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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Son of William Jackson Arant and Villulia (Akin) Arant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of the
Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Cobb (b. 1857) —
also known as Andrew J. Cobb —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., April 12,
1857.
Son of Howell Cobb and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; Presidential Elector for
Georgia, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college professor; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Walter Cecil Dowling (1905-1977) —
also known as Walter C. Dowling —
of Jesup, Wayne
County, Ga.
Born in Atkinson, Brantley
County, Ga., August 4,
1905.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Lisbon, 1938; Rio de Janeiro, 1943; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1956-59; Germany, 1959-63; university professor.
Died in 1977
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) —
also known as Newton Leroy McPherson; "Nuclear
Newt" —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 17,
1943.
Son of Newton Searles McPherson and Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson.
Republican. College professor; author; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1979-99; defeated,
1974, 1976; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1995-99.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Reprimanded
in 1997 by the House of Representatives, and fined
$300,000, over false
statements he had made during an investigation of his use of
tax-exempt organizations for partisan
advocacy.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Searles McPherson and Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson;
married, June 19,
1962, to Jackie Battley (divorced 1981); married, August 8,
1981, to Marianne Ginther (divorced 2000); married, August
18, 2000, to Callista Louise Bisek; step-father of Robert
Gingrich. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Newt Gingrich: Winning
The Future: A 21st Century Contract with America
(2005) — Saving
Lives & Saving Money : Transforming Health and Healthcare, with
Dana Pavey & Anne Woodbury — To
Renew America (1995) — Lessons
Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report (1998) |
| | | Fiction by Newt Gingrich: Gettysburg:
A Novel of the Civil War, with William R. Forstchen
(2003) — Grant
Comes East, with William R. Forstchen (2004) — Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory, with William R.
Forstchen (2005) — 1945,
with William R. Forstchen (1995) |
| | | Books about Newt Gingrich: Mel Steely,
The
Gentleman from Georgia : The Biography of Newt
Gingrich — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Critical books about Newt Gingrich:
David Maraniss & Michael Weisskopf, Tell
Newt to Shut Up : Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalists Reveal
How Reality Gagged the Gingrich Revolution — John K.
Wilson, Newt
Gingrich: Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors |
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William Philip Gramm (b. 1942) —
also known as Phil Gramm —
of College Station, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., July 8,
1942.
University professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1978-83, 1983-85;
resigned 1983; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1985-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Warren Grice (b. 1875) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Perry, Houston
County, Ga., December
6, 1875.
Son of Washington Leonidas Grice and Martha Virginia (Warren) Grice.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04; Georgia
state attorney general, 1914-15; law professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Grubbs Martin (b. 1935) —
also known as James G. Martin —
of Davidson, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
11, 1935.
Son of Arthur Morrison Martin and Mary Julia (Grubbs) Martin.
Republican. College professor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1973-85; Governor of
North Carolina, 1985-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bob McWhorter (1891-1960) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born June 4,
1891.
Son of Hamilton McWhorter (judge).
Law professor; mayor of
Athens, Ga., 1939-47.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Also famed as a college football player. McWhorter Hall (athletic
dormitory) at the University of Georgia was named for
him.
Died June 29,
1960 (age 69 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton McWhorter (judge); brother of Camilla Oliver McWhorter
(born 1884; who married Andrew
Cobb Erwin). See Cobb
family of Georgia. |
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Herman Louis Spahr (b. 1875) —
also known as Herman L. Spahr —
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., December
18, 1875.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
college teacher; U.S. Consul in Breslau, 1906-14; Montevideo, 1916-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Tait (1768-1835) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.; Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born near Hanover, Hanover
County, Va., February
1, 1768.
Democrat. College professor; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1803-09; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1809-19; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1820-26.
Died near Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala., October
7, 1835 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Dry
Forks Cemetery, Camden, Ala.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower (1898-1970) and Beryl Tower (1898-1990).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
university professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash of
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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