Very incomplete list! | |  Leonard Dalton Abbott (1878-1953) — also known asLeonard D. Abbott — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Westfield,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Liverpool,England,May20, 1878.Socialist.Writer;editor;Social Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate treasurer, 1900; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1906; candidate forNewYork state senate 15th District, 1910; president, Free SpeechLeague, predecessor of the American Civil Liberties Union.Englishancestry. Member,League for Industrial Democracy.Died, in MontefioreHospital,Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1953 (age74 years, 303days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Lewis Lowe Abbott and Grace (Van Dusen) Abbott; married1915 to RoseYuster. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Devere Allen (1891-1955) — of Wilton,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,June 24,1891.Editor for variouspublications,includingThe Nation; overseas correspondent fornewspapersandmagazines;author;Socialist candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1932, 1934; Labor candidate forGovernor ofConnecticut, 1938, 1940.Member,WarResisters League;League for Industrial Democracy;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanFederation of Teachers;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in ahospitalat Westerly,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,August27, 1955 (age64 years, 64days).Interment atWheelerCemetery, North Stonington, Conn. | | Louis A. Arnold (b. 1872) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Boonville,WarrickCounty, Ind.,July 13,1872.Socialist. Milwaukee Tax Commissioner, 1912-14, 1922-32; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1915-22; candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1922;delegateto Wisconsin convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,League for Industrial Democracy;Moose.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Louis Arnold and Margaret (Greif) Arnold. |
| | Samuel Ralph Harlow (1885-1972) — also known asS. Ralph Harlow — of Smyrna, Turkey (now Izmir,Türkiye);Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 20,1885.Socialist.Congregationalistminister;collegeprofessor; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1932, 1934, 1936.Congregationalist.Member,League for Industrial Democracy;NAACP;AmericanAssociation of University Professors;AmericanFederation of Teachers;Pi GammaMu.Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard,DukesCounty, Mass.,August21, 1972 (age87 years, 32days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow; married,February1, 1912, to Marion Stafford; married to Elizabeth (Kaufmann)Grigorakis. |
| | Max Schachtman (1904-1972) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Floral Park,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Warsaw,Poland,September10, 1904.Naturalized U.S. citizen;arrestedduring ademonstrationon Wall Street in New York City, July 3, 1928, but charges againsthim were dismissed; became an open supporter of Leon Trotsky'sopposition to Stalin about 1928, and was expelled from the CommunistParty; became a major Trotskyist leader and theoretician, and one ofthe founders of the Socialist Workers Party; editor ofTheMilitantnewspaper;Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1940 (23rd District), 1946 (15thDistrict); Workers candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1941, 1945; broke with Trotskyism in1948, and became more conservative in later life.Jewishancestry. Member,League for Industrial Democracy.Died, in Long Island JewishHospital,New Hyde Park,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November4, 1972 (age68 years, 55days).Burial location unknown. | | Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) — also known asUpton Sinclair — of California. Born inBaltimore,Md.,September20, 1878.Novelistand social crusader;author ofThe Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago;arrestedin 1914 forpicketingin front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialistcandidate forU.S.Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialistcandidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1922; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1926 (Socialist), 1930 (Socialist), 1934(Democratic); Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1928;Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1932;received thePulitzerPrize for fiction in 1943 for thenovelDragon's Teeth.Member,UnitedWorld Federalists;League for Industrial Democracy;American CivilLiberties Union.Died in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,November25, 1968 (age90 years, 66days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968) — also known asNorman Thomas — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio,November20, 1884.Socialist.Ordainedminister; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1924, 1938; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1925, 1929; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 14th District, 1926; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1930; candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1931; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1934; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960.Presbyterian.Member,American CivilLiberties Union;League for Industrial Democracy.DiedDecember19, 1968 (age84 years, 29days).Cremated;ashes scattered.
| |
