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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Harris County, Tex.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Burleson</i> (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped 1971) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#403.36.63">Albert S. Burleson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Alexander H. Stephens</i> (built 1942 at Houston; scrapped 1973) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#807.77.49">Alexander H. Stephens</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of Houston is named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#772.03.14">Sam Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ships</a> <i>SS Sam Houston</i> (built 1941 at Houston; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in the Atlantic Ocean) and <i>SS Sam Houston II</i> (built 1943 at the same shipyard; scrapped 1959) were named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#772.03.14">Sam Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Joel R. Poinsett</i> (built 1942-43 at Houston; broke in two and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean 1944) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#519.22.07">Joel Roberts Poinsett</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS J. Pinckney Henderson</i> (built 1943 at Houston; collided and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean 1943) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#362.98.90">J. Pinckney Henderson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James M. Porter</i> (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped 1961) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter5.html#516.00.84">James Madison Porter</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John C. Spencer</i> (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped 1962) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#631.89.91">John C. Spencer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Laurence</i> (built 1942 at Houston; scrapped 1963) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#864.75.01">John Laurance</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Armstrong</i> (built 1942-43 at Houston; scrapped 1964) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#012.22.53">John Armstrong, Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James Madison</i> (built 1942 at Houston; scrapped 1966) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John H. Reagan</i> (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped 1967) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#087.56.24">John H. Reagan</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Ireland</i> (built 1944 at Houston; scrapped 1967) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ireland.html#016.12.32">John Ireland</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James Barbour</i> (built 1942-43 at Houston; scrapped 1970) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barbour.html#626.69.63">James Barbour</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Henry D. Lindsley</i> (built 1944 at Houston; scrapped 1970) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lindsley-linduski.html#311.15.54">Henry D. Lindsley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James S. Hogg</i> (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped 1972) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogg.html#292.98.78">James Stephen Hogg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Jacob A. Westervelt</i> (built 1944 at Houston; scrapped 1972) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#255.48.33">Jacob Westervelt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Isaac Van Zandt</i> (built 1944 at Houston; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North Pacific Ocean 1966) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#587.43.07">Isaac Van Zandt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John H. Eaton</i> (built 1942-43 at Houston; sold 1947 scrapped 1968) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#602.16.01">John H. Eaton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS George C. Childress</i> (built 1943 at Houston; sold and renamed <i>SS K. Hadjipateras</i>; sunk during a storm in the Bay of Bengal 1967) was originally named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#640.18.45">George C. Childress</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Jeremiah Wadsworth</i> (built 1942 at Houston; torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean 1942) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#146.86.94">Jeremiah Wadsworth</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James Longstreet</i> (built 1942 at Houston; wrecked 1943, used as target until 1970, sunk 1996 in Cape Cod Bay) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/longan-looker.html#687.01.67">James Longstreet</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Bell</i> (built 1943 at Houston; torpedoed and lost in the Mediterranean Sea 1943) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#158.82.83">John Bell</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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