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Politician members in Alabama


  Prelate Demick Barker (1835-1928) — also known as Prelate D. Barker — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in North Branford, New Haven County, Conn., September 29, 1835. Son of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell) Barker (1808-1886). Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; secretary-treasurer, Alabama & Mississippi Railroad, 1866-71; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1871-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920; postmaster; member of Republican National Committee from Alabama, 1908-16. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., March 29, 1928 (age 92 years, 182 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell) Barker (1808-1886); married, August 1, 1865, to Joanna Elizabeth Ferguson (died 1910); married, April 29, 1914, to Grace Salome Pettit.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, June 2, 1896, to Frances Collins.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Russell McWhorter Cunningham (1855-1921) — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Mt. Hope, Lawrence County, Ala., August 25, 1855. Son of Moses Winslow Cunningham and Nancy Caroline (Russell) Cunningham. Democrat. Physician; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1880-81; member of Alabama state senate, 1896-1900; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, 1903-07; Governor of Alabama, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died June 6, 1921 (age 65 years, 285 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Winslow Cunningham and Nancy Caroline (Russell) Cunningham; married 1876 to Miss S. L. Moore; married to Annie Taylor.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  George Washington Jones (b. 1865) — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Hardin County, Ky., October 25, 1865. Democrat. Member of Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: George Washington
  John Parks Newsome (1893-1961) — also known as John P. Newsome — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., February 13, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1943-45. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., November 10, 1961 (age 68 years, 270 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Bacon Oliver (1867-1948) — also known as William B. Oliver — of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala. Born in Eutaw, Greene County, Ala., May 25, 1867. Son of William C. Oliver and Lizzie S. (Whitehead) Oliver. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1915-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924 (member, Credentials Committee). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Phi Beta Kappa; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen. Died in 1948 (age about 81 years). Interment at Eutaw Cemetery, Eutaw, Ala.
  Relatives: Cousin of Sydney Parham Epes. See Epes-Oliver family of Virginia.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  George Corley Wallace, Jr. (1919-1998) — also known as George C. Wallace — of Clayton, Barbour County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Clio, Barbour County, Ala., August 25, 1919. Son of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948 (alternate), 1956; circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58; Governor of Alabama, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated in Democratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1964, 1972, 1976; American Independent candidate for President of the United States, 1968. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Moose; Elks; Woodmen; Civitan; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans. Worked as a professional boxer in the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, was shot by Arthur Bremer; the injury paralyzed both legs. Along with Ohio's James A. Rhodes, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S. history. Died in Jackson Hospital, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., September 13, 1998 (age 79 years, 19 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, May 21, 1943, to Lurleen Burns; married, June 4, 1971, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (divorced 1978; niece of James Elisha Folsom; first cousin of James Elisha Folsom, Jr.); married 1981 to Lisa Taylor (divorced 1987); father of George C. Wallace, Jr.. See Wallace-Folsom family of Alabama.
  Cross-reference: Seybourn H. Lynne
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about George C. Wallace: Stephan Lesher, George Wallace : American Populist — Dan T. Carter, The Politics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics — Lloyd Rohler, George Wallace : Conservative Populist

 

 


 
   
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