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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Davidson County, Tenn.</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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Olivet Cemetery</a> <li>Nashville <a href="cms00217">Nashville City Cemetery</a> <li>Nashville <a href=" ">Polk Place Grounds</a> (now gone) <li>Nashville <a href="cms06073">Spring Hill Cemetery</a> <li>Nashville <a href="cms05627">State Capitol Grounds</a> <li>Nashville <a href="cms01364">Tennessee State Capitol Grounds</a> <li>Nashville <a href="cms01361">The Hermitage</a> <li>Nashville <a href="cms00344">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a> <li>Near Nashville <a href="cms04783">Tusculum Baptist Church Grounds</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms05695">Unknown Location</a> Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Dickson (1770-1816) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DP-born.html">Duplin County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/05-05.html">May 5, 1770</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1799-1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1799-1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1801-07. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/02-21.html">February 21, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 292 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <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">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#280.97.52">Molton Dickson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DI.html">Dickson County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000333">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403451">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04842">Private or family graveyard</a> Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Washington Barrow (1807-1866) — of Mississippi; Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/10-05.html">October 5, 1807</a>. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1841-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 8th District, 1847-49; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1860-61. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-19.html">October 19, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 14 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000185">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401184">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/barrow-washington ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02396">Nashville National Cemetery</a> Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Augustus Herman Pettibone (1835-1918) — also known as A. H. Pettibone — of Greeneville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Tenn. Born in Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-21.html">January 21, 1835</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/TN.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 1st District, 1881-87; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1897-99. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/11-26.html">November 26, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at Nashville National Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Augustus Norman Pettibone and Nancy (Hathaway) Pettibone; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/07-16.html">July 16, 1868</a>, to Mary C. Speck; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-21.html">November 21, 1898</a>, to Saraphina Deery (widow of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#958.21.69">Connally Findlay Trigg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcfarlane-mcgavock.html#916.94.13">Randal William McGavock</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#162.55.81">Amos Pettibone</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#896.34.14">Augustus Pettibone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#064.94.72">Rufus Pettibone</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#130.60.30">Bankson Taylor Holcomb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#547.67.79">Thomas Holcomb Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#156.31.83">Asahel Pierson Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#598.27.26">Hiram Bidwell Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#247.17.45">Selah Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#550.74.35">William Walter Phelps</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000269">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408669">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00451">Spring Hill Cemetery</a> Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Merrill Atkinson (1894-1947) — of Tennessee. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/02-06.html">February 6, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1937-39. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/04-29.html">April 29, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000332">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400981">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05775">Calvary Cemetery</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lafayette Christopher Thomas (1926-2000) — also known as Fate C. Thomas — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-23.html">September 23, 1926</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-officials.html">Davidson County Sheriff</a>, 1972-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in federal court in 1990 on 54 counts of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/abuse-authority.html">abusing his power</a> as sheriff; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/theft.html">theft</a> and mail fraud; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; released in 1994. Died, following <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> bypass surgery, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/07-25.html">July 25, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Raymond Edward Ahearn (1894-1960) — also known as Raymond E. Ahearn — Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-17.html">August 17, 1894</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Stenographer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">Maracaibo</a>, 1926-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PE-consuls.html ">Charlottetown</a>, 1927-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html ">Buenos Aires</a>, 1928-29. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/01-14.html">January 14, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John Thomas Ahearn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109570662">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04513">Episcopal Church Burying Ground</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John McNairy (1762-1837) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/03-30.html">March 30, 1762</a>. Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Southwest Territory supreme court</a>, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Tennessee</a>, 1797-1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee</a>, 1802-33; resigned 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee</a>, 1802-33; resigned 1833. Died near Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/11-12.html">November 12, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 227 days</a>). Original interment at Episcopal Church Burying Ground; reinterment at <a href="#cms00217">Nashville City Cemetery</a>. <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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MC.html">McNairy County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1589&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mcnairy-john">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04804">Greenwood Cemetery</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Carroll Napier (1845-1940) — of Tennessee. Born near Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/06-09.html">June 9, 1845</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/TN.html">1884</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1898. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1911-13. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/04-21.html">April 21, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/586/000173067">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8004755">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05619">Hermitage Memorial Gardens</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Thomas Hicks, Sr. (1925-2000) — also known as John T. Hicks — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/08-05.html">August 5, 1925</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a> 60th District, 1967-77; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a> 20th District, 1977-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-19.html">March 19, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at Hermitage Memorial Gardens. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00355">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Bell (1796-1869) — also known as "The Great Apostate" — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn.; Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born near Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/02-18.html">February 18, 1796</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1817; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 7th District, 1827-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1834-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1841; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1847; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1847-59; Constitutional Union candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1860. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died near Cumberland Furnace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DI-died.html">Dickson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-10.html">September 10, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Bell and Margaret (Edmiston) Bell; married to Sally Dickinson and Jane Yeatman; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#537.22.39">Edwin Augustus Keeble</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Bell (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-names.html">Houston, Texas</a>; torpedoed and lost in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/MD-names.html">Mediterranean Sea</a>, 1943) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000340">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401331">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Bell (Tennessee politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6653388">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Joseph Wellington Byrns (1869-1936) — also known as Joseph W. Byrns; Jo Byrns — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born near Cedar Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RB-born.html">Robertson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-20.html">July 20, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1895-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1899-1901; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1901; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1909-36 (6th District 1909-33, 5th District 1933-36); died in office 1936; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1935-36; died in office 1936. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/06-04.html">June 4, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of James H. Byrns and Mary E. (Jackson) Byrns; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-23.html">August 23, 1898</a>, to Julia Woodard; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrns-byrum.html#751.47.30">Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001217">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402156">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo Byrns">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Joseph W. Byrns: Ann B. Irish, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572331313/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1572331313&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee : A Political Biography</a></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> Felix Grundy (1777-1840) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/09-11.html">September 11, 1777</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention</a>, 1799; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spju.html">justice of Kentucky state supreme court</a>, 1806; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1811-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1815; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1829-38, 1839-40; died in office 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1838-39. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/12-19.html">December 19, 1840</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Grundy counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GR.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/GR.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GU.html">Mo.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GU.html">Tenn.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000509">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404854">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix Grundy">Wikipedia article</a></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> Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) — also known as Jacob M. Dickinson — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LO-born.html">Lowndes County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/01-30.html">January 30, 1851</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Tennessee state supreme court</a>, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; general counsel, Illinois Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1899-1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1909-11. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/12-13.html">December 13, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Henry Dickinson and Anna (McGavock) Dickinson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-20.html">April 20, 1876</a>, to Martha Maxwell Overton; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lindsley-linduski.html#311.15.54">Henry Dickinson Lindsley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob McGavock Dickinson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8004817">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/929/88.80.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Aaron V. Brown"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Aaron Venable Brown (1795-1859) — also known as Aaron V. Brown — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/08-15.html">August 15, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James K. Polk</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1821-25, 1826-27; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1831-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1839-45 (10th District 1839-43, 6th District 1843-45); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1845-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1857-59; died in office 1859. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/03-08.html">March 8, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Rev. Aaron Brown and Elizabeth (Melton) Brown; married to Sarah Burruss; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/">1845</a> to Cynthia Saunders.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000899">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401856">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/aaron-venable-brown/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron V. Brown">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. Postal Service</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> William Brimage Bate (1826-1905) — also known as William B. Bate — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born near Castalian Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SM-born.html">Sumner County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/10-07.html">October 7, 1826</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1849-51; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/TN.html">1868</a>; member, Arrangements Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">1876</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TN.html">Democratic National Committee from Tennessee</a>, 1876-80; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1883-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1887-1905; died in office 1905. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/03-09.html">March 9, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 153 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of James H. Bate and Amanda (Weatherred) Bate.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000227">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401223">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-brimage-bate/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William B. Bate">Wikipedia article</a></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> Thomas A. Kercheval (1837-1915) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-born.html">Maury County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/01-16.html">January 16, 1837</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1871-74, 1875-83, 1886-88; resigned 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/03-22.html">March 22, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Earl Maney (1826-1901) — also known as George Maney — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/index.html">1826</a>. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-diplomats.html ">Colombia</a>, 1881-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-diplomats.html ">Bolivia</a>, 1882-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1889-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-diplomats.html ">Uruguay</a>, 1889-94. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/index.html">1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/maney-george-earl ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></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> Hilary Ewing Howse (1866-1938) — also known as Hilary E. Howse — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-born.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-25.html">January 25, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1909-15, 1924-38; died in office 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/TN.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TN.html">1916</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-02.html">January 2, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 342 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Hugh Smith (1819-1870) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1844-46, 1850-52, 1862-64. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/07-07.html">July 7, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT213"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/230/97.06.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Benton McMillin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benton McMillin (1845-1933) — also known as "The Democratic War Horse" — of Carthage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SI-lived.html">Smith County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/09-11.html">September 11, 1845</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1875-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 4th District, 1879-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1899-1903; defeated, 1912; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-diplomats.html ">Peru</a>, 1913-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-diplomats.html ">Guatemala</a>, 1919-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/TN.html">1928</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/01-08.html">January 8, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John McMillin and Elizabeth (Black) McMillin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/">1886</a> to Marie Childress Brown (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#405.25.71">John Calvin Brown</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/">1888</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillen-mcmullin.html#461.11.21">Lucille Foster McMillin</a>; father of Ellinor Foster McMillin (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oliver-ollius.html#455.09.87">Joseph Doty Oliver</a>; sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oliver-ollius.html#045.28.95">James Oliver II</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11338.html">Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000575">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407566">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/benton-mcmillin/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton McMillin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mcmillin-benton ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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> Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) — also known as Henry S. Foote; "Hangman Foote" — of Tuscumbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CO-lived.html">Colbert County</a>, Ala.; Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-lived.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FQ-born.html">Fauquier County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/02-28.html">February 28, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">co-founder</a> of LaGrange College, which later became the University of North Alabama; fought four <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duels</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> Alabama in 1830 to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">escape prosecution</a> for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">dueling</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1847-52; exchanged blows with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benton.html#298.11.03">Thomas Hart Benton</a> on the floor of the U.S. Senate; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1852-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expelled</a> from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">unauthorized peace mission</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/TN.html">1876</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-19.html">May 19, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Richard Helm Foote and Helen Gibbon (Stuart) Foote; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/03-22.html">March 22, 1827</a>, to Elizabeth Winters; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-15.html">June 15, 1859</a>, to Rachel Douglas Boyd.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry S. Foote (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-names.html">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>; scrapped 1960) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000251">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404204">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-stuart-foote/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry S. Foote">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/104/000050951">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8004890">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Neill Smith Brown (1810-1886) — also known as Neill S. Brown — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-born.html">Giles County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/04-18.html">April 18, 1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1847-49; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1850-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/TN.html">1872</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-30.html">January 30, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Duncan Brown and Margaret (Smith) Brown; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#405.25.71">John Calvin Brown</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brant-braxton.html#345.41.04">Theodore M. Brantly</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11338.html">Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/neill-smith-brown/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brown-neill-smith ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></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> George Blackmore Guild (1834-1917) — also known as George B. Guild — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SM-born.html">Sumner County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/04-08.html">April 8, 1834</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1891-95. Died in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-21.html">April 21, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Josephus Conn Guild and Catherine (Blackmore) Guild.</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> Jesse Wharton (1782-1833) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Covesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/07-29.html">July 29, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1807-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1814-17. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-22.html">July 22, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John O. Wharton and Rhoda (Morris) Wharton; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green9.html#952.32.91">Wharton Jackson Green</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0322.html">Hawkins-Green-Macon family</a> of Warrenton, North Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000324">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411486">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse Wharton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8004929">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CP-born.html">Culpeper County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/12-15.html">December 15, 1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1813-17. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-10.html">November 10, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 331 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms00217">Nashville City Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832-1895) — of Tennessee. Born in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HE-born.html">Henry County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/04-08.html">April 8, 1832</a>. Democrat. State court judge in Tennessee, 1875; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1881-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#z">federal judge</a>, 1886; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1893-95; died in office 1895. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/08-08.html">August 8, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Alexander Jackson and Mary (Hurt) Jackson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-31.html">May 31, 1859</a>, to Sophia Molloy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/04-30.html">April 30, 1874</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Harding; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#459.91.67">William Randolph Barksdale</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#172.47.56">Champe Terrell Barksdale</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#994.71.62">Alfred Dickinson Barksdale</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10076.html">Barksdale family</a> of Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Howell E. Jackson (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-names.html">Brunswick, Georgia</a>; scrapped 1962) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000014">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405921">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1156&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell Edmunds Jackson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Howell Edmunds Jackson">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/383/000167879">NNDB dossier</a></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> William Marshall McCarthy (c.1841-1899) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Georgia, about 1841. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1895-97. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/09-13.html">September 13, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Meredith Bass (1804-1878) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/01-19.html">January 19, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1833-34, 1869. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/index.html">1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Luke Lea (1879-1945) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-12.html">April 12, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/TN.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>); colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, after the war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">unauthorized attempt</a> to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; they <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/smuggling.html">illegally entered</a> the Netherlands (which was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/diplomatic-offenses.html">neutral territory</a>) using <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forged passports</a>; he and the others were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">reprimanded</a> by the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank and Trust, he and others were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1931 for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bank-fraud.html">bank fraud</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> on three counts; sentenced to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, served two years before being paroled; ultimately <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Died, in Vanderbilt University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-18.html">November 18, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John Overton Lea and Ella (Cocke) Lea; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-01.html">November 1, 1906</a>, to Mary Louise Warner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Minnie Percie Warner; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#430.98.72">John McCormick Lea</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#694.00.37">Luke Lea (1783-1851)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#410.18.34">Major Lea</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white4.html#689.69.70">Hugh Lawson White</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#847.08.26">Frederick Bird Smith Cocke</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white5.html#787.41.17">James White</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#019.23.08">John Alexander Cocke</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#234.46.11">William Cocke</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#252.11.78">Pryor Newton Lea</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white4.html#158.26.66">George McNutt White</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#098.57.42">Luke Lea (1810-1898)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#785.66.41">William Michael Cocke</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#416.13.18">Albert Major Lea</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#816.95.13">William Alexander Cocke</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10323.html">Lea-Cocke family</a> of Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#341.30.57">John D. Erwin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000165">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406669">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6380335">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Richard Boone Cheatham (1824-1877) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RB-born.html">Robertson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-08.html">December 8, 1824</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1859-61, 1869-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1860-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-07.html">May 7, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#036.18.91">Richard Cheatham</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#903.46.01">Edward Saunders Cheatham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#833.17.06">Boyd M. Cheatham</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#583.65.11">Anderson Cheatham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12951.html">Cheatham-Foster family</a> of Nashville, Tennessee.</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> John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) — also known as John M. Lea — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/12-25.html">December 25, 1818</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee</a>, 1842-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1848-50; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1850. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Monteagle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GU-died.html">Grundy County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-21.html">September 21, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 270 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#694.00.37">Luke Lea (1783-1851)</a> and Susan Wells (McCormick) Lea; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/">1845</a> to Elizabeth Bell Overton; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#410.18.34">Major Lea</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#365.59.61">Luke Lea (1879-1945)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#252.11.78">Pryor Newton Lea</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#098.57.42">Luke Lea (1810-1898)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#416.13.18">Albert Major Lea</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10323.html">Lea-Cocke family</a> of Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8007954">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Harry Hill McAlister (1875-1959) — also known as Hill McAlister — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-15.html">July 15, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1911-13; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TN.html">Tennessee Democratic state chair</a>, 1918-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/trea.html">Tennessee state treasurer</a>, 1919-27, 1931-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1933-37. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-30.html">October 30, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/11-27.html">November 27, 1901</a>, to Louise Jackson; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blount.html#312.10.96">William Blount</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10128.html">Blount family</a> of North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/harry-hill-mcalister/">National Governors Association biography</a></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> Randal William McGavock (1826-1863) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/08-10.html">August 10, 1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed in battle</a> near Raymond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-died.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-12.html">May 12, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 275 days</a>). Entombed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Jacob McGavock and Louisa Caroline (Grundy) McGavock; married to Seraphina Deery (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#958.21.69">Connally Findlay Trigg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#554.77.78">Augustus Herman Pettibone</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <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/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7192212">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Catron (1786-1865) — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/01-07.html">January 7, 1786</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Tennessee state supreme court</a>, 1824-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1837-65; died in office 1865. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/05-30.html">May 30, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Catron (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-names.html">Brunswick, Georgia</a>; scrapped 1972) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Catron">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/946/000180406">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5669">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William Nichol (1800-1878) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/02-12.html">February 12, 1800</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1835-36. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-23.html">November 23, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Hazzard East (1830-1904) — also known as E. H. East — of Tennessee. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/10-01.html">October 1, 1830</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1865. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-12.html">November 12, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-hazzard-east/">National Governors Association biography</a></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> William Litterer (1834-1917) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/08-24.html">August 24, 1834</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1890-91. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/index.html">1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Guilford Dudley Jr. (1907-2002) — Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/index.html">1907</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, Life & Casualty <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co., 1952-69; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1969-71. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/06-13.html">June 13, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">about 94 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Guilford Dudley, Sr. and Anne (Dallas) Dudley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dudley-guilford ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></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> Morgan Welles Brown (1800-1853) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MY-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/index.html">1800</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Tennessee</a>, 1834-53; died in office 1853. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-07.html">March 7, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=286&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7359439">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Meredith Poindexter Gentry (1809-1866) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/09-15.html">September 15, 1809</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1835-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1839-43, 1845-53 (8th District 1839-43, 7th District 1845-53); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-64. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/11-02.html">November 2, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000125">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404495">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Horace Harrison Harrison (1829-1885) — also known as Horace H. Harrison — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-born.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/08-07.html">August 7, 1829</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee</a>, 1863, 1872-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Tennessee state supreme court</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1873-75; member of Tennessee state legislature, 1880. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/12-20.html">December 20, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000271">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405147">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878) — also known as Edward S. Cheatham — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RB-lived.html">Robertson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RB-born.html">Robertson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/07-31.html">July 31, 1818</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1853-55; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1855-57, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate</a>, 1855-57, 1861-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/TN.html">1872</a>. Died in Horn Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/DS-died.html">DeSoto County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-21.html">December 21, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#156.04.20">Ephraim Hubbard Foster</a>; son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#036.18.91">Richard Cheatham</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#269.45.40">Richard Boone Cheatham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#833.17.06">Boyd M. Cheatham</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#583.65.11">Anderson Cheatham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12951.html">Cheatham-Foster family</a> of Nashville, Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CH.html">Cheatham County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT15"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/874/71.79.jpg" width=70 height=84 border=0 alt="John W. Gaines"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Wesley Gaines (1860-1926) — also known as John W. Gaines — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Wrencoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/08-24.html">August 24, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 6th District, 1897-1909; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TN.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>). Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/07-04.html">July 4, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">John Wesley</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. John Wesley Gaines and Maria (Wair) Gaines.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000007">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404384">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John W. Gaines">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8005275">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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> Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SI-born.html">Smith County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/06-12.html">June 12, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1850; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 4th District, 1875; died in office 1875. Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-died.html">Garland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-23.html">October 23, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 133 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SI-buried.html#cms03630">Carthage Cemetery</a>, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000160">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404115">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Andrew Price (1854-1909) — of Thibodaux, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/LF-lived.html">Lafourche Parish</a>, La. Born in Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/LA.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 3rd District, 1889-97. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/index.html">1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000521">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408906">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) — also known as Benjamin A. Enloe — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Tenn. Born near Clarksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CR-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/01-18.html">January 18, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/TN.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TN.html">Tennessee Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1878-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 8th District, 1887-95. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/07-08.html">July 8, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Benjamin S. Enloe and Nancy O. Enloe; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/04-05.html">April 5, 1870</a>, to Fannie Howard Ashworth.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000192">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403880">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-31.html">October 31, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-officials.html">Los Angeles County District Attorney</a>, 1915-23; became one of the nation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1918 (primary), 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver.html">liver ailment</a>, in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/07-08.html">July 8, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Michael Cocke (1815-1896) — of Tennessee. Born in Rutledge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GA-born.html">Grainger County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/07-16.html">July 16, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 2nd District, 1845-49. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-06.html">February 6, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Sterling Cocke and Eliza (Massengill) Cocke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-15.html">January 15, 1835</a>, to Sarah Frances Cocke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/09-19.html">September 19, 1871</a>, to Amanda M. Grigsby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-11.html">December 11, 1887</a>, to Nannie M. Neal; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#019.23.08">John Alexander Cocke</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#234.46.11">William Cocke</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#847.08.26">Frederick Bird Smith Cocke</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#816.95.13">William Alexander Cocke</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#365.59.61">Luke Lea</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10323.html">Lea-Cocke family</a> of Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000573">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402702">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Michael Cocke">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8006430">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Thomas Menees (1823-1905) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RB-lived.html">Robertson County</a>, Tenn. Born near Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/06-26.html">June 26, 1823</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/TN.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/09-06.html">September 6, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Jackson Caldwell (1837-1906) — of Tennessee. Born in Montevallo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/07-22.html">July 22, 1837</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 6th District, 1883-87. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-22.html">November 22, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Caldwell and Jene Miltda (Yongue) Caldwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/08-16.html">August 16, 1858</a>, to Martha Hinton Phillips.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000028">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402189">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8006433">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Joseph Hayes Acklen (1850-1938) — also known as Joseph H. Acklen — of Pattersonville (now Patterson), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SY-lived.html">St. Mary Parish</a>, La. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/05-20.html">May 20, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 3rd District, 1878-81; defeated, 1882. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/09-28.html">September 28, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000023">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400684">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph H. Acklen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404544">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Benjamin F. Cheatham (1821-1886) — also known as B. F. Cheatham — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/index.html">1821</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1857; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html#2">Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1885-86. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/09-04.html">September 4, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/">1867</a> to Anna Robertson.</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> James Minor Quarles (1823-1901) — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/index.html">1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 8th District, 1859-61. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/index.html">1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Q000002">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408966">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Arthur St. Clair Colyar (1818-1907) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/06-23.html">June 23, 1818</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/12-13.html">December 13, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintclair.html#415.90.14">Arthur SAINT Clair</a></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> Joseph Wellington Byrns Jr. (1903-1973) — also known as Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/08-15.html">August 15, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1939-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Daytona Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-died.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/03-08.html">March 8, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrns-byrum.html#622.00.84">Joseph Wellington Byrns</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402157">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Henry Laurence Norvell (1818-1874) — also known as Henry L. Norvell — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/02-28.html">February 28, 1818</a>. Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Tennessee District, 1867. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/09-11.html">September 11, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Moses Norvell and Hannahretta (West) Norvell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/10-06.html">October 6, 1842</a>, to Laura Jane Sevier (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#459.87.76">John Sevier</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#678.49.44">John Norvell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#781.86.58">Caleb Cushing Norvell</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#681.57.86">Dallas Norvell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#807.55.39">Ernest Campbell Norvell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10760.html">Conway-Norvell-Johnson-Carroll family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31484681">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Mabel Hill (d. 1956) — also known as Mrs. Albert E. Hill — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TN.html">Democratic National Committee from Tennessee</a>, 1939-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/TN.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/TN.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/10-06.html">October 6, 1956</a>. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00217">Nashville City Cemetery</a> 1001 S. 4th Ave. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1972 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) — also known as George W. Campbell — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/02-09.html">February 9, 1769</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1803-09; state court judge in Tennessee, 1809; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1811-14, 1815-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1814; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1818-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/02-17.html">February 17, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CM.html">Campbell County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George W. Campbell (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000083">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402239">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George W. Campbell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/campbell-george-washington ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/507/000209877">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6430710">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William Carroll (1788-1844) — of Tennessee. Born near Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/03-03.html">March 3, 1788</a>. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1821-27, 1829-35. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/03-22.html">March 22, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Thomas Carroll; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#825.78.63">William Henry Carroll (1810-1868)</a>; uncle of Mary Catherine Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#781.86.58">Caleb Cushing Norvell</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#813.72.47">William Henry Carroll (1842-1915)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10760.html">Conway-Norvell-Johnson-Carroll family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CR.html">Carroll County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-carroll/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Carroll (Tennessee politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6820613">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) — also known as Ephraim H. Foster — of Tennessee. Born near Bardstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NE-born.html">Nelson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/09-17.html">September 17, 1794</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1827-31, 1835-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1829-31, 1835-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1837-39, 1843-45; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1845. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/09-06.html">September 6, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#680.92.13">Robert Coleman Foster</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#646.20.08">Robert Coleman Foster Jr.</a>; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#903.46.01">Edward Saunders Cheatham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12951.html">Cheatham-Foster family</a> of Nashville, Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000302">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404251">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008059">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Felix Robertson (1781-1865) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/01-11.html">January 11, 1781</a>, the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> white male child to be born in what is now the city of Nashville. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1818-19, 1826-28. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/07-10.html">July 10, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of James Robertson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008238">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John McNairy (1762-1837) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/03-30.html">March 30, 1762</a>. Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Southwest Territory supreme court</a>, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Tennessee</a>, 1797-1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee</a>, 1802-33; resigned 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee</a>, 1802-33; resigned 1833. Died near Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/11-12.html">November 12, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 227 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms04513">Episcopal Church Burying Ground</a>; reinterment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MC.html">McNairy County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1589&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mcnairy-john">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></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> John Patton Erwin (1795-1857) — also known as John P. Erwin — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WL-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/01-08.html">January 8, 1795</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1821-22, 1834-35; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html#2">Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1826-29. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-27.html">August 27, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Frances Williams (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html#783.93.54">Robert Overton Williams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#289.58.44">John Williams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#337.00.19">Thomas Lanier Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#102.18.25">Lewis Williams</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0013.html">Williams family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008249">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Robert Bell Castleman (1808-1886) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/12-09.html">December 9, 1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1854-55; appointed 1854. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/07-29.html">July 29, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008258">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Raphael Benjamin West (1911-1974) — also known as Ben West — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-born.html">Maury County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-31.html">March 31, 1911</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1951-63. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/11-20.html">November 20, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008267">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Robert Brownlee Currey (1774-1848) — also known as Robert B. Currey — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/index.html">1774</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html#2">Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1811-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1822-24. Died near Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/12-08.html">December 8, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Jane Gray Owen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Honest, Faithful and Just"; "As he had lived, an Humble and Devoted Christian."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9515172">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786-1850) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Red Stone Fort (now Brownsville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/04-18.html">April 18, 1786</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1840-42. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/08-08.html">August 8, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008285">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Andrew Anderson (c.1796-1867) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in New Jersey, about 1796. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1855-57. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/04-15.html">April 15, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008290">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Williamson Hartley Horn (1799-1870) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-born.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/07-15.html">July 15, 1799</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1852-54. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/03-08.html">March 8, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 236 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008301">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Thomas Crutcher (1760-1844) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/02-18.html">February 18, 1760</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1819-20. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/03-08.html">March 8, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008730">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Thomas B. Coleman (c.1795-1848) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born about 1795. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1842-43. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">about 53 years</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008732">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787-1858) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/03-02.html">March 2, 1787</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1825-26. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/06-02.html">June 2, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008737">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Matthias Ward (1805-1861) — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-13.html">October 13, 1805</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1842-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1849-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1858-59. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Warm Springs (now Hot Springs), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MD-died.html">Madison County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/10-05.html">October 5, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000138">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411313">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008069">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Alexander Allison (c.1799-1862) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born about 1799. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1847-48. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/11-03.html">November 3, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008739">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William Booker Shapard (1797-1870) — also known as William B. Shapard — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/11-05.html">November 5, 1797</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1854. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/01-19.html">January 19, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008740">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Powhaten Woolridge Maxey (1810-1876) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/05-07.html">May 7, 1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1843-44. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/08-08.html">August 8, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008741">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) — also known as Robert C. Foster — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/07-08.html">July 8, 1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1803-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1805-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1809-15, 1825-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate</a>, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1815, 1817. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/09-27.html">September 27, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#156.04.20">Ephraim Hubbard Foster</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#646.20.08">Robert Coleman Foster Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12951.html">Cheatham-Foster family</a> of Nashville, Tennessee.</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> Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/05-17.html">May 17, 1780</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1811-15, 1831-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1813-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1817-19. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/01-07.html">January 7, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 235 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a> and Mary (Clayton) Claiborne; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a>; married to Sarah Martin Lewis; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#073.57.42">Andrew Fuller Fox</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402546">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008098">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) — also known as Felix K. Zollicoffer — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Bigbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-born.html">Maury County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/05-19.html">May 19, 1812</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1849; fought a pistol <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 8th District, 1853-59; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and killed in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Civil War</a> battle near Mill Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/01-19.html">January 19, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PU-buried.html#cms07875">Zollicoffer Park Cemetery</a>, Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Ky. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Z000012">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412005">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8954">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CS-born.html">Caswell County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/04-18.html">April 18, 1783</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1813-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1817-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-died.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/05-28.html">May 28, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#598.86.23">Isaac Thomas Lenoir</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0377.html">Lenoir family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000705">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405558">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13505364">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Andrew Ewing (1813-1864) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/06-17.html">June 17, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 8th District, 1849-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/TN.html">1860</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/06-16.html">June 16, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 365 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Nathan E. Ewing and Sarah (Hill) Ewing; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#538.19.16">Edwin Hickman Ewing</a>; married to Rowena Josey Williams; father of Rebecca Ewing (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watt-wattles.html#772.78.42">Henry Watterson</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watt-wattles.html#549.42.99">Harvey Watterson</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <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/10001-0427.html">Ewing-Matthews-Watterson-Harrison family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000275">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403954">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008143">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> W. B. A. Ramsey (1799-1874) — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/index.html">1799</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamboat business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Tennessee</a>, 1847-55. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/index.html">1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6391340">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Thomas Lanier Williams (1782-1856) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-born.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/02-01.html">February 1, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Tennessee state supreme court</a>, 1826. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/12-03.html">December 3, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#832.08.45">Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford</a> and Rebecca (Lanier) Williams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html#783.93.54">Robert Overton Williams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#289.58.44">John Williams</a> and Frances Lanier Williams (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#131.53.34">John Patton Erwin</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/08-05.html">August 5, 1811</a>, to Mary Lawson McClung; father of Margaret McClung Williams (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#767.65.54">John Gaines Miller</a>) and Melinda Williams (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/naar-nary.html#916.58.90">William Barclay Napton</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#400.19.03">Joseph Lanier Williams</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#221.44.29">George Venable Allen</a>; twin brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#102.18.25">Lewis Williams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0013.html">Williams family</a> of North Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74070684">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CP-born.html">Culpeper County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/12-15.html">December 15, 1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1813-17. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-10.html">November 10, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 331 days</a>). Original interment at Nashville City Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms00355">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Armstrong (c.1795-1847) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born about 1795. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1828-32. Died near Pine Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/06-12.html">June 12, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LF-buried.html#cms06843">Swallow Rock Cemetery</a>, Fort Coffee, Okla.; cenotaph at Nashville City Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Nancy Irwin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Polk Place Grounds</a> (now gone) Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267597813/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/210/42.53.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="James K. Polk"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory"; "Napoleon of the Stump" — of Tennessee. Born in Pineville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-born.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/11-02.html">November 2, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th District 1833-39); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1835-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1845-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-15.html">June 15, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 225 days</a>). Original interment at Polk Place Grounds; reinterment in 1893 at <a href="#cms01364">Tennessee State Capitol Grounds</a>; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-buried.html# ">Polk Memorial Gardens</a>, Columbia, Tenn. <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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/01-01.html">January 1, 1824</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#768.70.69">Sarah Childress</a> (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#919.24.54">Joel Childress</a>); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#768.47.76">Thomas Jones Hardeman</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#769.93.45">Tasker Polk</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#672.96.01">Edwin Fitzhugh Polk</a>; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#479.25.41">Richard Tyler Polk</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#181.41.38">Rufus King Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#632.78.03">Frank Lyon Polk</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#178.29.67">Elizabeth Polk Guest</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#032.14.04">Raymond R. Guest</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#359.50.76">Charles Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#657.22.93">Augustus Caesar Dodge</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#937.03.47">Trusten Polk</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#730.83.78">Albert Fawcett Polk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0283.html">Manly-Haywood-Polk family</a> of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#929.88.80">Aaron V. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fremont.html#303.52.14">John Charles Frémont</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Polk counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PL.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PO.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PO.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PO.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/PO.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PO.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PL.html">Tex.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL.html">Wis.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-names.html">Polk City, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-names.html">Polk City, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">borough</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-names.html">Polk, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — James K. Polk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-names.html">Alexandria, Virginia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — James K. Polk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-names.html">Fresno, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; torpedoed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall5.html#181.00.71">James Knox Polk Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#505.00.31">James P. Latta</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fendall-fent.html#410.42.57">James K. P. Fenner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#303.67.71">J. K. P. Marshall</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000409">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408802">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-knox-polk/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James K. Polk">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/843/000049696">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/823">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4111">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/james-knox-polk/">Tennessee Encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about James K. Polk: Sam W. Haynes, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067399001X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=067399001X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse</a> — Paul H. Bergeron, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700603190/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700603190&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of James K. Polk</a> — Thomas M. Leonard, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0842026479/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0842026479&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny</a> — Eugene Irving McCormac, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945707096/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945707096&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War 1795-1845</a> — Eugene Irving McCormac, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/094570710X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=094570710X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career 1845-1849</a> — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684823403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684823403&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History</a> — John Seigenthaler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069429/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069429&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: 1845 - 1849</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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> Sarah Polk (1803-1891) — also known as Sarah Childress — Born in Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-born.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/09-04.html">September 4, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1845-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-14.html">August 14, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 344 days</a>). Original interment at Polk Place Grounds; reinterment in 1893 at <a href="#cms01364">Tennessee State Capitol Grounds</a>. <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">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#919.24.54">Joel Childress</a> and Elizabeth (Whitsett) Childress; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/01-01.html">January 1, 1824</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James Knox Polk</a> (brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#769.93.45">Tasker Polk</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah Childress Polk">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8627">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34116">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06073">Spring Hill Cemetery</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) — also known as Roy Acuff; "The King of Country Music" — of Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Tenn. Born in Maynardville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-15.html">September 15, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">Country musician</a>; co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publication Company, the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> country music <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">publishing</a> house; appeared in seven Hollywood <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">movies</a> in the 1940s; owner and operator of Dunbar Cave <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> near Nashville; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/TN.html">1960</a>. Elected to Country Music <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>, 1962. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/11-23.html">November 23, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Simon E. Neill Acuff and Ida (Carr) Acuff; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#642.16.32">Coram Acuff</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#717.81.39">Juddson Thomas Acuff</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17390.html">Acuff family</a> of Maynardville, Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy Acuff">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/229/000038115">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010334">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1435">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Roy Acuff: Elizabeth Schlappi, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0882899325/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0882899325&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05627">State Capitol Grounds</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) — also known as Edward W. Carmack — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. Born near Castalian Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SM-born.html">Sumner County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-05.html">November 5, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1885; editor of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspapers</a>, including the Nashville American, the Memphis Commercial, and the Nashville Tennesseean; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/TN.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/TN.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 10th District, 1897-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1901-07; candidate for nomination for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1908. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by Robin J. Cooper, whose father, Col. Duncan B. Cooper, had been ridiculed in the Tennesseean, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-09.html">November 9, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 4 days</a>). Robin and Duncan Cooper were convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to prison, but Duncan Cooper was pardoned, and Robin Cooper's conviction was overturned on appeal; in 1919, Robin Cooper was himself murdered in an apparent robbery. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-buried.html#cms01030">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Columbia, Tenn.; statue (now gone) at State Capitol Grounds. <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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Elizabeth Cobey Dunnington.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000157">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402306">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01364">Tennessee State Capitol Grounds</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267597813/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/210/42.53.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="James K. Polk"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory"; "Napoleon of the Stump" — of Tennessee. Born in Pineville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-born.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/11-02.html">November 2, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th District 1833-39); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1835-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1845-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-15.html">June 15, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 225 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="# ">Polk Place Grounds</a> (which no longer exists); reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee State Capitol Grounds; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-buried.html# ">Polk Memorial Gardens</a>, Columbia, Tenn. <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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/01-01.html">January 1, 1824</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#768.70.69">Sarah Childress</a> (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#919.24.54">Joel Childress</a>); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#768.47.76">Thomas Jones Hardeman</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#769.93.45">Tasker Polk</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#672.96.01">Edwin Fitzhugh Polk</a>; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#479.25.41">Richard Tyler Polk</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#181.41.38">Rufus King Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#632.78.03">Frank Lyon Polk</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#178.29.67">Elizabeth Polk Guest</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#032.14.04">Raymond R. Guest</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#359.50.76">Charles Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#657.22.93">Augustus Caesar Dodge</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#937.03.47">Trusten Polk</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#730.83.78">Albert Fawcett Polk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0283.html">Manly-Haywood-Polk family</a> of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#929.88.80">Aaron V. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fremont.html#303.52.14">John Charles Frémont</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Polk counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PL.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PO.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PO.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PO.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/PO.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PO.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PL.html">Tex.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL.html">Wis.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-names.html">Polk City, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-names.html">Polk City, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">borough</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-names.html">Polk, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — James K. Polk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-names.html">Alexandria, Virginia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — James K. Polk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-names.html">Fresno, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; torpedoed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall5.html#181.00.71">James Knox Polk Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#505.00.31">James P. Latta</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fendall-fent.html#410.42.57">James K. P. Fenner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#303.67.71">J. K. P. Marshall</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000409">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408802">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-knox-polk/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James K. Polk">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/843/000049696">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/823">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4111">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/james-knox-polk/">Tennessee Encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about James K. Polk: Sam W. Haynes, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067399001X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=067399001X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse</a> — Paul H. Bergeron, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700603190/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700603190&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of James K. Polk</a> — Thomas M. Leonard, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0842026479/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0842026479&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny</a> — Eugene Irving McCormac, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945707096/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945707096&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War 1795-1845</a> — Eugene Irving McCormac, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/094570710X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=094570710X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career 1845-1849</a> — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684823403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684823403&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History</a> — John Seigenthaler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069429/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069429&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: 1845 - 1849</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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> Sarah Polk (1803-1891) — also known as Sarah Childress — Born in Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-born.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/09-04.html">September 4, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1845-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-14.html">August 14, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 344 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="# ">Polk Place Grounds</a> (which no longer exists); reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee State Capitol Grounds. <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">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#919.24.54">Joel Childress</a> and Elizabeth (Whitsett) Childress; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/01-01.html">January 1, 1824</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James Knox Polk</a> (brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#769.93.45">Tasker Polk</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah Childress Polk">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8627">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34116">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01361">The Hermitage</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267596503/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/174/79.95.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Andrew Jackson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a>, in The Waxhaws, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/03-15.html">March 15, 1767</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Tennessee</a>, 1790-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1796-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1797-98, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Tennessee state supreme court</a>, 1798; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Florida Territory</a>, 1821; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1829-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">censured</a> by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attending funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis9.html#076.26.85">Warren R. Davis</a> of South Carolina, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">shot at</a> with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a>, May 30, 1806; also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">dueled</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benton.html#298.11.03">Thomas Hart Benton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#425.18.26">Waightstill Avery</a>. Elected in 1910 to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a>. Slaveowner. Died, of dropsy (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>), in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/06-08.html">June 8, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 85 days</a>). Interment at The Hermitage; statue erected 1853 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07303">Lafayette Park</a>, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-buried.html#cms07587">Jackson Square</a>, New Orleans, La. <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">Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/01-17.html">January 17, 1794</a>, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donalda-donivan.html#209.06.94">Andrew Jackson Donelson</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0081.html">Caffery family</a> of Louisiana (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#061.23.89">Francis P. Blair</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Jackson counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JA.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JA.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JA.html">Colo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/JA.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JA.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JA.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JA.html">Kan.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JA.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/JA.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA.html">Mich.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/JA.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JA.html">N.C.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JA.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/JA.html">Okla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/JA.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/JA.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JC.html">Tex.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JA.html">W.Va.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/JA.html">Wis.</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI.html">Hickory County, Mo.</a>, are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donalda-donivan.html#209.06.94">Andrew J. Donelson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller1.html#493.78.78">Andrew Jackson Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farron-faulkland.html#508.74.94">Andrew J. Faulk</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/titus.html#302.26.52">Andrew Jackson Titus</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/isaac-iverson.html#053.10.39">Andrew Jackson Isacks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#883.23.55">Andrew Jackson Hamilton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#562.42.39">Andrew J. Harlan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurvink-kyros.html#148.53.85">Andrew J. Kuykendall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#422.12.82">Andrew J. Thayer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#249.01.89">Elam A. J. Greeley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingham-irelan.html#091.64.16">Andrew Jackson Ingle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#316.99.48">Andrew J. Ogle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#564.51.33">Andrew Jackson Carr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#610.56.28">Andrew J. Waterman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bent-bentnall.html#613.35.46">Andrew J. Bentley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers1.html#308.68.04">Andrew J. Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparks.html#839.00.78">William A. J. Sparks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/popiel-porteous.html#761.93.24">Andrew Jackson Poppleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#985.29.15">Andrew J. Hunter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#091.90.82">Andrew Jackson Bryant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#548.72.78">Andrew J. Beale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clements.html#917.41.32">A. J. Clements</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker1.html#912.44.02">Andrew Jackson Baker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fellrath-femille.html#144.56.94">Andrew J. Felt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king1.html#534.15.09">A. J. King</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyer.html#547.36.35">Andrew J. Sawyer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#186.41.33">Andrew Jackson Greenfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#918.46.50">Andrew Jackson Caldwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#041.76.43">Andrew Jackson Gahagan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#905.41.08">Andrew Jackson Biship</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#732.29.25">Andrew Jackson Houston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#768.36.09">Andrew Jackson Speer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew J. Cobb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroney-montfort.html#842.83.35">Andrew J. Montague</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barc-barhite.html#006.56.69">Andrew J. Barchfeld</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#655.41.14">Andrew J. Balliet</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirchdorfer-kirkby.html#897.28.27">Andrew J. Kirk</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#273.58.28">Andrew J. Livingston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherwood.html#651.77.11">A. J. Sherwood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart1.html#154.49.82">Andrew Jackson Stewart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/may.html#215.74.96">Andrew J. May</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccooey-mccormack.html#041.84.01">Andrew J. McConnico</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyer.html#119.95.95">Andrew J. Sawyer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#843.93.14">Andrew J. Brewer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#827.04.80">Andrew J. Dunning, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#320.78.71">Andrew Bettwy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traeger-travia.html#699.41.92">Andrew J. Transue</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#545.55.49">Andrew Jackson Graves</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilbert.html#798.41.73">Andrew Jackson Gilbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodroads-gorbey.html#910.88.70">Andrew J. Goodwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hinners-hint.html#336.92.71">Andrew J. Hinshaw</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young1.html#964.94.74">Andy Young</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#036.73.16">Andrew Jackson Kupper</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appears</a> on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on Confederate States $1,000 notes.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan: "Let the people rule."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000005">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405913">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew Jackson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jackson-andrew">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/654/000026576">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/534">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4118">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/andrew-jackson/">Tennessee Encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert Vincent Remini, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140132678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0140132678&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Life of Andrew Jackson</a> — Robert Vincent Remini, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801859123/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801859123&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832</a> — Robert Vincent Remini, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801859131/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801859131&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845</a> — Robert Vincent Remini, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801859115/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801859115&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821</a> — Andrew Burstein, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375414282/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375414282&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Passions of Andrew Jackson</a> — David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807128678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807128678&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire</a> — Donald B. Cole, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/070060961X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=070060961X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of Andrew Jackson</a> — H. W. Brands, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385507380/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385507380&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times</a> — Jon Meacham, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400063256/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400063256&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House</a> — Donald Barr Chidsey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0840765142/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0840765142&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Andrew Jackson, Hero</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00344">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a> Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Percy Priest (1900-1956) — also known as J. Percy Priest — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Carter's Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-born.html">Maury County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/04-01.html">April 1, 1900</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper work</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1941-56 (5th District 1941-43, 6th District 1943-53, 5th District 1953-56); died in office 1956. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/10-12.html">October 12, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">The J. Percy Priest <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Dam</a>, and Percy Priest <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a>, on the Stones River, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-names.html">Davidson County, Tennessee</a>, are <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000536">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408920">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy Priest">Wikipedia article</a></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> Clifford Robertson Allen (1912-1978) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/01-06.html">January 6, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1949-51, 1955-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958 (Democratic primary); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention</a>, 1971; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1975-78; died in office 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/06-18.html">June 18, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000118">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400775">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford Allen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8683">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> A. V. McLane (1873-1968) — of Lewisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MS-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Tenn.; Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MS-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-31.html">August 31, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/lewisburg.html#2">Lewisburg, Tenn.</a>, 1910-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/TN.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/TN.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/TN.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/TN.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/TN.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/TN.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/TN.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee</a>, 1922-33. Died in Carlsbad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ED-died.html">Eddy County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/08-31.html">August 31, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-08.html">June 8, 1904</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#586.39.01">Ruby Roach McLane</a>.</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> Joseph Carlton Loser (1892-1984) — also known as J. Carlton Loser — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/10-01.html">October 1, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/TN.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/TN.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/TN.html">1960</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 5th District, 1957-63. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/07-31.html">July 31, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of Henry J. Loser and Willie M. (McConnico) Loser.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000446">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406937">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Louis James Garner (1852-1940) — also known as Louis J. Garner; Lewis J. Garner — of Cookeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Tenn.; Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Buffalo Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/10-09.html">October 9, 1852</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/cookeville.html#2">Cookeville, Tenn.</a>, 1901-07. Died, in Nashville General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-19.html">January 19, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of John Henry Garner and Sarah (Merrit) Garner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-17.html">January 17, 1878</a>, to Melvina Smith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-02.html">February 2, 1888</a>, to Elizabeth Austin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Frances Elizabeth 'Fannie' Merritt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/72474029">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Ruby Roach McLane (1880-1953) — also known as Ruby D. Roach; Mrs. A. V. McLane — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-18.html">November 18, 1880</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/TN.html">1924</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/TN.html">Republican National Committee from Tennessee</a>, 1939-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/12-22.html">December 22, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Daughter of George Manley Roach and Willa Ella (Henley) Roach; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-08.html">June 8, 1904</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#680.64.49">A. V. McLane</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/202039370">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Dick Latta Lansden Jr. (1909-1999) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-17.html">October 17, 1909</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/TN.html">1952</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/02-12.html">February 12, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#749.86.51">Dick Latta Lansden</a> and Helen (Snodgrass) Landsden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/10-19.html">October 19, 1935</a>, to Martha Stanfill.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/119129595">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Carey T. Duckett — of Kentucky. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 6th District, 1944. Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mary M. Anderson (1921-2005) — also known as Mary Virginia Mize — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-02.html">February 2, 1921</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1963-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/08-15.html">August 15, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11560701">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04783">Tusculum Baptist Church Grounds</a> Near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Haywood (1762-1826) — also known as "The Father of Tennessee History" — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HL-born.html">Halifax County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/03-16.html">March 16, 1762</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/attygn.html">North Carolina state attorney general</a>, 1792-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1794; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Tennessee state supreme court</a>, 1816. 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