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John William Abercrombie (1866-1940) —
also known as John W. Abercrombie —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born near Kellys Creek, St. Clair
County, Ala., May 17,
1866.
Son of Henry M. Abercrombie and Sarah A. (Kendrick) Abercrombie.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1896-98; Alabama
superintendent of education, 1898-1902, 1920-27; president,
University of Alabama, 1902-11; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1913-17.
Baptist. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 2,
1940 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery
in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Woodrow Albea (1918-2000) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., May 16,
1918.
Son of Emmette R. Albea and Lula (Limbaugh) Albea.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1955-66; member of Alabama
state senate 9th District, 1967-71; district judge in Alabama,
1972-88.
Baptist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Woodmen;
United
Commercial Travelers; Freemasons;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital,
Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., September
9, 2000 (age 82 years, 116
days).
Interment at Nance
Family Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Ala.
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J. Haden Alldredge (1887-1962) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Brooksville, Blount
County, Ala., July 28,
1887.
Son of Patrick Griffin Alldredge and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1939-55.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
5, 1962 (age 75 years, 130
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Griffin Alldredge and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge; married 1907 to Mildred
Chilton (died 1923); married, January
12, 1927, to Adna Eley. |
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Melba Till Allen (1933-1989) —
also known as Melba Till —
of Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Grady, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Marbury, Autauga
County, Ala.
Born in Friendship Community, Butler
County, Ala., March 3,
1933.
Daughter of Samuel Ben Till and Gertrude (Johnson) Till.
Democrat. Alabama
state auditor, 1967-75; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1972; Alabama
state treasurer, 1975-78; Convicted
in 1978 of using her position as state treasurer to obtain bank
loans to build a theme park, and for failing
to disclose her personal finances; she denied any wrongdoing; sentenced
to six years in jail, but
spent most of her sentence working as a bookkeeper in a retirement
home.
Female.
Baptist. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died, of cancer, in
Baptist Medical
Center, Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
20, 1989 (age 56 years, 231
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mabel Sanders Amos —
also known as Mabel Amos; Mabel Sanders —
of Alabama.
Born in Brooklyn, Conecuh
County, Ala.
Daughter of James Sanders and Hattie Bethea Sanders.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Alabama, 1967-75; Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1968.
Female.
Baptist. Member, Zonta.
Still living as of 1975.
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Henry Lafayette Anderton (c.1887-1955) —
Born about 1887.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1926.
Baptist.
Member of the "dry" faction which advocated alcohol prohibition; his
slogan was "Drier than talcum powder in the Sahara desert.".
Died in 1955
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Campaign slogan:
"Drier than talcum powder in the Sahara desert." |
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Elizabeth Bullock Andrews (1911-2002) —
also known as Elizabeth B. Andrews; Leslie Elizabeth
Bullock —
of Union Springs, Bullock
County, Ala.
Born in Geneva, Geneva
County, Ala., February
12, 1911.
Democrat. School
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1972-73.
Female.
Baptist.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
2, 2002 (age 91 years, 293
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
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George William Andrews (1906-1971) —
also known as George W. Andrews —
of Union Springs, Bullock
County, Ala.
Born in Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., December
12, 1906.
Son of George William Andrews, Sr. and Addie Bell (King) Andrews.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1944-71 (3rd District 1944-63,
at-large 1963-65, 3rd District 1965-71); died in office 1971.
Baptist. Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
25, 1971 (age 65 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
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Spencer Thomas Bachus III (b. 1947) —
also known as Spencer T. Bachus III —
of Vestavia Hills, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
28, 1947.
Son of Spencer Thomas Bachus, Jr. and Edith (Wells) Bachus.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1983-84; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1984-87; candidate for secretary of
state of Alabama, 1990; Alabama
Republican state chair, 1991-92; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1993-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 2008.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Woodrow Barbee (1912-1997) —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., September
30, 1912.
Mayor
of Phenix City, Ala., 1962-66.
Baptist. Member, Rotary.
Died, in Hamilton
House, Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., January
26, 1997 (age 84 years, 118
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Memory Gardens, Phenix City, Ala.
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) —
also known as Robert E. B. Baylor —
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., May 10,
1793.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1819-20; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge in
Texas, 1845-60.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
One of the founders,
in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now the
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor).
Died in Gay Hill, Washington
County, Tex., January
6, 1874 (age 80 years, 241
days).
Original interment at Old
Baylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886
at University
of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex.
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Tom Bevill (1921-2005) —
also known as "The King of Pork" —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Townley, Walker
County, Ala., March 27,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1959-66; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1967-97 (7th District 1967-73, 4th
District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1996.
Baptist. Member, Lions; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of heart
failure, in Jasper, Walker
County, Ala., March 28,
2005 (age 84 years, 1
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Carter Randolph Bibb (b. 1875) —
also known as C. R. Bibb —
of Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
6, 1875.
Republican. Dentist;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1944.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., February
4, 1947.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1977-91; member of Georgia
state senate, 1991-93; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) —
also known as Hugo L. Black —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Harlan, Clay
County, Ala., February
27, 1886.
Son of William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black.
Democrat. Lawyer;
police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11; Jefferson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
25, 1971 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;
married, February
23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster (died 1951); married, September
11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. |
| | | Epitaph: "Here lies a good
man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.
Newman, Hugo
Black : A Biography — Howard Ball, Hugo
L. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon, The
antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties in
modern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution |
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Edmund Roberts Blair (b. 1908) —
also known as Edmund Blair —
of Pell City, St. Clair
County, Ala.
Born in Leeds, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 29,
1908.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1948;
Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1948.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Civitan;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Virgil Bouldin (b. 1866) —
of Scottsboro, Jackson
County, Ala.
Born in Princeton, Jackson
County, Ala., October
20, 1866.
Son of John Bouldin and Mary (Collins) Bouldin.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jackson County Democratic Party, 1890-92; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1907-10, 1915-16; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1923-44.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bismarck Bowling (1870-1946) —
also known as William B. Bowling —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born near Iron City, Calhoun
County, Ala., September
24, 1870.
Son of William E. Bowling and Sarah (Elston) Bowling.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1920-28; resigned 1928;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1928-41.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala., December
27, 1946 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ala.
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Albert Preston Brewer (b. 1928) —
also known as Albert P. Brewer —
of Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Bethel Springs, McNairy
County, Tenn., October
26, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1955-67; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1963-67; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1967-68; Governor of
Alabama, 1968-71; defeated, 1970, 1978; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1968.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bobby Neal Bright, Sr. (b. 1952) —
also known as Bobby N. Bright —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Midland City, Dale
County, Ala., July 21,
1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Montgomery, Ala., 1999-2008; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 2009-.
Baptist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2009.
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Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 19,
1914.
Democrat. Social
worker; police
officer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District
1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
17, 1972 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush (1916-1991) —
also known as Dorothy V. Bush; Dorothy McElroy;
Dorothy Vredenburgh —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
8, 1916.
Daughter of Will Lee McElroy and Lany (Holland) McElroy.
Democrat. Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1944-89; Convention Secretary
(1948,
1964),
speaker (1948),
member, Arrangements Committee (1964),
, Democratic National Convention.
Female.
Baptist. Member, Beta
Sigma Phi.
Died December
21, 1991 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Entombed at Naples
Memorial Gardens, Naples Park, Fla.
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Francis Gordon Caffey (1868-1951) —
also known as Francis G. Caffey —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala.
Born in Gordonsville, Lowndes
County, Ala., October
28, 1868.
Son of Dr. Hugh William Caffey and Alabama (Gordon) Caffey.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1917-21;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929-47;
took senior status 1947; senior judge, 1947-51.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala., September
20, 1951 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Verbena
Cemetery, Verbena, Ala.
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Frank Clark (1860-1936) —
of Polk
County, Fla.; Duval
County, Fla.; Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., March 28,
1860.
Son of John Wise Clark and Mary Emeline (Keits) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1889-91, 1899; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1894-97; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1905-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1920.
Baptist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 14,
1936 (age 76 years, 17
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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James Keenan Davis (1790-1859) —
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 17,
1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; county
judge in Alabama, 1823; general in the Texas Army during the Texas
War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1843-44; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1848;
member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died February
10, 1859 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (White), Coldspring, Tex.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate to
Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Hazel Nell Dukes (b. 1932) —
also known as Hazel N. Dukes —
of Roslyn Heights, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 17,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1975-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996;
member, Rules Committee, 2008;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1992.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert Terry Everett (b. 1937) —
also known as Terry Everett —
of Enterprise, Coffee
County, Ala.; Rehoboth, Houston
County, Ala.
Born in Dothan, Houston
County, Ala., February
15, 1937.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1993-2009.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Timothy Souls Faulk (1866-1939) —
also known as T. S. Faulk —
of Samson, Geneva
County, Ala.
Born near Troy, Pike
County, Ala., September
15, 1866.
Son of Joseph Travis Faulk (1823-1885) and Mary Frances (Lee) Faulk
(1840-1894).
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; member of Alabama
state senate, 1919-39; died in office 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1928.
Primitive Baptist.
Died July 19,
1939 (age 72 years, 307
days).
Interment at Travelers
Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
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Arthur Borders Foster (b. 1872) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., October
19, 1872.
Son of John
Arthur Foster.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1903; circuit judge in Alabama,
1915-23; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1928-.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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David F. Gantt (b. 1941) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Opp, Covington
County, Ala., September
12, 1941.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 133rd District, 1983-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Lucien Dunbibbin Gardner (1876-1952) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., November
28, 1876.
Son of John Dunbibbin Gardner and Julia (Starke) Gardner.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1906; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1914-40; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1940-51.
Baptist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
2, 1952 (age 75 years, 340
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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William Coffee Gill (1819-1899) —
of Georgia.
Born in Monroe
County, Ala., January
30, 1819.
Lee
County Sheriff, 1858-71; served in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Georgia
state senate, 1890.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lee
County, Ga., March 10,
1899 (age 80 years, 39
days).
Interment at Starksville
Cemetery, Starksville, Ga.
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Addie L. Greene (b. 1943) —
of Mangonia Park, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Black Creek, Choctaw
County, Ala., January
21, 1943.
Democrat. Mayor of Magnolia Park, Fla., 1991-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives 84th District, 1993-.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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B. V. Hain (b. 1915) —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., September
3, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1954-.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 1967.
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Charles Hall (1854-1927) —
of Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala.
Born in Montpelier (now Blackshire), Baldwin
County, Ala., September
1, 1854.
Son of Cornelia (Earle) Hall and Young Charles Hall (1890-1956).
Democrat. Baldwin
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1886-92; probate judge in Alabama,
1892-1904; lawyer.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died August
23, 1927 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at Bay
Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
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Jonathan Haralson —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Lowndes
County, Ala.
Associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1892-1909.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Harris, Jr. (1940-1994) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 29,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1977-85; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1987-93; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1993-94.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
2, 1994 (age 54 years, 65
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Gardens, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. 1942) —
also known as Earl F. Hilliard —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 9,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1975-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1993-2003; defeated in
primary, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Rebuked
by the House Ethics Committee in June, 2001 over three campaign
finance violations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Albert Clinton Horton (1798-1865) —
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., September
4, 1798.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1833-34; colonel in the
Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Matagorda, Jackson and Victoria,
1836-38; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1846-47; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861.
Baptist.
Died in Matagorda, Matagorda
County, Tex., September
1, 1865 (age 66 years, 362
days).
Interment at Matagorda
Cemetery, Matagorda, Tex.
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Harold Guy Hunt (b. 1933) —
also known as Guy Hunt —
of Holly Pond, Cullman
County, Ala.
Born in Holly Pond, Cullman
County, Ala., June 17,
1933.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Baptist
minister; candidate for Alabama
state senate, 1962; probate judge in Alabama, 1964-76; Governor of
Alabama, 1987-93; defeated in primary, 1978.
Baptist.
Convicted
in 1993 of misusing
campaign
and inaugural funds to pay personal debts, and removed from
office as Governor.
Still living as of 1997.
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Earl Dewitt Hutto (b. 1926) —
also known as Earl Hutto —
of Panama City, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Midland City, Dale
County, Ala., May 12,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; sports
director and president of radio
stations; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1979-95.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Kay Ivey (born c.1945) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Camden, Wilcox
County, Ala., about 1945.
Republican. Alabama
state treasurer, 2003-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 2004.
Baptist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2007.
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Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., April 16,
1888.
Son of William Henry Jeffers and Anna Frances (Jenkins) Jeffers.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., June 1,
1983 (age 95 years, 46
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joshua Bryan Lee (1892-1967) —
also known as Josh Lee —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., January
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1935-37; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1937-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1940,
1956
(alternate).
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Mu
Alpha; Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1967 (age 75 years, 199
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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John Robert Lewis (b. 1940) —
also known as John Lewis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., February
21, 1940.
Son of Eddie Lewis and Willie Mae Lewis.
Democrat. Among the leaders of the civil rights movement of the
1960s; chair, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-66;
board member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1987-; defeated, 1977;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lawrence Wheeler Locklin (b. 1867) —
also known as L. W. Locklin —
of Perdue Hill, Monroe
County, Ala.
Born in Perdue Hill, Monroe
County, Ala., February
27, 1867.
Son of Charles William Locklin and Martha Barbara (Moore) Locklin.
Democrat. Merchant;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912.
Baptist. Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolphus Parker Longshore (b. 1854) —
also known as A. P. Longshore —
of Columbiana, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Chambers
County, Ala., September
16, 1854.
Son of Levi Longshore and Mary Ann (Parker) Longshore.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1889-91, 1895, 1919; probate
judge in Alabama; elected 1898, 1904, 1910; Progressive candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1920;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1920, 1921.
Missionary Baptist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Marshall Lovelace (b. 1854) —
of Brewton, Escambia
County, Ala.
Born in Pleasant Hill, Dallas
County, Ala., July 14,
1854.
Son of Basil Manly Lovelace and Amanda (Lovelace) Lovelace.
Democrat. Lumber and
timber business; director, Bank of
Brewton; Escambia
County Commissioner, 1904-10; member of Alabama
state senate 21st District, 1911.
Baptist. English
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Knights
of Honor.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Basil Manly Lovelace and Amanda (Lovelace) Lovelace; married to
Frances McKenzie; father of William
Yancey Lovelace. |
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Francis Wayland Lull (b. 1872) —
also known as Frank W. Lull —
of Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala.
Born in Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala., October
19, 1872.
Son of Cabot Lull and Sarah Graham (Crow) Lull.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Wetumpka, Ala., 1910-14; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1912.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seybourn Harris Lynne (1907-2000) —
also known as Seybourn H. Lynne —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., July 25,
1907.
Son of Seybourn Arthur Lynne and Annie Leigh (Harris) Lynne.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Alabama, 1934-40; circuit judge in Alabama, 1940-42;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1946-73;
took senior status 1973.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Blue
Key; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kiwanis.
In 1963, he prohibited Gov. George
C. Wallace from barring two black students from attending the
University of Alabama. In 1969, he ordered that Elmwood Cemetery in
Birmingham, Ala., be desegregated. The federal building in Decatur,
Ala. is named for
him.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
10, 2000 (age 93 years, 47
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married, June 16,
1937, to Katherine Donaldson Brandau. |
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Hugh Shepperd Darby Mallory (1848-1920) —
also known as H. S. D. Mallory —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega
County, Ala., February
6, 1848.
Son of James Mallory and Ann Maria (Darby) Mallory.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Selma, Ala., 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1912.
Baptist. Scottish,
English,
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Honor; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., March 10,
1920 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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George Holcombe Malone (b. 1863) —
also known as George Malone —
of Dothan, Houston
County, Ala.
Born near Brundidge, Pike
County, Ala., May 19,
1863.
Son of George Yewell Malone (1830-1906) and Tabitha Eleanor (Wallace)
Malone.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1912
(speaker);
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Missionary Baptist. English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carter Manasco (1902-1992) —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born near Townley, Walker
County, Ala., January
3, 1902.
Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1931-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1941-49.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1992
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Addison Mitchell McConnell, Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Mitch McConnell —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Sheffield, Colbert
County, Ala., February
20, 1942.
Republican. County judge in Kentucky, 1978-85; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1985-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Neil Metcalf (b. 1921) —
of Geneva, Geneva
County, Ala.
Born in Hartford, Geneva
County, Ala., November
10, 1921.
Son of Ramsey L. Metcalf and Jimmilee M. Metcalf.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1954, 1962-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1964.
Baptist. Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Woodmen of
the World; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1967.
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Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) —
also known as Juanita M. McDonald —
of Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
7, 1938.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1984,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 1996-2007; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 22,
2007 (age 68 years, 227
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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Jack Murr (b. 1914) —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Ozark, Dale
County, Ala., September
22, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1949-56.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1956.
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Gary M. Owen (b. 1944) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ala., September
9, 1944.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 22nd District, 1973-88; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1983-88.
Baptist. Member, Jaycees;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 1995.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist. Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Wallace Powell Pruitt, Jr. (b. 1911) —
also known as Wallace Pruitt, Jr. —
of Chatom, Washington
County, Ala.
Born in Chatom, Washington
County, Ala., June 14,
1911.
Democrat. Printer;
lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1934; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1936
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1964
(alternate); candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1940; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1948.
Baptist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert McKinley Rains (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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Hobdy G. Rains (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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Robert Riley (b. 1944) —
also known as Bob Riley —
of Ashland, Clay
County, Ala.
Born in Ashland, Clay
County, Ala., October
3, 1944.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; farmer; real estate
agent; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1997-2003; Governor of
Alabama, 2003-.
Baptist. Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2009.
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Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) —
also known as Kenneth A. Roberts —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Piedmont, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
1, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,
at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964; shot and
wounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican
nationalists, 1954.
Baptist. Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 9,
1989 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Virgil Sartain (1889-1964) —
also known as Virgil Sartain —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Oakman, Walker
County, Ala., October
6, 1889.
Republican. Member of Alabama
Republican State Executive Committee, 1932; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1940.
Baptist. Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Died in October, 1964
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Chauncey Sparks (1884-1968) —
also known as Chauncey Sparks —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Barbour
County, Ala., October
8, 1884.
Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1911-15; member of Alabama
state legislature, 1919-23, 1931-39; Governor of
Alabama, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1944,
1948.
Baptist. Member, Kiwanis.
Died November
6, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
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Lewis Maxwell Stone (1819-1890) —
of Carrollton, Pickens
County, Ala.
Born in Baldwin
County, Ga., December
11, 1819.
Son of William DeSaix Stone (1793-1855) and Elizabeth (Lewis) Stone
(1801-1858).
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849-52, 1868-69, 1888-89; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1868-69; member of Alabama
state senate, 1859-63; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
Died in Carrollton, Pickens
County, Ala., June 26,
1890 (age 70 years, 197
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Vipon Taylor (1859-1939) —
also known as Richard V. Taylor —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., August
11, 1859.
Son of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor.
Vice-president and general manager, Mobile & Ohio Railroad;
headed federalized railroads
in three states during World War I; mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 1922-24, 1933-34, 1936-37; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1926-29.
Baptist.
Died in Point Clear, Baldwin
County, Ala., December
22, 1939 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor; brother of Hannis
Taylor; married 1882 to Helen
Billingsley Buck. |
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Park Trammell (1876-1936) —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Macon
County, Ala., April 9,
1876.
Son of John W. Trammell and Ida E. (Park) Trammell.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1900-02; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Florida
state senate 7th District, 1905-09; Florida
state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of
Florida, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1917-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died May 8,
1936 (age 60 years, 29
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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John Russell Tyson (1856-1923) —
also known as John R. Tyson —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Lowndes
County, Ala., November
28, 1856.
Son of John A. Tyson and Matilda (Warren) Tyson.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82; circuit judge in
Alabama, 1892-98; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1898-1906; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1906-09; resigned 1909;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1921-23; died in office
1923.
Baptist.
Died March 27,
1923 (age 66 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Jackson Vaughn III (1917-2006) —
also known as Jackie Vaughn III —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
17, 1917.
Son of William Vaughn and Myrtle Vaughn.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th Senatorial
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-78 (23rd District 1967-72,
18th District 1973-78); resigned 1978; member of Michigan
state senate, 1978-2002 (5th District 1978-82, 3rd District
1983-94, 4th District 1995-2002).
Baptist or Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Botsford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 2006 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Hill Watts (1819-1892) —
also known as Thomas H. Watts —
of Alabama.
Born near Greenville, Butler
County, Ala., January
3, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1842-45, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1847-53; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1855; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Attorney General, 1862-63; Governor of
Alabama, 1863-65.
Baptist.
Arrested
by Union
forces in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865, and imprisoned
for a few weeks.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
16, 1892 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Philip Bailey Whitaker (b. 1891) —
also known as Phil B. Whitaker —
of Riverview (unknown
county), Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 19,
1891.
Son of Matt N. Whitaker and Florence (Griffin) Whitaker.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1948,
1952.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Civitan.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hilda Perry. |
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