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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Pi Kappa Phi Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Baker</b> — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Tenn. Born in Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/11-15.html">November 15, 1925</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1967-85; defeated, 1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/TN.html">1972</a>; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/index.html">1980</a>; White House Chief of Staff, 1987-88; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-diplomats.html ">Japan</a>, 2001-05. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1984. Died in Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SC-died.html">Scott County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/06-26.html">June 26, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SC-buried.html# ">Mossop Cemetery</a>, Huntsville, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Step-son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#167.54.88">Irene Bailey Baker</a>; son of Dora (Ladd) Baker and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#805.35.82">Howard Henry Baker</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/12-22.html">December 22, 1951</a>, to Joy Dirksen (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#125.36.02">Everett McKinley Dirksen</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/12-07.html">December 7, 1996</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/karol-kauffman.html#932.30.16">Nancy Landon Kassebaum</a> (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#327.55.37">Alfred Mossman Landon</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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11231.html">Baker-Dirksen family</a> of Huntsville and Alcoa, Tennessee.</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/asbjornson-ashlay.html#135.31.05">Victor Ashe</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;">Howard Baker Jr. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Avenue</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-names.html">Knoxville, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000063">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401067">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard Baker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/baker-howard-henry ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/147/000023078">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048518">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/131915812">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. (1940-2005)</b> — also known as <b>Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.</b> — of Fountain Inn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-lived.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C. Born in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-born.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-24.html">July 24, 1940</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1970-74; defeated, 1969; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/SC.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/SC.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/SC.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/SC.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/SC.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/SC.html">1992</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1974; executive assistant to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards5.html#594.09.03">Jim Edwards</a>, 1975; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> 2nd District, 1977-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 4th District, 1979-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1987-95; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1996/index.html">1996</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">lobbyist</a>; CEO, American Council of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life Insurers</a>, 1995-2001; director, Norfolk Southern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a>. <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sertoma.html">Sertoma</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while suffering from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in Lexington Medical <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, West Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-died.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/12-07.html">December 7, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-buried.html#cms03945">All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery</a>, Pawleys Island, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Carroll Ashmore Campbell and Anne (Williams) Campbell; brother of Richard Michael Campbell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/09-05.html">September 5, 1959</a>, to Iris Faye Rhodes.</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=C000079">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402235">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/carroll-a-campbell/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll A. Campbell Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/709/000062523">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12621300">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Owen Evans (1910-1986)</b> — also known as <b>Frank O. Evans</b> — of Milledgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BD-lived.html">Baldwin County</a>, Ga. Born in Gordon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WN-born.html">Wilkinson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/12-15.html">December 15, 1910</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/GA.html">Georgia Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1932-38; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/GA.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/GA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/GA.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia</a>, 1953-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/08-15.html">August 15, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BD-buried.html#cms03937">Memory Hill Cemetery</a>, Milledgeville, Ga. <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 Robert Earl Evans and Anna R. (Owen) Evans; married to E. Anne Bone.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/17239308">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000)</b> — also known as <b>Henry H. Fowler</b>; <b>Joe Fowler</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ro-born.html">Roanoke</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/09-05.html">September 5, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/VA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/VA.html">1960</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1965-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fc-died.html">Falls Church</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/01-03.html">January 3, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-buried.html#cms05807">Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Alexandria, Va. <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 Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-19.html">October 19, 1938</a>, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote.</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;">Fowler House (office buiding, built 1940, named for Fowler in the 1960s, renamed Connell House 2003), at Harvard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> Business School, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-names.html">Boston, Massachusetts</a>, was <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry H. Fowler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/266/000167762">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3478650">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33307652">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George McInvale Grant (1897-1982)</b> — also known as <b>George M. Grant</b> — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ala. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/07-11.html">July 11, 1897</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-parties.html">chair of Pike County Democratic Party</a>, 1927-37; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AL.html">Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1935-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a>, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63, at-large 1963-65). <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/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, on a cruise <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">aboard</a> the <i>Queen Elizabeth II</i>, en route to New York, probably in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/11-04.html">November 4, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <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 Benjamin Giles Grant and Lannie Gholson (Stephens) Grant; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-05.html">December 5, 1938</a>, to Matalie Carter.</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=G000381">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404732">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href=" http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ggrant.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</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>Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (1909-1995)</b> — also known as <b>Albert S. Herlong, Jr.</b> — of Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Fla. Born in Manistee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ME-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-14.html">February 14, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; county judge in Florida, 1936-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a>, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/FL.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1969-73. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>. Died in Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/12-27.html">December 27, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 316 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 Albert Sydney Herlong and Cora (Knight) Herlong; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/12-26.html">December 26, 1930</a>, to Mary Alice Youmans.</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=H000530">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405392">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Byron O. House (1902-1969)</b> — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-27.html">September 27, 1902</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Illinois, 1956-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1957-69 (1st District 1957-63, 5th District 1964-69); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1959-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. Died in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/09-27.html">September 27, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Burns Parker (b. 1895)</b> — also known as <b>Edward B. Parker</b> — of Roanoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/RA-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, Ala. Born in Wedowee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/RA-born.html">Randolph County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/06-21.html">June 21, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CB-officials.html">Cleburne County Solicitor</a>, 1929-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1931-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama</a>, 1942-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>; <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/lions.html">Lions</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 Claude Lamar Parker and Roxanna Elizabeth (Burns) Parker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/09-28.html">September 28, 1921</a>, to Earle Bass; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-17.html">November 17, 1929</a>, to Mary Oldham.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Dantzler Parler (b. 1900)</b> — also known as <b>James D. Parler</b> — of St. George, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-lived.html">Dorchester County</a>, S.C. Born in Parler (now Santee), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-born.html">Orangeburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/09-18.html">September 18, 1900</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Dorchester County, 1933-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/SC.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/SC.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/SC.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/SC.html">1952</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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 Carlos C. Parler and Camille (Dantzler) Parler.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Perry Passailaigue (b. 1891)</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/11-02.html">November 2, 1891</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1916-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>. 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 Theodore Wagner Passailaigue and Kate (Melchers) Passailaigue; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/08-09.html">August 9, 1925</a>, to Edith Carolyn Legarra.</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>Henry Klugh Purdy (1886-1949)</b> — of Ridgeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/JA-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-born.html">Abbeville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-01.html">December 1, 1886</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Jasper County, 1917-20, 1933-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Jasper County, 1925-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/JA-died.html">Jasper County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/04-27.html">April 27, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/JA-buried.html# ">Grahamville Cemetery</a>, Ridgeland, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Parker Purdy and Nannie (Klugh) Purdy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/01-09.html">January 9, 1913</a>, to Augusta Ryan.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/45525961">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ralph Heyward Ramsey Jr. (b. 1900)</b> — also known as <b>Ralph Ramsey, Jr.</b> — of Brevard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/TR-lived.html">Transylvania County</a>, N.C. Born in Wedgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/04-07.html">April 7, 1900</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; mayor of Brevard, N.C., 1931-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 32nd District, 1935; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NC.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>. 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 Ralph Heywood Ramsey and Una Elizabeth (Wells) Ramsey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Mary Dick Alford.</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>George Bell Timmerman Jr. (1912-1994)</b> — of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-lived.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C.; Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Born in Anderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AN-born.html">Anderson County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-11.html">August 11, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1947-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/SC.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1955-59; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/index.html">1956</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; circuit judge in South Carolina, 1967-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <b>Pi Kappa Phi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>. Died in Batesburg-Leesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-died.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/11-29.html">November 29, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-buried.html#cms05064">Batesburg Cemetery</a>, Batesburg-Leesville, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Mary Vandiver (Sullivan) Timmerman and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#423.60.96">George Bell Timmerman, Sr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/02-16.html">February 16, 1935</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#341.69.54">Helen DuPre</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#116.97.30">Washington Hodges Timmerman</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#728.15.19">Frank Elbert Timmerman</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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14233.html">Timmerman family</a> of Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina.</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/george-bell-timmerman/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Bell Timmerman Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/629/000168125">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6918158">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </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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