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Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson (1832-1908) —
also known as Robert H. M. Davidson —
of Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.
Born near Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., September
23, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Florida
state senate, 1860-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden County,
1865; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1877-91 (2nd District 1877-79, 1st
District 1879-91).
Died in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., January
18, 1908 (age 75 years, 117
days).
Interment at Western
Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Son of Edward Davies and Rahel (Paynter) Davies; married, September
10, 1902, to Emlen Knight (divorced 1935); married, December
15, 1935, to Marjorie Merriwether Post (divorced 1955).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Son of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February
3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Horatio Davis (1840-1912) —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., May 16,
1840.
Great-grandnephew of Samuel
Ashe; cousin four different ways of John
Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), John
Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas
Samuel Ashe and William
Shepperd Ashe; second cousin twice removed of William
Henry Hill; half-brother and fourth cousin of George
Davis; cousin three different ways of Alfred
Moore Waddell.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
county judge in Virginia, 1880-86; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1908-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., June 12,
1912 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Jim Davis (b. 1957) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
11, 1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 11th District, 1997-2007; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2006.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Wyche Davis (1849-1929) —
also known as Robert W. Davis —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born near Albany, Lee
County, Ga., March 15,
1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1885; general
attorney, Florida Southern Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1897-1905; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1924-25.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., September
15, 1929 (age 80 years, 184
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Married 1903
to Alice Taylor.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) —
also known as Thomas C. Dawson —
of Enterprise, Volusia
County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., July 30,
1865.
Son of Allan Dawson and Anna (Cleland) Dawson; married 1900 to Luiza
Guerra Duval; father of Allan
Dawson (1903-1949).
Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; U.S. Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1912 (age 46 years, 276
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Dolores Welch Denman (c.1932-2000) —
also known as M. Dolores Denman —
of New York.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for New York
state attorney general, 1978; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1979-2000; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1981-2000.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., 2000
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 24,
1902.
Nephew of Edmond
O. Dewey; son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970; grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu
Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal
Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 16,
1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart (b. 1954) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, August
13, 1954.
Brother of Mario
Diaz-Balart.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1987-89; defeated (Democratic),
1982; member of Florida
state senate, 1989-92; U.S.
Representative from Florida 21st District, 1993-.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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LaVern Ralph Dilweg (1903-1968) —
also known as LaVern R. Dilweg —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
1, 1903.
Son of Bernard Dilweg and Alida (Winkler) Dilweg; married, June 14,
1927, to Eleanor Coleman.
Democrat. Lawyer; played on the Green Bay Packers football
team, 1927-34; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1944; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1950.
Member, Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
2, 1968 (age 64 years, 62
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis.
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John Charles Doerfer (1904-1992) —
also known as John C. Doerfer —
of West Allis, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
30, 1904.
Married to Ida Page (1902-1982).
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1953-60; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1957-60; in 1960, he spent a week-long Florida
vacation on the yacht Lazy Girl, owned by his friend George B.
Storer, president of Storer Broadcasting; as a result, he was accused
of conflict
of interest and forced to
resign.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 5,
1992 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) —
also known as Peter H. Dominick —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915.
Nephew of Howard
Alexander Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March 18,
1981 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Hugh Dyer, Jr. —
also known as Buddy Dyer —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate, 1993-2003; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 2002; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 2003-05, 2005-; indicted
March 10, 2005, for illegally paying
a campaign worker to collect
absentee ballots in the 2004 mayoral election; suspended
from office as mayor; on April 20, the charges were dropped, and he
was reinstated.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Son of Charles Edward Early (born 1862) and Ida (Clark) Early;
married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 21,
1940.
Son of Edgar Easterly (reporter and press secretary).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Steven Effman (b. 1950) —
also known as Steve Effman —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950.
Married to Barbara
S. Effman.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Sunrise, Fla., 1993-96; member of Florida
state house of representatives 98th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Admitted
in 2003 to inappropriate
relationships
with three divorce clients; suspended
from the practice of law for 91 days.
Still living as of 2003.
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Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
April
3, 1900.
Son of Samson Ellenbogen and Rose (Franzos) Ellenbogen; married, December
18, 1927, to Rae Savage.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66.
Jewish.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 4,
1985 (age 85 years, 92
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edgar Clarence Ellis (1854-1947) —
also known as Edgar C. Ellis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., October
2, 1854.
Son of Elmer Eugene Ellis and Jane Maria (Halstead) Ellis; married,
July
20, 1882, to Emily Hatch Roy (died 1931); married, November
5, 1936, to Katherine M. Morgan.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1905-09, 1921-23,
1925-27, 1929-31; defeated, 1922, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 15,
1947 (age 92 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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William Hull Ellis (b. 1867) —
also known as William H. Ellis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
17, 1867.
Son of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis; married 1894 to M.
Ramelle Nicholson (died 1902); married 1906 to Ena H.
Taylor (daughter of Robert
Fenwick Taylor).
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1900;
Florida
state auditor, 1903; Florida
state attorney general, 1904-09; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1915-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard William Ervin (b. 1905) —
also known as Richard W. Ervin —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Carrabelle, Franklin
County, Fla., January
26, 1905.
Son of Richard William Ervin and Carrie Marvin (Phillips ) Ervin;
married, November
23, 1933, to Frances Blois Baker.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1964-75.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Son of Charles A. Fascell and Mary (Gullotti) Fascell; married, September
19, 1941, to Jean-Marie Pelot.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair).
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Military
Order of the World Wars; Jaycees;
Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Edward Ernest Fay (1887-1977) —
also known as Edward E. Fay —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1887.
Son of Frederick J. Fay and Evelyn Louise (Armstrong) Fay; married,
February
14, 1917, to Virginia Alice Ventz.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1925-27;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., September
4, 1977 (age 89 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Randolph Fearon (1883-1976) —
also known as George R. Fearon —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March 12,
1883.
Son of George Fearon (1816-1898) and Anna Elizabeth (Charlow) Fearon;
married, November
17, 1909, to Cora Lucy Nichols.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1916-20; member
of New
York state senate 38th District, 1921-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., January
2, 1976 (age 92 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas C. Tom Feeney III (b. 1958) —
also known as Tom Feeney —
of Oviedo, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., May 21,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1990-94, 1996-2002;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1994; Presidential Elector for Florida, 2000;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 24th District, 2003-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Steven B. Feren (b. 1950) —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1992-96; candidate in primary for
Florida
state senate, 1996; mayor of
Sunrise, Fla., 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1998-2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harold Leonard Fisher (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold L. Fisher; "Mr.
Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1910.
Son of Jacob Fisher and Pauline Fisher; married to Betty Kahn (died
1998).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960,
1976,
1980;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1967;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1968,
1992;
chairman, New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1977-79.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1999 (age 89 years, 16
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Son of Frederick Fisher and Mary Anna (McCarter) Fisher; married, November
6, 1909, to Louise Sanford (sister of Edward
Terry Sanford).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) —
also known as Duncan U. Fletcher —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
6, 1859.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Fletcher and Rebecca Ellen (McCowen)
Fletcher; married, June 20,
1883, to Anna Louise Paine; uncle of John
F. Huddleston.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1936 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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John Gilman Foster (1859-1931) —
also known as John G. Foster —
of Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., March 9,
1859.
Son of Austin T. Foster and Sarah H. (Gilman) Foster; married, June 9,
1886, to Clara Merriman.
Lawyer; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892; U.S. Consul General in Halifax, 1897-1903; Ottawa, 1903-27.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., January
6, 1931 (age 71 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tillie Kidd Fowler (1942-2005) —
also known as Tillie K. Fowler; Tillie
Kidd —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., December
23, 1942.
Daughter of Edwards
Culver Kidd, Jr.; married 1971 to L. Buck
Fowler.
Republican. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Robert
G. Stephens, Jr., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, of a brain
hemorrhage, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 2,
2005 (age 62 years, 69
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo J. Fox —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Wisconsin.
Lawyer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1961-62.
Still living as of 1962.
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Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis Frey, Jr. (b. 1934) —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., January
11, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1969-79 (5th District 1969-73, 9th
District 1973-79); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1972;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 1978; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1980.
Still living as of 2010.
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Sam Melville Gibbons (b. 1920) —
also known as Sam M. Gibbons —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
20, 1920.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1953-58; member of Florida
state senate, 1959-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-97 (10th District 1963-67, 6th
District 1967-73, 7th District 1973-93, 11th District 1993-97);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1964,
1968,
1984,
1996.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Mathis Gober (b. 1875) —
also known as William M. Gober —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga., July 29,
1875.
Son of William J. Gober and Clarisa (Embry) Gober; married, November
21, 1899, to Gussie E. Jackson.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1916, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1920
(alternate), 1924;
candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 1920; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1921-29; candidate
for justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Dudley Goodlette (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Hazard, Perry
County, Ky., 1948.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 76th District, 1999-.
Disciples
of Christ.
Still living as of 1999.
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Arthur E. Gordon (1879-1958) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Seville, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born July 17,
1879.
Lawyer; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1931-39; appointed
1931.
Died June 10,
1958 (age 78 years, 328
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Robert Graham (b. 1936) —
also known as Bob Graham —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
9, 1936.
Son of Ernest
Graham; brother of Philip Graham (publisher of Newsweek and
Washington Post); married to Adele Khoury (born 1938).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1967-71; member of Florida
state senate, 1971-79; Governor of
Florida, 1979-87; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1987-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Claudius Buchanan Grant (1835-1921) —
also known as Claudius B. Grant —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Lebanon, York
County, Maine, October
25, 1835.
Son of Joseph Grant and Mary (Merrill) Grant; married, June 13,
1863, to Caroline L. Felch (daughter of Alpheus
Felch).
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1871-74 (Washtenaw County 2nd
District 1871-72, Washtenaw County 1st District 1873-74); member of
University
of Michigan board of regents, 1872-79; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877; circuit
judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1882-89; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1890-1909; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1898-99, 1908.
English
ancestry.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
28, 1921 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Cousin of William
Wyatt Bibb and Thomas
Bibb; son of David Graves and Mattie (Bibb) Graves; married, October
10, 1900, to Dixie
Bilele.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 14,
1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Robert Alexis Green (1892-1973) —
also known as R. A. 'Lex' Green —
of Starke, Bradford
County, Fla.
Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union
County), Fla., February
10, 1892.
Son of William Henry Green and Mary Emma (Andreu) Green.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1918-20; Bradford
County Judge, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1925-44 (2nd District 1925-43,
at-large 1943-44); resigned 1944; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
9, 1973 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
River Cemetery, Near New River, Bradford County, Fla.
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Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872-1959) —
also known as Lloyd C. Griscom —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Riverton, Burlington
County, N.J., November
4, 1872.
Son of Clement Acton Griscom and Frances Canby (Biddle) Griscom;
married to Elizabeth Duer Bronson.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1901-02; Japan, 1902-06; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1906-07; Italy, 1907-09; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1910-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1959
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) —
also known as Ralph W. Gwinn —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., March 29,
1884.
Son of John Harvey Gwinn and Edith (Harvey) Gwinn; married, June 30,
1908, to Essie O'Daniel.
Republican. Lawyer; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,
1940, 1942.
Methodist
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
27, 1962 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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James Knox Polk Hall (1844-1915) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Elk
County District Attorney, 1867-70, 1873; interests in coal mining,
lumbering,
railroads,
and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1899-1903; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1903-14.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
5, 1915 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Pa.
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Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) —
also known as Lee H. Hamilton —
of Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., April 20,
1931.
Son of Frank A. Hamilton and Myra (Jones) Hamilton; married, August
21, 1954, to Nancy Ann Nelson.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Tau Omega; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) —
also known as Cary A. Hardee —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.
Born in Taylor
County, Fla., November
13, 1876.
Son of James Blacksher Hardee and Amanda Catherine (Johnson) Hardee;
married, February
7, 1900, to Maud Randell.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-17; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1917; Governor of
Florida, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died November
21, 1957 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Fla.
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Forest Arthur Harness (1895-1974) —
also known as Forest A. Harness —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 24,
1895.
Son of Oscar Melvin Harness and Elfie Marie (Willits) Harness;
married, August
15, 1917, to Amy Bernardine Rose.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Howard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; represented the United
States in the attempt to extradite Samuel
Insull from Greece, 1932-34; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., July 29,
1974 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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Julius Helfand (1902-1987) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1902.
Son of Ruben Helfand and Rose (Sperance) Helfand; married, November
21, 1926, to Naomi Aaronson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1935; defeated,
1935.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; National
Lawyers Guild.
Sponsored 1935 amendment to New York State tax law, which prohibited
educational institutions from denying admission to qualified
applicants because of race, color, or creed.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
16, 1987 (age 84 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Son of Albert Sydney Herlong and Cora (Knight) Herlong; married, December
26, 1930, to Mary Alice Youmans.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi Kappa
Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. (b. 1944) —
of Colorado.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., December
15, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; law clerk for Judge William
E. Doyle, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1971-72; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1996-; appointed 1996.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Adam Hocker (b. 1844) —
also known as William A. Hocker —
of Florida.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., December
5, 1844.
Son of William Hocker and Susannah (Lewis) Hocker; married, November
11, 1868, to Gertrude Venable.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1877, 1891; State's Attorney, 5th
Circuit, 1877-86; delegate to
Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge in
Florida, 1893-1901; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1903-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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Einar Hoidale (1870-1952) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Tromso, Norway,
August
17, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1930, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
5, 1952 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) —
also known as Spessard L. Holland —
of Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., July 10,
1892.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Holland and Fannie V. (Spessard) Holland;
married, February
8, 1919, to Mary Agnes Groover.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
county judge in Florida, 1921-29; member of Florida
state senate, 1932-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Florida, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1946-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., November
6, 1971 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Robert I. Honchell —
also known as Pat Honchell —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Lawyer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1965-67.
Still living as of 1967.
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood (1810-1888) and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood
(1818-1885); married 1880 to Emma S.
Miller.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Citizens Title and
Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992) —
also known as Richard J. Hughes —
of New Jersey.
Born in Florence, Burlington
County, N.J., August
10, 1909.
Father of Brian
M. Hughes; step-father of Michael
Murphy.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1938; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1944-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972;
county judge in New Jersey, 1948-52; superior court judge in New
Jersey, 1952-61; Governor of
New Jersey, 1962-70; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1970-73; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1973-81.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
7, 1992 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Lawrence E. Imhoff (1895-1988) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Round Bottom, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
28, 1895.
Son of Eugene A. Imhoff and Laura (Clegg) Imhoff; married, September
1, 1923, to Martha Elizabeth Korn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1925-33; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1933-39, 1941-43; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Elks.
Died in North Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April 18,
1988 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, Fla.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Tennessee.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also duelled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes.
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Cross-reference: Warren
R. Davis — Thomas
Hart Benton — Francis
P. Blair — Waightstill
Avery |
| | | See also Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) —
also known as Jacob K. Javits —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1904.
Son of Morris Javits and Ida (Littman) Javits; married, November
30, 1947, to Marion Ann Borris.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54; New York
state attorney general, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated (Liberal), 1980;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956,
1960,
1964;
Republican candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; United
World Federalists; Amvets.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 7,
1986 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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William Sherman Jennings (1863-1920) —
also known as W. S. Jennings —
of Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Centralia, Marion
County, Ill., March 24,
1863.
Son of Josephus W. Jennings and Amanda Jennings; cousin of William
Jennings Bryan; married, May 12,
1891, to May Mann.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hernando
County Judge, 1888; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1895; Presidential
Elector for Florida, 1896;
Governor
of Florida, 1901-05; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1904; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1908.
Died February
28, 1920 (age 56 years, 341
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Charles Fletcher Johnson (1859-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Johnson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
14, 1859.
Son of William F. Johnson and Ruth S. (Boulter) Johnson; married, December
21, 1881, to Abbie W. Britton.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1893; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1904,
1912,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1916; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
15, 1930 (age 71 years, 1
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson; married 1910 to Grace
Nail (1885-1976).
School
principal; author;
lawyer; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi
Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John B. Johnson (b. 1868) —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla., October
15, 1868.
Son of Archibald Johnson and Martha Elizabeth (Bachlotte) Johnson;
married, October
14, 1903, to Mary Wagner (died 1923).
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Florida
state senate, 1907-23; Florida
state attorney general, 1925-27.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Allison Johnston II (b. 1931) —
also known as Harry Johnston —
of Florida.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
2, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate 26th District, 1975-86; candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1989-97 (14th District 1989-93, 19th
District 1993-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1998.
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