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Asa Leonard Allen (1891-1969) —
also known as A. Leonard Allen —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., January
5, 1891.
Son of Asa Levi Allen and Sophronia (Perkins) Allen.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1937-53.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died January
5, 1969 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936) —
also known as O. K. Allen —
of Louisiana.
Born in a log
cabin in Winn
Parish, La., August 8,
1882.
Son of Asa Levi Allen and Sophronia (Perkins) Allen.
School
teacher; member of Louisiana
state senate; Governor of
Louisiana, 1932-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the Louisiana Governor's
mansion, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
28, 1936 (age 53 years, 173
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Obediah Pearson Amacker (1838-1910) —
also known as Obediah P. Amacker —
Born in St. Helena Parish (part now in Tangipahoa
Parish), La., December
17, 1838.
Son of Nathaniel Amacker (1811-1881) and Mosilla (Pearson) Amacker
(1813-1871).
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state senate 17th District; elected 1889.
Missionary Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kentwood, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., June 17,
1910 (age 71 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Amacker (1811-1881) and Mosilla (Pearson) Amacker
(1813-1871); married 1864 to Abigail
Means Kent (1841-1910); grandfather of David
Muir Amacker. See Amacker-Kent
family of Louisiana. |
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James Benjamin Aswell (1869-1931) —
also known as James B. Aswell —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., December
23, 1869.
Son of Benjamin W. Aswell and Elizabeth (Lyles) Aswell.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1904-08; Chancellor,
University of Mississippi, 1907; president,
Louisiana State Normal College, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1931 (age 61 years, 83
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) —
also known as Iola Banks —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La., August
10, 1933.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska,
1976,
1980,
2000.
Female.
Baptist or Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in
the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26,
2002 (age 68 years, 320
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Lovell Banks. |
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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1877-1947) —
also known as Theodore G. Bilbo —
of Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss.
Born near Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss., October
13, 1877.
Son of James Oliver Bilbo and Beedy (Wallace) Bilbo.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47; died in office 1947.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Author
of the book Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization,
which advocated deportation of all American blacks to Africa. During
the 1946 campaign, in a radio address, he called on "every
red-blooded Anglo-Saxon man in Mississippi to resort to any means to
keep hundreds of Negroes from the polls in the July 2 primary. And if
you don't know what that means, you are just not up to your
persuasive measures." After he won re-election, the Senate, appalled
at his racist
views and tactics, refused to
seat him, and started an investigation.
Died, of mouth
cancer, in a hospital
at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
21, 1947 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Juniper
Grove Cemetery, Near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss.
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John Bryce (1784-1864) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., 1784.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1849-50.
Baptist.
Died in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., 1864
(age about
80 years).
Interment somewhere
in Henderson, Ky.
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George W. Carroll (1855-1935) —
also known as "The Moneyless Millionaire of
Texas" —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., April 11,
1855.
Son of Frank L. Carroll and Sarah (Long) Carroll.
Lumber
business; banker; oil
millionaire; philanthropist; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1902; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Baptist.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
14, 1935 (age 80 years, 247
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Cleveland Dear (1888-1950) —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Sugartown, Beauregard
Parish, La., August
22, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1933-37.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
30, 1950 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Pineville, La.
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Clyde Edward Fant (1905-1973) —
also known as Clyde E. Fant —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Linden, Cass
County, Tex., 1905.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1946-54, 1958-70.
Baptist.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1973
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Cleo Fields (b. 1962) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
22, 1962.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1993-97; defeated,
1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Julia Grimmet Fortson (b. 1910) —
also known as Julia L. Grimmet —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn., July 8,
1910.
Daughter of Judson M. Grimmet.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Louisiana, 1936-50.
Female.
Baptist. Member, Junior
League.
Still living as of 1950.
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William Walton George (1807-1865) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Georgia, 1807.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1840-41, 1842-44.
Baptist.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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William Herbert Gray III (b. 1941) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edward B. Herndon (1849-1930) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Meade
County, Ky., 1849.
Democrat. Caddo Parish Police Juror, 1876-77; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1890.
Baptist.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1930
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John N. Howell (1807-1882) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., 1807.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1844-45.
Baptist.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1882
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) —
also known as William J. Jefferson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Lake Providence, East Carroll
Parish, La., March 14,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1979-90; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1999; named as unindicted
co-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer's
guilty plea to bribery
charges.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Bennett Johnston, Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as J. Bennett Johnston —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., June 10,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1964-68; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1968-72; candidate in primary for Governor of
Louisiana, 1971; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1996.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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William E. King (born c.1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., about 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1925-27, 1929-33; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940, 1942, 1944,
1946, 1948.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Freemasons;
Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Otis Hoffpower Lee (1910-1990) —
of Texas.
Born in Pecan Island, Vermilion
Parish, La., December
17, 1910.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-51, 1953-55; candidate for
Texas
state senate, 1951.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Member Lamar University Hall of Honor.
Died of heart
failure, in Groves, Jefferson
County, Tex., March 4,
1990 (age 79 years, 77
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Groves, Tex.
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Catherine Small Long (b. 1924) —
also known as Catherine S. Long; Cathy Long; Mary
Catherine Small —
of Louisiana.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
7, 1924.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1985-87.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Gillis William Long (1923-1985) —
also known as Gillis W. Long —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., May 4,
1923.
Son of Floyd H. Long and Birdie (Shumake) Long.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85;
died in office 1985; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1964.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 1985 (age 61 years, 261
days).
Interment at Alexandria
National Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; "The
Kingfish" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Son of Huey Pierce Long and Caledonia (Tison) Long.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist. Member, Elks.
Impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State
Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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Speedy Oteria Long (b. 1928) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Tullos, La Salle
Parish, La., June 16,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; member
of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-64; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1965-73.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1998.
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Joseph Moore (b. 1870) —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.; Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Leesville, Vernon
Parish, La., September
21, 1870.
Son of Joseph William Moore and Eliza Bridget (Kavanaugh) Moore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; District
Attorney, 15th District, 1901-05, 1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1917-21.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Brooks Oliver (b. 1895) —
also known as Brooks Oliver —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Douglassville, Cass
County, Tex., August
31, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) —
also known as Otto E. Passman —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born near Franklinton, Washington
Parish, La., June 27,
1900.
Son of Ed Passman and Pheriby (Carrier) Passman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; furniture
business; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1947-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Charged
in 1978 with accepting
$200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park, in what became
known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
also charged
with tax
evasion; tried and
found not guilty.
Died in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., August
13, 1988 (age 88 years, 47
days).
Interment at Mulhearn
Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Ruffin Golson Pleasant (1871-1937) —
also known as Ruffin G. Pleasant —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Shiloh, Union
Parish, La., June 2,
1871.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Pleasant and Martha Washington (Duty)
Pleasant.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Louisiana
state attorney general, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1916-20.
Baptist.
Died September
12, 1937 (age 66 years, 102
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) —
also known as W. L. Rambo —
of Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La.
Born in Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La., March 22,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield
drilling contractor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1964-68.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
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Edmond Earl Talbot (b. 1897) —
also known as Edmond E. Talbot —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gansville, Winn
Parish, La., January
2, 1897.
Son of Benjamin Horace Talbot (M.D.) and Katherine Eleanor (McBride)
Talbot.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1928-33.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lee Emmett Thomas (1866-1935) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Marion, Union
Parish, La., 1866.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-16; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President); mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1922-30.
Baptist.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1935
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Volney Voss Whittington (1893-1974) —
also known as V. V. Whittington —
of Benton, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Ivan, Bossier
Parish, La., September
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-32.
Baptist. Member, Lions; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in 1974
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Haughton, La.
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Robert W. Williams (b. 1934) —
also known as Bo Williams —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Greenwood, Caddo
Parish, La., 1934.
Republican. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1994-98.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2005.
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