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See also
Kemp
Battle Nixon —
Thomas
Battle Turley |
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Battle, Alfred —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1916.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Battle Axe:
See
Patrick
Jerome Gleason |
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Battle, Burrill Bunn
(1838-1917) —
of Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Hinds
County, Miss., July 24,
1838.
Son of Joseph J. Battle and Nancy (Stricklin) Battle.
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1885-1910.
Died December
21, 1917 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Josephine A. Witherspoon (died 1899). |
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Battle, C. I. —
of Spanish Camp, Wharton
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives 66th District, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Charlie —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives 10th District, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Battle, Edgar —
U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1893-98; U.S. Vice Consul in Acapulco, 1898-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Elizabeth —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Battle, George Gordon
(1868-1949) —
also known as "Mr. Chairman" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1868.
Son of Turner Westray Battle and Lavinia (Bassett) Daniel Battle.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, H.
Snowden Marshall, and James
A. O'Gorman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy was named for him.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Fredericksburg,
Va., April 29,
1949 (age 80 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives:
Married, April 12,
1898, to Martha Burwell Dabney Bagby (1869-1954). |
| | | Epitaph: "Throughout a long and
distinguished career as a greatly beloved and brilliant lawyer in the
city of New York, he never failed to defend the helpless and uphold
the rights of the poor and oppressed." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Battle, J. D. —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.
Mayor
of Texarkana, Ark., 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, James S. —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1876
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Jesse, Jr. (born
c.1952) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1952.
Vocational
counselor; Independent candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1994.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1994.
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Battle, John Stewart
(1890-1972) —
also known as John S. Battle —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., July 11,
1890.
Son of Rev. Henry Wilson Battle and Margaret (Stewart) Battle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-33; member of Virginia
state senate, 1934-50; Governor of
Virginia, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1972 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Monticello
Memorial Park, Charlottesville, Va.
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Battle, Joseph F., Jr.
(1938-2001) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born April 28,
1938.
Mayor
of Chester, Pa., 1979-86.
Died March 10,
2001 (age 62 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Joseph L. —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Battle, Kemp P. —
of Wake
County, N.C.
North
Carolina state treasurer, 1866-68.
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Laurie Calvin
(1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks; Eagles; Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Battle, Leonard Carrol —
of Bay
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Bay County, 1961.
Still living as of 1961.
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Battle, Leroy —
of Bellwood, Cook
County, Ill.
Candidate for mayor
of Bellwood, Ill., 2005.
Still living as of 2005.
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Battle, Lucius Durham
(1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Son of Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Martha —
Democrat. Presidential Elector for New York, 1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Richard —
of North Carolina.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Richard H. —
of Wake
County, N.C.
North
Carolina state auditor, 1864-65; appointed 1864.
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Robert III —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1980,
1984.
Still living as of 1984.
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Battle, Vincent Martin (b.
1940) —
Born in 1940.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Battle, William Cullen (b.
1920) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., October
9, 1920.
Son of John Stewart Battle and Mary Jane
(Lipscomb) Battle.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Ambassador to Australia, 1962-64.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1991.
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Battle, William H. —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from North Carolina, 1839.
Burial
location unknown.
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Battle, Wilma (born
c.1942) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born about 1942.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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