Very incomplete list! | |  Norman Mark Aaronson (b. 1946) — also known asNorman M. Aaronson — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,October7, 1946.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1972.Jewish. Member,Common Cause;League of WomenVoters.Still living as of 1973.| |  Relatives: Sonof Isadore Aaronson and Betty (Brody) Aaronson; married1968 to CarolCutler. |
| | Merry Baker (b. 1937) — also known asMerry Smith — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December24, 1937.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1972.Female.Methodist.Member,League of WomenVoters;Common Cause.Still living as of 1973.| | Relatives:Daughter of Rudie Smith and Thelma Smith. |
| | Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919-1988) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Oxford,England.Born in Longmeadow,HampdenCounty, Mass.,June 17,1919.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;lawprofessor;Presidentof Yale University, 1963-77; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1977-81.Member,Common Cause. Died, from abrainhemorrhage, in John RadcliffeHospital,Oxford,England,November8, 1988 (age69 years, 144days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Winston Perry Bullard (1942-1998) — also known asPerry Bullard — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,September2, 1942.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 53rd District, 1973-92.Member,American CivilLiberties Union;American BarAssociation;Common Cause.Died in Canton,WayneCounty, Mich.,October15, 1998 (age56 years, 43days).Burial location unknown. | | Renee Vera Cafiero (b. 1943) — also known asRenee Vera Pachter — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,October3, 1943.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1972.Female.Deist. Member,American CivilLiberties Union;Common Cause;Lesbian.Still living as of 1993.| | Relatives:Daughter of Henry M. Pachter and Hedwig (Rösler) Pachter;married1961 to ArthurD. Cafiero. |
| | Milton Robert Carr (1943-2024) — also known asBob Carr — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Janesville,RockCounty, Wis.,March27, 1943.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1975-81, 1983-95 (6th District1975-81, 1983-93, 8th District 1993-95); defeated, 1972, 1980;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1980,1988;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1994.Baptist.Member,American CivilLiberties Union;American BarAssociation;Common Cause;NAACP.Died inWashington,D.C.,August27, 2024 (age81 years, 153days).Burial location unknown. | | Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987) — also known asWilbur J. Cohen — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,June 10,1913.U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-69.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;Common Cause.Leading expert on Social Security. Died in ahotelroom in Seoul,SouthKorea,May 17,1987 (age73 years, 341days).Interment atGardenof Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Tex. | | Archibald Cox (1912-2004) — Born in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 17,1912.Lawyer;lawprofessor; U.S. Solicitor General, 1961-65; special prosecutor inPresidentRichardNixon's Watergate scandal, 1973.Member,PhiDelta Phi;Common Cause.Died in Brooksville,HancockCounty, Maine,May 29,2004 (age92 years, 12days).Burial location unknown. | | Anthony Scully Earl (b. 1936) — also known asAnthony S. Earl — of Wisconsin. Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April12, 1936.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1969-74;Governor ofWisconsin, 1983-87; candidate forU.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1988.Member,Common Cause. Still living as of 2014. | | Robert William Edgar (1943-2013) — also known asBob Edgar — of Springfield,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 29,1943.Democrat.Pastor;chaplain;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1975-87; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1984;candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1986.UnitedMethodist. Member,Common Cause.Died, from aheartattack, in Annandale,FairfaxCounty, Va.,April23, 2013 (age69 years, 329days).Burial location unknown. | | John William Gardner (1912-2002) — also known asJohn W. Gardner — of Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October8, 1912.Republican.Universityprofessor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-68.Member,Council onForeign Relations;SigmaXi;KappaDelta Pi;AmericanPsychological Association;Common Cause.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970.Died, from complications ofprostatecancer, in Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,February16, 2002 (age89 years, 131days).Burial location unknown. | | Joan Anderson Growe (b. 1935) — of Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,September28, 1935.Member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 40-A, 1973-74;secretaryof state of Minnesota, 1975-.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters;AmericanAssociation of University Women;Common Cause;NationalOrganization for Women;Zonta.Still living as of 1983. | | Victoria P. Guillebeau — of Oregon. Socialist. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1996, 1996.Female.Member,Common Cause;Women'sInternational League for Peace and Freedom.Still living as of 1996.  | Kay Halloran (b. 1937) — also known asKathleen H. Chapman — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born in Estherville,EmmetCounty, Iowa,January19, 1937.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1983-92, 1997-2001 (49th District1983-92, 53rd District 1997-2001);mayorof Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2006-09.Female.Catholic.Member,League of WomenVoters;Common Cause;AmericanAssociation of University Women.Still living as of 2009. | | | LaDonna Harris (b. 1931) — also known asLaDonna Vita Tabbytite — of Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.; McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Temple,CottonCounty, Okla.,February26, 1931.Citizens candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980.Female.ComancheIndian ancestry. Member,Common Cause;NationalOrganization for Women;UrbanLeague.Still living as of 2017. | | Scott Harshbarger (b. 1941) — of Westwood,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December1, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;MiddlesexCounty District Attorney, 1983-91;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1996;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1998.Member,Common Cause. Still living as of 2016. | | Floyd Kirk Haskell (1916-1998) — also known asFloyd K. Haskell — of Colorado. Born in Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.,February7, 1916.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1965-69;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.Member,Common Cause. Died ofpneumonia,a complication of a brain hemorrhage which resulted from afall on anicy sidewalk, in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,August25, 1998 (age82 years, 199days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) — of Florida. Born in Elmhurst, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81stDistrict 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died inoffice 2000.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanAssociation of Retired Persons;AudubonSociety;AmericanLegion;NatureConservancy;SierraClub;UrbanLeague;Common Cause.While attending a primary victoryrallyfor Al Gore, suffered acerebralhemorrhage, and died the next day at ahospitalat Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March15, 2000 (age75 years, 233days).Burial location unknown. | | Peter D. Hoagland (1941-2007) — of Nebraska. Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,November17, 1941.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;lawyer; lawclerk for U.S. District JudgeOliverGasch, 1969-70; member ofNebraskaunicameral legislature 6th District, 1979-86;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1989-95; defeated,1994.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Common Cause.Died, fromParkinson'sdisease, inWashington,D.C.,October30, 2007 (age65 years, 347days).Burial location unknown. | | John Francis Kelly (b. 1949) — also known asJohn F. Kelly — of Detroit east side,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Woods,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September6, 1949.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 11th District, 1976; member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1979-94; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1980, 1992; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1984;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1994; member ofWayne StateUniversity board of governors; elected 1998; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Michigan,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman).Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;Common Cause;Jaycees.Still living as of 2000. | | Leslie Ferris Lokken (1926-2012) — also known asLeslie Lokken;Leslie GeneFerris —of Okemos,InghamCounty, Mich.; East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Colfax,WhitmanCounty, Wash.,April 3,1926.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1972;member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1973.Female.Unitarian.Member,ThetaSigma Phi;SigmaKappa;Common Cause;NationalOrganization for Women;American CivilLiberties Union.Died in Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.,September18, 2012 (age86 years, 168days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Robert Donald Ferris and Leslie (Smith) Ferris; marriedto George Stanley Lokken. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Chellie Pingree (b. 1955) — of North Haven,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,April 2,1955.Democrat. Member ofMainestate senate, 1992-2000; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maine,2000;candidate forU.S.Senator from Maine, 2002; president and CEO, Common Cause,2003-06;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 2009-.Female.Member,Common Cause. Still living as of 2018. | | Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) — also known asL. Richardson Preyer — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January11, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina,1961-63; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom North Carolina,1964;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1969-81.Presbyterian.Member,Common Cause.Died, ofcancer,in Moses Cone MemorialHospital,Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,April 3,2001 (age82 years, 82days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C. | | Douglas Ross (b. 1942) — also known asDoug Ross — of Oak Park,OaklandCounty, Mich.; West Bloomfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 15,1942.Democrat.Economist;legislative aide to U.S. Rep.NeilStaebler, 1963; to U.S. Rep.JohnDingell, 1965; to U.S. Sen.JosephTydings, 1969-70; founder, Michigan Citizens Lobby, 1973;executive director, Michigan Common Cause, 1975; member ofMichiganstate senate 15th District, 1979-82; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1980;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1982; candidate forGovernorof Michigan, 1998.Jewish. Member,Common Cause.Still living as of 1998.  | Coleen Seng (b. 1936) — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Council Bluffs,PottawattamieCounty, Iowa,February8, 1936.Democrat.Mayorof Lincoln, Neb., 2003-07.Female.Member,Rotary;Common Cause.Still living as of 2007. | | | Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (b. 1931) — also known asPete Stark — of Danville,ContraCosta County, Calif.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Fremont,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,November11, 1931.Democrat. Candidate forCaliforniastate senate, 1969; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1972(alternate),1988,1996,2000,2004,2008;U.S.Representative from California, 1973-2008 (8th District 1973-75,9th District 1975-93, 13th District 1993-2008).Unitarian.Member,American CivilLiberties Union;Common Cause.Still living as of 2014. | | James Hugh Joseph Tate (b. 1910) — also known asJames H. J. Tate — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April10, 1910.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1940-46; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1960,1964,1968,1972;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1962-72; member ofPennsylvaniaDemocratic State Committee, 1972-73.Catholic.Member,Common Cause;FederalBar Association;Knightsof Columbus.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James E. Tate; married,June 20,1942, to Anne M. Daly. |
| | David James Vostrizansky (b. 1953) — also known asDavid J. Vostrizansky — of Bannister,GratiotCounty, Mich.Born in St. Johns,ClintonCounty, Mich.,August26, 1953.Democrat. Member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1975-77; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1980.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;Common Cause.Still living as of 1981.| | Relatives: Sonof Joe Vostrizansky and Stephanie (Luznak)Vostrizansky. |
| | Richard Zimmer (b. 1944) — also known asDick Zimmer — of Flemington,HunterdonCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,August16, 1944.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly, 1982-87; defeated, 1979; memberofNewJersey state senate, 1987-91;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1991-97; defeated,2000; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1996, 2008; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,2008.Jewish. Member,Common Cause.Still living as of 2014.
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