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font-family:garamond,serif;">Brandon</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="BRANDON"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>BRANDON</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/b.html#B653">Soundex B653</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#AMARANDO">AMARANDO</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andochick-andrew.html#ANDON">ANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#BERNADINE">BERNADINE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#BRAND">BRAND</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#BRANDAN">BRANDAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#BRANDEN">BRANDEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#BRANDIN">BRANDIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#BRANDLON">BRANDLON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#BRANDOFINO">BRANDOFINO</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#BRANDOM">BRANDOM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brandow-branstrom.html#BRANDOW">BRANDOW</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brandow-branstrom.html#BRANON">BRANON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brant-braxton.html#BRANTON">BRANTON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breen-brenizer.html#BRENDEN">BRENDEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breen-brenizer.html#BRENDON">BRENDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#BRUNDIN">BRUNDIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#BRYNDAN">BRYNDAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell-cannington.html#CANDON">CANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#ESCANDON">ESCANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzsimmons-fladeland.html#FITZRANDOLPH">FITZRANDOLPH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gjesdal-glaspie.html#GLANDON">GLANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grainger-gransback.html#GRANDON">GRANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#LANDON">LANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroney-montfort.html#MONTANDON">MONTANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#RANDO">RANDO</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#RANDOL">RANDOL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#RANDOLH">RANDOLH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#RANDOLPH">RANDOLPH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randon-ranguette.html#RANDON">RANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randon-ranguette.html#RANDORF">RANDORF</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sandford-sanfemio.html#SANDON">SANDON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sandford-sanfemio.html#SANDONE">SANDONE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaffner-shanley.html#SHANDON">SHANDON</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>BRANDON:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#212.45.97">Daniel Moreau Barringer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#434.00.08">J. Brandon Bell II</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#018.49.33">Brandon S. Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benjamin.html#701.55.01">Brandon Benjamin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins8.html#378.65.65">Thomas LeRoy Collins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/creighton.html#313.73.73">C. Brandon Creighton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#206.64.87">Brandon Dillon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellet-ellington.html#433.77.78">Brandon Ellington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzsimmons-fladeland.html#186.89.42">Brandon Fitzsimmons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frost.html#699.09.93">Brandon Frost</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grove.html#603.70.72">Brandon Hambright Grove Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#656.28.98">Brandon Hartsell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyden-hyzer.html#237.52.47">Brandon Hynes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/joyes-judah.html#743.51.48">Noble Brandon Judah</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/joyes-judah.html#024.10.85">Noble Brandon Judah</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#233.56.65">Brandon Kenig</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#516.27.38">Brandon Kertson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#655.45.36">Brandon Laventure</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehmann-lemp.html#064.23.48">Brandon Derek LeLeux</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#958.80.84">Brandon Linker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#865.86.88">Brandon Lofton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#707.67.00">Brandon M. Magoon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#701.68.80">Brandon Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#604.98.40">Brandon Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#113.99.25">Brandon Navom</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nelson.html#873.62.13">Brandon Nelson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#625.67.40">Brandon P. Neuman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#386.81.54">Brandon C. Osborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#173.80.33">Brandon Parmer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parsons.html#534.50.10">Brandon Parsons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#478.18.87">Giles Jared Patterson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#417.68.98">Brandon Payne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#275.76.65">Brandon Phelps</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#793.04.67">Brandon Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#354.94.01">Brandon Pinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powers.html#980.61.03">Brandon Powers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson1.html#273.16.18">Brandon Robinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#630.03.27">Brandon Rudkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#549.89.34">Brandon R. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#820.93.75">Brandon Sazue</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith7.html#823.98.17">Robert Brandon Smith III</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#933.26.21">Brandon Stacker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#343.22.64">Brandon D. Woolf</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#927.86.65">Brandon Zavala</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="623.96.39">Brandon, Abraham V.</a></b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Bronx County 5th District, 1921, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="192.99.48">Brandon, Billie</a></b> — of Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/OH.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="026.00.22">Brandon, Byrd</a></b> — of Alabama. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama</a>, 1830-36; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MP-consuls.html ">Campeche</a>, 1838-39. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="529.73.30">Brandon, Calvin Knox</a> (b. 1841)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/index.html">1841</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 3rd District, 1885-86. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="148.63.09">Brandon, Camille</a></b> — of Cheektowaga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NY.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="577.54.08">Brandon, Caroline C.</a></b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 4th District, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="947.04.07">Brandon, Charles M.</a></b> — of Follansbee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-lived.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/follansbee.html#3">Follansbee, W.Va.</a>, 1913-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="654.68.97">Brandon, D. S.</a></b> — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/AL.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="404.79.44">Brandon, David</a> (b. 1952)</b> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Dearborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/05-15.html">May 15, 1952</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>; elected 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="475.61.62">Brandon, Dean C.</a></b> — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ala. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AL.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="853.63.36">Brandon, Douglas</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 2nd District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="916.71.08">Brandon, E. A.</a></b> — of Arvada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/arvada.html">Mayor of Arvada, Colo.</a>, 1911-13. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="349.48.27">Brandon, Edmund John</a> (b. 1894)</b> — also known as <b>Edmund J. Brandon</b> — of Chestnut Hill, Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-24.html">May 24, 1894</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts</a>, 1939-46. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edward John Brandon and Mary A. (Corcoran) Brandon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/07-20.html">July 20, 1925</a>, to Anna Coleman McCarthy.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="478.88.18">Brandon, Mrs. George</a></b> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/TN.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="916.77.78">Brandon, Gerard Chittocque</a> (1788-1850)</b> — also known as <b>Gerard C. Brandon</b> — of Mississippi. Born near Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/09-15.html">September 15, 1788</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trhs.html">Mississippi territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1815-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1817-20, 1822-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1825-26, 1826-32. Died near Fort Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WK-died.html">Wilkinson County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/03-28.html">March 28, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 194 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WK-buried.html#cms04854">a private or family graveyard</a>, Wilkinson County, Miss. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/RA-names.html">Brandon, Mississippi</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/gerard-chittocque-brandon/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="454.34.92">Brandon, Harold W.</a></b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Ohio. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/lancaster.html">Mayor of Lancaster, Ohio</a>; elected 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="017.04.40">Brandon, Howard</a></b> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-consuls.html ">Montreal</a>, as of 1943. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="619.45.61">Brandon, J. R.</a></b> — of Benton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MS-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="216.19.23">Brandon, James E.</a></b> — of Texas. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="773.49.36">Brandon, Mrs. Jim</a></b> — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/AR.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="108.25.50">Brandon, John Marvin</a> (b. 1888)</b> — of Alabama. Born in Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-born.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-08.html">May 8, 1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Alabama</a>, 1927-31, 1939-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/aud.html">Alabama state auditor</a>, 1931-35, 1943; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/trea.html">Alabama state treasurer</a>, 1935-39. <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/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="898.92.19">Brandon, Joseph</a></b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1924; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1925; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="919.59.46">Brandon, Leo C.</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="749.50.88">Brandon, Lorence E.</a></b> — of St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-lived.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/saintpetersburg.html#2">St. Petersburg, Fla.</a>, 1956-57, 1959-69 (acting, 1956-57, 1959-60). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="336.59.67">Brandon, Morris</a> (1862-1940)</b> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ST-born.html">Stewart County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-13.html">April 13, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; general counsel, Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1898. 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/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/02-13.html">February 13, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 306 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nathan Brandon and Minerva Elizabeth (Morris) Brandon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-01.html">June 1, 1892</a>, to Harriet Inman.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="598.41.05">Brandon, Nathan</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/TN.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="666.56.99">Brandon, Robert F.</a></b> — of Burbank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/burbank.html">Mayor of Burbank, Calif.</a>, 1961-62, 1966-67. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="901.42.34">Brandon, Rodney H.</a></b> — of Batavia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KA-lived.html">Kane County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 14th District, 1920-22; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IL.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="342.42.16">Brandon, Silas J.</a></b> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/auburn.html#2">Auburn, Ind.</a>, 1893-97. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="342.80.47">Brandon, Theresa</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2020/IN.html">2020</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="659.14.19">Brandon, Thomas B.</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="693.88.23">Brandon, V. B.</a></b> — of Bethany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HA-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HA-parties.html">Chair of Harrison County Democratic Party</a>, 1921. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="979.31.91">Brandon, W. S.</a></b> — of Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MO.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="635.55.05">Brandon, William J., Jr.</a></b> — of Bigelow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HL-lived.html">Holt County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HL-parties.html">Chair of Holt County Democratic Party</a>, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="508.77.20">Brandon, William Woodward</a> (1868-1934)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Brandon</b> — of Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-lived.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala. Born in Talladega, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-born.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-05.html">June 5, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1894-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/aud.html">Alabama state auditor</a>, 1897-1911; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; probate judge in Alabama, 1911-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/AL.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/AL.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1923-27. <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/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/12-07.html">December 7, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 185 days</a>). 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