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Foree</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fremont.html#303.52.14">John Charles Frémont</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gore.html#647.57.63">Thomas Pryor Gore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hand.html#517.82.01">John Pryor Hand</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#252.11.78">Pryor Newton Lea</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#558.91.03">William Baird McIlwaine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#775.70.36">Pryor Reynolds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#792.54.81">Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="106.04.53">Pryor, Alvin</a></b> — of Cassville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BA-lived.html">Barry County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Barry County, 1956. 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> <b><a name="064.13.39">Pryor, Charles</a></b> — of Sturgis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/KY.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="535.65.38">Pryor, Charles R.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 15th District, 1957-60. 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> <b><a name="925.75.47">Pryor, Cherrish</a></b> — Democrat. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2020 /committees.html">Platform Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 2020. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <b>Pryor, Clifford</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#024.71.04">William Clifford Pryor</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="057.78.95">Pryor, D. B.</a></b> — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/AL.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="890.12.58">Pryor, David Hampton</a> (b. 1934)</b> — also known as <b>David H. Pryor</b> — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/OU-lived.html">Ouachita County</a>, Ark.; Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark.; Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-lived.html">Garland County</a>, Ark. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/OU-born.html">Ouachita County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-29.html">August 29, 1934</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1961-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 4th District, 1966-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/AR.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/AR.html">1996</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1975-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 1979-97; defeated in primary, 1972; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#455.35.38">Mark Lunsford Pryor</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000556">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408939">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-hampton-pryor/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Pryor">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/894/000094612">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="308.21.05">Pryor, Dick</a></b> — of Ringling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/OK.html">1952</a>. 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> <b><a name="145.63.92">Pryor, Edward</a></b> — Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a>, 1908 (at-large), 1910 (4th District), 1914 (4th District), 1916 (4th District). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="771.40.30">Pryor, Irvin</a></b> — of Worthington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IN.html">1952</a>. 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> <b><a name="824.36.84">Pryor, Mrs. J. C.</a></b> — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-lived.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IA.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> <b><a name="652.51.73">Pryor, J. C.</a></b> — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-lived.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IA.html">1948</a>. 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> <b><a name="511.09.82">Pryor, John N.</a></b> — of Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MO.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="007.04.29">Pryor, John N., Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Wright County, 1931-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="374.04.85">Pryor, Linda</a></b> — of Dahlonega, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LU-lived.html">Lumpkin County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/GA.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="516.92.44">Pryor, Lisa</a></b> — of Norman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/OK.html">2004</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a> 15th District, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="509.15.55">Pryor, Luke</a> (1820-1900)</b> — of Alabama. Born in Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/index.html">1820</a>. Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 8th District, 1883-85. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LI-buried.html#cms02099">City Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000557">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408940">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke Pryor">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="455.35.38">Pryor, Mark Lunsford</a> (b. 1963)</b> — also known as <b>Mark Pryor</b> — of Arkansas. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/01-10.html">January 10, 1963</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1991-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/attygn.html">Arkansas state attorney general</a>, 1999-2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/AR.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AR.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AR.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 2003-. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#890.12.58">David Hampton Pryor</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000590">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300080">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark Pryor">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/288/000032192">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="065.67.17">Pryor, Matt</a></b> — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/troy.html">Mayor of Troy, Mich.</a>, 2002-03. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="961.31.21">Pryor, Murdock</a></b> — of St. Francis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/WI.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="294.75.82">Pryor, Patricia L.</a></b> — of New York. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NY.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="116.55.53">Pryor, R. F. L.</a></b> — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/FL.html">Florida Republican state chair</a>, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/FL.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="103.44.24">Pryor, Ralph E.</a></b> — of Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-lived.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Circuit judge in West Virginia for the 1st Judicial Circuit, 1961-69. Still living as of 1969. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_6316595_000/pages/ldpd_6316595_000_00000041.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/726/18.94.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Roger A. Pryor"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="726.18.94">Pryor, Roger Atkinson</a> (1828-1919)</b> — also known as <b>Roger A. Pryor</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va.; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born near Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DI-born.html">Dinwiddie County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/07-19.html">July 19, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 4th District, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NY.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NY.html">1888</a>; common pleas court judge in New York, 1890-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1896-99. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-14.html">March 14, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 238 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms01396">Princeton Cemetery</a>, Princeton, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Theodorick Bland Pryor and Lucy (Atkinson) Pryor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/11-08.html">November 8, 1848</a>, to Sara Agnes Rice.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000558">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408941">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Empire State Notables (1914)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="096.31.26">Pryor, Samuel B.</a> (1816-1866)</b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/index.html">1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">Mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1856-57; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-buried.html#cms04651">Pioneer Park Cemetery</a>, Dallas, Tex. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/940/62.13.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Samuel F. Pryor, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="940.62.13">Pryor, Samuel Frazier, Jr.</a> (1898-1985)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel F. Pryor, Jr.</b> — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Ferguson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-born.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/03-01.html">March 1, 1898</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> 27th District, 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CT.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CT.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Arrangements Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Republican National Committee from Connecticut</a>, 1936-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Kipahulu, Island of Maui, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/MA-died.html">Maui County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/09-18.html">September 18, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 201 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/MA-buried.html#cms06467">Kipahulu Hawaiian Churchyard</a>, Kipahulu, Island of Maui, Hawaii. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Mary Taylor Allderdice.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8137107">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Official Report of the 22nd Republican National Convention (1940)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="337.75.98">Pryor, Sarah M.</a></b> — of Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NY.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> <b><a name="837.23.22">Pryor, Spence</a></b> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/GA.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> <b><a name="354.52.27">Pryor, Stanley J.</a> (born c.1925)</b> — of Maspeth, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; Woodside, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1925. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1966-68 (32nd District 1966, 30th District 1967-68). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic-war-vets.html">Catholic War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. 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> <b><a name="644.95.71">Pryor, Thomas</a></b> — of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Ashland; elected 1956. 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> <b><a name="008.15.13">Pryor, Thomas B.</a></b> — of Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-lived.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/AR.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/AR.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="967.87.14">Pryor, Will</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 32nd District, 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="024.71.04">Pryor, William Clifford</a> (1894-1984)</b> — also known as <b>Clifford Pryor</b> — of Blackbird, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Smyrna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/09-24.html">September 24, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 15th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1942; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 7th District, 1955-58. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Smyrna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/05-29.html">May 29, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 248 days</a>). 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