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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: National Rifle Association, politicians, Kentucky</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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Hawes"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947)</b> — also known as <b>Harry B. Hawes</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-born.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-15.html">November 15, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MO.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MO.html">1928</a>; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">1916</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis City 3rd District, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 11th District, 1921-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1926-33; resigned 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-int-law.html">American Society for International Law</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/audubon-soc.html">Audubon Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-forestry-assoc.html">American Forestry Association</a>; <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-31.html">July 31, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 258 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RI-buried.html# ">a private or family graveyard</a>, Ripley County, Mo. <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 Smith Nicholas Hawes and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-15.html">November 15, 1899</a>, to Elizabeth Eppes Osborne Robinson; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#586.38.93">Richard Hawes</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#022.65.25">Albert Gallatin Hawes</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#091.92.58">Aylett Hawes</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <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>).</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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochran.html#259.34.59">John J. Cochran</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405231">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Missouri Official Manual 1921</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>Damon Thayer (b. 1967)</b> — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Ky. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/09-16.html">September 16, 1967</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 17th District, 2003-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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