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Ivan Earnest Allen, Sr. (b. 1877) —
also known as Ivan Allen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga., March 1,
1877.
Son of Daniel Earnest Allen and Susan Reese (Harris) Allen.
Democrat. Business
executive; member of Georgia
state senate, 1919-21; treasurer of
Georgia Democratic Party, 1936; Presidential Elector for Georgia,
1940,
1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary; Moose.
Gave Fort Mountain to the state of Georgia.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Earnest Allen and Susan Reese (Harris) Allen; married 1908 to Irene
Beaumont; father of Ivan
Earnest Allen, Jr.. |
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Jefferson Randolph Anderson (b. 1861) —
also known as J. Randolph Anderson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
4, 1861.
Son of Edward Clifford Anderson, Jr. and Jane Margaret (Randolph)
Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for several railroads;
director, Savannah Bank and
Trust Co.; director, Savannah Electric &
Power Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1909-12; member of Georgia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1907-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(speaker);
member of Georgia
state senate, 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
First
black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March 20,
1907.
Son of Joseph Gibbs Arnall and Bessie Lena (Ellis) Arnall.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate
1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944;
president, Dixie Insurance
Co., 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Phi; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Eagles; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Civitan.
Died December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Arthur Key Bolton (b. 1922) —
of Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., May 14,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Spalding County, 1949-56,
1959-66; Georgia
state attorney general, 1965-81.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1981.
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Eugene Alva Bond (1890-1980) —
also known as Eugene A. Bond —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Royston, Franklin
County, Ga., May 29,
1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1940,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died in April, 1980
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. Boyd, Jr. (1916-2007) —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Hoschton, Jackson
County, Ga., November
16, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Charles Hillyer Brand (1861-1933) —
also known as Charles H. Brand —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Loganville, Walton
County, Ga., April 20,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-95; superior court judge in Georgia, 1906-17;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1917-33 (8th District 1917-33, 10th
District 1933); died in office 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Shadow
Lawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.
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William Gordon Brantley (1860-1934) —
also known as William G. Brantley —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Blackshear, Pierce
County, Ga., September
18, 1860.
Son of Benjamin
Daniel Brantley and Janet (McRae) Brantley.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Georgia
state senate, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 11th District, 1897-1913; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
11, 1934 (age 73 years, 358
days).
Interment at Blackshear
Cemetery, Blackshear, Ga.
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Paul C. Broun (1916-2005) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Bogart, Oconee
County, Ga.
Born in Shellman, Randolph
County, Ga., March 1,
1916.
Son of Leroy Augustus Broun and Annie (Edwards) Broun.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; merchant;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1963-2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died February
14, 2005 (age 88 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Garland Turk Byrd (1924-1997) —
of Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga., July 16,
1924.
Son of Dozier
Eugene Byrd and Mabel (Gaultney) Byrd (born 1899).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; real estate
business; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1947-50;
resigned 1950; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi.
Died May 31,
1997 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Reynolds, Ga.
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Relatives:
Married, August
22, 1946, to Gloria Elizabeth Whatley (born
1925). |
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Jonnie Lafayette Caldwell (b. 1922) —
also known as Jonnie L. Caldwell —
of Upson
County, Ga.
Born in Butler, Taylor
County, Ga., August
10, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Upson County, 1955-70; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1971-.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 1975.
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S. Sam Caldwell (b. 1929) —
of Georgia.
Born in East Point, Fulton
County, Ga., January
22, 1929.
Georgia
commissioner of labor, 1967-.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1975.
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George H. Carley (b. 1938) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1938.
Son of George L. Carley, Jr. and Dorothy (Holmes) Carley.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1966; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1979-93; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1993-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Allen Alexander Chappell (b. 1889) —
also known as Allen Chappell —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
24, 1889.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1933-34,
1937-40; member of Georgia
state senate, 1935; member of Georgia
public service commission, 1941-65.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert E. Chastain (b. 1890) —
of Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., August
19, 1890.
Son of Rainey R. Chastain and Etta (Jones) Chastain.
Democrat. Oil
distributor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Thomas County, 1941-42,
1945-46, 1949-50, 1953-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Steve Moreland Cocke (b. 1894) —
also known as Steve M. Cocke —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in Armena, Lee
County, Ga., February
14, 1894.
Son of John Franklin Cocke (1857-1928) and Annie (Moreland) Cocke
(1859-1921).
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate 11th District, 1951-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Terrell County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Sigma Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Sanford Cohen (1870-1935) —
also known as John S. Cohen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1935 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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J. Eugene Cook (b. 1904) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., April 4,
1904.
Son of James Monroe Cook and Ida (Preston) Cook.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1945-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) —
also known as Edward E. Cox —
of Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga.
Born near Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., April 3,
1880.
Son of Stephen Edward Cox and Mary (Williams) Cox.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1936,
1952;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated,
1916; died in office 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
24, 1952 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.
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Zachariah Daniel Cravey (1894-1966) —
also known as Zack D. Cravey —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Milan, Telfair
County, Ga., April 13,
1894.
Son of Robert Charles Cravey and Margaret Jane (Studstill) Cravey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Telfair
County Tax Collector, 1920-33; Georgia state game and fish
commissioner, 1934-37; Georgia natural resources commissioner,
1941-43; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1947-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died in November, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Jane Ophelia Pinkerton. |
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis (b. 1870) —
also known as Ben J. Davis —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., May 27,
1870.
Son of Michael Davis and Katherine Davis.
Republican. Bricklayer;
school
teacher; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1896
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-28.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Curran Davis (1895-1981) —
also known as James C. Davis —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Franklin, Heard
County, Ga., May 17,
1895.
Son of Thomas Benjamin Davis and Lura Viola (Mooty) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1925-28;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1934-47; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1947-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Junior
Order.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
18, 1981 (age 86 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April 26,
1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Duckworth (b. 1894) —
also known as W. Henry Duckworth —
of Cairo, Grady
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., October
21, 1894.
Son of John Frank Duckworth and Laura Jane (Noblet) Duckworth.
Lawyer;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1938-48; appointed 1938; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1948-69.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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George H. Edwards (1911-1980) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., February
13, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-78 (Wayne County 11th
District 1955-64, 12th District 1965-72, 9th District 1973-78).
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1980
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John James Flynt, Jr. (1914-2007) —
also known as Jack Flynt —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., November
8, 1914.
Son of John
James Flynt and Susan Winn (Banks) Flynt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Spalding County, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1954-79 (4th District 1954-65, 6th
District 1965-79).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Woodmen;
Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., June 24,
2007 (age 92 years, 228
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Ga.
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Walter Franklin George (1878-1957) —
also known as Walter F. George —
of Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga.
Born near Preston, Webster
County, Ga., January
29, 1878.
Son of Robert Theodric George and Sarah (Stapleton) George.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1912-16; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1917-21; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1922-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1936,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died August 4,
1957 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Vienna
Cemetery, Vienna, Ga.
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Robert Andrew Gray (1882-1975) —
also known as R. A. Gray —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Concord, Pike
County, Ga., August 2,
1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
state of Florida, 1930-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
American
Legion; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1975
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Elliott Hagan (1916-1990) —
also known as G. Elliott Hagan —
of Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga., May 24,
1916.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Screven County, 1939-44,
1947-50; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1961-73; defeated, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Moose.
Died December
26, 1990 (age 74 years, 216
days).
Interment at Sylvania
Memorial Cemetery, Sylvania, Ga.
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Clint Wood Hager (b. 1890) —
also known as Clint W. Hager —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., June 19,
1890.
Son of John Jackson Hager and Maud Livingston (Caldwell) Hager.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1921-34; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928,
1940;
Georgia
Republican state chair, 1937-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-c.1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1967-88.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets; NAACP; Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
In April, 2000, a Philadelphia branch post office was named for
him.
Died about 1988 (age about 71
years).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1870.
Republican. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, 1912-16; member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1920-24.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died a few days later in Freedmen's Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1925 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
28, 1903, to Georgia Douglas Camp (1880-1966;
poet). |
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Thaddeus Marion Jones (b. 1901) —
also known as Thad Jones —
of Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Plains, Sumter
County, Ga., November
17, 1901.
Son of Thomas Marion Jones (1858-1934) and Maggie Louise (Coker)
Jones (born 1876).
Democrat. Owner, Jones Automatic Sprinkler Company; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lee Key (1867-1939) —
also known as James L. Key —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ga., July 27,
1867.
Son of Thomas Terrell Key and Rhoda (Carroll) Key.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1919-23, 1931-37.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in 1939
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Kimbrough (b. 1912) —
also known as William Kimbrough —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., June 28,
1912.
Member of Georgia
public service commission, 1961-; appointed 1961.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Phillip Mitchell Landrum (1907-1990) —
also known as Phillip M. Landrum —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Martin, Stephens
County, Ga., September
10, 1907.
Son of Phillip Davis Landrum and Blanche (Mitchell) Landrum.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1953-77; defeated in
primary, 1942.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Co-author of Landrum-Griffin Act.
Died November
19, 1990 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marvin Dawson Mathis (b. 1940) —
also known as Dawson Mathis —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Nashville, Berrien
County, Ga., November
30, 1940.
Son of Marvin W. Mathis and Nell Dawson (Abel) Mathis.
Democrat. Television news
director, WALB-TV, 1964-70; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1971-81.
Member, Fraternal
Order of Police; Elks; Toastmasters.
Still living as of 1998.
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Matthew Lauren McWhorter (b. 1889) —
also known as Matt L. McWhorter —
of Stephens, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Stephens, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., February
8, 1889.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
public service commission, 1936-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP;
Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Possum Poke, Poulan, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April 11,
1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Emmett Marshall Owen (1877-1939) —
also known as Emmett M. Owen —
of Zebulon, Pike
County, Ga.; Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born near Hollonville, Pike
County, Ga., October
19, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
farmer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1933-39; died in office
1939.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1939 (age 61 years, 245
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Zebulon, Ga.
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Homer Cling Parker (1885-1946) —
also known as Homer C. Parker —
of Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Ga.; DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., September
25, 1885.
Son of William Cling Parker and Sarah Belle (Mattox) Parker.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Statesboro, Ga., 1924-27; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1931-35; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1936-37, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 22,
1946 (age 60 years, 270
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Statesboro, Ga.
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John Leonard Pilcher (1898-1981) —
also known as J. L. Pilcher —
of Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born near Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga., August
27, 1898.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives; member of Georgia
state senate, 1940-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1953-65.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga., August
20, 1981 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Meigs
Sunset Cemetery, Meigs, Ga.
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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Son of Theodore R. Ramspeck and Ida (Word) Ramspeck.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt;
"F.D.R." —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
30, 1882.
Son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt
(1854-1941).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928;
contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were
paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of
New York, 1929-33; President
of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February
15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton
J. Cermak were shot
at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Served as president during the Depression and World War II. His
portrait appears on the U.S. dime
(ten
cent coin).
Died of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether
County, Ga., April 12,
1945 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara
(Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941); fourth cousin once removed of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); half-uncle of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; married, March 17,
1905, to Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt (niece of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne
Douglas Robinson); second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who
married William
Phillips); first cousin of Warren
Delano Robbins and Katharine
Price Collier St. George; father of James
Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Ross
T. McIntire — Milton
Lipson — W.
W. Howes — Bruce
Barton — Hamilton
Fish, Jr. — Joseph
W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Rexford
G. Tugwell — Raymond
Moley — Adolf
A. Berle — George
E. Allen — Lorence
E. Asman — Grenville
T. Emmet |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No
Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in
World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR
: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin
Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,
That
Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —
Jonas Klein, Beloved
Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of
Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles
Peters, Five
Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of
1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —
Steven Neal, Happy
Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence
of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — Karen
Bornemann Spies, Franklin
D. Roosevelt (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Franklin D.
Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's
Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great
Depression — John T. Flynn, The
Roosevelt Myth |
| | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Philip Roth, The
Plot Against America: A Novel |
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Carl Edward Sanders (b. 1925) —
also known as Carl E. Sanders —
of Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., May 15,
1925.
Son of Carl Thomas Sanders and Roberta J. (Alley) Sanders.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Richmond County, 1955-56;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1957-62; Governor of
Georgia, 1963-67; chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
Democratic National Convention, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Moose;
Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) —
also known as Frank M. Scarlett —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., June 9,
1891.
Son of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;
took senior status 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The federal building in Brunswick, Ga. is named for
him.
Died November
18, 1971 (age 80 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett;
married, June 15,
1923, to Mary Louisa Morgan (died 1962); married, May 29,
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Robert Grier Stephens, Jr. (1913-2003) —
also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
14, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1951-53; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis;
Woodmen.
Died, in a hospital
at Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
20, 2003 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Herman Eugene Talmadge (1913-2002) —
also known as Herman E. Talmadge —
of Lovejoy, Clayton
County, Ga.
Born near McRae, Telfair
County, Ga., August 9,
1913.
Son of Eugene
Talmadge and Mattie Iola (Thurmond) Peterson Talmadge.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Georgia, 1947, 1948-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1957-81; defeated, 1980.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Hampton, Henry
County, Ga., March 21,
2002 (age 88 years, 224
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Henry County, Ga.
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Melvin Ernest Thompson (1903-1980) —
also known as Melvin E. Thompson —
of Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Born in Millen, Jenkins
County, Ga., May 1,
1903.
Son of Henry J. Thompson and Eva Inez (Edenfield) Thompson.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; school
principal; superintendent
of schools; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1946-47; Governor of
Georgia, 1947-48.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Civitan;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Phi Kappa.
Died October
3, 1980 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Valdosta, Ga.
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Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) —
also known as Hosea Williams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Attapulgus, Decatur
County, Ga., January
5, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; walked
with a cane due to wartime injury; ordained
minister; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidate
for mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1989.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Civil rights leader; active in sit-ins
and protest
marches in Savannah and elsewhere; arrested
at least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for black
voting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated. Convicted
in 1981 of leaving the
scene of an accident, and jailed
for six months.
Died, of cancer, at
Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 316
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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