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Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855-1938) —
also known as Harry S. Edwards —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 23,
1855.
Son of James Corson Edwards (1802-1861) and Elizabeth Griffin (Hunt)
Edwards (1820-1904).
Newspaper
editor; author; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1904;
Proleague Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1920.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., October
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, 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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Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) —
also known as Milford W. Howard —
of Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., February
18, 1862.
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99;
novelist; appeared as an actor
in a silent
movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the
conservative magazine
The Awakener in the 1930s.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sallie
Howard Memorial Chapel, Mentone, Ala.
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James Wideman Lee (1849-1919) —
also known as James W. Lee —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Rockbridge, Gwinnett
County, Ga., November
28, 1849.
Son of Zachery James Lee (1831-1865) and Emily Harris (Wideman) Lee
(1832-1876).
Democrat. Minister;
writer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1916.
Southern
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
4, 1919 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Eufaula Ledbetter (1862-1951). |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant of God and Lover of
Man. Forty-Five Years a Methodist Preacher Who Lived and Died to Make
Earth and Heaven One." |
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