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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Clarke County, Ga.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WK-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/06-22.html">June 22, 1788</a>. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1825-27. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD-died.html">Madison County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/07-13.html">July 13, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 21 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#512.39.40">David Meriwether (1755-1822)</a> and Frances (Wingfield) Meriwether; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#752.05.03">David Meriwether (1800-1893)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#779.44.78">James Meriwether (1755-1817)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#185.16.94">James Archibald Meriwether</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#368.69.43">George Rockingham Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#677.00.36">Reuben Handy Meriwether</a> and Frances Meriwether (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rainey.html#750.56.76">Anson Rainey</a>); third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</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/10001-1689.html">Meriwether family</a> of Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (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=M000651">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407637">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07774">Unknown Location</a> Athens, Clarke County, Georgia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery</a> Athens, Clarke County, Georgia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2181087&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-c932-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/755/70.14.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="William A. Pledger"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Anderson Pledger (1852-1904) — also known as William A. Pledger — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga.; Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Georgia, February, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/index.html">1852</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/GA.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/GA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/GA.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/GA.html">1896</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/01-08.html">January 8, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/103060648">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: New York Public Library</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a> 207 Cemetery Street Athens, Clarke County, Georgia Founded 1856 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=35965&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howell Cobb (1815-1868) — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/09-07.html">September 7, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45, 6th District 1845-51, 1855-57); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1851-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1857-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-09.html">October 9, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a> and Mary Willis Cobb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#320.22.65">John Milton Johnson</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/">1835</a> to Mary Ann Lamar; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#338.39.52">Andrew Cobb Erwin</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</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:Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Howell Cobb (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scuttled as a breakwater in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">Cook Inlet</a>, 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000548">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402681">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/howell-cobb/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell Cobb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/124/000206503">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8962">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 Howell Cobb: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/083699163X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=083699163X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Scriptural Examination of the Institution of Slavery in the United States, With its Objects and Purposes</a> (1856)</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 Dean Rusk (1909-1994) — also known as Dean Rusk — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CH-born.html">Cherokee County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-09.html">February 9, 1909</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1961-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1969. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/12-20.html">December 20, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean Rusk">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> Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) — also known as Joseph H. Lumpkin — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-born.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/12-23.html">December 23, 1799</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>, 1824-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court</a>, 1845-67; died in office 1867. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-04.html">June 4, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#856.82.84">Wilson Lumpkin</a>; married to Callender Cunningham Grieve; father of Marion McHenry Lumpkin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1898.html">Hoke family</a> of Lincolnton, North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Henry Lumpkin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/67524008">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> Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ga.; Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WT-lived.html">Walton County</a>, Ga.; Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/01-14.html">January 14, 1783</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1808; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1815-17, 1827-31 (at-large 1815-17, 4th District 1827-29, at-large 1829-31); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1831-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1837-41. Slaveowner. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-28.html">December 28, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#118.73.06">Joseph Henry Lumpkin</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#586.18.09">John Henry Lumpkin</a> and Marion McHenry Lumpkin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#326.13.18">Middleton Pope Barrow</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1898.html">Hoke family</a> of Lincolnton, North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia (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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LU.html">Lumpkin County, Ga.</a> is named for him.</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=L000512">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406998">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/wilson-lumpkin/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson Lumpkin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9830">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 Bailey Lamar (1853-1928) — also known as William B. Lamar — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Fla. Born near Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-12.html">June 12, 1853</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; county judge in Florida, 1883-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1887; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/attygn.html">Florida state attorney general</a>, 1889-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 3rd District, 1903-09. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-26.html">September 26, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thompson B. Lamar and Sarah Bellamy (Bailey) Lamar; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-28.html">June 28, 1904</a>, to Ethel (Toy) Healey; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#687.03.90">Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar</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/10251.html">Lamar family</a> of Georgia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000031">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406541">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sampson Willis Harris (1809-1857) — of Wetumpka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-lived.html">Elmore County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/02-23.html">February 23, 1809</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1834, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a>, 1847-57 (3rd District 1847-55, 7th District 1855-57). Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-01.html">April 1, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000252">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405130">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839) — also known as Augustin S. Clayton — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fb-born.html">Fredericksburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/11-27.html">November 27, 1783</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1810; state court judge in Georgia, 1819; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1826; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1832-35. Slaveowner. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-21.html">June 21, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CL.html">Clayton County, Ga.</a> is named for him.</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=C000491">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402629">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Joelah Tribble (1869-1916) — also known as Samuel J. Tribble — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-15.html">November 15, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 8th District, 1911-16; died in office 1916. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-08.html">December 8, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Minnie B. McEntire.</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=T000366">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410935">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Jackson Cobb (1857-1925) — also known as Andrew J. Cobb — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-12.html">April 12, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1897-1907; Democratic Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1912-meeting.html">1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/03-27.html">March 27, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-03.html">March 3, 1880</a>, to Stark 'Starkie' Campbell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</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/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26073262">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> Henry Hull Carlton (1835-1905) — also known as Henry H. Carlton — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/05-12.html">May 12, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1873-77, 1899; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/GA.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1884-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 8th District, 1887-91. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/10-26.html">October 26, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James R. Carlton and Elizabeth Ann (Espey) Carlton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/">1867</a> to Helen C. 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000155">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402304">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Hull Carlton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7115166">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (1913-2003) — also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-14.html">August 14, 1913</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/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1951-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Clarke County, 1953-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 10th District, 1961-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/02-20.html">February 20, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#807.77.49">Alexander Hamilton Stephens</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/11249.html">Stephens family</a> of Crawfordville and Atlanta, Georgia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowler.html#954.79.70">Tillie K. Fowler</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Robert G. Stephens Jr. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-names.html">Athens, 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000860">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410323">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) — also known as Thomas R. R. Cobb — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-10.html">April 10, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">killed</a> in the battle of Fredericksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ST-died.html">Stafford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-13.html">December 13, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and Mary Willis Cobb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#320.22.65">John Milton Johnson</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Marion McHenry Lumpkin (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#118.73.06">Joseph Henry Lumpkin</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#856.82.84">Wilson Lumpkin</a>); father of Marion Birdie Cobb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#997.75.90">Michael Hoke Smith</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</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:Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8963">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> Tinsley White Rucker Jr. (1848-1926) — also known as Tinsley W. Rucker, Jr. — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Farmhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-24.html">March 24, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 8th District, 1917. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/11-18.html">November 18, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: First cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris9.html#847.35.27">Young Loftin Gerdine Harris</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/12793.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000493">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409452">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Ligon McWhorter (1891-1960) — also known as Bob McWhorter — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-born.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/06-04.html">June 4, 1891</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ga.</a>, 1940-47; named to the College Football <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a> in 1954. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/chi-phi.html">Chi Phi</a>. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/06-29.html">June 29, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hamilton McWhorter and Sallie (Pharr) McWhorter; brother of Camilla Oliver McWhorter (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#338.39.52">Andrew Cobb Erwin</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-12.html">October 12, 1921</a>, to Louise Walker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">McWhorter Hall (dormitory, built 1966, rebuilt in new location 2004), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-names.html">Athens, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob McWhorter">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83679963">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> Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) — also known as Andrew C. Erwin — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-22.html">December 22, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ga.</a>, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/GA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/GA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/GA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/GA.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">Hit by a car</a> on the street in front of his house, and died as a result, in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/02-16.html">February 16, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alexander Smith Erwin and Mary Ann Lamar (Cobb) Erwin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/04-24.html">April 24, 1912</a>, to Camilla Oliver McWhorter (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#609.89.69">Robert Ligon McWhorter</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> May Erwin Talmadge (1885-1973) — also known as May Marie Erwin; Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/02-26.html">February 26, 1885</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/GA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sbe.html">Georgia state board of education</a> 10th District, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/08-02.html">August 2, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 157 days</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Harry Johnson Erwin and Mary A. (Mills) Erwin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/10-18.html">October 18, 1905</a>, to Julius Young Talmadge; second great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell8.html#382.71.19">Thomas Jefferson Campbell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62654912">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> Young Loftin Gerdine Harris (1812-1894) — also known as Young L. G. Harris — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/index.html">1812</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1841, 1847-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention</a>, 1865. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-28.html">April 28, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/">1838</a> to Susan Allen (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#641.24.69">Singleton Walthall Allen</a>; aunt by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#759.54.41">Willis B. Adams</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris5.html#857.21.52">Jeptha Vining Harris</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#173.29.08">Tinsley White Rucker 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/12793.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06229">Old Athens Cemetery</a> Jackson Street Athens, Clarke County, Georgia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Dougherty (1801-1853) — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/index.html">1801</a>. State court judge in Georgia, 1840. 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