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George Albright (b. 1956) —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
20, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 24th District, 1989-.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Maysel Louise Alford (d. 1957) —
also known as Nell Alford; Maysel Louise
Flournoy —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.
Daughter of Benjamin Harvey Flournoy and Alice (Sheppard) Flournoy.
Democrat. Owner and operator of millinery
and greeting card business; member of Florida
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1944-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., 1957.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Oscar Andrews (1877-1946) —
also known as Charles O. Andrews —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ponce de Leon, Holmes
County, Fla., March 7,
1877.
Son of John Andrews and Mary Angers (Yon) Andrews.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; judge of criminal court in
Florida, 1910-11; circuit judge in Florida, 1919-25; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-46; died in office 1946.
Presbyterian. Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
18, 1946 (age 69 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Son of William Henry Andrews and Kate (Gresham) Andrews.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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Reubin O'Donovan Askew (b. 1928) —
also known as Reubin Askew —
of Florida.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., September
11, 1928.
Son of Leon G. Askew and Alberta Askew.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1958-62; member of Florida
state senate, 1962; Governor of
Florida, 1971-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1972 ;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Presbyterian. Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Bacchus (b. 1949) —
also known as Jim Bacchus —
of Florida.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 21,
1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1991-95 (11th District 1991-93, 15th
District 1993-95).
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Albert Edwin Beech (1904-1973) —
also known as Albert E. Beech —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1904.
Republican. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1954.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in April, 1973
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph I. Brittain (1858-1930) —
of East Palestine, Columbiana
County, Ohio; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., 1858.
Son of Joseph Brittain and Belinda Brittain.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1892-95; U.S. Consul in Nantes, 1897-1902; Kehl, 1902-07; Prague, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Coburg, 1913-14; Auckland, 1914-15; Sydney, 1915-19; Winnipeg, 1919-24.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died October
22, 1930 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Shirley Brown (b. 1952) —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., October
2, 1952.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 69th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March 19,
1860.
Son of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896);
married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird (1860-1930); cousin of William
Sherman Jennings; brother of Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (1873-1962; who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown. See Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan |
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April 15,
1884.
Son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone and
Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone
Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1936.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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Charles Terrance Canady (b. 1954) —
also known as Charles T. Canady —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., June 22,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1985-90; candidate for Florida
state senate, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Florida 12th District, 1993-2001.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. (1930-1998) —
also known as Lawton Chiles; "Walkin'
Lawton" —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., April 3,
1930.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-67; member of Florida
state senate, 1967-71; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1971-89; Governor of
Florida, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1996
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of a heart
condition, in the Governor's
Mansion, Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., December
12, 1998 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Roselawn
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
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Victor D. Crist (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 60th District, 1993-.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1999.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
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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Relatives:
Married 1903
to Alice Taylor. |
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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.
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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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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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.
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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Don Fuqua (b. 1933) —
of Altha, Calhoun
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
20, 1933.
Son of J. D. Fuqua and Lucille (Langford) Fuqua.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member
of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-87 (9th District 1963-67, 2nd
District 1967-87).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jaycees;
Woodmen;
Alpha
Gamma Rho; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Porter J. Goss (b. 1938) —
of Sanibel, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., November
26, 1938.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1989-2004 (13th District 1989-93,
14th District 1993-2004); resigned 2004; Director of Central
Intelligence, 2004-06.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Cecil Donald Hardesty (1907-2000) —
also known as Cecil D. Hardesty —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Kensington, Smith
County, Kan., August
24, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for California
superintendent of public instruction, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Died in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 92 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Katherine Harris (b. 1957) —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., April 5,
1957.
Republican. Real estate
broker; member of Florida
state senate, 1994-98; secretary of
state of Florida, 1999-2002; U.S.
Representative from Florida 13th District, 2003-07; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2006.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Chris Hart IV (b. 1968) —
of Florida.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., August
11, 1968.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 57th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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Edward Louis Howard (b. 1926) —
also known as Edward L. Howard —
of Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
25, 1926.
Son of C. Edward Howard and Marjorie (Johnston) Howard.
Republican. Board chairman, Neshaminy Valley Bank;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 10th District, 1971-86.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1986.
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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.
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 Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
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).
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. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
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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Relatives: 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). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | 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
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
|
| | | 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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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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Cary D. Landis (b. 1873) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Son of David Landis and Elizabeth Landis.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurence William Lane, Jr. (b. 1919) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Florida.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
7, 1919.
Son of Laurence William Lane and Ruth (Bell) Lane.
Republican. Magazine
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1985-89; Nauru, 1985-89.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Still living as of 1991.
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Son of William Edwin MacGregor and Edith (Clark) MacGregor.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Donald Ray Matthews (1907-1997) —
also known as Donald R. Matthews; Billy
Matthews —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., October
3, 1907.
Son of D. H. Matthews and Flora A. Matthews.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1935; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 8th District, 1953-67.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Lions; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
26, 1997 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Interment at Hawthorne
Cemetery, Hawthorne, Fla.
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Clarence William Nelson (b. 1942) —
also known as Bill Nelson —
of Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., September
29, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
legislative assistant to Gov. Reubin
Askew, 1971; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1979-91 (9th District 1979-83, 11th
District 1983-91); candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2001-.
Presbyterian.
Flew on the space
shuttle Columbia in January 1986.
Still living as of 2012.
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Pat Patterson (b. 1948) —
of Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
12, 1948.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 26th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Son of Fred
Prehn.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 24,
1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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George Arthur Rathbun (1884-1958) —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dundee, Monroe
County, Mich., May 30,
1884.
Son of George H. Rathbun and Sarah A. (Prindle) Rathbun.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 39th Circuit, 1930-53; resigned 1953.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died February
16, 1958 (age 73 years, 262
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
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Bruce Armistead Smathers (b. 1943) —
also known as Bruce A. Smathers —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., October
3, 1943.
Son of George
Armistead Smathers and Rosemary (Townley) Smathers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; secretary of
state of Florida, 1975-78; candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 1978; lobbyist.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2000.
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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Clifford Bundy Stearns (b. 1941) —
also known as Cliff Stearns —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 16,
1941.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1989-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Russell H. Strange, Jr. (1934-2001) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., September
18, 1934.
Republican. Tree farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-70 (Isabella District
1957-64, 100th District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi; American
Political Science Association; Rotary; Grange; Elks.
Died in North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
6, 2001 (age 67 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bill Sublette (b. 1963) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
County, Calif., April 12,
1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 40th District, 1993-; candidate
for mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 2003.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Alpha Theta; Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2003.
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Pat Thomas (1933-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., November
21, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1966-70; candidate for nomination for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1970; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-74; member of Florida
state senate, 1975-2000.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of multiple
myeloma, in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 66 years, 213
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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John Thrasher (b. 1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 19th District, 1993-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1999; Presidential
Elector for Florida, 2000.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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Marjorie R. Turnbull (b. 1940) —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., July 4,
1940.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 9th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Zonta; Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Tom Warner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
6, 1948.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1993-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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Michael C. Wiggins —
also known as Mike Wiggins —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 2009-.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Douglass Wiles (b. 1952) —
also known as Doug Wiles —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Andalusia, Covington
County, Ala., November
7, 1952.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 20th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2004.
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Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916 (age 62 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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