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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Common Cause, politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Aaronson</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/10-07.html">October 7, 1946</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Still living as of 1973. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Isadore Aaronson and Betty (Brody) Aaronson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/">1968</a> to Carol Cutler.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Merry Baker (b. 1937)</b> — also known as <b>Merry Smith</b> — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex. Born in San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-born.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-24.html">December 24, 1937</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/TX.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 1973. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Rudie Smith and Thelma Smith.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919-1988)</b> — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-lived.html">England</a>. Born in Longmeadow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-17.html">June 17, 1919</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">President</a> of Yale University, 1963-77; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1977-81. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">brain hemorrhage</a>, in John Radcliffe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-died.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/11-08.html">November 8, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00467">Grove Street Cemetery</a>, New Haven, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Kingman Brewster and Florence Foster (Besse) Brewster; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Mary Louise Phillips.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingman Brewster, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brewster-kingman ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/556/000128172">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6727577">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Winston Perry Bullard (1942-1998)</b> — also known as <b>Perry Bullard</b> — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/09-02.html">September 2, 1942</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 53rd District, 1973-92. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/10-15.html">October 15, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 43 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Renee Vera Cafiero (b. 1943)</b> — also known as <b>Renee Vera Pachter</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/10-03.html">October 3, 1943</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/deist.html">Deist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Lesbian</a>. Still living as of 1993. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Henry M. Pachter and Hedwig (Rösler) Pachter; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/">1961</a> to Arthur D. Cafiero.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Milton Robert Carr (b. 1943)</b> — also known as <b>Bob Carr</b> — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Janesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RO-born.html">Rock County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/03-27.html">March 27, 1943</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1975-81, 1983-95 (6th District 1975-81, 1983-93, 8th District 1993-95); defeated, 1972, 1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/MI.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Still living as of 2020. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402325">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/435/000141012">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Wilbur J. Cohen</b> — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/06-10.html">June 10, 1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare</a>, 1968-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Leading expert on Social Security. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">hotel room</a> in Seoul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/KS-died.html">South Korea</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/05-17.html">May 17, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KE-buried.html#cms08146">Garden of Memories Cemetery</a>, Kerrville, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-08.html">April 8, 1938</a>, to Eloise Bittel.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur J. Cohen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/460/000167956">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6802919">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Archibald Cox (1912-2004)</b> — Born in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/05-17.html">May 17, 1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; U.S. Solicitor General, 1961-65; special prosecutor in Watergate scandal, 1973. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Died in Brooksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-died.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/05-29.html">May 29, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 12 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Archibald Cox (1874-1931) and Frances Bruen (Perkins) Cox; married to Phyllis Ames; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#720.99.92">Maxwell Evarts</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#905.67.06">William Maxwell Evarts</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#660.44.61">Roger Sherman Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#175.75.17">Sherman Day</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#694.38.00">Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#657.30.33">George Frisbie Hoar</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#529.19.33">Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#149.45.68">Sherman Hoar</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#821.98.10">Arthur Outram Sherman</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#783.42.92">Henry de Forest Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#573.12.50">Roger Sherman Hoar</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushing.html#318.35.43">Grafton Dulany Cushing</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey Mitchell Depew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#673.98.13">John Frederick Addis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#797.28.81">John Lee Saltonstall</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0124.html">Sewall-Adams-Quincy family</a> of Maine (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald Cox">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/641/000022575">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8848898">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Anthony Scully Earl (b. 1936)</b> — also known as <b>Anthony S. Earl</b> — of Wisconsin. Born in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-born.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/04-12.html">April 12, 1936</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1969-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1983-87; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1988. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/anthony-s-earl/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/508/000122142">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert William Edgar (1943-2013)</b> — also known as <b>Bob Edgar</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-29.html">May 29, 1943</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1975-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/PA.html">1984</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">United Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Annandale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-died.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/04-23.html">April 23, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 329 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403738">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/821/000172305">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John William Gardner (1912-2002)</b> — also known as <b>John W. Gardner</b> — of Scarsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-08.html">October 8, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare</a>, 1965-68. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-psychological-assoc.html">American Psychological Association</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/prostate-cancer.html">prostate cancer</a>, in Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/02-16.html">February 16, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 131 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Gardner and Marie Flora Gardner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-14.html">August 14, 1934</a>, to Aida Marroquin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John W. Gardner">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/463/000167959">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725394">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joan Anderson Growe (b. 1935)</b> — of Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-28.html">September 28, 1935</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 40-A, 1973-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Minnesota</a>, 1975-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>. Still living as of 1983. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10219">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Victoria P. Guillebeau</b> — of Oregon. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oregon</a> 3rd District, 1996, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/wilpf.html">Women's International League for Peace and Freedom</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/getPhotoPeople.aspx?GA=71&PID=938"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/646/18.97.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Kay Halloran"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kay Halloran (b. 1937)</b> — also known as <b>Kathleen H. Chapman</b> — of Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa. Born in Estherville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/EM-born.html">Emmet County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-19.html">January 19, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1983-92, 1997-2001 (49th District 1983-92, 53rd District 1997-2001); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cedarrapids.html">mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa</a>, 2006-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>. Still living as of 2009. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Edward Halloran and Maryl (McConoughey) Halloran; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/">1961</a> to Allen R. Chapman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay Halloran">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=153750">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Iowa Legislature</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Scott Harshbarger (b. 1941)</b> — of Westwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-01.html">December 1, 1941</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-officials.html">Middlesex County District Attorney</a>, 1983-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/attygn.html">Massachusetts state attorney general</a>, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MA.html">1996</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1998. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 2016. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Judith Stephenson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott Harshbarger">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Critical books about Scott Harshbarger:</i> Bernard Goldberg, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060761288/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060761288&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Floyd Kirk Haskell (1916-1998)</b> — also known as <b>Floyd K. Haskell</b> — of Colorado. Born in Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-07.html">February 7, 1916</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1965-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1973-79; defeated, 1978. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, a complication of a brain hemorrhage which resulted from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> on an icy sidewalk, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/08-25.html">August 25, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 199 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000317">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405190">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd K. Haskell">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward J. Healey (1924-2000)</b> — of Florida. Born in Elmhurst, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-26.html">July 26, 1924</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972 (81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in office 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-retired-persons.html">American Association of Retired Persons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/audubon-soc.html">Audubon Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nature-conservancy.html">Nature Conservancy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sierra-club.html">Sierra Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. While attending a primary victory <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">rally</a> for Al Gore, suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, and died the next day at a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-15.html">March 15, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 233 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Peter D. Hoagland (1941-2007)</b> — of Nebraska. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/11-17.html">November 17, 1941</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; law clerk for U.S. District Judge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garza-gately.html#777.62.72">Oliver Gasch</a>, 1969-70; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a> 6th District, 1979-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 2nd District, 1989-95; defeated, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/parkinsons.html">Parkinson's disease</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/10-30.html">October 30, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 347 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000652">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405507">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter Hoagland">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/352/000129962">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Francis Kelly (b. 1949)</b> — also known as <b>John F. Kelly</b> — of Detroit east side, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Woods, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/09-06.html">September 6, 1949</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 11th District, 1976; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 1st District, 1979-94; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 14th District, 1980, 1992; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MI.html">1984</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1994; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wsu.html">Wayne State University board of governors</a>, 1998; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Leslie Ferris Lokken (b. 1926)</b> — also known as <b>Leslie Lokken</b> — of Okemos, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Colfax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WI-born.html">Whitman County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-03.html">April 3, 1926</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MI.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1973. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-sigma-phi.html">Theta Sigma Phi</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>. Still living as of 1997. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Robert Donald Ferris and Leslie (Smith) Ferris.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Chellie Pingree (b. 1955)</b> — of North Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/04-02.html">April 2, 1955</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a>, 1992-2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/ME.html">2000</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maine</a>, 2002; president and CEO, Common Cause, 2003-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 1st District, 2009-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 2018. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pindall-pingree.html#042.22.52">Hannah M. Pingree</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000597">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chellie Pingree">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001)</b> — also known as <b>L. Richardson Preyer</b> — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Born in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/01-11.html">January 11, 1919</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina</a>, 1961-63; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NC.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 6th District, 1969-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Moses Cone Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-died.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/04-03.html">April 3, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-buried.html#cms01838">Green Hill Cemetery</a>, Greensboro, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Grandson of Lunsford Richardson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The L. Richardson Preyer <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a> (built 1933, renamed for Preyer 1988), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-names.html">Greensboro, North Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000520">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408905">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Douglas Ross (b. 1942)</b> — also known as <b>Doug Ross</b> — of Oak Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-15.html">June 15, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; legislative aide to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#663.06.49">Neil Staebler</a>, 1963; to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#537.33.48">John Dingell</a>, 1965; to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#598.38.14">Joseph Tydings</a>, 1969-70; founder, Michigan Citizens Lobby, 1973; executive director, Michigan Common Cause, 1975; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 15th District, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/MI.html">1980</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 17th District, 1982; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 1998. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=24245">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/pstmayor/pmayor2.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/913/27.42.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Coleen Seng"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Coleen Seng (b. 1936)</b> — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Council Bluffs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PT-born.html">Pottawattamie County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-08.html">February 8, 1936</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lincoln.html">Mayor of Lincoln, Neb.</a>, 2003-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 2007. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleen Seng">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> City of Lincoln</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (b. 1931)</b> — also known as <b>Pete Stark</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-lived.html">Contra Costa County</a>, Calif.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-11.html">November 11, 1931</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1969; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CA.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1973-2008 (8th District 1973-75, 9th District 1975-93, 13th District 1993-2008). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000810">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400387">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/645/000040525">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Hugh Joseph Tate (b. 1910)</b> — also known as <b>James H. J. Tate</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/04-10.html">April 10, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1940-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1962-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee</a>, 1972-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James E. Tate; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-20.html">June 20, 1942</a>, to Anne M. Daly.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David James Vostrizansky (b. 1953)</b> — also known as <b>David J. Vostrizansky</b> — of Bannister, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich. Born in St. Johns, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/08-26.html">August 26, 1953</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1975-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/MI.html">1980</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <b>Common Cause</b>. Still living as of 1981. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joe Vostrizansky and Stephanie (Luznak) Vostrizansky.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Zimmer (b. 1944)</b> — also known as <b>Dick Zimmer</b> — of Flemington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-lived.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/08-16.html">August 16, 1944</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1982-87; defeated, 1979; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a>, 1987-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 12th District, 1991-97; defeated, 2000; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1996, 2008; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NJ.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Common Cause</b>. 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