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William Henry Wadsworth (1821-1893) —
also known as William H. Wadsworth —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., July 4,
1821.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1853-56; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1861-65, 1885-87.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., April 2,
1893 (age 71 years, 272
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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George Walker (1763-1819) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1810-14; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14.
Died in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1819
(age about
56 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Jessamine County, Ky.
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James David Walker (1830-1906) —
also known as James D. Walker —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., December
13, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85.
Died in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., November
17, 1906 (age 75 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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John Leonard Walker (b. 1906) —
also known as J. Leonard Walker —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1906.
Son of Edgar Walker and Catherine (Burke) Walker.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1951; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-59.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Leavell Walker (1873-1944) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., February
15, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Garrard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901; district judge in Kentucky
13th District, 1910-11; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1929-31.
Died in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., June 30,
1944 (age 71 years, 136
days).
Interment at Lancaster
Cemetery, Lancaster, Ky.
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Coleman Covington Wallace —
also known as Coleman C. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Luxon Wallace (1889-1974) —
also known as William L. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., January
2, 1889.
Son of Coleman
Covington Wallace.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Kentucky
state senate 29th District, 1921-24; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1936-69.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
23, 1974 (age 85 years, 355
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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William Thomas Ward (1808-1878) —
also known as William T. Ward —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, August 9,
1808.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1851-53; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died October
12, 1878 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Orie Solomon Ware (1882-1974) —
also known as Orie S. Ware —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Peach Grove, Pendleton
County, Ky., May 11,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1927-29.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Fort Mitchell, Kenton
County, Ky., December
16, 1974 (age 92 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Edgar T. Washburn —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Lawyer; mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1936-40; defeated, 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) —
also known as John C. Watts —
of Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 9,
1902.
Son of William Montague Watts and Frances Elizabeth (Wilson) Watts.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; chair of
Jessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53; Jessamine
County Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motor
transportation commissioner, 1948-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
24, 1971 (age 69 years, 77
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Lynn Boyd Wells (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn B. Wells —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky., January
29, 1893.
Son of Edward Granvil Wells and Arzelda (Keeton) Wells.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected Kentucky
state house of representatives 75th District 1955.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jewel D. Johnson. |
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Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (1908-1994) —
also known as Lawrence W. Wetherby —
of Anchorage, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Middletown, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1908.
Son of Samuel David Wetherby and Fanny (Yenowine) Wetherby.
Democrat. Lawyer; juvenile court judge in Kentucky, 1943-47;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
secretary
of Kentucky Democratic Party, 1948-51; Governor of
Kentucky, 1950-55; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1956; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1965-66.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu
Phi; Rotary.
Died at King's Daughters Memorial Hospital,
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 27,
1994 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Joseph M. White (1781-1839) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1781.
Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1820; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1839 (age 58 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne Edward Whitfield (b. 1943) —
also known as W. Edward Whitfield; Ed
Whitfield —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., May 25,
1943.
Lawyer; business
executive; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 8th District, 1973-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1995-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) —
also known as Charles A. Wickliffe —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., June 8,
1788.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District
1823-33, 5th District 1861-63); Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836-39; Governor of
Kentucky, 1839-40; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1841-45; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died near Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
31, 1869 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) —
of Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
6, 1819.
Son of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1854-56; Governor of
Louisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April 18,
1895 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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David L. Williams (b. 1953) —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.
Born May 28,
1953.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1985-86; member of Kentucky
state senate 16th District, 1987-; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1992; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Gladys Christine Williams (b. 1921) —
also known as Gladys Williams —
of Taylorsville, Spencer
County, Ky.
Born in Spencer
County, Ky., June 30,
1921.
Daughter of Amos S. Williams and Edith Scott (Snider) Williams.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1955.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Son of John H. Willis and Abigail (Slavens) Willis.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Wilson (b. 1976) —
of Garrard
County, Ky.
Born April 14,
1976.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Garrard County Republican Party, 2004-.
Still living as of 2006.
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Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March 17,
1836.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; banker; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-91, 1896-1900;
resigned 1900.
Died August
10, 1910 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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David Meade Woodson (1806-1877) —
also known as David M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1806.
Son of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) and Anna Randolph (Meade) Woodson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1833; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1847;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1848; circuit judge in Illinois;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1868.
Died in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., 1877
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Son of David
Meade Woodson and Lucy Nash (McDowell) Woodson.
Engineer;
lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) —
of near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., 1779.
Son of Tucker Woodson (c.1744-1779) and Elizabeth (Moore) Woodson.
Lawyer; Jessamine
County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-26.
Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1827
(age about
48 years).
Interment at Crocket
Burying Ground, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1815.
Son of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) and Anna (Randolph) Woodson.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1857-61; circuit judge
in Missouri.
Died in 1881
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Son of Wade Netherland Woodson and Alice (Chick) Woodson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1860-70; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Third
cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827); son of Wade Netherland Woodson and
Alice (Chick) Woodson; first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts (1825-1845); married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams (1828-1856); married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard (1846-1907); third cousin twice
removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. See Woodson
family of Kentucky. |
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Governors Association biography |
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Tucker Woodson (1804-1874) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., November
4, 1804.
Son of Anna Randolph (Meade) Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827).
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; member of Kentucky
state senate; Jessamine
County Judge.
Died July 8,
1874 (age 69 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bailey Peyton Wootton (1870-1949) —
also known as Bailey P. Wootton —
of Hazard, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Muhlenberg
County, Ky., May 20,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1916;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1932-36; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cancer, in
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 16,
1949 (age 78 years, 331
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Son of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
The law school building at the University of Louisville is named for
him.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Thomas S. Yates (1882-1947) —
of Grayson, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Carter
County, Ky., May 21,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944;
Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1937-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1944.
Died in Carter
County, Ky., July 17,
1947 (age 65 years, 57
days).
Interment somewhere
in Grayson, Ky.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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