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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Garland County, Ark.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Carson</b> — of Pleasant Garden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Born in Pleasant Garden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/01-22.html">January 22, 1798</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1822-24, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 12th District, 1825-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1835; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention</a> from District of Red River, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rdofi.html">signer, Texas Declaration of Independence</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rssta.html">Texas Republic Secretary of State</a>, 1836. Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-died.html">Garland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/11-02.html">November 2, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at Government 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vance.html#687.76.65">Robert Brank Vance</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KM.html">Carson County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000193">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402339">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Greenwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas <br> Founded 1884<br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Alexander Cocke (1873-1959)</b> — also known as <b>William A. Cocke</b> — of Texas. Born in Nuecestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NU-born.html">Nueces County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/09-24.html">September 24, 1873</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1906. Died in Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-died.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-02.html">October 2, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Gabriel 'Gabe' Cocke and Vanilla Cordette (Price) Cocke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-20.html">September 20, 1896</a>, to Brownie Rees; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#847.08.26">Frederick Bird Smith Cocke</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#019.23.08">John Alexander Cocke</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#234.46.11">William Cocke</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#785.66.41">William Michael Cocke</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#365.59.61">Luke Lea</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10323.html">Lea-Cocke family</a> of Tennessee.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37842732">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Eleanor Harris Bailey (1903-1983)</b> — also known as <b>Eleanor Harris</b>; <b>Mrs. Lloyd T. Bailey</b> — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-lived.html">Garland County</a>, Ark. Born in Arkadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-26.html">June 26, 1903</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/AR.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-died.html">Garland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/05-24.html">May 24, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of David Franklin Harris and Coral Damaris (Hale) Harris; married to Lloyd Truman Bailey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27513484">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01841">Hollywood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lewis Ernest Sawyer (1867-1923)</b> — also known as <b>Lewis E. Sawyer</b> — of Friars Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CO-lived.html">Coahoma County</a>, Miss.; Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-lived.html">Garland County</a>, Ark. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-24.html">June 24, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; mayor, Friars Point, Miss., 1896-98; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1913-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Arkansas State House of Representatives</a>, 1915; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 6th District, 1923; died in office 1923. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-died.html">Garland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-05.html">May 5, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 315 days</a>). 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