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Allan Bowie Magruder (1775-1822) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Kentucky, 1775.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13.
Died in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., April 16,
1822 (age about 46
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Mallory (1815-1885) —
of La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Madison Court House, Madison
County, Va., November
15, 1815.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1859-65 (7th District 1859-63, 5th
District 1863-65).
Died near La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky., August
11, 1885 (age 69 years, 269
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Oldham County, Ky.
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Clarence E. Manion (1896-1979) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., July 7,
1896.
Son of Edward Manion and Elizabeth (Carroll) Manion.
Lawyer; law
professor; chair,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died July 28,
1979 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1770.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1797-1801.
Died in Mason
County, Ky., February
7, 1825 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Orlean, Fauquier
County, Va., 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-94, 1807-09; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1795-1801.
In 1809, he opposed Henry
Clay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to wear
domestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resulted
in a duel
in which both men were wounded. Author of
the first
history of Kentucky, published in 1812.
Died near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 3,
1841 (age about 81
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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George Brown Martin (1876-1945) —
of Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., August
18, 1876.
Son of Alexander Lackey Martin and Nannie Frances (Brown) Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer; general counsel and director, Big Sandy and
Kentucky River Railway;
director, Standard Elkhorn Coal
Company; director, Clay Gunnell Shoe
Company; Boyd
County Judge, 1904; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1918-19; defeated, 1932; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1945
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Catlettsburg
Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Ky.
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John Mason Martin (1837-1898) —
of Alabama.
Born in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., January
20, 1837.
Son of Joshua
Lanier Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state senate, 1871-76; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1885-87.
Died in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., June 16,
1898 (age 61 years, 147
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Joseph Martin (b. 1892) —
of Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky.
Born near Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky., September
14, 1892.
Son of John Martin and Rintha Jane (Howell) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1926-30; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1932;
county judge in Kentucky, 1934-38; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
candidate for Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1955.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wesley Masterson (1861-1922) —
also known as William W. Masterson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ky.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ky., February
9, 1861.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Aden, 1895-98, 1903-06; Batum, 1906-08; Harput, 1908-14; Durban, 1916-20.
Died May 10,
1922 (age 61 years, 90
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rice Maxey (1800-1878) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., July 23,
1800.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1861-62.
Died in Lamar
County, Tex., January
11, 1878 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959) —
also known as Andrew J. May —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born near Langley, Floyd
County, Ky., June 24,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Floyd
County Attorney, 1901-09; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-47 (10th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 7th District 1935-47); defeated, 1928 (10th
District), 1946 (7th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1943, he was briefed about the flaws in the Japanese
anti-submarine munitions; he revealed
this information to the press, and hence to the Japanese, who
quickly improved their depth charges. After the war, this indiscretion
was estimated to have cost the U.S. ten submarines and 800 men. Convicted,
on July 3, 1947, on charges
of accepting
bribes for his influence
in the award of munitions contracts during World War II; served nine
months in prison;
received a full pardon
from President Harry
S. Truman in 1952.
Died in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., September
6, 1959 (age 84 years, 74
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky.
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Romano Louis Mazzoli (b. 1932) —
also known as Romano L. Mazzoli —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
2, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1968-70; candidate in primary for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1969; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1971-95.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 21,
1906.
Son of Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; in 1944, was the first
African-American reporter to attend a White House news conference;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1956.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Alice Stokes. |
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John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) —
also known as John A. McClernand —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., May 30,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; newspaper
publisher; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1840,
1852;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinois
state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District
1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1876
(Convention
President; member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Died in 1900
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) —
also known as James C. McReynolds —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., February
3, 1862.
Lawyer; university
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1913-14; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1914-41; took senior status 1941.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1946 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Elkton, Ky.
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Bradley Burr Meeker (1813-1873) —
also known as Bradley B. Meeker —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Fairfield
County, Conn., March 13,
1813.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-53.
Died in 1873
(age about
60 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John William Menzies (1819-1897) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Bryants Station, Bourbon
County, Ky., April 12,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848-55; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1861-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1864;
chancery judge in Kentucky, 1873-93.
Died in Falmouth, Pendleton
County, Ky., October
3, 1897 (age 78 years, 174
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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Louis Ebenezer Miller (1899-1952) —
also known as Louis E. Miller —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Willisburg, Washington
County, Ky., April 30,
1899.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1944.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1952
(age about
53 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Neville Miller (1894-1977) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
17, 1894.
Son of Shackelford
Miller.
Democrat. Lawyer; first dean,
University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
president of the National Association of Broadcasters,
1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 27,
1977 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Shackelford Miller —
Lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Shackelford Miller, Jr. (1892-1965) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., 1892.
Son of Shackelford
Miller.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1939-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1945.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
24, 1965 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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J. Lee Moore (1898-c.1949) —
of Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky.
Born in 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1948;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1936-39, 1948 (9th District 1936-39, 5th District
1948); member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940-43, 1944-47 (27th District
1940-43, 21st District 1944-47).
Died about 1949 (age about 51
years).
Interment somewhere
in Franklin, Ky.
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Laban Theodore Moore (1829-1892) —
also known as Laban T. Moore —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, 1829.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., November
9, 1892 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Edwin Porch Morrow (1877-1935) —
also known as Edwin P. Morrow —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., November
28, 1877.
Son of Thomas
Zantzinger Morrow and Virginia Catherine (Bradley) Morrow
(1842-1900).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1911-14; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916,
1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1919-23; defeated, 1915; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died suddenly, from a heart
lesion, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 15,
1935 (age 57 years, 199
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge.
Lawyer; school
teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander W. Mullins (b. 1835) —
of Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, April 12,
1835.
Son of Berryman H. Mullins (1802-1880) and Susanna Jane (Crews)
Mullins (1810-1900).
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1868,
1884,
1888.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1863
to Norrisea Smith. |
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Harvey Myers (1828-1874) —
of Kentucky.
Born February
10, 1828.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1872.
Shot
and killed by
Col. William G. Terrell, whose wife he had represented in a divorce
case, in the Stevenson & Myers law
office, Greer Building, Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., March 28,
1874 (age 46 years, 46
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Robert L. Myre —
also known as R. L. Myre —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1924; candidate in
primary for mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1927; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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