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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Kappa Alpha Order Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Abercrombie — of Anniston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CA-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-lived.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala. Born near Kellys Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-17.html">May 17, 1866</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1896-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sped.html">Alabama superintendent of education</a>, 1898-1902, 1920-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Alabama, 1902-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> at-large, 1913-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-02.html">July 2, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 46 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-buried.html#cms00352">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Montgomery, Ala. <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 M. Abercrombie and Sarah A. (Kendrick) Abercrombie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-08.html">January 8, 1891</a>, to Rose Merrill.</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=A000013">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400676">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Abercrombie (Congressman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404438">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 Marsh Acker Jr. (1927-2018) — also known as William M. Acker, Jr. — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-25.html">October 25, 1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/AL.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama</a>, 1982-96; took senior status 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2018/06-21.html">June 21, 2018</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 239 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-buried.html# ">Highlands United Methodist Church Columbarium</a>, Birmingham, Ala. <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 William Marsh Acker and Estelle (Lampkin) Acker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/">1957</a> to Martha 'Susie' Walters.</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=3&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Acker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/224523174">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> George Ainslie (1868-1931) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-born.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-10.html">October 10, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">police commissioner</a> of Richmond, Va., 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/richmond.html">mayor of Richmond, Va.</a>, 1912-24. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-18.html">July 18, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms00943">Hollywood Cemetery</a>, Richmond, 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">Relatives: Son of George Alexander Ainslie and Janet (Currie) Ainslie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-02.html">September 2, 1893</a>, to Marie Antoinette Burthe.</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/6918704">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95513130/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/964/93.83.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Carl Albert"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carl Bert Albert (1908-2000) — also known as Carl Albert; "The Little Giant from Little Dixie" — of McAlester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PI-lived.html">Pittsburg County</a>, Okla. Born in McAlester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PI-born.html">Pittsburg County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/05-10.html">May 10, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 3rd District, 1947-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1971-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/OK.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/OK.html">1964</a> (chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/committees.html">Resolutions and Platform Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/OK.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/OK.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/OK.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/OK.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Elected to Oklahoma <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>. Died, at McAlester Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Health Center</a>, McAlester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PI-died.html">Pittsburg County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/02-04.html">February 4, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 270 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PI-buried.html#cms05493">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, McAlester, Okla. <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 Ernest Homer Albert and Leona Ann (Scott) Albert; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/08-20.html">August 20, 1942</a>, to Mary Greene Harmon.</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/ward2.html#279.70.77">Charles Ward</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=A000073">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400732">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl Albert">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/006/000117652">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3156750">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6457039">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=18071">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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: Library of Congress</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> Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) — of Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-lived.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga. Born in Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-born.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-20.html">March 20, 1907</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Coweta County, 1933-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/attygn.html">Georgia state attorney general</a>, 1939-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/GA.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>); president, Dixie <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co., 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-13.html">December 13, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 268 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-buried.html#cms00224">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Newnan, 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">Relatives: Son of Joseph Gibbs Arnall and Bessie Lena (Ellis) Arnall; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/">1935</a> to Mildred Delaney Slemons; married to Ruby Hamilton; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arn-arnick.html#318.88.51">Joseph Arnall</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/allen4.html#545.77.53">Ivan Allen, 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://www.nga.org/governor/ellis-gibbs-arnall-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/129/000206508">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7115080">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 Ellis Arnall: Harold Paulk Henderson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0820313068/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0820313068&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall</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> Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) — also known as C. Clyde Atkins — of Stuart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MT-lived.html">Martin County</a>, Fla.; Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla.; Coral Gables, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-23.html">November 23, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; founder-trustee, Lawyers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/landtitle.html">Title Guaranty</a> Fund, 1948-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida</a>, 1966-99; died in office 1999. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-tau.html">Phi Kappa Tau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/03-11.html">March 11, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 108 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">Relatives: Son of C. C. Atkins and Marguerite (Criste) Atkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-18.html">January 18, 1937</a>, to Esther Castillo.</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 C. Clyde Atkins <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">U.S. Courthouse</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-names.html">Miami, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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 Yates Atkinson Jr. (1887-1953) — also known as William Y. Atkinson, Jr. — of Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-lived.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga. Born in Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-born.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/01-18.html">January 18, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-parties.html">chair of Coweta County Democratic Party</a>, 1916-20; solicitor general, Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1921-42; director, First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Newnan, Newnan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton Mills</a>, Piedmont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/GA.html">Georgia Democratic state chair</a>, 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1943-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/11-28.html">November 28, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-buried.html#cms00224">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Newnan, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atkinson.html#395.09.64">William Yates Atkinson</a> and Susie Cobb (Milton) Atkinson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-01.html">December 1, 1909</a>, to Lourette Simms.</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/11917.html">Milton family</a> of Georgia.</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> Dudley Warren Bagley (1889-1964) — also known as D. W. Bagley — of Moyock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CI-lived.html">Currituck County</a>, N.C. Born in Moyock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CI-born.html">Currituck County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/04-18.html">April 18, 1889</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 1st District, 1933-35. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/index.html">1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CI-buried.html#cms08366">Moyock Memorial Cemetery</a>, Moyock, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Raleigh Old Bagley and Eva Berryman (Dudley) Bagley; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Ida Frost Bray.</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: "An incorruptible and modest man, valiant citizen, and quietly effective leader in the constructive movements of his generation."</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/6450755">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 Winston Bain (1915-1986) — also known as R. Winston Bain — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-lived.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-born.html">Norfolk</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-18.html">December 18, 1915</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1950-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/marine-corps-league.html">Marine Corps League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/09-02.html">September 2, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-buried.html#cms04060">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Portsmouth, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37580435">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> Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-lived.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va. Born in Houston (now Halifax), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-17.html">July 17, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 12th District, 1924-27; circuit judge in Virginia 6th Circuit, 1938-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia</a>, 1939-57; took senior status 1957. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-died.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/08-16.html">August 16, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-buried.html#cms00822">Spring Hill Cemetery</a>, Lynchburg, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#459.91.67">William Randolph Barksdale</a> and Hallie Poindexter (Craddock) Barksdale; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/12-15.html">December 15, 1934</a>, to Louisa Estill Winfree; first cousin once removed of <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/jackson4.html#449.51.88">Howell Edmunds Jackson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#997.08.76">William Barksdale</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#960.86.08">Ethelbert Barksdale</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#394.69.46">George Annesley 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/10074.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">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=97&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9170755">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> David Collin Barnes (b. 1875) — also known as D. C. Barnes — of Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HR-lived.html">Hertford County</a>, N.C. Born in Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HR-born.html">Hertford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-26.html">November 26, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Hertford County, 1909-10, 1921-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 1st District, 1911-14. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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">Relatives: Son of David Alexander Barnes and Bettie (Vaughan) Barnes.</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 Andrew Willson Barrett (1892-1945) — also known as R. A. W. Barrett — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Rusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CH-born.html">Cherokee County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-21.html">November 21, 1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Venezuela</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-consuls.html">Atlanta, Ga.</a>, 1923-29. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pancreatic-cancer.html">pancreatic cancer</a>, in the station <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a>, Ellington Field, Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/02-27.html">February 27, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 98 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CH-buried.html#cms00041">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Rusk, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Arthur Barrett and Lela May (Willson) Barrett; married to Grace NcNaught Bloodworth.</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/18658665">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> Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) — also known as Laurie C. Battle — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va. Born in Wilsonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/05-10.html">May 10, 1912</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 9th District, 1947-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AL.html">1956</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-phi-kappa.html">Kappa Phi Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-mu.html">Phi Gamma Mu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing business with the Soviet Union, but allowed the President flexibility to waive the ban. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/05-02.html">May 2, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 358 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000242">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401237">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie C. Battle">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21186">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lcbattle.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764027202/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/391/66.13.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Ralph J. Bean"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Jady Bean (1912-1978) — also known as Ralph J. Bean — of Moorefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-lived.html">Hardy County</a>, W.Va. Born in Moorefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-born.html">Hardy County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/12-15.html">December 15, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-officials.html">Hardy County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1937-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-parties.html">chair of Hardy County Democratic Party</a>, 1937-44, 1946-63; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 16th District, 1945-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/index.html">1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-buried.html#cms05615">Olivet Cemetery</a>, Moorefield, W.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">Relatives: Son of Katherine 'Kate' (Hedrick) Bean and Murray A. Bean; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-08.html">January 8, 1938</a>, to Carrie Rosetta Muntzing.</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/66301289">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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) — also known as S. Otis Bland — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-lived.html">Newport News</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ha-lived.html">Hampton</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GL-born.html">Gloucester County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/05-04.html">May 4, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1918-50 (1st District 1918-33, at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-50); died in office 1950. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/02-16.html">February 16, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-buried.html#cms00514">Greenlawn Memorial Park</a>, Newport News, 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">Relatives: Son of Schuyler Bland and Olivia James (Anderson) Bland; married to Mary Crawford Putzel.</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=B000545">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401520">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6862780">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> Roy D. Blunt (b. 1950) — also known as Roy Blunt — of Strafford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Niangua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WE-born.html">Webster County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/01-10.html">January 10, 1950</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Missouri</a>, 1985-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">President</a>, Southwest Baptist University, 1993-96.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1997-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blundell-board.html#295.81.58">Matthew Roy Blunt</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=B000575">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400034">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/373/000032277">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> James Caleb Boggs (1909-1993) — also known as J. Caleb Boggs — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Cheswold, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/05-15.html">May 15, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1947-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1953-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1961-73; defeated, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/03-26.html">March 26, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00277">Old Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Dover, Del. <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 Edgar J. Boggs and Lettie (Vaughan) Boggs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/12-26.html">December 26, 1931</a>, to Elizabeth Muir.</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=B000593">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401561">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-caleb-boggs/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Caleb Boggs">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/858/000051705">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> Frederick C. Boucher (b. 1946) — also known as Rick Boucher — of Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/08-01.html">August 1, 1946</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 39th District, 1976-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 9th District, 1983-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/VA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/VA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/VA.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/VA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000657">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400043">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/385/000032289">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> John Harrison Bowling Jr. (1930-2008) — also known as John H. Bowling, Jr. — of White Sulphur Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-lived.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va. Born in White Sulphur Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-born.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-15.html">August 15, 1930</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1960-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 4th District, 1965-66; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 11th District, 1967-70; defeated in primary, 1970. <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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/02-09.html">February 9, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 178 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowker-bowling.html#049.11.36">John H. Bowling</a> and Urzula (Coffman) Bowling; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/08-02.html">August 2, 1952</a>, to Barbara Massey.</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 Bayne Breckinridge (1913-1979) — also known as John B. Breckinridge — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-29.html">November 29, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 49th District, 1956-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/attygn.html">Kentucky state attorney general</a>, 1960-64, 1968-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/KY.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1971; defeated, 1963; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 6th District, 1973-79; defeated in primary, 1978. 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/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/07-29.html">July 29, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 242 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, 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">Relatives: Grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#223.53.09">James Breckinridge</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/10001-1083.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1234.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1182.html">Cabell-Breckinridge 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000788">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401745">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6215887">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> Julian Pleasant Bretz (1876-1951) — also known as Julian P. Bretz — of Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Born in St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-born.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/12-29.html">December 29, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1930 (Democratic, 37th District), 1932 (Democratic, 37th District), 1934 (Democratic, 37th District), 1944 (American Labor, 39th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-parties.html">chair of Tompkins County Democratic Party</a>, 1936; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1942. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-15.html">June 15, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PL-buried.html# ">Davis Chapel Cemetery</a>, Dearborn, 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">Relatives: Son of Grizelda (Shull) Bretz and James Polk Bretz.</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/19730652">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FWIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1062-IA2"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/528/39.77.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Richard B. Bridgeman"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Beldon Bridgeman (1875-1948) — also known as Richard B. Bridgeman — of Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HL-lived.html">Holt County</a>, Mo. Born in Bigelow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HL-born.html">Holt County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-24.html">December 24, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 3rd District, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MO.html">1928</a>; circuit judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1933-46; defeated, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>. Died in Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HL-died.html">Holt County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/10-24.html">October 24, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HL-buried.html# ">Maple Grove Cemetery</a>, Oregon, 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">Relatives: Son of James Franklin Bridgeman and Mary Ellen (Catron) Bridgeman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-17.html">May 17, 1899</a>, to Mattie Groves.</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/34323382">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: History of Northwest Missouri (1915)</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 Thurlow Weed Brotherton Jr. (1926-1997) — also known as W. T. Brotherton, Jr. — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-17.html">April 17, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1953-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 17th District, 1965-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1985-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/04-06.html">April 6, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 354 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html# ">St. Matthews Columbarium</a>, Charleston, W.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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#930.88.30">Thurlow Weed</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#611.87.80">William Thurlow Weed Brotherton</a> and Kathryn (Slack) Brotherton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/06-17.html">June 17, 1950</a>, to Ann Jourdan Caskey.</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/131927107">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> Ben Hill Brown Jr. (1914-1989) — of Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Born in Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-born.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-08.html">February 8, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Istanbul</a>, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-diplomats.html ">Liberia</a>, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-upsilon.html">Sigma Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/index.html">1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#704.23.02">Ben Hill Brown</a> and Clara Twitty (Colcock) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/03-03.html">March 3, 1940</a>, to Barbara Bothwell Burt.</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/brown-ben-hill ?">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> Eli Huston Brown Jr. (1875-1945) — of Bardstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NE-lived.html">Nelson County</a>, Ky.; Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky.; Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Owensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-born.html">Daviess County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-03.html">May 3, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; officer and general counsel to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil</a> companies; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1899-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives</a>, 1904-06. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Norton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-13.html">October 13, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 163 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">Relatives: Son of Eli Huston Brown and Nancy Washington (Dorsey) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-17.html">December 17, 1902</a>, to Rose McKnight Crittenden; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings 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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1321.html">Dorsey family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1386.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) — also known as Joel T. Broyhill — of Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-lived.html">Arlington County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/hw-born.html">Hopewell</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-04.html">November 4, 1919</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped after six months; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 10th District, 1953-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/VA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/VA.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/09-24.html">September 24, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 324 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">Relatives: Son of Marvin Talmadge Broyhill and Nellie Magdalene (Brewer) Broyhill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-17.html">May 17, 1942</a>, to Jane Marshall Bragg.</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=B000967">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401919">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15897735">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> Monroe Leer Buckley (1905-1979) — also known as Leer Buckley — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-born.html">Bourbon County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/02-02.html">February 2, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 76th District, 1932-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 27th District, 1936-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-parties.html">chair of Fayette County Republican Party</a>, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>; later <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/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/index.html">1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 0 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">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Buckley and Corday (Leer) Buckley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/04-20.html">April 20, 1933</a>, to Amelia Pickrell King.</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> Parker Wilson Buhrman (b. 1885) — also known as Parker W. Buhrman — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BO-lived.html">Botetourt County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BO-born.html">Botetourt County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-05.html">September 5, 1885</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Malmo</a>, 1918; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FI-consuls.html ">Helsingfors</a>, 1919-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html ">Ceiba</a>, 1920-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ID-consuls.html ">Soerabaya</a>, 1921-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SY-consuls.html ">Aleppo</a>, 1923-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Berlin</a>, 1928-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-consuls.html ">Casablanca</a>, 1930-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Cologne</a>, 1935; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-consuls.html ">Lisbon</a>, 1935; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-consuls.html ">Sydney</a>, as of 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-consuls.html ">Belfast</a>, 1939-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-gamma-mu.html">Pi Gamma Mu</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">Relatives: Son of Joseph Blaine Buhrman and Sarah Elizabeth (Lemon) Buhrman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/08-30.html">August 30, 1935</a>, to Helmi Ranta.</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> Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929-1978) — also known as Goodloe E. Byron — of Frederick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-lived.html">Frederick County</a>, Md. Born in Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-22.html">June 22, 1929</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-officials.html">Frederick County Attorney</a>, 1959-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1963-66; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> District 2, 1967-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 6th District, 1971-78; defeated, 1968; died in office 1978. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ruritan.html">Ruritan</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died near Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/10-11.html">October 11, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-buried.html#cms02926">Antietam National Cemetery</a>, Sharpsburg, Md. <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#324.54.34">William Devereux Byron</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrns-byrum.html#569.59.67">Katharine Edgar Byron</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/12-20.html">December 20, 1952</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrns-byrum.html#245.29.86">Beverly Barton Butcher</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#765.64.05">Louis Emory McComas</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=B001221">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402160">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> Walter W. Carey (1926-1970) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/12-22.html">December 22, 1926</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">advertising business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1957-58, 1963-64, 1967-68; defeated, 1958, 1960, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</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>; Kappa Alpha Order. Killed, along with three others, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">head-on collision</a> on U.S. Highway 60, Rand, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/05-03.html">May 3, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.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">Relatives: Son of Alfred James Warren 'Al' Carey and Esther J. (Schaeffer) Carey; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carey.html#304.51.77">Alfred James Carey</a>; married to Margaret Ingles 'Pat' Parrish.</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/176269440">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> Charles Hardy Carr (b. 1903) — also known as Charles H. Carr — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn.; Beverly Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Coahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CO-born.html">Coahoma County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/08-18.html">August 18, 1903</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California</a>, 1943-46. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</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">Relatives: Son of Charles Hardy Carr and MaiBelle (Landers) Carr; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-01.html">August 1, 1936</a>, to Margaret (Applewhite) Cole.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764025302/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/556/76.40.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="John E. Carrigan"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John E. Carrigan (1910-1984) — of Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va.; Sherrard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Born in Glen Dale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-born.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/08-25.html">August 25, 1910</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1951-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1971-72; appointed 1971; defeated, 1972; candidate for circuit judge in West Virginia for the 2nd Judicial Circuit, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/02-21.html">February 21, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 180 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carras-carrigg.html#916.51.28">Charles E. Carrigan</a> and Harriet (Davis) Carrigan; married to Norma L. Schliff.</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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Francis Adams Cherry (1908-1965) — of Jonesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CG-lived.html">Craighead County</a>, Ark. Born in Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-born.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex., <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>; district judge in Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/AR.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1953-55. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <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>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/07-15.html">July 15, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 313 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CG-buried.html#cms06876">Oaklawn Cemetery</a>, Jonesboro, Ark. <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 Haskille Scott Cherry and Clara Bell (Taylor) Cherry; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/11-10.html">November 10, 1937</a>, to Margaret Frierson.</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/francis-adams-cherry/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/285/000206664">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=75317">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 Perry Clements Jr. (b. 1917) — also known as William P. Clements, Jr. — of Texas. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-13.html">April 13, 1917</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1979-83, 1987-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html">1988</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Presumed deceased. 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-p-clements/">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> Clark McAdams Clifford (1906-1998) — also known as Clark M. Clifford — Born in Fort Scott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BO-born.html">Bourbon County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/12-25.html">December 25, 1906</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Defense</a>, 1968-69. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> on January 20, 1969. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/10-10.html">October 10, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 289 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">Relatives: Married to Margery Kimball.</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/Clark Clifford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/797/000054635">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cclifford.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</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 by Clark Clifford: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394569954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0394569954&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Counsel to the President : A Memoir</a> (1991)</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 Clark Clifford: Douglas Frantz & David McKean, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316291625/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316291625&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Friends in High Places : The Rise and Fall of Clark Clifford</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 Jackson Cobb (1857-1925) — also known as Andrew J. Cobb — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-12.html">April 12, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1897-1907; Democratic Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1912-meeting.html">1913</a>. <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/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/03-27.html">March 27, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-03.html">March 3, 1880</a>, to Stark 'Starkie' Campbell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</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/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (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/26073262">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> Howell Cobb Jr. (1922-2005) — Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-07.html">December 7, 1922</a>. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas</a>, 1985-2001; took senior status 2001. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Castine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-died.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/09-16.html">September 16, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-buried.html#cms02687">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Beaumont, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Howell Cobb (1894-1945) and Dorothy (Hart) Cobb; married to Laetitia Torrance Chalmers; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</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/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=462&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/131928568">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/cobb-howell">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> Larry Ed Combest (b. 1945) — also known as Larry Combest — of Lubbock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/LU-lived.html">Lubbock County</a>, Tex. Born in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HL-born.html">Hall County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/03-20.html">March 20, 1945</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/toth-towns.html#767.58.23">John Tower</a>, 1971-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 19th District, 1985-2003; resigned 2003; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thone-thornley.html#553.30.17">Mac Thornberry</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=C000653">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400079">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/115/000052956">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> Martin Sennet Conner (1891-1950) — also known as Sennet Conner; Mike Conner — of Seminary, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CV-lived.html">Covington County</a>, Miss.; Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-lived.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss. Born in Hattiesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/FO-born.html">Forrest County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-31.html">August 31, 1891</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MS.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MS.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MS.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MS.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Mississippi State House of Representatives</a>, 1916-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1932-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <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/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Served as Southeastern Conference <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">Baseball</a> Commissioner. Died in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-died.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-16.html">September 16, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 16 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-buried.html#cms01243">Lakewood Memorial Park</a>, Jackson, 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">Relatives: Son of Oscar W. Conner and Gertrude (Sennett) Conner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/12-15.html">December 15, 1921</a>, to Alma Lucile Graham.</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/martin-sennet-conner/">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 Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) — also known as Fadjo Cravens — of Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-lived.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark. Born in Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-born.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-15.html">February 15, 1899</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/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 4th District, 1939-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/AR.html">1940</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-died.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/04-16.html">April 16, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-buried.html#cms02059">Forest Park Cemetery</a>, Fort Smith, Ark. <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/cravens-cravotta.html#033.82.38">William Ben Cravens</a> and Carolyn (Dyal) Cravens; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/02-16.html">February 16, 1926</a>, to Elizabeth B. Echols.</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/10359.html">Cravens family</a> of Fort Smith, Arkansas.</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=C000887">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402999">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6727641">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> Herbert Warder Dent (b. 1880) — also known as Herbert W. Dent — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va. Born in Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-born.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-16.html">April 16, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#687.11.68">Marmaduke Herbert Dent</a> and Mary (Warder) Dent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-25.html">October 25, 1924</a>, to Mary M. Welch.</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/13539.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</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 Augustus Devin (b. 1871) — also known as William A. Devin — of Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-lived.html">Granville County</a>, N.C. Born in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-born.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-12.html">July 12, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Granville County, 1911-14; superior court judge in North Carolina 10th District, 1913-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1935-45; appointed 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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">Relatives: Son of Robert I. Devin and Mary (Transon) Devin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-29.html">November 29, 1899</a>, to Virginia Bernard.</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> Erle Roy Dickover (1888-1963) — also known as Erle R. Dickover — of Santa Barbara, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-lived.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif. Born in Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-20.html">January 20, 1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Bookkeeper</a>; manager of an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/taxicab.html">auto livery</a> company, 1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">interpreter</a>; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Dairen</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Kobe</a>, 1916-21; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Kobe</a>, 1921-32; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-consuls.html ">Melbourne</a>, as of 1943. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/04-18.html">April 18, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-buried.html#cms03276">Santa Barbara Cemetery</a>, Santa Barbara, Calif. <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 Dr. John J. Dickover and Anna A. (Meek) Dickover; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-01.html">December 1, 1933</a>, to Helen (McNary) Ballard.</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/88147934">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> Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) — also known as Frank M. Dixon — of Alabama. Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-25.html">July 25, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his right leg</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934; Democratic Presidential Elector for Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/pr1960-meeting.html">1960</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#387.15.81">Harry F. Byrd</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thurmond-thwing.html#176.16.91">Strom Thurmond</a>). <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-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/10-11.html">October 11, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-buried.html#cms03905">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Birmingham, Ala. <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/frank-murray-dixon/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank M. Dixon">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> Charles E. Donley (b. 1921) — also known as Chuck Donley — of Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-lived.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-born.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/05-12.html">May 12, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">steelworker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>; elected 1970, 1972, 1974; elected unopposed 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. 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">Relatives: Son of John B. Donley and Mary (Jones) Donley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/07-04.html">July 4, 1946</a>, to Mattie Lang.</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> Hugh Manson Dorsey (1871-1948) — also known as Hugh M. Dorsey — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-10.html">July 10, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1917-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/06-11.html">June 11, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-buried.html#cms01061">Westview Cemetery</a>, Atlanta, 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">Relatives: Son of Rufus Thomas Dorsey and Sarah Matilda (Bennett) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-29.html">June 29, 1911</a>, to Adair Wilkinson.</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/hugh-manson-dorsey/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/146/000206525">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 Jackson Edwards (b. 1928) — also known as Jack Edwards — of Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-20.html">September 20, 1928</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; general attorney for Gulf, Mobile and Ohio <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1958-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 1st District, 1965-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/AL.html">1972</a>. <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/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Still living as of 1998. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Jackson Edwards and Sue (Fuhrman) Edwards; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/01-30.html">January 30, 1954</a>, to Jolane Vander Sys; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#634.50.13">William Farrington Aldrich</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/10011.html">Aldrich family</a> of Birmingham, Alabama.</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=E000084">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403777">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> John W. Farley (1878-1942) — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-04.html">March 4, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1916; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/TN.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/TN.html">1924</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Led drive to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">establish</a> the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> and severe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">arthritis</a>, November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-buried.html#cms00365">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Memphis, Tenn. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Douglas Farr (b. 1910) — also known as P. Douglas Farr — of West Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/DO-lived.html">Doddridge County</a>, W.Va. Born in Standard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-31.html">October 31, 1910</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Doddridge County, 1941-44, 1949-50; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1969. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</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">Relatives: Son of Arthur G. Farr and Daisy (Carlin) Farr.</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> Garland Sevier Ferguson Jr. (1878-1963) — also known as Garland S. Ferguson — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Born in Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HY-born.html">Haywood County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/05-30.html">May 30, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; attorney for Southern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>, 1903-18; assistant general counsel for Newport News <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipbuilding</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Dry Dock</a> Company, 1918-21; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1927-49; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <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>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/04-12.html">April 12, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 317 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">Relatives: Son of Garland Sevier Ferguson and Sarah Frances (Norwood) Ferguson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-30.html">October 30, 1907</a>, to Margaret Merrimon.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/328/23.16.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Joseph W. Folk"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Wingate Folk (1869-1923) — also known as Joseph W. Folk; "Holy Joe" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Brownsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HY-born.html">Haywood County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-28.html">October 28, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1905-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1918. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-28.html">May 28, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 212 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HY-buried.html#cms01241">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Brownsville, 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 Henry Bate Folk and Martha Cornelia (Estes) Folk; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/11-10.html">November 10, 1896</a>, to Gertrude Glass and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#114.11.91">Gertrude Glass (1872-1952)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#231.03.02">Carey Estes Kefauver</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#165.33.48">Griffin Taylor Garnett</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee 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/10001-1100.html">Lee family</a> of Silver Spring, Maryland (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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Joseph W. Folk (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1970) 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://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-wingate-folk/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph W. Folk">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/652/000177121">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8036708">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://billiongraves.com/pages/record/burial/*">BillionGraves burial record</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: Missouri Official Manual 1907</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 Frierson Jr. (1881-1956) — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-lived.html">Maury 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/1881/02-05.html">February 5, 1881</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; District Attorney, 11th Circuit, 1911-17; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee</a>, 1933-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-died.html">Maury County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/08-30.html">August 30, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 207 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freye-frimodig.html#615.95.59">Horace Frierson</a> and Jeannie (Phillips) Frierson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-20.html">October 20, 1909</a>, to Julia Turner Warfield; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freye-frimodig.html#736.62.60">William Little Frierson</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/16908.html">Frierson family</a> of Columbia, 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> Barton Jennings Gordon (b. 1949) — also known as Bart Gordon — of Carthage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SI-lived.html">Smith County</a>, Tenn.; Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-lived.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn. Born in Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-born.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-24.html">January 24, 1949</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TN.html">Tennessee Democratic state chair</a>, 1981-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 6th District, 1985-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TN.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TN.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TN.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TN.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000309">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400155">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/718/000038604">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> Warren Grice (b. 1875) — of Hawkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PL-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ga.; Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Born in Perry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/HO-born.html">Houston County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-06.html">December 6, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1900-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/attygn.html">Georgia state attorney general</a>, 1914-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1937-45. <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-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. 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">Relatives: Son of Washington Leonidas Grice and Martha Virginia (Warren) Grice; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-18.html">June 18, 1901</a>, to Clara Elberta Rumph.</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> Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. (1894-1969) — also known as Frank Hancock, Jr. — of Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-lived.html">Granville County</a>, N.C. Born in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-born.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/11-01.html">November 1, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-parties.html">chair of Granville County Democratic Party</a>, 1924; Democratic Presidential Elector for North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/pr1924-meeting.html">1925</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1926-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1928-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1930-39; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NC.html">1940</a>; state court judge in North Carolina, 1950. <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-died.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/01-23.html">January 23, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-buried.html#cms01001">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Oxford, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Franklin Wills Hancock and Lizzie (Hobgood) Hancock; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Lucy Osborn Landis; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hancock.html#300.65.61">Franklin Wills Hancock III</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=H000147">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405029">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> Porter Hardy Jr. (1903-1995) — of Churchland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-lived.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va. Born in Bon Air, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CF-born.html">Chesterfield County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-01.html">June 1, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1947-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-ahepa.html">Order of Ahepa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/vb-died.html">Virginia Beach</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/04-19.html">April 19, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/vb-buried.html# ">Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery</a>, Virginia Beach, 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">Relatives: Son of Rev. Porter Hardy and Jane Lang (Mahood) Hardy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-22.html">June 22, 1939</a>, to Edna Lynn Moore; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#438.37.84">Lynn Yeakel</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=H000197">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405078">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11876470">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 Julius Harris (1868-1932) — also known as William J. Harris — of Cedartown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Ga. Born in Cedartown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PO-born.html">Polk County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/02-03.html">February 3, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1911-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/GA.html">Georgia Democratic state chair</a>, 1912-13; director, U.S. Census Bureau, 1913-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1917-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1919-32; died in office 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/GA.html">1928</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/04-18.html">April 18, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PO-buried.html#cms02540">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Cedartown, 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">Relatives: Son of Charles H. Harris and Margaret Ann (Monk) Harris; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-27.html">July 27, 1905</a>, to Julia Knox Wheeler; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooks-hooley.html#957.31.47">Charles Hooks</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=H000259">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405136">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William J. Harris">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/041/07.52.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="George D. Hopper"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Dunlap Hopper (1889-1969) — also known as George D. Hopper — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-lived.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla.; Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Born in Stanford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/07-13.html">July 13, 1889</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Stockholm</a>, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html ">Rotterdam</a>, 1920-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Hamburg</a>, 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Dunkirk</a>, 1923-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Antofagasta</a>, 1925-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-consuls.html ">Montreal</a>, 1929-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-consuls.html ">Casablanca</a>, 1934-37; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MB-consuls.html ">Winnipeg</a>, 1937-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NF-consuls.html ">St. John's</a>, 1941-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html ">Hong Kong</a>, 1945-49. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">bronchopneumonia</a>, in Brentwood <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Rehab Center</a>, Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/07-11.html">July 11, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HE-buried.html# ">Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery</a>, Fletcher, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Dunlap Hopper (1848-1913) and Katherine Elizabeth (Higgins) Hopper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-23.html">June 23, 1920</a>, to Minnie Parker Durham; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/07-08.html">July 8, 1939</a>, to Sue Cushing Hayes.</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/56985705">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: U.S. passport application (1918)</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> Paul S. Hudgins (b. 1909) — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/07-30.html">July 30, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mercer County; elected 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</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">Relatives: Son of Frank E. Hudgins and Aurelia (Hoover) Hudgins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-26.html">December 26, 1936</a>, to Helen Cooke.</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 M. Karras (b. 1944) — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Born in Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/09-11.html">September 11, 1944</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 3rd District, 1977-82; defeated (Democratic), 1970, 1972; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 1st District, 1985-88; defeated (Republican), 1988. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-ahepa.html">Order of Ahepa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Fraternal Order of Police</a>. Still living as of 1988. <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 Michael N. Karras and Betty (Valan) Karras; married to Alia Barre.</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> Graham Hawes Kemper (b. 1877) — also known as Graham H. Kemper — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in Bethany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-born.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-15.html">April 15, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html ">Cartagena</a>, 1911-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Erfurt</a>, 1913-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-consuls.html ">Prague</a>, 1916-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Vigo</a>, 1917; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MA-consuls.html ">Funchal</a>, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BL-consuls.html ">Sofia</a>, 1919-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Yokohama</a>, 1923-28, 1929-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Tokyo</a>, 1928-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BA-consuls.html ">Hamilton</a>, 1930-34; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Rome</a>, 1934-38. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. 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">Relatives: Son of Charles Joseph Kemper and Mary Burnley (Pendleton) Kemper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-24.html">October 24, 1911</a>, to Aubrey Beauregard Cowan.</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 Byron Lee (b. 1959) — also known as Bill Lee — of Fernvale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-09.html">October 9, 1959</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 2019-. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2019. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764022500/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/189/38.12.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Charles M. Love, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles M. Love Jr. (b. 1902) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-born.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-10.html">January 10, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1947-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/WV.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/WV.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</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">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Charlton Havard Lyons Sr. (1894-1973) — also known as Charlton H. Lyons, Sr. — of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Born in Abbeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/VR-born.html">Vermilion Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/09-03.html">September 3, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 4th District, 1961; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Louisiana</a>, 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/LA.html">Louisiana Republican state chair</a>, 1964-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/LA.html">1964</a> (delegation chair); Republican Presidential Elector for Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/pr1972-meeting.html">1972</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#856.26.45">Spiro T. Agnew</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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/08-08.html">August 8, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-buried.html#cms00694">Forest Park East Cemetery</a>, Shreveport, 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 Ernest John Lyons and Joyce Bentley (Havard) Lyons; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/08-28.html">August 28, 1917</a>, to Marjorie Gladys Hall; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyons-lytle.html#215.68.49">Hall McCord Lyons</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/Charlton Lyons">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> Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (b. 1933) — also known as Buddy Mackay, Jr. — of Ocala, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Fla.; Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Ocala, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MR-born.html">Marion County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/03-22.html">March 22, 1933</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1968-74; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a> 6th District 1978; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 6th District, 1983-89; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1988; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Florida</a>, 1991-98; Democratic Presidential Elector for Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pr1996-meeting.html">1996</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/FL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/FL.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1998-99; defeated, 1998. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000023">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407051">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/kenneth-hood-mackay/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/603/000119246">NNDB dossier</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 by Buddy MacKay: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813034841/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813034841&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">How Florida Happened: The Political Education of Buddy MacKay</a>, with Rick Edmonds (2010)</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> Raymer Francis Maguire (b. 1890) — also known as Raymer F. Maguire — of Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Fla. Born in Ocoee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/11-30.html">November 30, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; 17th Circuit State's Attorney, 1923-27; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/FL.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</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">Relatives: Son of David Oscar Maguire and Margaret Martha (Francis) Maguire; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-08.html">January 8, 1920</a>, to Ruth Mabel McCullough.</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 Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) — also known as George C. Marshall — of Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-lived.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va. Born in Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/12-31.html">December 31, 1880</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1947-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Defense</a>, 1950-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Awarded the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/nobel-prize.html">Nobel Peace Prize</a> in 1953. Died at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Walter Reed Army Medical Center</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-16.html">October 16, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 289 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">Relatives: Son of George Catlett Marshall and Laura (Bradford) Marshall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-11.html">February 11, 1902</a>, to Elizabeth Carter Coles; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/10-15.html">October 15, 1930</a>, to Katherine Boyce Tupper Brown.</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/George C. Marshall">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/704/000053545">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550895">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1953/marshall/facts/">Nobel Laureates</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 George C. Marshall: Larry I. Bland & James B. Barber, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801858143/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801858143&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George C. Marshall, Soldier of Peace</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764021402/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/478/22.62.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="C. H. McKown"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> C. H. McKown (b. 1907) — also known as Jackie McKown — of Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Born in Ripley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-10.html">October 10, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 5th District, 1941-56, 1959-72; defeated, 1956; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-parties.html">chair of Wayne County Democratic Party</a>, 1954-55. <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/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. 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">Relatives: Son of John G. McKown and Charlotte (Staats) McKown; married to Mary Sinclair.</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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Forest L. McNeer (b. 1912) — of Hinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-lived.html">Summers County</a>, W.Va. Born in Green Sulphur Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-born.html">Summers County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-10.html">September 10, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Summers County, 1937-38; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1947-50. <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/moose.html">Moose</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</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>. 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> Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920-2006) — also known as G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-05.html">August 5, 1920</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/stsen.html">Mississippi state senate</a>, 1956-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a>, 1967-97 (4th District 1967-73, 3rd District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MS.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Recipient, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Medal of Freedom</a>, 2005. Died, in Jeff Anderson Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-died.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/05-12.html">May 12, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 280 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-buried.html#cms01235">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Meridian, 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">Relatives: Son of Gillespie Montgomery and Emily (Tims) Montgomery.</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=M000865">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407838">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/917/000116569">NNDB dossier</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 by Sonny Montgomery: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578065542/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1578065542&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Sonny Montgomery : The Veteran's Champion</a>, with Michael S. Ballard and Craig S. Piper (2003)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7763995348/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/912/46.20.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="William A. Moreland"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William A. Moreland (b. 1916) — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/04-21.html">April 21, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monongalia County, 1951-58; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 14th District, 1959-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. 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">Relatives: Son of James R. Moreland and Ethel (Finnicum) Moreland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/08-03.html">August 3, 1940</a>, to Ruth Russell Roberts.</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/kaufman.html#386.99.32">Tod J. Kaufman</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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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 Forrester Owens (b. 1950) — also known as Bill Owens — of Colorado. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/10-22.html">October 22, 1950</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1982-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trea.html">Colorado state treasurer</a>, 1995-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1999-2007. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/bill-owens/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill Owens">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/360/000044228">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> Giles Jared Patterson (b. 1885) — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-lived.html">Chester County</a>, S.C.; Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-born.html">Chester County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-19.html">October 19, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-parties.html">chair of Chester County Democratic Party</a>, 1913. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#423.98.96">Giles Jared Patterson (1827-1891)</a> and Mary Virginia (Ross) Patterson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to Louise Brandon.</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> Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) — also known as "The Maker of Modern Tennessee" — of Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-born.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-01.html">June 1, 1876</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>, 1901-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TN.html">Tennessee Democratic state chair</a>, 1905; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TN.html">1916</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/TN.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1923-27; died in office 1927. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gov-mansion.html">Governor's Residence</a>, Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-02.html">October 2, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MY-buried.html#cms01134">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Clarksville, 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 Austin Peay and Cornelia Frances (Leavell) Peay; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/09-19.html">September 19, 1895</a>, to Sallie Hurst; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peaslee-pechous.html#301.15.12">Austin Peay V</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">Austin Peay State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MY-names.html">Clarksville, Tennessee</a>, is <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://www.nga.org/governor/austin-peay-iii/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://floridamemory.com/items/show/43776"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/948/13.48.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Claude Pepper"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) — also known as Claude Pepper — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Born near Dudleyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CH-born.html">Chambers County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/09-08.html">September 8, 1900</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1929-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/FL.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/FL.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/FL.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/FL.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/FL.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/FL.html">1968</a> (alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">1944</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/speakers.html">1988</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/index.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a>, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died in office 1989. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <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/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/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-upsilon.html">Sigma Upsilon</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-world-federalists.html">United World Federalists</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1989. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/05-30.html">May 30, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-buried.html#cms04571">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Tallahassee, Fla. <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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meadel-meadows.html#458.71.17">Clarence W. Meadows</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 Claude Pepper <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-names.html">Miami, Florida</a>, is <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=P000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408621">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude Pepper">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/219/000055054">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6812612">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 Claude Pepper: Tracy E. Danese, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813017440/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813017440&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Claude Pepper and Ed Ball : Politics, Purpose, and Power</a> — James C. Clark, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813037395/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813037395&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Red Pepper and Gorgeous George: Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950 Democratic Primary</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: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory</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> Melvin Horace Purvis Jr. (1903-1960) — also known as Melvin H. Purvis; "Little Mel" — of Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-lived.html">Florence County</a>, S.C. Born in Timmonsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-born.html">Florence County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-24.html">October 24, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">FBI agent</a>; involved in the capture or killing of outlaws in the 1930s, including John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/SC.html">1940</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a> to the head, in Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-died.html">Florence County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/02-29.html">February 29, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-buried.html#cms02058">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Florence, 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">Relatives: Son of Melvin Horace Purvis and Janie Elizabeth (Mims) Purvis; married to Marie Rosanne Willcox; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purchio-puthuff.html#604.11.31">Melvin Horace Purvis III</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/Melvin Purvis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/217/000205599">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11298">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> George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (1877-1974) — also known as George L. Radcliffe — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born near Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/DO-born.html">Dorchester County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/08-22.html">August 22, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Maryland</a>, 1919-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>, 1935-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MD.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MD.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MD.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/MD.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MD.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/07-29.html">July 29, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/DO-buried.html#cms02543">Cambridge Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Md. <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 Anthony LeCompte Radcliffe and Sophie Delila (Travers) Radcliffe; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raab-radway.html#194.45.74">Thomas Broome Travers Radcliffe</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-06.html">June 6, 1906</a>, to Mary McKim Marriott.</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=R000006">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408989">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7511356">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> Perce J. Ross (b. 1905) — of Buckhannon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/UP-lived.html">Upshur County</a>, W.Va. Born in Selbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/UP-born.html">Upshur County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/10-16.html">October 16, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Clothing merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Upshur County, 1939-46. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Ross and Lillie Florence (Crites) Ross; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/10-20.html">October 20, 1940</a>, to Ruth Henry.</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> David Dean Rusk (1909-1994) — also known as Dean Rusk — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CH-born.html">Cherokee County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-09.html">February 9, 1909</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1961-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1969. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/12-20.html">December 20, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean Rusk">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> John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — also known as Morris Sheppard — of Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-lived.html">Bowie County</a>, Tex. Born in Wheatville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MS-born.html">Morris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-28.html">May 28, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st District 1903-13); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1913-41; died in office 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">brain hemorrhage</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Walter Reed Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-09.html">April 9, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-buried.html#cms01769">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Texarkana, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheppard.html#249.23.21">John Levi Sheppard</a> and Margaret Alice (Eddins) Sheppard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-01.html">December 1, 1909</a>, to Lucile Ferguson Sanderson (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#891.83.06">Thomas Terry Connally</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#023.73.26">Richard Sheppard Arnold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#756.65.00">Connie Mack III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#001.09.24">Morris Sheppard Arnold</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#144.10.24">Connie Mack IV</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/11017.html">Sheppard-Arnold family</a> of Texarkana, Texas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Sheppard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">Air Force Base</a> (opened 1941 as Sheppard Field; runways are shared with the Wichita Falls Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-names.html">Wichita County, Texas</a>, is <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=S000337">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409834">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris Sheppard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7785490">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> Ellison DuRant Smith (1864-1944) — also known as Ellison D. Smith; E. D. Smith; "Cotton Ed" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-lived.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C.; Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-lived.html">Florence County</a>, S.C.; Lynchburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, S.C. Born in Lynchburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/08-01.html">August 1, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Sumter County, 1896-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1909-44; died in office 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/SC.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/1916/SC.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/SC.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/SC.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/SC.html">1944</a> (alternate). <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/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/11-17.html">November 17, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LE-buried.html#cms01698">St. Luke's Cemetery</a>, Bishopville, 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">Relatives: Son of Rev. William H. Smith and Mary Isabella (McLeod) Smith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/05-26.html">May 26, 1892</a>, to Mattie Moorer.</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=S000530">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410013">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison D. Smith">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8184495">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> Ivey Andrew Smoak Jr. (1923-2000) — also known as I. A. Smoak, Jr. — of Walterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CO-lived.html">Colleton County</a>, S.C. Born in Walterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CO-born.html">Colleton County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-18.html">April 18, 1923</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <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 Colleton County, 1953-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Colleton County, 1959-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/01-02.html">January 2, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 259 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">Relatives: Son of Ivey Andrew Smoak and Tommie (Clinkscales) Smoak; married to Anne Owens Leppard.</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> Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) — also known as Floyd Spence — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-lived.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/04-09.html">April 9, 1928</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <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>, 1957-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/SC.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/SC.html">1972</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/SC.html">1988</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th District 1969-70); resigned 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 2nd District, 1971-2001; died in office 2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <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/am-assoc-justice.html">Association of Trial Lawyers of America</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died, following surgery to remove a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">blood clot from his brain</a>, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-died.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/08-16.html">August 16, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-buried.html# ">St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery</a>, Lexington, 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">Relatives: Son of James W. Spence and Addie Jane (Lucas) Spence; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/12-22.html">December 22, 1952</a>, to Lula Hancock Drake.</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/wilson1.html#808.93.97">Joe Wilson</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 Floyd Spence Reserve Center, in the Fort Jackson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">U.S. Army post</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-names.html">Columbia, South Carolina</a>, is <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=S000718">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400610">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd Spence">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/070/000121704">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5860638">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 Charles Stoll (1876-1949) — also known as Richard C. Stoll — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-21.html">March 21, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/KY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/KY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/KY.html">1920</a>; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1920-31. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/06-26.html">June 26, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 97 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stokley-stoms.html#159.58.60">Richard Pindell Stoll</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 Thomas Summerlin (1872-1947) — also known as George T. Summerlin — of Rayville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RI-lived.html">Richland Parish</a>, La. Born in Rayville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RI-born.html">Richland Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/11-11.html">November 11, 1872</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-diplomats.html ">Honduras</a>, 1925-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-diplomats.html ">Venezuela</a>, 1929-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-diplomats.html ">Panama</a>, 1935-37. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-01.html">July 1, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 232 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">Relatives: Son of John S. Summerlin and Mary (Davis) Summerlin.</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/summerlin-george-thomas ?">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> Hans Gearhart Tanzler Jr. (b. 1927) — also known as Hans Tanzler — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-born.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/03-11.html">March 11, 1927</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; judge of criminal court in Florida, 1963-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/jacksonville.html">mayor of Jacksonville, Fla.</a>, 1967-79; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1978. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Kappa Alpha Order; <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Still living as of 1979. <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 Hans Gearhart Tanzler and Donette (Walker) Tanzler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/09-18.html">September 18, 1948</a>, to Ann Lyerly.</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/Hans Tanzler">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> Edward Leland Taylor (1885-1948) — also known as E. Leland Taylor — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-10.html">April 10, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/louisville.html">mayor of Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1945-48. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/02-16.html">February 16, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 312 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, 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">Relatives: Son of Eugene Augustin Taylor and Margaret (Jordan) Taylor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/09-19.html">September 19, 1914</a>, to Edith Somers.</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/E. Leland Taylor">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> Earl Ray Tomblin (b. 1952) — of Chapmanville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/03-15.html">March 15, 1952</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 16th District, 1975-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 7th District, 1981-; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 2010-17. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2017. <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 Earl Tomblin and Freda (Jarrell) Tomblin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/09-08.html">September 8, 1979</a>, to Joanne Jaeger.</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/earl-ray-tomblin/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl Ray Tomblin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/089/000161603">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> Hu Swisher Vandervort (1886-1971) — also known as H. S. Vandervort — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born near Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/07-23.html">July 23, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">County agricultural extension agent</a>; president and general manager, Sanitary <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Milk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Ice Cream</a> Company; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monongalia County, 1927-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member, Board of Directors, Monongalia General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>, 1943-71. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Fort Lauderdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-died.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/02-28.html">February 28, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-buried.html# ">East Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Morgantown, W.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">Relatives: Son of Virgil A. Vandervort and Mary Isabelle (Swisher) Vandervort; married to Lydia Lucille Moore; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/">1929</a> to Freda Marie Tutwiler.</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/16574866">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> Carl Vinson (1883-1981) — also known as "Father of the Two-Ocean Navy" — of Milledgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BD-lived.html">Baldwin County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BD-born.html">Baldwin County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/11-18.html">November 18, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia, 1912-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6th District 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1964. Died in Milledgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BD-died.html">Baldwin County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/06-01.html">June 1, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 195 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">Relatives: Granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#273.06.43">Samuel Augustus Nunn 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Vinson (the highest peak in Antarctica), located in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AT-names.html">Ellsworth Land, Antarctica</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The USS Carl Vinson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">aircraft carrier</a> (built 1980 in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-names.html">Newport News, Virginia</a>), is <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=V000105">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411160">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl Vinson">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> Carroll Wayland Weathers (b. 1901) — also known as Carroll W. Weathers — of Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Born in Shelby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CL-born.html">Cleveland County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-18.html">October 18, 1901</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 13th District, 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. 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> George H. Williams — of Romney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HM-lived.html">Hampshire County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 16th District, 1941-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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">Relatives: Son of S. Holland Williams and Harriett Ellen (Taylor) Williams.</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 Webber Wilson (1893-1948) — also known as T. Webber Wilson — of Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/JO-lived.html">Jones County</a>, Miss. Born in Coldwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/TA-born.html">Tate County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/01-24.html">January 24, 1893</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 6th District, 1923-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Virgin Islands</a>, 1933-35. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/index.html">1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/TA-buried.html#cms00956">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Coldwater, 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">Relatives: Son of Joseph James Wilson and Lucy (Yancey) Wilson.</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=W000617">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411772">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> Charles Dudley Withers (b. 1916) — also known as Charles D. Withers — of Florida. Born in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-born.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/04-15.html">April 15, 1916</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IN-consuls.html ">Bombay</a>, 1946-48; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/KY-consuls.html ">Nairobi</a>, 1957-61; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RW-diplomats.html ">Rwanda</a>, 1963-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Presumed deceased. 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">Relatives: Son of James Dudley Withers and Ella (Dorroh) Withers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-16.html">December 16, 1944</a>, to Jane Dunham.</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/withers-charles-dudley ?">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> James Ward Wood (1845-1926) — also known as J. Ward Wood — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-lived.html">Hardy County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-born.html">Hardy County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/12-26.html">December 26, 1845</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Hardy County, 1903-08. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/01-07.html">January 7, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-buried.html#cms07268">Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Lost City, W.Va. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emmett Robinson Wooten (1878-1915) — also known as Emmett R. Wooten — of Kinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>, N.C. Born in Fort Barnwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CR-born.html">Craven County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-02.html">November 2, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lenoir County, 1909-15; died in office 1915; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1915; died in office 1915. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Injured in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a>, suffered <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">traumatic pneumonia</a>, and died, in Rex <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/02-27.html">February 27, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-buried.html# ">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Kinston, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Council Wooten and Mary (Cobb) Wooten; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/04-20.html">April 20, 1904</a>, to Nannie Griffin Cox.</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/87073112">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> Wirt Adams Yerger Jr. (1930-2022) — also known as Wirt A. Yerger, Jr. — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-lived.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss. Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-born.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/03-18.html">March 18, 1930</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MS.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MS.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MS.html">Mississippi Republican state chair</a>, 1956-66; Republican Presidential Elector for Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/pr2012-election.html">2012</a> (elected on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#902.25.17">Mitt Romney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#741.50.08">Paul Ryan</a>; did not serve); Republican Presidential Elector for Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/pr2016-meeting.html">2016</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#306.67.48">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#168.93.37">Mike Pence</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-died.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2022/05-02.html">May 2, 2022</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-buried.html#cms00477">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Jackson, 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">Relatives: Son of Wirt Adams Yerger and Rivers (Applewhite) Yerger; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/">1956</a> to Mary Polk Montague.</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/239409267">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> Cicero Preston Yow (1914-1990) — also known as Cicero P. Yow — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RA-born.html">Randolph County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-24.html">December 24, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 9th District, 1959. <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>; Kappa Alpha Order; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/07-05.html">July 5, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-buried.html#cms01219">Oakdale Cemetery</a>, Wilmington, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Amos H. Yow and Cassie (Langley) Yow; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/">1948</a> to Mary Elizabeth Hardwicke.</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/68263227">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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