Very incomplete list! | |  Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) — also known asNancy M. Boykin;Nancy Merritt;NancySmith —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inWashington,D.C.,March20, 1919.Republican.Socialworker; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit PublicSchools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1972(alternate),1976;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976(voted forGeraldR. Ford andBobDole); member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1975-80, 1983-2006.Female.Africanancestry. Member,PhiDelta Kappa;Alpha Kappa Alpha.DiedJanuary28, 2006 (age86 years, 314days).Interment atDetroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County,Mich. | | Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Bessemer,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April19, 1914.Democrat.Socialworker;policeofficer; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha;Order of theEastern Star.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December17, 1972 (age58 years, 242days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Cynthia Moore Chestnut (b. 1949) — of Gainesville,AlachuaCounty, Fla.Born in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,July 25,1949.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 23rd District, 1991-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996,2008;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida,2020(on behalf ofJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Female.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,JuniorLeague;Alpha Kappa Alpha;NAACP;Altrusa;Rotary.Still living as of 2020.  | Dawnna Mathilda Dukes (b. 1963) — also known asDawnna Dukes — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.; Pflugerville,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September3, 1963.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1995-2013 (50th District1995-2002, 46th District 2003-13); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1996,2000,2004.Female.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | | Marguerite Eaglin (1920-2004) — also known asMarguerite Davis — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Waxahachie,EllisCounty, Tex.,June 8,1920.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1973.Female.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Kappa Alpha.Died, in Glacier HillsNursingCenter, Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,December20, 2004 (age84 years, 195days).Interment atSt.John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich. | | C. Virginia Fields (b. 1946) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,August4, 1946.Democrat.Socialworker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1996,2000,2004,2008;boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1998-2005; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 2005.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha;UrbanLeague;Order of theEastern Star.Still living as of 2008. | | Addie L. Greene (b. 1943) — of Mangonia Park,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Black Creek,ChoctawCounty, Ala.,January21, 1943.Democrat. Mayor of Magnolia Park, Fla., 1991-92; member ofFloridastate house of representatives 84th District, 1993-.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha;NAACP;UrbanLeague.Still living as of 1999. | | Sheila Jackson=Lee (b. 1950) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1950.Democrat.Lawyer;municipal judge in Texas, 1987-90;U.S.Representative from Texas 18th District, 1995-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1996,2000,2004,2008.Female.Seventh-DayAdventist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha;UrbanLeague;American BarAssociation.Still living as of 2012. | | Eddie Bernice Johnson (b. 1935) — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.,December3, 1935.Democrat.Nurse;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1972-77; member ofTexasstate senate, 1987-92;U.S.Representative from Texas 30th District, 1993-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1996,2000,2004,2008;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Texas, 2004-08.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;DeltaKappa Gamma;UrbanLeague;Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2019. | | Sharon Pratt Kelly (b. 1944) — also known asSharon Pratt;Sharon PrattDixon —ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,January30, 1944.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from District of Columbia, 1977-90;Treasurerof Democratic National Committee, 1985-89; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from District of Columbia,1988(speaker),1996;mayorof Washington, D.C., 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1994.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha;PiSigma Alpha.Still living as of 1996. | | Barbara Roberts Mason (b. 1940) — also known asBarbara Roberts — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Dimondale,EatonCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August8, 1940.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1975-98; defeated, 1998;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984 ;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 69th District, 1994.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 1998. | | Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) — also known asJuanita M. McDonald — of Carson,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,September7, 1938.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1984,1992,1996,2000,2004;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1993-96;U.S.Representative from California 37th District, 1996-2007; died inoffice 2007.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Kappa Alpha.Died, ofcoloncancer, in Carson,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April22, 2007 (age68 years, 227days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif. | | Mrs. Barrington Parker — ofWashington,D.C.Republican.Speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 1956. | | Pauline Sims Puryear (b. 1900) — also known asPauline Puryear — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,June 6,1900.Republican.Socialworker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1948.Female.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Burial location unknown.  | Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake (b. 1970) — also known asStephanie C. Rawlings — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,March17, 1970.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,2000;mayorof Baltimore, Md., 2010-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,FederalBar Association;Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | Leah Ward Sears (b. 1955) — Born in Heidelberg,Germany,of American parents,June 13,1955.Lawyer;justiceof Georgia state supreme court, 1992-2005;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 2005-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;NationalBar Association;Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | Terrycina Andrea Sewell (b. 1965) — also known asTerri A. Sewell — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January1, 1965.Democrat.Lawyer;member,Rules Committee, Democratic NationalConvention, 2008 ;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 2011-.Female.BaptistorAfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2018. | | 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,Alpha Kappa 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 |
| | Cynthia DeLores Tucker (1927-2005) — also known asC. DeLores Tucker;Cynthia DeLoresNottage —of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October4, 1927.Democrat.Secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1971-77; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1972,1996,2000,2004;speaker,1984;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1978; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1980; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 2004.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Kappa Alpha.Died, in Suburban WoodsHealthCenter, Norristown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October12, 2005 (age78 years, 8days).Interment atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. | | Diane Edith Watson (b. 1933) — also known asDiane E. Watson — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,November12, 1933.Democrat.Psychologist;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1978-98; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1988,1996,2004,2008;U.S. Ambassador toMicronesia, 1999-2000;U.S.Representative from California, 2001-11 (32nd District 2001-03,33rd District 2003-11); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 2004; Democratic PresidentialElector for California,2012(voted forBarackObama andJosephR. Biden, Jr.).Female.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | Bonnie Watson=Coleman (b. 1945) — also known asBonnie Watson — of Ewing,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.,February6, 1945.Democrat. Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly 15th District, 1998-2014; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,2000,2004,2008;New JerseyDemocratic state chair, 2002-06; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Jersey, 2004;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 2015-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2018. | | Frederica Smith Wilson (b. 1942) — also known asFrederica S. Wilson;Frederica PatriciaSmith —of Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.; Miami Gardens,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,November5, 1942.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 104th District, 1999-2002; memberofFloridastate senate 33rd District, 2003-10; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,2004,2008;U.S.Representative from Florida, 2011-18 (17th District 2011-13, 24thDistrict 2013-18).Female.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Kappa Alpha.Still living as of 2018.
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