) McCaffrey; married1932 toKatherine Agnes Hume. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | Richard McCleery (b. 1902) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1902.Republican. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1935, 1936, 1937,1938, 1940, 1942; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 9th District, 1947-48; defeated, 1944 (9thDistrict), 1948 (9th District), 1950 (9th District), 1952 (9thDistrict), 1962 (18th District).Member,Typographical Union. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas McCleery and Katherine McCleery; married1925 toKatherine Schaible. |
| | Brian M. McLaughlin (b. 1952) — of Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1952.Democrat.Electrician;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 25th District, 1993-; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1996,2000.Catholic.Member,International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.Still living as of 2005. | | Patrick Joseph McMahon (born c.1883) — also known asPatrick J. McMahon — of Bronx, New York County (nowBronxCounty), N.Y.Born in New York, about 1883. Democrat. Inspector of highways;MasterWorkman of the Bronx Knights of Labor;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 34th District, 1913.Catholic.Member,Knights of Labor;Elks;Woodmen;Eagles.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1907 toWilhelmina Hamberg. |
| | James Michael Mead (1885-1964) — also known asJames M. Mead — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Angola,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Mt. Morris,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1885.Democrat.Railroadswitchman; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1915-18;U.S.Representative from New York 42nd District, 1919-38; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952;U.S.Senator from New York, 1938-47; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1942, 1946; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1949-55;chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1956.Catholic.Died in Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.,March15, 1964 (age78 years, 79days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Clermont, Fla. | | Edward A. Miller (b. 1859) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.,August30, 1859.Democrat.Newspapercompositor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1903-04.Germanancestry. Member,Typographical Union.Burial location unknown. | | John P. Nugent (b. 1879) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1879.Democrat. Worked inshipbuilding;businessagent of his Railroad Iron Workers local;appraiser;insurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930.Burial location unknown. | | Max O. Pabis (1916-1989) — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in1916.Unionorganizer; American Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 46th District, 1946.Died in1989(ageabout73 years).Interment atSt. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y. | | Gregory J. Pope (b. 1926) — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Medina,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1965-70 (Niagara County 1965, 152nd District1966, 138th District 1967-70).Catholic.Member,United Auto Workers;Knightsof Columbus;Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Grange.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Seymour Posner (b. 1925) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 21,1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;schoolteacher;socialworker; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85thDistrict 1966, 76th District 1967-75).Jewish. Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;JewishWar Veterans;AmericanJewish Congress;ZionistOrganization of America;NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action;AFSCME.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) — also known asA. Philip Randolph — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Crescent City,PutnamCounty, Fla.,April15, 1889.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;candidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1920; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1924;organizer,Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters;vice-president,AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks;American CivilLiberties Union;UnitedWorld Federalists.Recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.DiedMay 16,1979 (age90 years, 31days).Cremated. | | John F. Rourke (b. 1861) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Tralee, County Kerry,Ireland,June24, 1861.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1922-23;defeated (Independent), 1923.Member,Teamsters Union. Burial location unknown.  | Anthony C. Sabatine (1916-1987) — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Pinellas Park,PinellasCounty, Fla.Born in Holley,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1916.Democrat.Electrician;candidate formayorof Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1955.Died in Pinellas Park,PinellasCounty, Fla.,August30, 1987 (age71 years, 132days).Interment atSt. Joseph's Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Gladys Costello. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Buffalo (N.Y.) News,September 14, 1955 |
| | Jacob Schifferdecker (b. 1862) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1862.Organizerandpresident,Bartenders Union Local 70;realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1911-13.Burial location unknown. | | John Richard Schmidhauser (b. 1922) — also known asJohn R. Schmidhauser — of Iowa. Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966,1968; member ofIowaDemocratic State Central Committee, 1971.Unitarian.Member,American Association of University Professors;IzaakWalton League.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Edward A. Schuster Sr. (1900-1968) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1900.Democrat.Machinist;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1943-60 (Allegheny County 3rdDistrict 1943-54, Allegheny County 7th District 1955-60).Died in1968(ageabout68 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John F. Schuster and Ida B. (Eichenger) Schuster; married to AgnesA. Foley. |
| | Albert Shanker (1928-1997) — of Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1928.Democrat.Schoolteacher;president,American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1980,1984(speaker),1988,1996.Jewish.Russianancestry. Member,American Federation of Teachers.Died, of complications frombladdercancer, at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancerCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1997 (age68 years, 161days).Interment atKing David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y. | | Clara Lemlich Shavelson (1886-1982) — also known asClara Shavelson;Clara Lemlich;ClaraGoldman —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Gorodok,Ukraine,March28, 1886.Communist.Labororganizer; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1936.Female.Jewishancestry.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 25,1982 (age96 years, 119days).Interment atNewMontefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, N.Y. | | Edward A. Stevenson Sr. (b. 1907) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Kingston,Jamaica,November9, 1907.Democrat. Food service director, New York City Department ofCorrection; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-70 (86th District 1966, 78th District1967-70).Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague.Burial location unknown. | | Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) — also known asMarietta Tree;Mary Endicott Peabody;Marietta FitzGerald —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lawrence,EssexCounty, Mass.,April17, 1917.Democrat. Member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1954-60; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1956;U.S. Representative to United Nations Commission on Human Rights,1961-64;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.Female.Member,AlphaKappa Alpha.She was walking withAdlaiStevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heartattack.Died, frombreastcancer, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August15, 1991 (age74 years, 120days).Cremated;ashes interred atForest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine.| | Relatives:Daughter of Rev. Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth(Parkman) Peabody; sister ofEndicottPeabody; married,September2, 1939, to Desmond FitzGerald; married,July 26,1947, to Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree (grandson ofLambertTree and Marshall Field; first cousin ofMarshallField III); mother of Frances FitzGerald; grandniece ofRichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; great-granddaughter ofJohnCortlandt Parker; second great-granddaughter ofJamesParker; fourth great-grandniece ofGeorgeCabot,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fifth great-granddaughter ofStephanusVan Cortlandt; fifth great-grandniece ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,JohannesSchuyler (1668-1747) andTimothyPickering; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLee Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCrowninshield Endicott; first cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofLeverettSaltonstall,RichardSaltonstall,WilliamGurdon Saltonstall andJohnLee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCaleb Loring andAugustusPeabody Gardner; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasBayard,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay,JudahDana andDudleyLeavitt Pickman; third cousin ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; third cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andHenryCabot Lodge; fourth cousin ofWilliamAmory Gardner Minot andJohnForbes Kerry; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamGoodrich Morrell Jr.. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Parker-Schuylerfamily of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) — also known asIrving C. Velson;Irving CharlesShavelson;Charles Wilson;"Nick";"Shavey" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,June 3,1913.Machinist;boilermaker;shipfitter;president,Local 13,ShipbuildersUnion; American Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify beforeCongressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,including efforts toinfiltratethe U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answerquestions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right againstself-incrimination;as a result, he was "barred forlife" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served asinternationalrepresentative for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman'sand Warehousemen's Union.Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the WorldWar II era), released in 1995, show that he was anagentfor Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February18, 1976 (age62 years, 260days).Cremated;ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay. | | John H. Westbrook (b. 1890) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,April 6,1890.Democrat.Sheet metalworker;president,Local 15, Sheet Metal Workers;delegate,Central Federation of Labor, 1912;president,Troy Building Trades Council, 1918;president,New York State Council of Sheet Metal Workers, 1921-22;contractor;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1924.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Moose.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) — also known asCharles Zimmerman;AlexanderUbsushone —of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne,Ukraine),1896.Communist.Garmentworker; Workers candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (BronxCounty 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled fromCommunist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and becameanti-Communist by 1946;vice-president,International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1934-72; becameblindin 1966.Jewishancestry.DiedJune 3,1983 (ageabout 86years).Burial location unknown.
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