Very incomplete list! | |  Arnold P. Abbott (b. 1924) — of Jenkintown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Beverly,EssexCounty, Mass.,April12, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1964,1968.Jewish. Member,United World Federalists;NAACP;American CivilLiberties Union.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Melvin M. Rosenbloom and Rebecca (Marcy) Rosenbloom; married,June 20,1948, to Charlotte Ruth Brody. |
| | George Venable Allen (1903-1970) — also known asGeorge V. Allen — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.; Maryland;Washington,D.C.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,November3, 1903.Schoolteacher and principal;newspaperreporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inKingston, as of 1930;Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul inCairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador toIran, 1946-48;Yugoslavia, 1949-53;India, 1953-54;Nepal, 1953-54;Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;president,TobaccoInstitute, 1960-66.Methodist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Phi;United World Federalists.Died suddenly, from acoronaryocclusion, in Bahama,DurhamCounty, N.C.,July 11,1970 (age66 years, 250days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) — also known asManny Celler — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 6,1888.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);defeated (Liberal), 1972; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1936,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952,1956,1960,1964.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;United World Federalists;AmericanJewish Congress;AmericanJewish Committee;B'naiB'rith.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January15, 1981 (age92 years, 254days).Interment atMt.Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. | | Frank Forrester Church (1924-1984) — also known asFrank Church;"Senator SundaySchool";"Frank Cathedral" —of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,July 25,1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1957-81; defeated, 1980; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Idaho,1960;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1976.Member,AmericanLegion;United World Federalists.Died, ofpancreaticcancer, in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April 7,1984 (age59 years, 257days).Interment atMorrisHill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (1901-1990) — also known asJoseph S. Clark, Jr. — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October21, 1901.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; servedin the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1952-56; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956,1960,1964,1968;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1957-69; defeated, 1968.Unitarian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;American BarAssociation;United World Federalists;PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January12, 1990 (age88 years, 83days).Interment atSt. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Pa. | | Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-2000) — also known asAlan Cranston — of Los Altos Hills,SantaClara County, Calif.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 19,1914.Democrat.Journalist;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;real estatebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972,1988(speaker);Californiastate controller, 1959-67;U.S.Senator from California, 1969-93; defeated in primary, 1964;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1984.Protestant.Member,United World Federalists.Sued by Adolf Hitler over his unexpurgated translation into EnglishofMein Kampf.Reprimandedby the Senate in 1991 over his dealings with Lincoln Savings and Loanpresident Charles Keating.Died in Los Altos,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,December31, 2000 (age86 years, 195days).Cremated. | | William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) — also known asWilliam O. Douglas — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Goose Prairie,YakimaCounty, Wash.Born in Maine,Otter TailCounty, Minn.,October16, 1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;lawprofessor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1948.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;United World Federalists;American BarAssociation;BetaTheta Pi;PhiAlpha Delta;DeltaSigma Rho;PhiBeta Kappa.Died inWashington,D.C.,January19, 1980 (age81 years, 95days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married,August16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married1966 toKathleen Heffernan. | | | | Cross-reference:WarrenChristopher —WilliamA. Norris | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books by William O. Douglas:OfMen and Mountains (1982) —Mywilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) —GoEast, Young Man (1974) —TheCourt Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.Douglas (1980) | | | | Books about William O. Douglas: BruceAllen Murphy,WildBill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper,OfPower and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America'sConstitutional Revolution — James F. Simon,IndependentJourney: The Life of William O. Douglas |
| | Thomas Knight Finletter (1893-1980) — also known asThomas K. Finletter — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November11, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;special assistant to U.S. Secretary of StateCordellHull, 1941-44; Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, 1950-53; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1960;U.S. Ambassador to NationalO, 1961-65.Member,Council onForeign Relations;DeltaPhi;Americansfor Democratic Action;United World Federalists.Died in1980(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ralph Edward Flanders (1880-1970) — also known asRalph E. Flanders — of Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in Barnet,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,September28, 1880.Republican.Mechanicalengineer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromVermont,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee);U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1946-59.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanEconomic Association;United World Federalists.Died in Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,February19, 1970 (age89 years, 144days).Cremated;ashes interred atSummerHill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt. | | Donald MacKay Fraser (1924-2019) — also known asDonald M. Fraser;Don Fraser — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,February20, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate senate 29th District, 1955-62; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Minnesota,1960(delegation secretary),1964,1968,1984;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1963-79;mayorof Minneapolis, Minn., 1980-93.Member,United World Federalists;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,June 2,2019 (age95 years, 102days).Burial location unknown. | | James Grove Fulton (1903-1971) — also known asJames G. Fulton — of Dormont,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Dormont,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March 1,1903.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 45th District, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1945-71 (31st District 1945-53,27th District 1953-71); died in office 1971; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1952,1956,1960,1964.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Lions;Elks;Eagles;Moose;United World Federalists.Died inWashington,D.C.,October6, 1971 (age68 years, 219days).Interment atMt.Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Pa. | | Samuel Whittier Gardiner (b. 1902) — also known asSamuel W. Gardiner — of San Rafael,MarinCounty, Calif.Born in Larkspur,MarinCounty, Calif.,September28, 1902.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1944(alternate),1948,1952;chairof Marin County Democratic Party, 1948-51.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary;Elks;United World Federalists.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Allen Gardiner and Adda E. (Holtz) Gardiner; married,June 26,1927, to Susan M. Fenton. |
| | Donald S. Harrington (b. 1914) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,July 11,1914.Liberal. Candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1966;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; NewYork Liberal Party state chair, 1966-67.Member,United World Federalists. Burial location unknown. | | Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) — also known asRobert L. Humber — of Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.Born in Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.,May 30,1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Rhodesscholar;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,1956;member ofNorthCarolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.Baptist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;SigmaPhi Epsilon;United World Federalists;AmericanLegion;Rotary;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;FarmBureau;NationalTrust for Historic Preservation.DiedNovember10, 1970 (age72 years, 164days).Interment atCherryHill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber; married,October16, 1929, to Lucie Berthier. |
| | Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) — also known asJacob K. Javits — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1904.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1955-57;U.S.Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated, 1980 (primary), 1980(Liberal); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1956,1960,1964,1968;candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.Jewish. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;JewishWar Veterans;United World Federalists;Amvets.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1983.Died, ofALS (Lou Gehrig'sdisease), in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,March 7,1986 (age81 years, 293days).Interment atLindenHill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y. | | Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902-1954) — also known asVito Marcantonio — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,December10, 1902.Lawyer;campaign manager for U.S. Rep.FiorelloH. LaGuardia, 1924-32;U.S.Representative from New York, 1935-37, 1939-51 (20th District1935-37, 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51); defeated, 1936 (Republican,20th District), 1950 (American Labor, 18th District); American Laborcandidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1949; New York American Labor Party statechair, 1949.Catholic.Member,United World Federalists;American CivilLiberties Union.Fell dead, after coming up the stairs from asubwaystation, on Broadway by City Hall Park, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August9, 1954 (age51 years, 242days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Charles Gould Morris (1871-1961) — also known asCharles G. Morris — of Newtown,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Westville, Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February4, 1871.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;milk dealer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Newtown, 1919-20; defeated,1920; candidate forGovernor ofConnecticut, 1924, 1926, 1928; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,1928.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;United WorldFederalists;Freemasons.Died in1961(ageabout90 years).Interment atZoar Cemetery, Newtown, Conn. | | Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1886-1973) — also known asTracy D. Mygatt — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in1886.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1920 (New York County 10th District), 1932 (KingsCounty 8th District); candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 5th District, 1936.Female.Member,Women'sInternational League for Peace and Freedom;WarResisters League;United World Federalists.Died, in Rest HavenNursingCenter, Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November22, 1973 (ageabout 87years).Burial location unknown.  | Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) — also known asClaude Pepper — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born near Dudleyville,ChambersCounty, Ala.,September8, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-30;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1960(alternate),1964,1968(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1944;speaker,1944,1988;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11thDistrict 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); diedin office 1989.Baptist.Member,Moose;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis;American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiAlpha Delta;SigmaUpsilon;KappaAlpha Order;United World Federalists.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 30,1989 (age88 years, 264days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.  | 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;United World Federalists.Recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.DiedMay 16,1979 (age90 years, 31days).Cremated. | | 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,United World Federalists;Leaguefor Industrial Democracy;American CivilLiberties Union.Died in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,November25, 1968 (age90 years, 66days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Benjamin McLaine Spock (1903-1998) — also known asBenjamin Spock — Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 2,1903.Won anOlympicgold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris games;physician;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;author ofinfluential book,Baby and Child Care; People's candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1972; People's candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1976.Member,United World Federalists. Died in La Jolla,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March15, 1998 (age94 years, 317days).Burial location unknown. | | Glen Hearst Taylor (1904-1984) — also known asGlen H. Taylor — of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,April12, 1904.Country-westernsinger; candidate forU.S.Representative from Idaho, 1938;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1945-51; defeated, 1940 (Democratic), 1942(Democratic), 1956 (Independent);arrestedon May 1, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, forattemptingto use a door reserved for Negroes, rather than the whites-only door;convictedin 1949 of disorderly conduct; Progressive candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1948.Member,United World Federalists. DiedApril28, 1984 (age80 years, 16days).Interment atSkylawnMemorial Park, San Mateo, Calif.  | James Jermiah Wadsworth (1905-1984) — also known asJames J. Wadsworth — of Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Groveland,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1905.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County, 1932-41; resigned 1941;U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1960-61; member, Federal CommunicationsCommission, 1965-69.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;United World Federalists.Died in Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1984 (age78 years, 275days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Alice Evelyn (Hay) Wadsworth; brotherof Evelyn Wadsworth (who marriedWilliamStuart Symington); married,June 16,1927, to Harty Griggs Tilton; nephew ofAdelbertStone Hay; uncle ofJamesWadsworth Symington; grandson ofJohnMilton Hay andJamesWolcott Wadsworth; grandnephew ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth; great-grandson ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth; second great-grandson ofReverdyJohnson; second great-grandnephew ofThomasFielder Bowie; third great-grandson ofJohnJohnson; third great-grandnephew ofRobertWilliam Bowie (1787-1848); fourth great-grandson ofErastusWolcott andRobertWilliam Bowie (1750-1818); fourth great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.,BenjaminMackall IV,WalterBowie andThomasMackall; fifth great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin ofJohnHay Whitney; first cousin five times removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,FrederickWolcott andMargaretTaylor; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofJamesHodges; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold andRogerWolcott (1847-1900). | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
 | Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911-1988) — also known asG. Mennen Williams;"Soapy" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February23, 1911.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;Governor ofMichigan, 1949-60; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Michigan,1952,1956,1960,1964;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1966; U.S. Ambassador toPhilippines, 1968-69;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1971-86;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-86.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Order ofthe Coif;PhiGamma Delta;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Eagles;Elks;Moose;Amvets;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Order ofAhepa;Grange;Americansfor Democratic Action;United World Federalists.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February2, 1988 (age76 years, 344days).Interment atProtestantCemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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