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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Judicature Society, politicians, Georgia</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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Born in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-10.html">September 10, 1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1977-91. Member, American Judicature Society; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-justice.html">Association of Trial Lawyers of America</a>. Killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crash</a> of a single-engine <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">airplane</a>, during takeoff from Daniel Field <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/airports.html">airport</a>, Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/08-04.html">August 4, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 329 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-buried.html#cms05769">Westover Memorial Park</a>, Augusta, Ga. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Lanier Anderson III (b. 1936) — also known as R. Lanier Anderson III — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Born in Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-born.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/11-12.html">November 12, 1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit</a>, 1979-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit</a>, 1981-2009; took senior status 2009. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; American Judicature Society. Still living as of 2009. <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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=48&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/anderson-robert-lanier-iii">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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> Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) — of Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-lived.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga. Born in Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-born.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-20.html">March 20, 1907</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Coweta County, 1933-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/attygn.html">Georgia state attorney general</a>, 1939-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/GA.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>); president, Dixie <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co., 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, American Judicature Society; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-13.html">December 13, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 268 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-buried.html#cms00224">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Newnan, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Gibbs Arnall and Bessie Lena (Ellis) Arnall; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/">1935</a> to Mildred Delaney Slemons; married to Ruby Hamilton; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arn-arnick.html#318.88.51">Joseph Arnall</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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#545.77.53">Ivan Allen, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ellis-gibbs-arnall-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/129/000206508">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7115080">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 Ellis Arnall: Harold Paulk Henderson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0820313068/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0820313068&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall</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 Benham (b. 1946) — of Cartersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BW-lived.html">Bartow County</a>, Ga. Born in Cartersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BW-born.html">Bartow County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/09-25.html">September 25, 1946</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals</a>, 1984-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1990-94, 2001-; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court</a>, 1995-2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, American Judicature Society; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Clarence Benham and Jesse (Knox) Benham; married to Nell Dodson.</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.nndb.com/people/074/000167570">NNDB dossier</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 Lee Russell (1900-1955) — of Georgia. Born in Winder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BR-born.html">Barrow County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/08-19.html">August 19, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia</a>, 1940-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit</a>, 1949-55. Member, American Judicature Society; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/01-18.html">January 18, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 152 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell7.html#267.50.37">Richard Brevard Russell</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell7.html#703.33.93">Richard Brevard Russell Jr.</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell7.html#583.69.23">Robert Lee Russell Jr.</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/11785.html">Russell family</a> of Winder, Georgia.</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." Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>