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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Leon County, Fla.</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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Reid — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SJ-lived.html">St. Johns County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-born.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/09-08.html">September 8, 1789</a>. Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1816-19, 1827-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1819-23; circuit judge in Georgia, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Florida territorial supreme court</a>, 1832-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from St. Johns County, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Florida Territory</a>, 1839-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Slaveowner. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/yellow-fever.html">yellow fever</a>. at Blackwood Plantation (now called Harwood Plantation), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/07-01.html">July 1, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at Harwood Plantation Cemetery. <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=R000151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409128">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> Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. (1897-1984) — also known as Millard F. Caldwell, Jr. — of Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SR-lived.html">Santa Rosa County</a>, Fla.; Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/02-06.html">February 6, 1897</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>, 1929-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 3rd District, 1933-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/FL.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/FL.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/FL.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1962-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</a>. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/10-23.html">October 23, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Harwood Plantation Cemetery. <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/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</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 Millard Fillmore Caldwell and Martha Jane (Clapp) Caldwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-14.html">February 14, 1925</a>, to Mary Rebecca Harwood.</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 Millard Caldwell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">state office building</a> (opened 1949), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-names.html">Tallahassee, 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=C000038">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402199">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/millard-fillmore-caldwell/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/028/000210395">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04855">Private or family graveyards</a> Leon County, Florida <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (1930-1998) — also known as Lawton Chiles; "Walkin' Lawton" — of Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Fla. Born in Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-born.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/04-03.html">April 3, 1930</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1959-67; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1967-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1971-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/FL.html">1996</a> (delegation chair). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart condition</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gov-mansion.html">Governor's Mansion</a>, Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/12-12.html">December 12, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 253 days</a>). Original interment and cenotaph at <a href="#cms05116">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Tallahassee, Fla.; reinterment at in a private or family graveyard. <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: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#528.16.58">Kay Hagan</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">Lawton Chiles <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Middle School</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>.  — Lawton Chiles <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1999), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LN-names.html">Tallahassee, 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=C000356">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402495">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/lawton-chiles/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawton Chiles">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/980/000055815">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4857">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> Richard Keith Call (1792-1862) — also known as Richard K. Call — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. Born near Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DI-born.html">Dinwiddie County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/10-24.html">October 24, 1792</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory</a>, 1823; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-diplomats.html ">Cuba</a>, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Florida Territory</a>, 1836-39, 1841-44; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1845. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/09-14.html">September 14, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 325 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#383.94.41">Wilkinson Call</a>; great-grandfather of Mary Call Darby (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins8.html#378.65.65">Thomas LeRoy Collins</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.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=C000050">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402210">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/call-richard-keith ?">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> Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991) — also known as LeRoy Collins — of Florida. Born in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-born.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-10.html">March 10, 1909</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>, 1934-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a> 8th District, 1940-54; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1955-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/FL.html">1956</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/03-12.html">March 12, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 2 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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 H. Collins and Mattie (Brandon) Collins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/06-29.html">June 29, 1932</a>, to Mary Call Darby (great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#553.85.57">Richard Keith Call</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.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 LeRoy Collins <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">state office building</a> (built 1962), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-names.html">Tallahassee, 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://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-leroy-collins/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/615/000122249">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 about Leroy Collins: Tom Wagy, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817302220/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0817302220&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Governor Leroy Collins of Florida : Spokesman of the New South</a> — Martin A. Dyckman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813029694/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813029694&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Floridian of His Century: The Courage of Governor LeRoy Collins</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> Thomas Lavan Baltzell (1804-1866) — also known as Thomas Baltzell — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Fla.; Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/07-11.html">July 11, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trcn.html">member Florida territorial council</a>, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Jackson County, 1838-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trsn.html">Florida territorial senate</a>, 1844-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1846-50, 1854-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Leon County, 1865. About 1832, he wounded <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#958.60.81">James D. Westcott</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a>. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-14.html">January 14, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 187 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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 Harriet Seymour King; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#695.73.91">George Lavan Baltzell</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/83129779">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06103">Unknown Location</a> Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sampson Hale Butler (1803-1848) — of South Carolina. Born near Ninety Six, Edgefield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-born.html">Greenwood County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/01-03.html">January 3, 1803</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Barnwell, 1832-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 1st District, 1839-42. Slaveowner. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-16.html">March 16, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 73 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <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=B001189">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402131">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01072">City Cemetery</a> Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Diament Westcott Jr. (1802-1880) — also known as James D. Westcott, Jr. — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-born.html">Alexandria</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/05-10.html">May 10, 1802</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Florida Territory</a>, 1830-34; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trhs.html">Florida territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Leon County, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1845-49. About 1832, he was wounded in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#552.89.64">Thomas Baltzell</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Montreal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-died.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/01-19.html">January 19, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at City Cemetery. <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/westcott-westmoreland.html#159.15.49">James D. Westcott</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=W000308">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411472">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Westcott, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/105/000164610">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08609">Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park</a> 700 Timberlane Road Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=72249&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (1916-2007) — of Hialeah, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla.; Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Hoschton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-16.html">November 16, 1916</a>. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1969-87. <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/10-26.html">October 26, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park. <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 Ann Stripling.</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/33996272">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> Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) — also known as Art Teele — of Florida. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/05-14.html">May 14, 1946</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83; Republican Presidential Elector for Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pr1992-meeting.html">1992</a>; as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA); an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> that he had accepted $135,000 in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickbacks</a> from two construction companies; as a result, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> in 2004 by Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#670.03.91">Jeb Bush</a>; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under surveillance, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/traffic.html">drove his car</a> at a police detective in an attempt to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/assault.html">run him over</a>, and also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/extortion.html">threatened to kill</a> police officers who had been following his wife during the investigation; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in March 2005 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> related to this incident; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/money-laundering.html">money laundering</a> charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports revealed that he had put his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">mistress</a> on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/illegal-drugs.html">cocaine</a>, and that he frequently made use of a male <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">prostitute</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pentecostal.html">Church of God in Christ</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-psi.html">Kappa Alpha Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Came to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">offices</a> of the Miami Herald newspaper, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">himself</a> in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/07-27.html">July 27, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park. <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 Stephanie Kerr.</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/Arthur Teele">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=21965">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01185">Negro Cemetery</a> Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Josiah Thomas Walls (1842-1905) — of Florida. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/index.html">1842</a>. Republican. Member of Florida state legislature, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a>, 1871-73, 1873-76 (at-large 1871-73, 1873-75, 2nd District 1875-76). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/index.html">1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Negro Cemetery. <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=W000093">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411272">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04571">Oakland Cemetery</a> Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <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 Oakland Cemetery. <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> Armstead Brown (1875-1951) — also known as Thomas Armstead Brown — of Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CH-lived.html">Chambers County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Born in Talbotton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TB-born.html">Talbot County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/06-06.html">June 6, 1875</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CH-officials.html">Chambers County Solicitor</a>, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15; general solicitor, Florida East Coast <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>, and Florida East Coast <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1925-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1925-26. <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/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/10-29.html">October 29, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at Oakland Cemetery. <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 Clay 'Harry' Brown and Susan Agnes 'Susie' (Dowdell) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/11-21.html">November 21, 1901</a>, to Elizabeth Dowdell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dowd-dowlin.html#080.81.66">James Render Dowdell</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dowd-dowlin.html#289.02.22">James Ferguson Dowdell</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dowd-dowlin.html#066.22.32">William Crawford Dowdell</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/samalot-samples.html#977.53.76">William James Samford</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#452.76.26">Joseph Meriwether Terrell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/samalot-samples.html#257.92.68">William Hodges Samford</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/samalot-samples.html#747.66.26">Thomas Drake Samford</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/10230.html">Candler family</a> of Georgia.</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/144811969">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> Thomas Alva Yon (1882-1971) — also known as Tom A. Yon — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born near Blountstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CA-born.html">Calhoun County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-14.html">March 14, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 3rd District, 1927-33. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/02-16.html">February 16, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at Oakland Cemetery. <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=Y000021">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411955">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> Bonny Kaslo Roberts (1907-1999) — also known as B. K. Roberts — of Florida. Born in Sopchoppy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/WK-born.html">Wakulla County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-05.html">February 5, 1907</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1949-76. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/08-04.html">August 4, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at Oakland Cemetery. <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 Thomas Roberts and Florida (Morrison) Roberts; married to Mary Newman.</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 B.K. Roberts Main Classroom Building, at Florida State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> College of Law, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-names.html">Tallahassee, 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">Epitaph: "Qualis vita, finis eta." / As the quality of life is, so the end will be.</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/32634793">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05699">Old City Cemetery</a> Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Brown (1785-1867) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/10-24.html">October 24, 1785</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Leon County, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1849-53. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/08-24.html">August 24, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Old City Cemetery. <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/thomas-brown/">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> Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) — also known as Fred H. Davis — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-born.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-18.html">May 18, 1894</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/geo/FL/LO-officials.html">Leon County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1919-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1921-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives</a>, 1927; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/attygn.html">Florida state attorney general</a>, 1927-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1931-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1933-35. <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/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</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/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-died.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/06-20.html">June 20, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at Old City Cemetery. <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 Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-03.html">February 3, 1921</a>, to Frances M. Chambers.</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: "Lawyer - Statesman - Jurist - Soldier."</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/10124529">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 Berry Gorman (1837-1918) — also known as Robert B. Gorman — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-born.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/10-29.html">October 29, 1837</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tallahassee.html">mayor of Tallahassee, Fla.</a>, 1888-89, 1898-1902; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tallahassee.html#3">Tallahassee, Fla.</a>, 1893-97. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-17.html">April 17, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at Old City Cemetery. <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/gorman.html#060.03.95">William P. Gorman</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/">1879</a> to Florence Blake.</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/194265633">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> James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) — also known as James T. Archer — of Florida. Born in Gillisonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/JA-born.html">Jasper County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/05-15.html">May 15, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Florida</a>, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Florida</a>, 1845-48. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-01.html">June 1, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 17 days</a>). Interment at Old City Cemetery. <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 Hugh Archer and Susan Matilda (Tillinghast) Archer; married to Mary 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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-names.html">Archer, 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://findagrave.com/memorial/10126014">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> John Lovick Crawford (1816-1902) — also known as John L. Crawford — of Florida. Born in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/NE-born.html">Newton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/04-17.html">April 17, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1847; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Florida</a>, 1881-1902; died in office 1902. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-24.html">January 24, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at Old City Cemetery. <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 Crawford and Frances (Harris) Crawford; married to Elizabeth Walker; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#438.93.64">Henry Clay Crawford</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/WK-names.html">Crawfordville, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John L. Crawford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9283843">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> Edmund C. Weeks (1829-1907) — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/03-10.html">March 10, 1829</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">court-martialed</a> in 1864, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">killing</a> a sentry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">conduct unbecoming</a> an officer, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">conduct prejudicial</a> to order and discipline; the trial lasted 53 days; witnesses against him were reported to be "<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">rebel refugees and deserters</a>"; the military court found him not guilty on all charges; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Florida</a>, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-officials.html">Leon County Sheriff</a>, 1873-74; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1877, 1885; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tallahassee.html#3">Tallahassee, Fla.</a>, 1890; U.S. Marshall for Northern District of Florida; U.S. Surveyor-General for Florida, 1902-05. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/04-12.html">April 12, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at Old City Cemetery. <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 Mary Jones; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Elizabeth Hunt.</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/10127441">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05116">Roselawn Cemetery</a> 815 W. Piedmont Dr. Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dorothy W. Glisson (c.1914-2001) — of Florida. Born about 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Florida</a>, 1974-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/altrusa.html">Altrusa</a>. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/04-10.html">April 10, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Interment at Roselawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Weldon Osborne Yeager (1922-2011) — also known as Weldon O. Yeager — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; West Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Ocean Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-lived.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla.; Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-lived.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla. Born in Hillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HI-born.html">Highland County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/07-26.html">July 26, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1958 (18th District), 1960 (18th District), 1974 (primary, 8th District); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1960-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 18th Senatorial District, 1961-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/MI.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MI.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/MI.html">1976</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 17th District, 1969-70; defeated, 1956 (Wayne County 12th District), 1966 (17th District); Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/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/parties/R/MI.html">secretary of Michigan Republican Party</a>, 1979; Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1980-meeting.html">1980</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#386.15.19">Ronald Reagan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Bush</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1986; mayor of Ocean Ridge, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>. Died in Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/04-30.html">April 30, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at Roselawn Cemetery. <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 Estella F. 'Stella' (McCall) Yeager and Carl Osborne Yeager; married to T. Ione Affholder and Beverly White.</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/69308287">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (1930-1998) — also known as Lawton Chiles; "Walkin' Lawton" — of Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Fla. Born in Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-born.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/04-03.html">April 3, 1930</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1959-67; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1967-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1971-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/FL.html">1996</a> (delegation chair). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart condition</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gov-mansion.html">Governor's Mansion</a>, Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/12-12.html">December 12, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 253 days</a>). Original interment and cenotaph at Roselawn Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms04855">a private or family graveyard</a>, Leon County, 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">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#528.16.58">Kay Hagan</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">Lawton Chiles <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Middle School</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>.  — Lawton Chiles <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1999), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LN-names.html">Tallahassee, 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=C000356">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402495">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/lawton-chiles/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawton Chiles">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/980/000055815">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4857">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04267">St. John's Episcopal Cemetery</a> Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=6405509&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Waddy Thompson Jr. (1798-1868) — of South Carolina. Born in Pickens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/PI-born.html">Pickens County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/01-08.html">January 8, 1798</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1826; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 9th District, 1835-41; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1842-44. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/11-23.html">November 23, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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=T000221">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410800">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/thompson-waddy ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7778879">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 Dunnington Bloxham (1835-1911) — also known as William D. Bloxham — of Florida. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BE-born.html">Bedford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/07-09.html">July 9, 1835</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1860; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Presidential Elector for Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pr1868-meeting.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Florida</a>, 1877-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1881-85, 1897-1901; defeated, 1872. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-15.html">March 15, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-28.html">November 28, 1856</a>, to Mary C. 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://www.nga.org/governor/william-dunnington-bloxham/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/121/000210488">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10179302">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 Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known as David S. Walker — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/05-02.html">May 2, 1815</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tallahassee.html">mayor of Tallahassee, Fla.</a>, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1860-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge in Florida, 1878-91. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-20.html">July 20, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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/walker2.html#311.92.96">David Walker</a>; married to Philoclea Alston (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alston.html#875.57.46">Augustus A. Alston</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alston.html#927.28.36">Willis Alston</a>); father of Courtney Walker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#339.70.96">Robert Spratt Cockrell</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker4.html#953.42.68">George Walker</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; third cousin twice 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>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#615.98.49">Robert Thomas Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#633.21.43">George Washington Thornton Beck</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1647.html">Walker-Lowndes family</a> of Maryland (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">The David S. Walker <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-libraries.html">Library</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LE-names.html">Tallahassee, 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://www.nga.org/governor/david-shelby-walker/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David S. Walker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10181239">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> James Bryan Whitfield (1860-1948) — also known as James B. Whitfield — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/11-08.html">November 8, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-officials.html">Leon County Judge</a>, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trea.html">Florida state treasurer</a>, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/attygn.html">Florida state attorney general</a>, 1903-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1904-43; appointed 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1905, 1909. Died in Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-died.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/08-20.html">August 20, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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 Richard Allen Whitfield and Mary Whitfield (Croom) Whitfield; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/11-25.html">November 25, 1886</a>, to Leila Nash; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-12.html">June 12, 1901</a>, to Margaret Hayward Randolph; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehurst-whiticar.html#489.15.51">Nathan Bryan Whitfield (1835-1914)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehurst-whiticar.html#265.15.55">James Bryan Whitfield (1809-1841)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehurst-whiticar.html#824.51.81">Nathan Bryan Whitfield (1799-1868)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehurst-whiticar.html#729.59.44">Bryan Whitfield</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#691.71.09">Needham Bryan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#719.75.84">Hardy Bryan</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#281.39.20">Lovard Bryan</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#010.43.43">Joseph Hunter Bryan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#250.96.27">Henry Hunter Bryan</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#677.17.64">Auburn Bascomb Bryan</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/12152.html">Bryan-Whitfield family</a> of North Carolina.</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 J. B. Whitfield <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Building</a> (built 1913 as the Supreme Court and Railroad Commission Building; later renamed and occupied by the Public Service Commission; demolished in the late 1970s), in the Capital Complex of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-names.html">Tallahassee, Florida</a>, 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://findagrave.com/memorial/10185571">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 Henry Brockenbrough (1812-1850) — also known as William H. Brockenbrough — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/02-23.html">February 23, 1812</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>, 1837; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Florida</a>, 1838-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1840-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> at-large, 1846-47. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-28.html">January 28, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockenbrough-brockmeyer.html#586.16.41">William Brockenbrough</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockenbrough-brockmeyer.html#240.17.94">John White Brockenbrough</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/10001-1141.html">Brockenbrough family</a> of Virginia (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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000852">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401809">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6913362">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 Spratt Cockrell (1866-1957) — also known as Robert S. Cockrell — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Livingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-22.html">January 22, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1902-17. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <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 Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/06-23.html">June 23, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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 Augustus William Cockrell and Susan Pettigrew (Spratt) Cockrell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-28.html">October 28, 1903</a>, to Courtney Walker (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>); second cousin once removed of Sidney Earl Cockrell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#865.53.35">Lila Cockrell</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia (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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10183176">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 Moore Gatlin (1790-1841) — of Edenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CW-lived.html">Chowan County</a>, N.C. Born in Edenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CW-born.html">Chowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/04-20.html">April 20, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 1st District, 1823-25. Slaveowner. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/02-23.html">February 23, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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/moore1.html#772.44.17">Alfred Moore</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=G000099">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404471">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37365906">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 Shelby Walker Jr. (1846-1889) — also known as David S. Walker, Jr. — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-born.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/10-10.html">October 10, 1846</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tallahassee.html">mayor of Tallahassee, Fla.</a>, 1875, 1878-79; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a>, 1885; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1887. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-06.html">December 6, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and Philoclea Edgeworth 'Florida' (Alston) Walker; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#311.92.96">David Walker</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker4.html#953.42.68">George Walker</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</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#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1647.html">Walker-Lowndes family</a> of Maryland (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/10181312">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 Benjamin Hilton (1821-1894) — of Florida. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/index.html">1821</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Florida in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65; state court judge in Florida, 1867. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/01-10.html">January 10, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick William Baldwin (1885-1934) — also known as Frederick W. Baldwin — of New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-lived.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y. Born in Ansonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/08-01.html">August 1, 1885</a>. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Florence</a>, 1920-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html ">Lausanne</a>, 1925-28; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html ">Lausanne</a>, 1928-32. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-07.html">June 7, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 310 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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 Wilberforce Baldwin and Ruby White (Colburn) Baldwin; brother of Cornelia Thayer Baldwin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#179.88.80">Arthur Bliss Lane</a>); married to Margaret Gamble.</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/10185649">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> Thomas Jefferson Appleyard (1850-1931) — also known as T. J. Appleyard — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-born.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/08-19.html">August 19, 1850</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/FL.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/FL.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/FL.html">1924</a>. Died in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/01-04.html">January 4, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery. <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/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</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: Married to Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/">1930</a> to Katie Amelia Loyd.</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/10186954">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." 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