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Battle Robinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#978.83.35">John Gill Shorter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#157.09.83">Thomas Battle Turley</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="520.33.31">Battle, Alfred</a> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/WA.html">1916</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> Battle Axe: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#366.82.83">Patrick Jerome Gleason</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="069.83.37">Battle, Brooke Tanner</a> — Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#109.77.03">Joseph R. Biden, Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris6.html#165.81.40">Kamala D. Harris</a>). Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="010.47.48">Battle, Burrill Bunn</a> (1838-1917) — of Lewisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/LF-lived.html">Lafayette County</a>, Ark.; Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-born.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-24.html">July 24, 1838</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1871; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/spju.html">justice of Arkansas state supreme court</a>, 1885-1910. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/12-21.html">December 21, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-buried.html#cms00835">Mt. Holly Cemetery</a>, Little Rock, 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 Joseph J. Battle and Nancy (Stricklin) Battle; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/">1871</a> to Josephine A. Witherspoon.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="704.23.34">Battle, C. I.</a> — of Spanish Camp, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WH-lived.html">Wharton County</a>, Tex. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 66th District, 1887-88. 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> <a name="419.74.65">Battle, C. W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Edgecombe County, 1879-82. 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> <a name="240.96.89">Battle, Charlie</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="373.94.66">Battle, Edgar</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GO-consuls.html ">Acapulco</a>, 1893-98; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GO-consuls.html ">Acapulco</a>, 1898-1902. 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> <a name="659.15.15">Battle, Edgar</a> (1856-1940) — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Born in Waco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ML-born.html">McLennan County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-30.html">May 30, 1856</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/seattle.html#2">Seattle, Wash.</a>, 1913-23. Died in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-died.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-30.html">December 30, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-buried.html#cms00171">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Seattle, Wash. <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 Nicholas Williams Battle and Mary Ann (Cabaniss) Battle.</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/45128712">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="354.02.43">Battle, Elisha</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> from Edgecombe County, 1777-81, 1783-84, 1785-87. 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> <a name="626.72.25">Battle, Elizabeth</a> — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/AL.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="185.34.42">Battle, George Gordon</a> (1868-1949) — also known as "Mr. Chairman" — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-born.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-26.html">October 26, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#400.92.45">Bartow S. Weeks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#851.30.14">H. Snowden Marshall</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#324.06.23">James A. O'Gorman</a>; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr1916-election.html">1916</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NY.html">1944</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>. Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy was named after him. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fb-died.html">Fredericksburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/04-29.html">April 29, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 185 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 Turner Westray Battle and Lavinia (Bassett) Daniel Battle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/04-12.html">April 12, 1898</a>, to Martha Burwell Dabney Bagby.</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: "Throughout a long and distinguished career as a greatly beloved and brilliant lawyer in the city of New York, he never failed to defend the helpless and uphold the rights of the poor and oppressed."</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/28319460">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="712.56.69">Battle, J. D.</a> — of Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ML-lived.html">Miller County</a>, Ark. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/texarkana.html">Mayor of Texarkana, Ark.</a>, 1931. 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> <a name="160.75.17">Battle, Jacob</a> — of Rocky Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-lived.html">Nash County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Nash County, 1915-16. 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> <a name="328.91.51">Battle, James S.</a> — of Rocky Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-lived.html">Nash County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NC.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</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> <a name="618.69.49">Battle, Jesse, Jr.</a> (born c.1952) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born about 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Vocational counselor</a>; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html">mayor of Washington, D.C.</a>, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="457.50.97">Battle, John Stewart</a> (1890-1972) — also known as John S. Battle — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-lived.html">Charlottesville</a>, Va. Born in New Bern, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CR-born.html">Craven County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/07-11.html">July 11, 1890</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/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1930-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1934-49 (27th District 1934-35, 26th District 1936-49); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/VA.html">1952</a>; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/index.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/04-09.html">April 9, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 273 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-buried.html#cms06231">Monticello Memorial Park</a>, Charlottesville, 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. Henry Wilson Battle and Margaret (Stewart) Battle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-12.html">June 12, 1918</a>, to Mary Jane 'Janie' Lipscomb; father of <a href="#369.91.61">William Cullen Battle</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/john-stewart-battle/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John S. Battle">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/596/000209966">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7154728">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="731.74.52">Battle, Joseph F., Jr.</a> (1938-2001) — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-28.html">April 28, 1938</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html">Mayor of Chester, Pa.</a>, 1979-86. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-10.html">March 10, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 316 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="372.16.60">Battle, Joseph L.</a> — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AL.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="535.36.41">Battle, Kemp Plummer</a> (1831-1919) — also known as Kemp P. Battle — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Born in Louisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-19.html">December 19, 1831</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to North Carolina secession convention</a>, 1861; president, Chatham <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/trea.html">North Carolina state treasurer</a>, 1866-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of North Carolina, 1876-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>. Died in Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-04.html">February 4, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-buried.html#cms00463">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Raleigh, 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 <a href="#261.71.69">William Horn Battle</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">Battle Hall (built 1912), a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">building</a> at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-names.html">Chapel Hill, North 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemp P. Battle">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> <a name="191.05.16">Battle, Laurie Calvin</a> (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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <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"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="269.34.68">Battle, Leonard Carrol</a> — of Essexville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Bay County, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="796.39.29">Battle, Leroy</a> — of Bellwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/bellwood.html#2">mayor of Bellwood, Ill.</a>, 2005. Still living as of 2005. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="530.76.17">Battle, Lucius Durham</a> (1918-2008) — also known as Lucius D. Battle; Luke Battle — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Dawson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TL-born.html">Terrell County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-01.html">June 1, 1918</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#561.19.64">Dean Acheson</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-diplomats.html ">United Arab Republic</a>, 1964-67. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/parkinsons.html">Parkinson's disease</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/05-13.html">May 13, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.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 Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-01.html">October 1, 1949</a>, to Betty Jane Davis.</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/Lucius D. Battle">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/battle-lucius-durham ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/560/000119203">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44383130">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> Battle, Luke See <a href="#530.76.17">Lucius Durham Battle</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="974.95.47">Battle, Marion S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ro-lived.html">Roanoke</a>, Va. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/roanoke.html#2">Roanoke, Va.</a>, 1937-38 (acting, 1937). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="065.05.90">Battle, Martha</a> — Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr1932-meeting.html">1933</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="776.22.26">Battle, Richard</a> — of North Carolina. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NC.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</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> <a name="930.99.60">Battle, Richard H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/aud.html">North Carolina state auditor</a>, 1864-65; appointed 1864. 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> <a name="708.40.55">Battle, Robert III</a> — of Detroit west side, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/MI.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/MI.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MI.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="669.55.79">Battle, Victor</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 9th District, 1968. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="918.59.04">Battle, Vincent Martin</a> (b. 1940) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LN-diplomats.html ">Lebanon</a>, 2001. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/battle-vincent-martin ?">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> <a name="369.91.61">Battle, William Cullen</a> (b. 1920) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-lived.html">Charlottesville</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-born.html">Charlottesville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-09.html">October 9, 1920</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-diplomats.html ">Australia</a>, 1962-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</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 <a href="#457.50.97">John Stewart Battle</a> and Mary Jane (Lipscomb) Battle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/11-14.html">November 14, 1953</a>, to Frances Barry Webb.</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/battle-william-cullen ?">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> <a name="261.71.69">Battle, William Horn</a> (1802-1879) — also known as William H. Battle — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, N.C.; Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-born.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/index.html">1802</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Franklin County, 1833-34; delegate to Whig National Convention from North Carolina, 1839; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1848, 1852-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/index.html">1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-buried.html#cms00463">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Raleigh, 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: Father of <a href="#535.36.41">Kemp Plummer Battle</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="987.93.44">Battle, Wilma</a> (born c.1942) — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born about 1942. Republican. 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