| |  RAINS:
See also
Aylett
Rains Cotton —
Aylett
Rains Cotton, Jr. |
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Rains, Albert McKinley
(1902-1991) —
also known as Albert Rains —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Grove Oak, DeKalb
County, Ala., March 11,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1941-44; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1945-65 (5th District 1945-63,
at-large 1963-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., March 22,
1991 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Rains, Donald B. —
of North Carolina.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
|
| |
Rains, Donnie —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
|
| |
Rains, Emory (1800-1878) —
of Texas.
Born in Warren
County, Tenn., May 4,
1800.
Member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Shelby and Sabine, 1837-39; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1851-54; member of Texas
state senate, 1859.
Prime supporter of the Texas homestead law; in 1861, stood with Sam
Houston in opposition to secession.
Died in Emory, Rains
County, Tex., March 4,
1878 (age 77 years, 304
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Emory, Tex.
|
| | Rains,
Euclid See Thomas Euclid Rains,
Sr. |
| |
Rains, Hobdy G. (b. 1912) —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ala., March 29,
1912.
Son of Will G. Rains and Ola (Hamrick) Rains.
Democrat. Parole
officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1952;
secretary
of Alabama Democratic Party, 1967.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Rains, Jack —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
|
| |
Rains, Jerry —
of Knox
County, Ind.
Republican. Chair of
Knox County Republican Party, 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
|
| |
Rains, Joe F. (b. 1914) —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., January
24, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; used car
dealer; grocery
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pettis County, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1967.
|
| |
Rains, John —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1860.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Rains, Joseph —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1888.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Rains, Ken —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Rains, Kenneth P. —
of Kentucky.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| | Rains, T.
Euclid See Thomas Euclid Rains,
Sr. |
| |
Rains, Thomas Euclid, Sr.
(c.1921-2000) —
also known as T. Euclid Rains —
of Alabama.
Born about 1921.
Broom
manufacturer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives 26th District, 1979-91.
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Became blind
when he lost both eyes in an accident with a pair scissors as a boy.
He was the only totally blind baseball coach in
Little League history.
Killed in an automobile
accident, when the car in which he was a passenger went off a
bridge in heavy
rain, near Geraldine, Marshall
County, Ala., August
27, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Asbury
Methodist Church Cemetery, Near Albertville, Marshall County, Ala.
|
| |
Rairden, Bradstreet S. (b.
1858) —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
7, 1858.
Insurance
agent; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1892-97, 1900-16; Riviere du Loup, 1917-20; Curacao, 1922-24; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1898-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Rairden, David L. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Batavia, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Rairden, Frank Bradstreet (b.
1888) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Java, Indonesia,
May 4,
1888.
Son of Bradstreet S. Rairden.
Insurance
agent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Rairden, George A. (b.
1892) —
of Leon, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Leon, Mason
County, W.Va., January
9, 1892.
Son of Harvey C. Rairden and Rachel (McDaniel) Rairden.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1927-36,
1939-46, 1949-54, 1959-60.
Burial
location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married 1919
to Wretha Parsons. |
|
| |
Rairden, John (b. 1831) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1831.
Member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Rairden, Percy Wallace (b.
1889) —
also known as Percy W. Rairden —
Born in Anjer, Java (Anyer, Indonesia),
November
14, 1889.
Son of Bradstreet S. Rairden.
Insurance
agent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1911-14.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Raker, Iva S. —
of Alturas, Modoc
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Raker, John Edward
(1863-1926) —
also known as John E. Raker —
of Alturas, Modoc
County, Calif.
Born near Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill., February
22, 1863.
Son of Christian Raker and Mary E. (Rambo) Raker.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state senate, 1898; superior court judge in California, 1905-10;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1908,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); California
Democratic state chair, 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-26 (1st District 1911-13,
2nd District 1913-26); died in office 1926.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1926 (age 62 years, 334
days).
Interment at Susanville
Cemetery, Susanville, Calif.
|
| |
Raker, John P. —
U.S.
Attorney for Guam, 1952-54.
Still living as of 1954.
|
| |
Raker, Roy —
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 38th District, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| |
Raley, Don —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate in primary for supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1992.
Still living as of 1992.
|
| |
Raley, J. R. —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oregon, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Raley, John W., Jr. (b.
1932) —
of Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born May 23,
1932.
Son of John Wesley Raley and Helen Thames Raley.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ponca City, Okla., 1980-83; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1990-97.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
|
| |
Raley, Luther —
of Valley Mills, Bosque
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Raley, William L. —
of Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| | RALLS:
See also
William
Ralls Morrison —
John
A. Wilson |
| |
Ralls, John Perkins
(1812-1904) —
also known as John P. Ralls —
of Alabama.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., January
1, 1812.
Delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; member of
Alabama state legislature, 1878.
Methodist.
Died in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
22, 1904 (age 92 years, 326
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
|
| |
Ralls, Tom —
of Coalgate, Coal
County, Okla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralls, William Reid (b.
1938) —
also known as William R. Ralls —
of Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1938.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1978; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Still living as of 1984.
|
| |
Ralph, A. J. —
of Dana, Vermillion
County, Ind.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1896.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralph, George W. —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Illinois, 1839
(Convention Secretary; member, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralph, Joseph H. —
of New York.
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 2nd District, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralph, Leon Douglas
(1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Son of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church of
God. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
|
| |
Ralph, Richard F. —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate 25th District, 1921-32.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralph, Ruth —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralph, S. H. —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.; Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1900,
1908.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralph, Stillman —
of Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1837, 1855-56 (Hillsdale County
1837, Hillsdale County 1st District 1855-56).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ralph, W. T. —
of Belhaven, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Ralph, William —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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