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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Brockman Adams (1927-2004) —
also known as Brock Adams —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1927.
Son of Charles Leslie Adams (born 1896) and Vera Eleanor (Beemer)
Adams (born 1903).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1965-77; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79; resigned 1979; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1987-93; in 1992, he was accused
by eight women of sexual
misconduct including sexual
harassment and rape;
he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the
scandal
ended his political career.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Stevensville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., September
10, 2004 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Broad
Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Md.
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Samuel Barnard Adams (1853-1938) —
also known as Samuel B. Adams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
8, 1853.
Son of William B. Adams and Laleah (Pratt) Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Citizens and Southern National Bank;
director, Bibb Manufacturing
Company; director, Southwestern Railroad;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1902.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 20,
1938 (age 84 years, 193
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bond Almand (1894-1985) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
13, 1894.
Son of Alexander James Almand (1852-1932) and Clara Emily (Bond)
Almand (1860-1913).
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Fulton County, 1935-36;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1942-43, 1945-49; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1969-72.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1985 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Parks Bond; son of Alexander James Almand (1852-1932) and Clara
Emily (Bond) Almand (1860-1913); married, June 18,
1932, to Helen Whitefoot Barnett (1900-1996). |
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William Hale Barrett (1866-1941) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1866.
Son of William Hale Barrett and Susan (Rhind) Barrett.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1922-41;
died in office 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died May 1,
1941 (age 74 years, 233
days).
Interment somewhere
in Augusta, Ga.
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Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Son of Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marcus Wayland Beck (1860-1943) —
also known as Marcus W. Beck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Harris
County, Ga., April 28,
1860.
Son of Rev. James W. Beck and Margaret (Wells) Beck.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1890; superior court judge in Georgia, 1894-98;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1905-37.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., January
21, 1943 (age 82 years, 268
days).
Interment at Jackson
City Cemetery, Jackson, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. James W. Beck and Margaret (Wells) Beck; married, December
13, 1888, to Carrie R. Ellis; father of Marcus W. Beck, Jr.
(1898-1918; U.S. Marine in World War I, killed in action at
Chateau-Thierry). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Tapley Bennett, Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.; Tap
Bennett —
of Georgia.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., April 1,
1917.
Son of William Tapley Bennett and Annie Mem (Little) Bennett.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1964-66; Portugal, 1966-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Council on
Foreign Relations; Sphinx;
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1994
(age about
77 years).
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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Emily Couric (1947-2001) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 5,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 25th District, 1996-2001; died in office 2001; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 2001.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, Charlottesville,
Va., October
18, 2001 (age 54 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Sister of Katie Couric (television news anchor). |
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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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Pierre D. Howard, Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Georgia.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., February
3, 1943.
Son of Pierre Howard and Caroline Howard.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1973-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1991-; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1997.
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 23,
1938.
Son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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James Thomas Laney (b. 1927) —
also known as James T. Laney —
of Georgia.
Born in Wilson, Mississippi
County, Ark., December
24, 1927.
Son of Thomas Mann Laney and Mary (Hughey) Laney.
Ordained
minister; president,
Emory University, 1977-93; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1993-96.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) —
also known as Henderson L. Lanham —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
14, 1888.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Floyd County, 1929-34,
1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office
1957.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in a train
collision with his automobile
at a crossing in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
10, 1957 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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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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Abit Nix (b. 1888) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., July 3,
1888.
Son of John Morgan Nix and Dora (Bennett) Nix.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Citizens and Southern Bank;
director, Progressive Life
Insurance Company; director, New Georgian Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1940,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1913
to Eunice Little. |
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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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Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) —
also known as Richard B. Russell —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Russell, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., April 27,
1861.
Son of William John Russell and Rebecca Harriette (Brumby) Russell.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; newspaper
editor; president, Hoschton Telephone
Co.; organizer, Athens Street
Railway Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge in
Georgia, 1898-1906; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1906; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died December
3, 1938 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.
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Clifford Mitchell Walker (1877-1954) —
of Monroe, Walton
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., July 4,
1877.
Son of Billington Sanders Walker and Alice (Mitchell) Walker.
Mayor, Monroe, Ga., 1902-04; board chairman, Bank of
Monroe; Georgia
state attorney general, 1915-20; Governor of
Georgia, 1923-27.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Ku Klux
Klan; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., November
9, 1954 (age 77 years, 128
days).
Interment at Old
Baptist Cemetery, Near Monroe, Walton County, Ga.
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