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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Civitan, politicians</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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Abbate Jr. (b. 1949) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/03-22.html">March 22, 1949</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 49th District, 1987-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NY.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> A. David Abrams (b. 1919) — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-19.html">November 19, 1919</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1961-64; appointed 1961. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 Samuel I. Abrams and Esther (Block) Abrams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/08-11.html">August 11, 1943</a>, to Ruth R. Levy.</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> Clarence William Allgood (1902-1991) — also known as Clarence W. Allgood — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-12.html">September 12, 1902</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; trustee, Crippled Children's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>; counsel, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a> Association; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama</a>, 1961-73; took senior status 1973. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</a>; Civitan. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/11-30.html">November 30, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-buried.html#cms00087">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Birmingham, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Venable Allgood and Patricia (Robertson) Allgood; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-27.html">June 27, 1927</a>, to Marie Maxwell; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allensworth-allis.html#482.94.91">Miles Clayton Allgood</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 Robert Alstadt (1916-1993) — also known as W. R. Alstadt — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Born in Thebes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AL-born.html">Alexander County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-07.html">October 7, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/AR.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/AR.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-dental-assoc.html">American Dental Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Civitan. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/04-06.html">April 6, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 181 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 Henry Lee Alstadt and Gradie (Cole) Alstadt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/08-31.html">August 31, 1962</a>, to Laura May Goodness.</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 E. Altmeyer (b. 1938) — also known as Jim Altmeyer — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-05.html">December 5, 1938</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Funeral director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1974-76 (Ohio County 1974, 3rd District 1975-76); appointed 1974; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 1984. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Still living as of 1984. <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 John D. Altmeyer and Evelyn (Showers) Altmeyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/11-30.html">November 30, 1963</a>, to Edith Stoney.</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> Paul McManus Arant (1910-1963) — also known as Paul M. Arant — of Pageland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CS-lived.html">Chesterfield County</a>, S.C. Born in Five Forks, Pageland Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CS-born.html">Chesterfield County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/11-01.html">November 1, 1910</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Chesterfield County, 1947-58; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Chesterfield County, 1959-62. Member, Civitan. Died in December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/index.html">1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CS-buried.html#cms06810">Pageland Baptist Church Cemetery</a>, Pageland, S.C. <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 Peter M. Arant and Lottie A. (McManus) Arant; married to Alma Mangum.</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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <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>; Civitan. 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> Victor Henderson Ashe II (b. 1945) — also known as Victor Ashe — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/01-01.html">January 1, 1945</a>. Republican. Press aide and legislative aide to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#066.65.35">Howard H. Baker, Jr.</a>, 1966-67; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1968-74; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1975-84; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1984; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 1988-2003; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-diplomats.html ">Poland</a>, 2004-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Civitan. 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 Robert L. Ashe and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#691.37.48">Martha Ashe</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#853.18.81">Kathy Ashe</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/13020.html">Ashe family</a> of Tennessee.</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/Victor Ashe">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/ashe-victor-henderson">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/074/000120711">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> Joseph Bahorski (b. 1882) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in St. Cloud, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-born.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-10.html">March 10, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/bakery.html">Bakery business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1923-28 (2nd District 1923-26, 3rd District 1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928, 1932. Member, <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu-phi.html">Sigma Nu Phi</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764013546/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/772/43.57.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="William Wallace Barron"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Wallace Barron (1911-2002) — also known as W. Wallace Barron; Wally Barron — of Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Born in Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-born.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/12-08.html">December 8, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/elkins.html">mayor of Elkins, W.Va.</a>, 1949-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Randolph County, 1951-53; resigned 1953; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/attygn.html">West Virginia state attorney general</a>; elected 1956; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1961-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <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/moose.html">Moose</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</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/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">jury tampering</a> in 1971, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Died in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-died.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/11-12.html">November 12, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-buried.html#cms00192">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Elkins, W.Va. <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 Rev. Frederick H. Barron and Mary (Butler) Barron; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-15.html">February 15, 1936</a>, to Opal B. Wilcox.</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/trelease-trimarchi.html#911.43.06">Curtis B. Trent, 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/william-w-barron/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Wallace Barron">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/703/000121340">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/181695014">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">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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 Roberts Blair (b. 1908) — also known as Edmund Blair — of Pell City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ala. Born in Leeds, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/07-29.html">July 29, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Haywood Bobbitt (1900-1992) — also known as William H. Bobbitt — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C.; Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Born in Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-born.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-18.html">October 18, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; superior court judge in North Carolina 14th District, 1939-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1954-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1969-74. <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/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; Civitan. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/09-27.html">September 27, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-buried.html#cms00379">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Charlotte, N.C. <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 James Henry Bobbitt and Eliza May (Burkhead) Bobbitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/02-28.html">February 28, 1924</a>, to Sarah Buford Dunlap.</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/65948544">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 Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) — also known as William A. Bootle — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Born in Walterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CO-born.html">Colleton County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-19.html">August 19, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia</a>, 1929-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia</a>, 1954-72; took senior status 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Civitan. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/01-25.html">January 25, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/102.html">102 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-buried.html#cms01230">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Macon, 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 Philip Loraine Bootle and Laura Lilla (Benton) Bootle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/11-24.html">November 24, 1928</a>, to Virginia Childs.</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 William Augustus Bootle <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Courthouse</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-names.html">Macon, Georgia</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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=213&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30284659">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> Vernon Ensign Bradley (1912-1990) — also known as Vernon E. Bradley; Brad Bradley — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Born in Olympia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/TH-born.html">Thurston County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-27.html">September 27, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">realtor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/springfield.html">mayor of Springfield, Mass.</a>, 1949; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 2nd District, 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">United Church of Christ</a>. Member, Civitan. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerosis</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/09-07.html">September 7, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 345 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-buried.html#cms05229">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mass. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Franklin Brannan (1903-1992) — also known as Charles F. Brannan — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/08-23.html">August 23, 1903</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1948-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/07-02.html">July 2, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 314 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 John Brannan and Ella Louise (Street) Brannan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/06-29.html">June 29, 1932</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brandow-branstrom.html#486.99.03">Eda V. Seltzer</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles F. Brannan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/120/000054955">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> Eugene J. Bryan (b. 1889) — of Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn. Born in Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/06-25.html">June 25, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1915; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1921-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate</a>, 1923-25; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/TN.html">Tennessee Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1939; secretary, member board of trustees, Baroness Erlanger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Civitan. 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 Daniel Bryan and Carrie (Burg) Bryan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-18.html">October 18, 1912</a>, to Mary Ruth Bates.</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> Harry L. Buch (b. 1930) — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Born in Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-31.html">August 31, 1930</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Ohio County, 1959-64; defeated, 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-parties.html">chair of Ohio County Republican Party</a>, 1969; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WV.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Civitan. Still living as of 1972. <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 Harry F. Buch and Marcella (Sonnefeld) Buch; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/">1959</a> to Patricia Griffith.</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 Lee Cummings (b. 1891) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in McMinnville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-01.html">May 1, 1891</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1938-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; Civitan. 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 William Martin Cummings and Mary Josephine (Brewer) Cummings; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/11-17.html">November 17, 1915</a>, to Ella Connell.</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> Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) — also known as Marcy B. Darnall — of Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ED-born.html">Edgar County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-27.html">January 27, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/keywest.html#2">Key West, Fla.</a>, 1913-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, in Coffee Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LA-died.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/01-18.html">January 18, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LA-buried.html# ">Greenview Memorial Gardens</a>, Florence, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Lutie Milliken.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/584/34.23.jpg" width=70 height=121 border=0 alt="Scott Eckstein"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Scott Eckstein — of Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SJ-lived.html">San Juan County</a>, N.M. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Deputy sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/bloomfield.html">mayor of Bloomfield, N.M.</a>, 2006-. Member, Civitan. Still living as of 2015. <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">Image source: City of Bloomfield</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> Daniel Kramer Edwards (1914-2001) — also known as Daniel K. Edwards; Dan Edwards — of Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-lived.html">Durham County</a>, N.C. Born in Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-born.html">Durham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-17.html">February 17, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1947-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/durham.html">mayor of Durham, N.C.</a>, 1949-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, at Hillcrest <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Convalescent Center</a>, Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-died.html">Durham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/07-17.html">July 17, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-buried.html#cms05929">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Durham, N.C. <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 Charles W. Edwards and Eva Marie (Kramer) Edwards; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-24.html">December 24, 1941</a>, to Mary B. Partin.</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 Paul Faust (1929-1995) — also known as William Faust — of Westland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Bucyrus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/03-29.html">March 29, 1929</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/westland.html#2">supervisor of Nankin Township, Michigan</a>, 1963-65; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 15th District, 1964; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1967-94 (13th District 1967-82, 12th District 1983-94). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Civitan. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/index.html">1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</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 Paul Joseph Faust and Teresa (Johnson) Faust.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/967/71.73.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Lynn O. Francis"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lynn O. Francis (1906-1992) — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. Born in Sanford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-born.html">Midland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-07.html">August 7, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-officials.html">Midland County Treasurer</a>, 1935-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Midland County, 1952; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 24th District, 1955-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 42nd Circuit, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Civitan. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/02-19.html">February 19, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-buried.html#cms07136">New Jerome Township Cemetery</a>, Sanford, Mich. <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">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Paul Victor Gadola (1887-1968) — also known as Paul V. Gadola — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Corunna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-born.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/02-22.html">February 22, 1887</a>. Republican. <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/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 7th Circuit, 1929-59; appointed 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 13th Senatorial District, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <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/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/index.html">1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</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 Thomas Gadola and Ellen (Cotter) Gadola; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-19.html">June 19, 1928</a>, to Ann Elizabeth Murphy; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#269.30.58">Paul Victor Gadola Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#781.60.11">Thomas Laurence Gadola</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/14401.html">Gadola family</a> of Flint, Michigan.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764040538/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/307/93.69.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Denzil L. Gainer"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Denzil Lee Gainer (1913-1972) — also known as Denzil L. Gainer — of Grantsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CH-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CH-born.html">Calhoun County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-12.html">September 12, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Deputy sheriff</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/aud.html">West Virginia state auditor</a>, 1961-72; defeated, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/WV.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Civitan. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/index.html">1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</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 Leonidas 'Lee' Gainer and Laura (Elliott) Gainer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/03-09.html">March 9, 1935</a>, to Lucille Reading.</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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Patricia A. Gibbons (b. 1947) — of Westland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/03-03.html">March 3, 1947</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 18th District, 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, Civitan. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bernard Francis Grabowski (b. 1923) — also known as Bernard F. Grabowski — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/06-11.html">June 11, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; municipal judge in Connecticut, 1955-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a>, 1963-67 (at-large 1963-65, 6th District 1965-67); defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-legion-am-vets.html">Polish Legion of American Veterans</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Presumed deceased. 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000348">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404704">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard F. Grabowski">Wikipedia article</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> Othniel D. Hall (1902-1983) — also known as O. D Hall — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born in Odd, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-born.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-09.html">February 9, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1941-42, 1959-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 9th District, 1943-46. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <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/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died in July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 0 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 Harvey J. Hall and Emma B. (Cooper) Hall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-09.html">June 9, 1926</a>, to Irene Herndon.</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> Bolling Hall Handy (b. 1891) — also known as Bolling H. Handy — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/br-lived.html">Bristol</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in Spring City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RH-born.html">Rhea County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-26.html">February 26, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 9th District, 1920; member, Virginia State Industrial Commission, 1922-29; chairman, Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Company of Richmond. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; Civitan. 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 Thomas R. Handy and Caroline S. (Hall) Handy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/10-09.html">October 9, 1917</a>, to Ann Roy Johnston.</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> Kenneth William Hechler (1914-2016) — also known as Ken Hechler — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born near Roslyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-born.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/09-20.html">September 20, 1914</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 4th District, 1959-77; defeated, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/WV.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/WV.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/WV.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/WV.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/WV.html">1984</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of West Virginia</a>, 1985-2000; defeated, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <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>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>. Died in Slanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HM-died.html">Hampshire County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2016/12-10.html">December 10, 2016</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/102.html">102 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HM-buried.html# ">Branch Mountain United Methodist Church Cemetery</a>, Three Churches, W.Va. <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 Charles H. Hechler and Catherine (Hauhart) Hechler.</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/nelson.html#619.47.47">Robert R. Nelson</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=H000438">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405304">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken Hechler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/181/000216530">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/173754004">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 by Ken Hechler: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/092952179X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=092952179X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Bridge at Remagen : The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945 - The Day the Rhine River Was Crossed</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399127623/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399127623&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Working With Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White House Years</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> Erwin Avery Hightower (1914-2001) — of Wadesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AN-lived.html">Anson County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AN-born.html">Anson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/07-29.html">July 29, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1955-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Civitan. Died in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-died.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/08-17.html">August 17, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AN-buried.html#cms00078">Eastview Cemetery</a>, Wadesboro, N.C. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/278/05.26.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Francis C. Jones"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Cyril Jones (b. 1919) — also known as Francis C. Jones — of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-lived.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C. Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-born.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-10.html">October 10, 1919</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-parties.html">chair of Lexington County Democratic Party</a>, 1952; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lexington County, 1957-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Civitan; <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/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 Cyril E. Jones and Freida (Rutland) Jones; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/11-12.html">November 12, 1949</a>, to Marguerite Marshall Watson.</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: South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964</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> Charles Brents Kennamer (1874-1955) — also known as Charles B. Kennamer — of Guntersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Kennamer Cove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-25.html">November 25, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-officials.html">Marshall County Solicitor</a>, 1905-06; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 7th District, 1906, 1919, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/AL.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/AL.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/AL.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/AL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/AL.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama</a>, 1922-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama</a>, 1931-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama</a>, 1931-55; died in office 1955. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; Civitan. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/06-03.html">June 3, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-buried.html#cms08164">Guntersville City Cemetery</a>, Guntersville, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Seaborn F. Kennamer and Nancy Elizabeth (Mitchell) Kennamer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#138.87.46">Thomas Jacob Kennamer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#135.89.62">Franklin Elmore Kennamer</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/12-02.html">December 2, 1907</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#228.47.53">Birdie Hooper</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#037.42.60">Charles B. Kennamer Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#341.11.50">Ralph Kennamer</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#507.21.15">Walter Judson Kennamer</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#324.03.38">Clarence Elliott Kennemer 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/42058.html">Kennamer family</a> of Kennamer Cove and Montgomery, Alabama.</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/Charles Brents Kennamer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10603124">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kennamer-charles-brents">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> Thomas Edmund Knight Jr. (b. 1898) — also known as Thomas E. Knight, Jr. — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HA-born.html">Hale County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/06-19.html">June 19, 1898</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/attygn.html">Alabama state attorney general</a>, 1931-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Alabama</a>, 1935-39. <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/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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/knight.html#255.74.81">Thomas Edmund Knight</a> and Rebecca (Williams) Knight; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/05-04.html">May 4, 1920</a>, to Lelia Otts.</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/11972.html">Knight family</a> of Greensboro, Alabama.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/953/52.81.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Edward McIver Leppard"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward McIver Leppard (1924-1985) — of Chesterfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CS-lived.html">Chesterfield County</a>, S.C. Born in Chesterfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CS-born.html">Chesterfield County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/11-05.html">November 5, 1924</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Chesterfield County, 1963-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</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/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/02-15.html">February 15, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CS-buried.html# ">Chesterfield Cemetery</a>, Chesterfield, S.C. <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/leonardo-lessler.html#573.96.89">James Ernest Leppard Sr.</a> and Anne (Owens) Leppard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#707.57.73">James Ernest Leppard Jr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/03-05.html">March 5, 1949</a>, to Virginia Guy Emory.</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/26346.html">Leppard family</a> of Chesterfield, South 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73165392">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">Image source: South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964</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 John Leppien (1894-1979) — also known as William J. Leppien — of Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/10-07.html">October 7, 1894</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">ice cream business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-officials.html">Saginaw County Clerk</a>, 1947-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 22nd Senatorial District, 1961-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 22nd District, 1963-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Civitan; <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/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/index.html">1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</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 John Leppien and Dora (Gasner) Leppien; married to Myrtle V. Sheriff.</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> Shirley Love (b. 1933) — of Oak Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va. Born in Oak Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/05-15.html">May 15, 1933</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Television journalist</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/WV.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/WV.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WV.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WV.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/WV.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/WV.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 11th District, 1994-2008; appointed 1994; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-parties.html">chair of Fayette County Democratic Party</a>, 1998-99; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 32nd District, 2017-; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 3rd District, 2018. <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. Still living as of 2018. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley Love (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Shirley Love">Ballotpedia article</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 Armstrong MacKay (1919-2004) — of Georgia. Born in Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-25.html">June 25, 1919</a>. Democrat. <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>, 1951-52, 1955-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Civitan. Died in Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/07-02.html">July 2, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 7 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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=M000022">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407050">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9072998">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> Carrington Tanner Marshall (b. 1869) — also known as Carrington T. Marshall — of Zanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-lived.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio. Born in Zanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-born.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/06-17.html">June 17, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Ohio state supreme court</a>, 1921-26; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1928. Member, Civitan. 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 John Wesley Marshall and Rachel Ann (Tanner) Marshall; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/">1900</a> to Dora Foltz.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7763998652/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/594/66.06.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Frank J. Maxwell, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Jarvis Maxwell Jr. (b. 1921) — also known as Frank J. Maxwell, Jr. — of Clarksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/07-13.html">July 13, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Harrison County, 1951-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/WV.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/WV.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/WV.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. 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/maxwell.html#262.35.23">Frank Jarvis Maxwell</a> and Clara (Gibson) Maxwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/07-13.html">July 13, 1957</a>, to Susan (Harnish) Gales.</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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Hubert Jennings Meachum (1920-2001) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/IN-lived.html">Independence County</a>, Ark. Born in Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CG-born.html">Craighead County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-03.html">November 3, 1920</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1951-57; municipal judge in Arkansas, 1959-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Civitan. Died in Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-died.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/09-15.html">September 15, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/IN-buried.html#cms02783">Oaklawn Cemetery</a>, Batesville, Ark. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.federalreservehistory.org/-/media/images/mills_ogden.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/018/20.63.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Ogden L. Mills"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ogden Livingston Mills (1884-1937) — also known as Ogden L. Mills — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-born.html">Newport County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/08-23.html">August 23, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 17th District, 1915-17; resigned 1917; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 17th District, 1921-27; defeated, 1912; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1932-33. Member, Civitan. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-11.html">October 11, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html#cms02560">St. James Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Hyde Park, N.Y. <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 Ruth (Livingston) Mills and Ogden Mills; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to Margaret S. Rutherfurd; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Dorothy (Randolph) Fell; nephew of Elizabeth Mills (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reid.html#780.17.12">Whitelaw Reid</a>); great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#477.65.60">Maturin Livingston</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#753.05.32">Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#035.70.56">Morgan Lewis</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis3.html#767.59.67">Francis Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#537.76.51">Robert Livingston the Younger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston (1688-1775)</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#199.37.38">John Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#449.58.55">Gilbert Livingston</a>; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#467.87.25">Robert Livingston the Elder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#893.32.40">Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724)</a>; fifth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#649.30.19">Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reid.html#847.18.33">Ogden Mills Reid</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reid.html#829.25.64">Ogden Rogers Reid</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#985.46.99">Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#986.83.99">Robert Van Rensselaer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#363.29.89">James Livingston</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#595.88.73">Robert Livingston (1708-1790)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#875.08.45">Peter Van Brugh Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#825.93.31">Robert Gilbert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#879.66.25">Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#553.65.72">William Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#364.47.63">Philip P. Schuyler</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#993.49.53">Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746)</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#751.52.30">David Davidse Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#889.34.79">Myndert Davidtse Schuyler</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#343.32.14">Peter Goelet Gerry</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#764.34.99">Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#637.48.52">John Jacob Astor III</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#048.03.47">Benjamin Tallmadge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#474.51.31">Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#631.01.66">Philip Jeremiah Schuyler</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#110.29.78">Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#336.45.81">Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#029.55.69">Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#055.73.86">Henry Brockholst Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#916.88.18">Peter Samuel Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#933.33.90">Matthew Clarkson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#577.91.97">Stephen John Schuyler</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#784.43.99">William Waldorf Astor</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#291.10.40">Philip Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#279.13.10">James Alexander Hamilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#594.74.07">Frederick Augustus Tallmadge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#784.46.42">Gerrit Smith</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#969.35.25">Elizabeth Cady Stanton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#860.08.93">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#801.86.15">Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#700.80.53">Henry Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#158.71.62">Peter Augustus Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#800.41.06">Rensselaer Westerlo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#095.75.00">Edward Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#983.62.80">William Alexander Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#671.54.97">John Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#014.71.43">William Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#610.32.40">Charles Ludlow Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#752.77.27">Hamilton Fish</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#251.93.32">William Astor Chanler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#607.06.15">Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#197.26.24">Robert Reginald Livingston</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#619.37.87">Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1232.html">VanRensselaer family</a> of Albany, New York (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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000776">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407754">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden L. Mills">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/391/000167887">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6661906">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.federalreservehistory.org/people/ogden-mills">Federal Reserve History</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: Federal Reserve History</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> George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) — also known as George W. Oakes; George Washington Ochs; George W. Ochs — of Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/10-27.html">October 27, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/TN.html">1892</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/chattanooga.html">mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn.</a>, 1893-97; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Tennessee, 1896; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00854">Mt. Sinai Cemetery</a>, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. <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/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</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 Julius Ochs and Bertha (Levy) Ochs; brother of Adolph S. Ochs; married to Bertie Gans.</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/George Oakes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/142443008">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> Giles Jared Patterson (b. 1885) — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-lived.html">Chester County</a>, S.C.; Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-born.html">Chester County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-19.html">October 19, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-parties.html">chair of Chester County Democratic Party</a>, 1913. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</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/patterson.html#423.98.96">Giles Jared Patterson (1827-1891)</a> and Mary Virginia (Ross) Patterson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to Louise Brandon.</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 Richard Rood (b. 1906) — also known as James R. Rood — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. Born in La Rose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MZ-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/03-31.html">March 31, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Midland District, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-parties.html">chair of Midland County Republican Party</a>, 1940-42, 1950; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1946-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-officials.html">Midland County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1953-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Midland County, 1961-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 42nd Circuit, 1967. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</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 Frank Rood and Elizabeth (Simpson) Rood; married to Helen Margaret Collins.</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> Roland Savilla (b. 1916) — also known as Joe Savilla — of St. Albans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/05-13.html">May 13, 1916</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County; elected 1972; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1975-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, Civitan; <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/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 Anthony Savilla and Mary Ann (Contenta) Savilla; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/05-12.html">May 12, 1973</a>, to Betty Jo Martin.</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> Henry Floyd Sherrod (1890-1977) — also known as H. Floyd Sherrod — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MR-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ala. Born in Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-02.html">December 2, 1890</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher and principal</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/AL.html">1932</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/AL.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/AL.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/church-of-christ.html">Church of Christ</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/12-01.html">December 1, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MR-buried.html#cms03833">Decatur Cemetery</a>, Decatur, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Henry Sherrod and Bertie Sherrod; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-20.html">June 20, 1918</a>, to Effie D. Poole; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/02-15.html">February 15, 1970</a>, to Grace Lee (Widner) Sandlin.</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/63388270">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 Shumaker — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, Tenn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/bristol.html">Mayor of Bristol, Tenn.</a>, 2003. Member, Civitan. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Oscar Simpkins (b. 1923) — also known as James O. Simpkins — of New Bern, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CR-lived.html">Craven County</a>, N.C. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-born.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-29.html">January 29, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/jeweler.html">jeweler</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 7th District, 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Civitan; <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 James Melvin Simpkins and Willie Mae (Fickling) Simpkins; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/">1944</a> to Evelyn Christine Brewer.</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> Samuel Martin Smith (1903-1963) — also known as Samuel M. Smith — of Three Rivers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich. Born in Savanna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CR-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-02.html">February 2, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/threerivers.html">Mayor of Three Rivers, Mich.</a>, 1955-63. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at Three Rivers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Three Rivers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-died.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/09-19.html">September 19, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-buried.html# ">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Three Rivers, Mich. <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 John Smith and Anna Smith; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/">1935</a> to Gertrude Minnie Schoenbeck.</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/89138028">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> Melvin Ernest Thompson (1903-1980) — also known as Melvin E. Thompson — of Valdosta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LO-lived.html">Lowndes County</a>, Ga. Born in Millen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JN-born.html">Jenkins County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/05-01.html">May 1, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">Athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Georgia</a>, 1946-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1947-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; Civitan; <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/kappa-phi-kappa.html">Kappa Phi Kappa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/10-03.html">October 3, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 155 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LO-buried.html#cms05908">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Valdosta, 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 Henry J. Thompson and Eva Inez (Edenfield) Thompson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Ann Newton.</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/melvin-ernest-thompson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/128/000206507">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764029096/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/911/43.06.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Curtis B. Trent, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Curtis B. Trent Jr. (b. 1919) — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Monclo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-01.html">July 1, 1919</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Logan County, 1947-49; resigned 1949; executive assistant to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#772.43.57">William Wallace Barron</a>, 1961; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">parliamentarian of West Virginia Democratic Party</a>, 1964-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Civitan. Presumed deceased. 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 Curtis B. Trent and Ova (Gore) Trent; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/">1936</a> to Ruth M. Howard.</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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> George Corley Wallace Jr. (1919-1998) — also known as George C. Wallace — of Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-lived.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Clio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/08-25.html">August 25, 1919</a>. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AL.html">1956</a>; circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated in Democratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/index.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/index.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/index.html">1976</a>; American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <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/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; Civitan; <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/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>. Worked as a professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">boxer</a> in the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">shot</a> by Arthur Bremer; the injury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">paralyzed both legs</a>. Along with Ohio's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rhodes.html#564.52.10">James A. Rhodes</a>, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S. history. Died in Jackson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/09-13.html">September 13, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-buried.html#cms00352">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Montgomery, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/06-04.html">June 4, 1971</a>, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/folsom.html#931.67.86">James Elisha Folsom</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/folsom.html#004.79.08">James Elisha Folsom Jr.</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/">1981</a> to Lisa Taylor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-21.html">May 21, 1943</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#153.82.92">Lurleen Brigham Burns</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#577.59.68">George C. Wallace 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/11541.html">Wallace-Folsom family</a> of Montgomery, Alabama.</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/lynchburg-lynwood.html#185.45.00">Seybourn H. Lynne</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/george-corley-wallace/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/267/000032171">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908650">Internet Movie Database profile</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 George C. Wallace: Stephan Lesher, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201622106/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0201622106&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Wallace : An American Populist</a> — Dan T. Carter, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807125970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807125970&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Politics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics</a> — Lloyd Rohler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313311196/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0313311196&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Wallace : Conservative Populist</a> — Jeff Frederick, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817315748/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0817315748&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Stand Up for Alabama: Governor George C. Wallace</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> Philip Bailey Whitaker (b. 1891) — also known as Phil B. Whitaker — of Riverview (now part of Chattanooga), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn.; Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-19.html">May 19, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/TN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/TN.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; Civitan. 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 Matt N. Whitaker and Florence (Griffin) Whitaker; married to Hilda Perry.</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> E. Dennis White Jr. (b. 1937) — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Peytona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-28.html">December 28, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Cabell County, 1971-72; defeated, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Lambda Chi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Civitan. Still living as of 1972. <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 Earl D. White and Rotha Mae (Edleman) White; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/09-25.html">September 25, 1965</a>, to Betty Ann Collinsworth.</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 L. Wiedebusch (1936-1997) — also known as Larry Wiedebusch — of Glen Dale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-born.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/03-06.html">March 6, 1936</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 4th District, 1975-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1989-97; died in office 1997. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Civitan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. 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