Very incomplete list! | |  Archibald Alphonso Alexander (1888-1958) — also known asArchie Alexander — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Ottumwa,WapelloCounty, Iowa,May 14,1888.Civilengineer;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-55; resigned 1955.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,January4, 1958 (age69 years, 235days).Interment atGlendaleCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | Daniel Webster Ambrose Jr. (1896-1992) — also known asDaniel W. Ambrose, Jr. — of Huntington,CabellCounty, W.Va.Born in Pickens,HolmesCounty, Miss.,September8, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from WestVirginia,1936,1940,1944,1948.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi;Elks;NationalBar Association;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners.Died in February,1992(age95years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| |  Presumably namedfor:DanielWebster | | | | Relatives: Son of Daniel WebsterAmbrose and Mary Elizabeth (Ambrose) Ambrose; married to Irene N.Miller. |
| | Richard Henry Austin (1913-2001) — also known asRichard H. Austin — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Stouts Mountain,CullmanCounty, Ala.,May 6,1913.Democrat.Accountant;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6thDistrict, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1964,1980,1984,1992;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964; candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1969;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1971-94; defeated, 1994; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1976.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;Kappa Alpha Psi;NAACP.Died, of aheartattack andAlzheimer'sdisease, in Henry FordHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April20, 2001 (age87 years, 349days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard H. Austin and Lelia (Hill) Austin; married to Ida B.Dawson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Boce William Barlow Jr. (1915-2005) — also known asBoce W. Barlow, Jr. — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.,August8, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;municipal judge in Connecticut, 1957; member ofConnecticutstate senate; elected 1966; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Connecticut,1968;member ofConnecticutDemocratic State Central Committee, 1977.Congregationalist.Member,NAACP;PrinceHall Masons;Elks;Kappa Alpha Psi.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January31, 2005 (age89 years, 176days).Burial location unknown. | | Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Cordele,CrispCounty, Ga.,February17, 1906.Democrat.Pharmacist;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2ndDistrict, 1961-62.Congregationalist.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;Kappa Alpha Psi;SigmaPi Phi.DiedJune 23,2005 (age99 years, 126days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jack Barthwell and Sarah (Eubanks) Barthwell; married to GladysMarie Whitfield. |
| | Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (b. 1947) — also known asSanford D. Bishop, Jr. — of Albany,DoughertyCounty, Ga.Born in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,February4, 1947.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1977-91; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1991-93;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1993-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1996,2000,2004,2008.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2014. | | Fenton L. Bland Jr. (b. 1962) — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,March 7,1962.Democrat.Mortician;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,2004;pleadedguilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commitbankfraud;sentencedin April to 57 months inprisonand ordered to pay $1.2 million inrestitution;surrenderedhis funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethicalviolations.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2006. | | Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) — also known asTom Bradley — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Calvert,RobertsonCounty, Tex.,December29, 1917.Democrat.Policeofficer;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1968,1972;mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1982, 1986.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Kappa Alpha Psi;UrbanLeague;NAACP.Received theSpingarnMedal in 1984.Died, of aheartattack, at Kaiser PermanenteMedicalCenter, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September29, 1998 (age80 years, 274days).Entombed in mausoleum atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part ofHampton),Va.,November16, 1886.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate senate, 1941-44.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Kappa Alpha Psi.DiedMarch24, 1974 (age87 years, 128days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.  | Basil W. Brown (1927-1997) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Vandalia,CassCounty, Mich.,March20, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1957-88 (3rd District 1957-64, 6th District1965-74, 3rd District 1975-82, 2nd District 1983-88); resigned 1988;in 1985, a prostitute working for the police went to visit himseveral times, andexchangedsex formarijuanaandcocaine;arrestedNovember 8, 1985;pleadedguilty in 1987 andresignedfrom the Senate;sentencedto six months in jail, fines, and probation; his law license was alsosuspended; the state supreme court threw out the conviction in 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;NAACP.Injured in afire at hishome, while also sufferingcancer,and died two weeks later, in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1997 (age70 years, 222days).Burial location unknown. | | | George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) — also known asGeorge W. Crockett, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,August10, 1909.Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1984,1988;arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi;NationalLawyers Guild.Served four months in federalprisonforcontemptof court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader ontrial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.Among the founders of the nation'sfirstinterracial law firm.Ill withbonecancer in 1997, he suffered astrokeand died five days later, in Washington Home andHospice,Washington,D.C.,September7, 1997 (age88 years, 28days).Cremated. | | Richard N. Dixon (1938-2012) — of New Windsor,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,April17, 1938.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;stockbroker;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1983-96; defeated, 1978;Marylandstate treasurer, 1996-2002; resigned 2002.Africanancestry. Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;National RifleAssociation;Kappa Alpha Psi.Died inBaltimore,Md.,June 7,2012 (age74 years, 51days).Interment atSt. Luke's United Methodist Cemetery, Howard County, Md. | | Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (1926-2012) — also known asMervyn M. Dymally — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Compton,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Cedros,Trinidad,May12, 1926.Democrat. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1963-66, 2003-; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1964,1968,1988,2004,2008;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1967-75;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1975-79; defeated, 1978;U.S.Representative from California 31st District, 1981-93;HonoraryConsul for Benin inInglewood,Calif., 1993-2007.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,PhiKappa Phi;Kappa Alpha Psi;Freemasons;Elks;NAACP;UrbanLeague;Council onForeign Relations.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October7, 2012 (age86 years, 148days).Entombed in mausoleum atHolyCross Cemetery, Culver City, Calif. | | Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. 1933) — also known asWalter E. Fauntroy — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,February6, 1933.Democrat.Baptistminister;Delegateto 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);arrestedduring ananti-apartheidsit-in at the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984; candidate formayorof Washington, D.C., 1990.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Chargedin federal court on March 22, 1995 with making false statements onfinancialdisclosure forms, including a claimed donation of almost $24,000to the New Bethel Baptist Church where he served as pastor, to makeit appear that he had complied with House rules limiting outsideincome, and that he hadfailedto disclose a June 1988 loan of $24,200.Pleadedguilty to one felony count, andsentencedtoprobation.Still living as of 2014. | | Adrian Malik Fenty (b. 1970) — also known asAdrian Fenty — ofWashington,D.C.BornDecember6, 1970.Democrat.Mayorof Washington, D.C., 2007-11; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from District of Columbia,2008.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2011. | | Elihu Mason Harris (b. 1947) — also known asElihu M. Harris — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August15, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1978-90; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1988,1996;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1991-99.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi;NationalBar Association.Still living as of 1999.| | Relatives: Sonof Elihu M. Harris, Sr. and Frances Mae (Cunningham) Harris; married,August14, 1982, to Kathy Neal. |
| | Alcee Lamar Hastings (1936-2021) — also known asAlcee L. Hastings — of Miramar,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Altamonte Springs,SeminoleCounty, Fla.,September5, 1936.Democrat.U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-89; candidate forsecretaryof state of Florida, 1990;U.S.Representative from Florida 23rd District, 1993-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996,2000,2004,2008.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Impeachedandremoved fromoffice as federal judge in 1989 overbriberycharges.Died, frompancreaticcancer, in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,April 6,2021 (age84 years, 213days).Cremated. | | Freman Hendrix (b. 1950) — of Detroit west side,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Inkster,WayneCounty, Mich.,October12, 1950.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1988(alternate),1996,2000;Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1996;Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman); candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 2005, 2009 (primary).Catholic.AfricanandAustrianancestry. Member,NAACP;Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2009.| | Relatives: Sonof Emmanuel Freman Hendrix and Rudolfine (Ernegger)Hendrix. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Vernon Angus Jones (b. 1960) — also known asVernon Jones — Born in Laurel Hill,ScotlandCounty, N.C.,October31, 1960.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1993-2000, 2017-20;DeKalbCounty Executive, 2001-09; candidate in Democratic primary forU.S.Senator from Georgia, 2008; candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia, 2010 (Democratic primary, 4thDistrict), 2022 (Republican primary, 10th District);speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2022. | | Leon M. Jordan (1905-1970) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,May 6,1905.Democrat.Policeofficer; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1960;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1965-70 (Jackson County 4thDistrict 1965-66, 11th District 1967-70); died in office 1970.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;Kappa Alpha Psi.During hiscampaignfor re-election, wasshot andkilledwhile leaving the Green DuckTavern,which he owned and operated, in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,July 15,1970 (age65 years, 70days).Burial location unknown. | | Bill McConico (b. 1973) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 27,1973.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 6th District; elected 2000.Baptist.Member,OptimistClub;AmericanFederation of Teachers;NAACP;Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2000. | | Lesley Miller Jr. (b. 1951) — also known asLes Miller — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,April21, 1951.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 59th District, 1993-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996,2000,2004;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida,2004(on behalf ofJohnF. Kerry andJohnEdwards).Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi;UrbanLeague;Freemasons;NAACP.Still living as of 2004. | | Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December14, 1939.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1963-66; member ofMarylandstate senate District 10, 1967-86;Indictedin 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury inconnection with the abriberyinvestigation of Wedtech Corporation;convictedofaccepting$50,000 tostopthe Congressional investigation of Wedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 ofobstructingan investigation of Baltimoredrugdealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, andsentencedto two years inprison;chargedin 1988 with failure to fileincometax returns;triedand acquitted.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague;Kappa Alpha Psi;Freemasons;Jaycees.Still living as of 1988. | | Virgil C. Smith Jr. (b. 1947) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 4,1947.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 10th District, 1977-88; defeatedin primary, 1970 (13th District), 1972 (10th District); resigned1988; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1988-;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit; elected 2012.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi;NationalBar Association.Still living as of 2012. | | Carl Burton Stokes (1927-1996) — also known asCarl B. Stokes — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,1927.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1962;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1968-71; defeated, 1965; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Ohio,1972;municipal judge in Ohio, 1983-94; U.S. Ambassador toSeychelles, 1994-95.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Died ofcancer,Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,April 3,1996 (ageabout 68years).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Louis Stokes (1925-2015) — of Warrensville Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February23, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1969-99 (21st District 1969-93, 11thDistrict 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,1972,1996.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Kappa Alpha Psi.Arrestedfordrunkendrivingin 1983;convictedon a lesserchargeandfined.DiedAugust18, 2015 (age90 years, 176days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) — also known asArt Teele — of Florida. Born inPrinceGeorge'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;Republican Presidential Elector for Florida,1992;as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the CommunityRedevelopment Agency (CRA); aninvestigationof corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led tochargesthat he had accepted $135,000 inkickbacksfrom two construction companies; as a result, he wasremoved fromoffice in 2004 by Gov.JebBush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were undersurveillance, hedrove hiscar at a police detective in an attempt torun himover, and alsothreatenedto kill police officers who had been following his wife duringthe investigation;convictedin March 2005 onchargesrelated to this incident;indictedon July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy andmoneylaundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtaincontracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airportthrough a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reportsrevealed that he had put hismistresson the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and usedcocaine,and that he frequently made use of a maleprostitute.Churchof God in Christ.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi;NAACP;Freemasons.Came to theofficesof theMiami Herald newspaper, andshothimselfin the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later inthe trauma unit of Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,July 27,2005 (age59 years, 74days).Interment atCulley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Bennie G. Thompson (b. 1948) — of Bolton,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Bolton,HindsCounty, Miss.,January28, 1948.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1993-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Mississippi,1996,2000,2004,2008(delegation chair).Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2014.  | Decatur W. Trotter (1932-2004) — also known asBucky Trotter;"Zeus" —of Glenarden,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,January8, 1932.Democrat.Mayorof Glenarden, Md., 1970-74; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates District 25, 1975-80; orphan's courtjudge in Maryland, 1982-83; member ofMarylandstate senate 24th District, 1983-98; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maryland,1988,1996.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Died, ofbonecancer, in John HopkinsHospital,Baltimore,Md.,May 3,2004 (age72 years, 116days).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Maryland Manual On-Line |
| | Arthur Walsh (1896-1947) — of South Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February26, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;concertviolinist; vice-president, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New Jersey,1940;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1943-44; appointed 1943.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks;Kappa Alpha Psi.DiedDecember13, 1947 (age51 years, 290days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J. | | Michael R. White (b. 1951) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.BornAugust13, 1951.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate senate 21st District, 1980;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1990-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1996,2000.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2008. | | Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) — also known asAlbert R. Wynn — of Largo,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.; Mitchellville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September10, 1951.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maryland,1984,1988,1996,2000,2004;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1987-92;U.S.Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Kappa Alpha Psi.Still living as of 2014.
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