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Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. (1910-1981) —
also known as Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr. —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss., May 10,
1910.
Son of Robert Andrew Ainsworth and Catherine (Wursch) Ainsworth.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Louisiana
state senate, 1952-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1961-66; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-81; died in
office 1981.
Member, Order of the
Coif; American
Judicature Society.
Died, during treatment for a heart
attack, at Southern Baptist Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
22, 1981 (age 71 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julian Power Alexander (1887-1953) —
also known as Julian P. Alexander —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
7, 1887.
Son of Charlton Henry Alexander and Matilda (MacMillan) Alexander.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1919-21;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1934-39; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Newcomen
Society; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, while a spectator at the Sugar Bowl football
game, in Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
1, 1953 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Interment at Cedarlawn
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Taliaferro Alexander (1846-1924) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Catahoula
Parish, La., March 17,
1846.
Son of John Steele Alexander and Susan (Taliaferro) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for railroads;
delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., January
3, 1924 (age 77 years, 292
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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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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Norwood Francis Allman (1893-1987) —
also known as Norwood F. Allman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., July 24,
1893.
Son of John Isaac Allman and Nannie Kate (English) Allman.
Lawyer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Antung, 1917; Nanking, 1918; Tientsin, 1918-19; Tsinanfu, 1919-21; Shanghai, 1921; Chungking, 1921; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1922-24.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., February
28, 1987 (age 93 years, 219
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Mary Louise Hamilton. |
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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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George Arceneaux, Jr. (1928-1993) —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1928.
Son of George Arceneaux (1895-1986) and Louise (Austin) Arceneaux
(1900-1998).
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979-93;
died in office 1993.
Died in Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La., April 6,
1993 (age 64 years, 324
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Houma, La.
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Harrison Garey Bagwell (1914-1973) —
also known as Harrison G. Bagwell —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in 1914.
Son of Arthur D. Bagwell and Birdie (Harrison) Bagwell.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Louisiana, 1952,
1960
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952.
Protestant.
Died December
2, 1973 (age about 59
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Thomas Baird (1861-1899) —
also known as Samuel T. Baird —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., May 5,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney, 6th District, 1884-88;
district judge in Louisiana 6th District, 1888-92; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1897-99; died in
office 1899.
Died, from endocarditis
and rheumatism,
in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1899 (age 37 years, 352
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Bastrop, La.
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Carl J. Barbier (b. 1944) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
21, 1944.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1998-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Charlton Reid Beattie (1869-1925) —
also known as Carlton R. Beattie —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Assumption
Parish, La., April 22,
1869.
Son of Taylor Beattie and Fannie Estelle (Pugh) Beattie.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1908; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1909-13; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925; died
in office 1925.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., August
23, 1925 (age 56 years, 123
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Hill Beer (b. 1928) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 12,
1928.
Lawyer; Judge,
Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1974-78; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1978-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979-94;
took senior status 1994.
Still living as of 2000.
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Louis Joseph Behan (b. 1876) —
also known as Louis J. Behan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 10,
1876.
Son of William
James Behan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August 6,
1811.
Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1848;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar
note in 1861-64. He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Fell
from a tram car
about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney and
heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May 6,
1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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Eugene Ennalls Berl (1889-1954) —
also known as E. Ennalls Berl —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 2,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1940,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of Democratic
National Committee from Delaware, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died April 1,
1954 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Edward Bermudez (c.1832-1892) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1832.
Son of Joaquin Bermudez.
Lawyer; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1889-92.
Died, from heart
trouble, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
23, 1892 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Helen Ginger Berrigan (b. 1948) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 15,
1948.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1994-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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Newton Crain Blanchard (1849-1922) —
also known as Newton C. Blanchard —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Rapides
Parish, La., January
29, 1849.
Son of Carey H. Blanchard and Frances Amelia (Crain) Blanchard.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879, 1913; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1881-94; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1894-97; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1897-1903; appointed 1897;
resigned 1903; Governor of
Louisiana, 1904-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1912
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., June 22,
1922 (age 73 years, 144
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Charles Julian Bloch (1893-1974) —
also known as Charles J. Bloch —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
10, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1927-28;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1932,
1948.
Jewish.
Died in August, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander John Boarman (1839-1916) —
also known as Aleck Boarman —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., December
10, 1839.
Son of I. A. Boarman and Martha (Thompson) Boarman.
Republican. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1865-67; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1872-73; circuit
judge in Louisiana, 1877-81; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1881-1916;
died in office 1916.
Died in Loon Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
30, 1916 (age 76 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Charles Jahleal Boatner (1849-1903) —
also known as Charles J. Boatner —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Columbia, Caldwell
Parish, La., January
23, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1876-78; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1889-96, 1896-97 (5th District
1889-93, 4th District 1893-95, 5th District 1895-96, 1896-97).
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 21,
1903 (age 54 years, 57
days).
Interment at Monroe
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash (age 58 years, 244
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (b. 1940) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
18, 1940.
Son of Thomas
Hale Boggs, Sr. and Corinne
Claiborne Boggs.
Democrat. Economist;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1970.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wayne G. Borah (1891-1966) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Baldwin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 28,
1891.
Son of Charles Frank Borah and Fannie (Thomas) Borah.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1928-49; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1949-56; took senior
status 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
6, 1966 (age 74 years, 284
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eaton Jackson Bowers (1865-1939) —
also known as Eaton J. Bowers —
of Bay St. Louis, Hancock
County, Miss.; Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Canton, Madison
County, Miss., June 17,
1865.
Son of Eaton Jackson Bowers and Sallie Lee (Dinkins) Bowers.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1886-1900; Presidential
Elector for Mississippi, 1888,
1892;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1896-1900; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1900,
1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1900-02; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1903-11.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1939 (age 74 years, 131
days).
Interment at Cedar
Rest Cemetery, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
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Thomas C. Bowie (b. 1876) —
of Jefferson, Ashe
County, N.C.
Born in Louisiana, July 27,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1904;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Ashe County, 1909,
1913.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Boyce (1797-1873) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1797.
Lawyer; planter;
circuit judge in Louisiana, 1834-39; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849-61;
resigned 1861; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Boyce, Rapides
Parish, La., March 1,
1873 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Edward James Boyle, Sr. (1913-2002) —
also known as Edward J. Boyle —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gretna, Jefferson
Parish, La., October
11, 1913.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1966-81;
took senior status 1981.
Died, in Memorial Medical
Center, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 24,
2002 (age 88 years, 286
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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James J. Brady (b. 1944) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996;
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2000-02.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Berlinger Breaux (b. 1944) —
also known as John B. Breaux —
of Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., March 1,
1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1972-87; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1987-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1988
(speaker),
1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 2004.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph A. Breaux (1838-1926) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1890-1904; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1904-14.
Died July 23,
1926 (age about 88
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1861
to Eugenia Mills. |
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Robert James Brent (1811-1872) —
also known as Robert J. Brent —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., May 12,
1811.
Son of William
Leigh Brent and Maria (Fenwick) Brent (1792-1836).
Democrat. Lawyer; Maryland
state attorney general, 1851; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1860.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
4, 1872 (age 60 years, 268
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Leigh Brent (1784-1848) —
also known as William L. Brent —
of St. Martinville, St. Martin
Parish, La.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., February
20, 1784.
Son of Robert Brent (1759-1810) and Dorothy (Leigh) Brent.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1823-29.
Died in St. Martinville, St. Martin
Parish, La., July 7,
1848 (age 64 years, 138
days).
Interment at St.
Martin's Catholic Cemetery, St. Martinville, La.
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Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961) —
also known as Overton Brooks —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
21, 1897.
Son of Claude M. Brooks and Penelope (Overton) Brooks.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died in
office 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
16, 1961 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Robert Foligny Broussard (1864-1918) —
also known as Robert F. Broussard —
of New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La.
Born near New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., August
17, 1864.
Son of J. D. Broussard and A. E. (Gonsoulin) Broussard.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney, 19th Judicial District,
1892-97; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1897-1915; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1915-18; died in office 1918.
Died in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., April 12,
1918 (age 53 years, 238
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, New Iberia, La.
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Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Minden, Webster
Parish, La., September
4, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
Cook
County Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2004;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Female.
Church
of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Brown (1766-1835) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., September
11, 1766.
Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret (Preston) Brown.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1791; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1792-96; secretary
of Orleans Territory, 1804; U.S.
Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; resigned 1823; U.S.
Minister to France, 1823-29.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 7,
1835 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Wesley Bryan (1874-1956) —
also known as James W. Bryan —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., March 11,
1874.
Son of James Wesley Bryan and Delia K. (Singleton) Bryan.
Progressive. Lawyer; member of Washington
state senate, 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1913-15; Kitsap
County Prosecuting Attorney.
Died in Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash., August
26, 1956 (age 82 years, 168
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Bremerton, Wash.
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James Wesley Bryan, Jr. (1901-1969) —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., October
31, 1901.
Son of James
Wesley Bryan and Lorena (Kearse) Bryan.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer; Kitsap
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-32; candidate for Washington
state senate, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Eagles; Lions; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in December, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Francis Buck (1841-1918) —
also known as Charles F. Buck —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Durrheim, Baden, Germany,
November
5, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1895-97; candidate
for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1896, 1904.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
19, 1918 (age 76 years, 75
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Louis Henry Burns (1878-1928) —
also known as Louis H. Burns —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 11,
1878.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1921-25; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925-28;
died in office 1928.
Died June 9,
1928 (age 50 years, 29
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Thomas Butler (1785-1847) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., April 14,
1785.
Lawyer; planter;
district judge in Louisiana, 1813; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1818-21.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August 7,
1847 (age 62 years, 115
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, West Feliciana Parish, La.
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Jesse Atherton Bynum (1797-1868) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., May 23,
1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1823-24, 1827-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1833-41.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., September
23, 1868 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Donelson Caffery (1835-1906) —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., September
10, 1835.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; sugar
planter; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1892-93; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1892-1901.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
30, 1906 (age 71 years, 111
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, La.
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Jefferson Caffery (1886-1974) —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., December
1, 1886.
Son of Charles Duval Caffery and Mary Catherine (Parkerson) Caffery.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1926-28; Colombia, 1928-33; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1934-37; Brazil, 1937-44; France, 1944-49; Egypt, 1949-55.
Catholic.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died April 13,
1974 (age 87 years, 133
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lafayette, La.
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Patrick Thomson Caffery (b. 1932) —
also known as Patrick T. Caffery —
of New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La.
Born near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., July 6,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1964-68; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1969-73.
Still living as of 1998.
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Harry Cage (c.1787-1859) —
of Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss.; near Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., about 1787.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1833-35.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1859
(age about
72 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Wilkinson County, Miss.
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Adrian Joseph Caillouet (1883-1946) —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., February
19, 1883.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1940-46;
died in office 1946.
Died December
19, 1946 (age 63 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anh Quang Cao (b. 1967) —
also known as Joseph Cao —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Saigon, Vietnam,
March
13, 1967.
Son of My Quang Cao and Khang Thi Tran.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 2009-.
Catholic.
Vietnamese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nicholas G. Carbajal (b. 1877) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
7, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1950.
Entombed in mausoleum at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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John Edward Carroll (1877-1955) —
also known as John E. Carroll —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
15, 1877.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1941; appointed 1941.
Died in a hospital
at Shelton, Mason
County, Wash., February
22, 1955 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. (b. 1964) —
also known as Don Cazayoux —
of New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La.
Born in New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., January
17, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 18th District, 2000-08; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 2008-09; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert William Christenberry (1897-1975) —
also known as Herbert W. Christenberry —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
11, 1897.
Son of Herbert Aden Christenberry and Anna (Schmitt) Christenberry.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1942-47; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1947-75;
died in office 1975.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Kentwood, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., October
5, 1975 (age 77 years, 298
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne.
Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Edward Clark (1815-1880) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 1,
1815.
Lawyer; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1846; member of Texas
state senate, 1847; secretary of
state of Texas, 1853-57; Governor of
Texas, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died May 4,
1880 (age 65 years, 33
days).
Interment at Marshall
Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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James A. Cobb —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1920;
municipal judge in District of Columbia, 1926-.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester John Coco (b. 1915) —
also known as Chester J. Coco —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.
Born in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., February
15, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate 17th District, 1944-50.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1950.
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Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
24, 1804.
Lawyer; fought a duel
and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Suffered a stroke
while testifying in court,
and died a few days later, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1878 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Milton Joseph Cunningham, Sr. (1842-1916) —
also known as Milton J. Cunningham —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Caddo Parish (part now in DeSoto
Parish), La., March 10,
1842.
Son of John Hamilton Cunningham (1812-1886) and Ann (Buie) Cunningham
(1812-1850).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1879; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1885-88, 1893-1900.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
19, 1916 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hamilton Cunningham (1812-1886) and Ann (Buie) Cunningham
(1812-1850); married, May 17,
1866, to Thalia Allen Tharp (1843-1872); married 1873 to Anna
Mary Peyton (died 1878); married, January
6, 1880, to Cecile Hertzog (1860-1886); married, August 7,
1895, to Emma Mai Blouin (born 1877); father of William
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Auguste Davezac (1780-1851) —
also known as Auguste Geneviève Valentin
D'Avezac —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Santo Domingo (now Dominican
Republic), 1780.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1831-39, 1845-50; member of New York
state assembly, 1842, 1844.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
15, 1851 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Green Davidson (1805-1883) —
also known as Thomas G. Davidson —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Coles Creek, Jefferson
County, Miss., August 3,
1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1833-46, 1874-78, 1880, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1855-61.
Died in Springfield, Livingston
Parish, La., September
11, 1883 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, La.
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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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Joseph Davis DeBlieux (b. 1912) —
also known as J. D. DeBlieux —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Columbia, Caldwell
Parish, La., September
12, 1912.
Son of Honore Louis DeBlieux, Sr. and Ozet (Perot) DeBlieux.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-60, 1964-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1956,
1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Champion Deming (1815-1872) —
also known as Henry C. Deming —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., May 23,
1815.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1859-61; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1861; member of
Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1851; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1854-58, 1860-62; resigned 1862; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1863-67; defeated,
1866.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
8, 1872 (age 57 years, 138
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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James D. Denegre (born c.1869) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1869.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-26 (36th District 1911-14, 40th District
1915-26).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Martin Dies (1870-1922) —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., March 13,
1870.
Son of David Warren Dies and Sarah Jane (Pyburn) Dies.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Judge, 1894; district attorney 1st District, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1909-19.
Methodist.
Died in Kerrville, Kerr
County, Tex., July 13,
1922 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Allen Dixon, Jr. (b. 1920) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Tex., April 8,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; district
judge in Louisiana, 1957-68; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court
of Appeals, 1968-71; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1971-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1993.
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James Domengeaux (1907-1988) —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., January
6, 1907.
Son of Joseph Rodolph Domengeaux and Martha (Mouton) Domengeaux.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1941-44, 1944-49;
resigned 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., April 11,
1988 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lafayette, La.
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Huntington Blair Downer, Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Hunt Downer —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born April 28,
1946.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1975-2004;
Republican candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 2003; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 2010.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Married to Linda Faye Lee. |
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Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) —
also known as Solomon W. Downs —
of Louisiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853.
Mortally wounded in a duel, and
subsequently died, at Crab Orchard Springs, Lincoln
County, Ky., August
14, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment at
Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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William Duer (1805-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 25,
1805.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1840-41; defeated, 1832; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul
in Valparaiso, 1851-53.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
25, 1879 (age 74 years, 153
days).
Interment at Silver
Mount Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914) —
of Forrest City, St. Francis
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.; Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
3, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1879-89.
Died in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Edwin Washington Edwards (b. 1927) —
also known as Edwin Edwards; "Fast
Eddie" —
of Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., August 7,
1927.
Son of Clarence W. Edwards and Agnes (Brouillette) Edwards.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate 35th District, 1964-65; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1965-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1972-80, 1984-88, 1992-96; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1980.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions.
Charged
in federal court in 1985 with racketeering involving hospital
licenses; his first trial ended in hung jury; acquitted in second
trial. Convicted
in federal court in 2000 on seventeen counts of fraud and
racketeering over a scheme to extort
money from applicants for casino licenses; sentenced
in 2001 to ten years in federal prison
and fined
$250,000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Allen Joseph Ellender (1890-1972) —
also known as Allen J. Ellender —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in Montegut, Terrebonne
Parish, La., September
24, 1890.
Son of Wallace Richard Ellender and Victoria (Javaux) Ellender.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1924-36; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1932-36; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72; died in office 1972; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1939-40.
Died in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1972 (age 81 years, 307
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Houma, La.
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Robert Brown Elliott (1842-1884) —
also known as R. B. Elliott —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in England,
August
11, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1874-76;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868
(alternate), 1880;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1871-74;
resigned 1874; South Carolina
Republican state chair, 1876; candidate for South
Carolina state attorney general, 1876.
African
ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August 9,
1884 (age 41 years, 364
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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George Kent Favrot (1868-1934) —
also known as George K. Favrot —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
26, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; district attorney, 22nd District, 1892-96,
1900-04; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; district judge
in Louisiana, 1904-06, 1926-34 (22nd District 1904-06, 19th District
1926-34); died in office 1934; on November 6, 1906, he shot
and killed Dr. Robert H. Aldrich, because the latter had insulted
his wife; arrested
and imprisoned
for five months awaiting indictment and trial; however, the grand
jury refused to indict him, and he was released in April, 1907.; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1907-09, 1921-25;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-16.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
26, 1934 (age 66 years, 30
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Harvey Goodwyn Fields (b. 1884) —
also known as Harvey G. Fields —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.; Farmerville, Union
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., May 31,
1884.
Son of Theodore Thomas Fields and Carrie (Goodwyn) Fields.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; law partner of Huey P.
Long; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1916-20; District Attorney, 3rd District, 1922-25;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936;
Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1926-29; member of Louisiana
public service commission, 1927-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1937-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Lions.
Interment at Farmerville
City Cemetery, Farmerville, La.
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Charles Forman (1866-1928) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1866.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Turks Island, 1912-13; Moncton, 1913-15; Bergen, 1915-17; Christiansand, 1917-18; Curacao, 1919; Nueva Gerona, 1920-24; Buenaventura, 1926.
Died July 10,
1928 (age 61 years, 215
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eligius Fromentin (c.1767-1822) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in France,
about 1767.
Catholic
priest; school
teacher; lawyer; clerk of the Orleans Territory House of
Representatives, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-19; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1821; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1821.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
6, 1822 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rice Garland (1798-1863) —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.; Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
30, 1798.
Son of Rice Garland (1766-1818) and Elizabeth (Hamner) Garland
(c.1766-1840).
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1834-40; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1840-46; Cameron
County Judge, 1853-54.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., August
12, 1863 (age 64 years, 316
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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John Gayle (1792-1859) —
of Alabama.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., September
11, 1792.
Lawyer; member
Alabama territorial council, 1817; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1829; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1829; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1823-28; Governor of
Alabama, 1831-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1847-49; U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1849-59.
Died near Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 21,
1859 (age 66 years, 313
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Samuel Louis Gilmore (1859-1910) —
also known as Samuel L. Gilmore —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 30,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1909-10; died in
office 1910.
Died in Abita Springs, St. Tammany
Parish, La., July 18,
1910 (age 50 years, 353
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Emile Godchaux (b. 1874) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
29, 1874.
Son of Leon Godchaux and Justine (Lamm) Godchaux.
Lawyer; Judge,
Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1909-18; with American Red
Cross in France, 1918.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mabel N. Gostter. |
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John Milton Goodenow (1782-1838) —
of Ohio.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1782.
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1823; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1829-30; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1830; state court judge in Ohio, 1833.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 20,
1838 (age about 56
years).
Original interment at Episcopal
Burial Grounds, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1851 at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ed Lee Gossett (1902-1990) —
also known as Ed Gossett —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born near Many, Sabine
Parish, La., January
27, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1939-51; resigned 1951.
Died November
6, 1990 (age 88 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Camille Francis Gravel, Jr. (1915-2005) —
also known as Camille F. Gravel, Jr. —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born August
10, 1915.
Son of Camille Francis Gravel, Sr. and Aline (Delvaille) Gravel.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1956.
Catholic.
Served as defense counsel for Otto
Passman in 1979, and Edwin
W. Edwards in 1985; both were acquitted.
Died, in the Naomi Heights nursing
home, Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
23, 2005 (age 90 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Lee Gray (1865-1936) —
also known as Oscar L. Gray —
of Butler, Choctaw
County, Ala.
Born in Mississippi, July 2,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1915-19; circuit judge
in Alabama, 1935-36.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., January
2, 1936 (age 70 years, 184
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Al Green (b. 1947) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
1, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 2005-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (1914-2001) —
also known as Jack P. F. Gremillion —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., June 15,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Louisiana
state attorney general, 1956-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans.
While opposing New Orleans school desegregation in federal court in
1960, walked out of the courtroom, calling the court a "den of
iniquity"; convicted
of contempt
of court; sentence
was suspended. Indicted
in 1969 for fraud and
conspiracy over his dealings with the bankrupt Louisiana Loan and
Thrift Corp.; tried in
1971 and acquitted. Convicted
later that year on federal perjury
charges in a related case; sentenced
to three years in prison;
served 15 months. Pardoned
in 1976 by Gov. Edwin
Edwards.
Died in Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 2,
2001 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenoaks
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Walter Guion (1849-1927) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, April 3,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Louisiana; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1900-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1918.
Died February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 310
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Luther Egbert Hall (1869-1921) —
also known as Luther E. Hall —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Morehouse
Parish, La., August
30, 1869.
Son of Bolling Cass Hall (died 1915) and Antoinette (Newton) Hall
(1850-1945).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1898-1900; district judge in Louisiana, 1900-06; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court
of Appeals, 1906-10; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court; elected 1910; Governor of
Louisiana, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
6, 1921 (age 52 years, 68
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Bastrop, La.
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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Son of John W. Hammond and Ellen Panton (Harding) Hammond.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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James Allison Hayes (b. 1946) —
also known as James A. Hayes; Jimmy Hayes —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., December
21, 1946.
Lawyer; real estate
developer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1987-97; Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1998.
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Clarence Bussey Hewes (b. 1890) —
also known as Clarence B. Hewes —
of Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La., February
1, 1890.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1948,
1952.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carey R. Holliday (born c.1951) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born about 1951.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Louisiana, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Marcellus Howard (1857-1932) —
also known as William M. Howard —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Berwick, St. Mary
Parish, La., December
6, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor-General, Northern Judicial
Circuit, 1884-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1897-1911.
Died in 1932
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Clarke
Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
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Richard Phillip Ieyoub (b. 1944) —
also known as Richard P. Ieyoub —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., August
11, 1944.
Son of Phillip Assad Ieyoub and Virginia (Khoury) Ieyoub.
Democrat. Lawyer; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1992-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1996; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 2003.
Lebanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Paulette R. Irons (born c.1954) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1954.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1993-94; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1995-; candidate in primary for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2002.
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George Whitfield Jack (b. 1875) —
also known as George W. Jack —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., November
1, 1875.
Son of William Houston Jack and Mary Catherine (Whitfield) Jack.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1913-17.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes.
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Ellett Jackson (b. 1892) —
also known as John E. Jackson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex., August 3,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1928; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1929-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Louisiana, 1934-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Louise Allen. |
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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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Sam Houston Jones (1897-1978) —
also known as Sam H. Jones —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Merryville, Beauregard
Parish, La., July 15,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1944,
1952,
1960;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1940-44; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Died February
8, 1978 (age 80 years, 208
days).
Interment at Prien
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) —
also known as William P. Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Orwell, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1830.
Son of Rev. Sherman K. Kellogg.
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1860;
justice
of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonel
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1865-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,
1868,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1918 (age 87 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bolivar Edwards Kemp (1871-1933) —
also known as Bolivar E. Kemp —
of Amite, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born near Amite, St. Helena
Parish, La., December
28, 1871.
Son of William Breed Kemp and Elizabeth (Nesom) Kemp.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1925-33; died in
office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died June 19,
1933 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Interment at Amite
Cemetery, Amite, La.
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Robert Floyd Kennon (1902-1988) —
also known as Robert F. Kennon; Bob Kennon —
of Louisiana.
Born near Minden, Webster
Parish, La., August
12, 1902.
Son of Floyd Kennon and Annie Laura (Bopp) Kennen.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1952;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1952-56; defeated, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
11, 1988 (age 85 years, 152
days).
Interment at Young
Cemetery, Near Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, La.
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Alvin Olin King (1890-1958) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Leoti, Wichita
County, Kan., June 21,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1925-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1931-32; Governor of
Louisiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Died in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., February
21, 1958 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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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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Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger)
Labouisse.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse;
married, June 29,
1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November
19, 1954, to Eve Curie. |
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Louis Charles LaCour (1927-1975) —
also known as Louis C. LaCour —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
29, 1927.
Son of Septime V. LaCour and Effie M. (Bonnette) LaCour.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1961-69.
Catholic.
Member, Navy
League; Blue Key.
Died in 1975
(age about
47 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 3,
1952, to Gloria Anne Comiskey. |
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Malcolm Emmett Lafargue (1908-1963) —
also known as Malcolm E. Lafargue —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., November
4, 1908.
Son of Edwin L. Lafargue and Martha E. (O'Bannon) Lafargue.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1945-50.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1963
(age about
54 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Raymond Lamonica (b. 1944) —
also known as P. Raymond Lamonica —
of Louisiana.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., June 10,
1944.
Son of Leonard Lamonica and Olivia (Frank) Lamonica.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1986-94.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Alfred Dillingham Land (b. 1842) —
also known as Alfred D. Land —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Holmes
County, Miss., January
15, 1842.
Son of Thomas Thompson Land and Mary Eliza (Dillingham) Land.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
district judge in Louisiana, 1894-1903; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1903-12; appointed 1903.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice Edwin Landrieu (b. 1930) —
also known as Moon Landrieu —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 23,
1930.
Son of Joseph Landrieu and Loretta (Bechtel) Landrieu.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1960-65; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1970-78; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1979-81.
Still living as of 2009.
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Anthony Claude Leach, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Claude Leach; Buddy Leach —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Leesville, Vernon
Parish, La., March 30,
1934.
Son of Anthony Claude Leach.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1968-78, 1984-88; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1979-81; defeated,
1980; candidate for Louisiana
state treasurer, 1987; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 2003; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 2006-08; candidate for Louisiana
state senate 30th District, 2007; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 2008;
Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 2010-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Richard Webster Leche (1898-1965) —
also known as Richard W. Leche —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1898.
Son of Eustace Webster Leche and Stella Eloise (Richard) Leche.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
secretary to Gov. O. K.
Allen, 1932-34; Judge,
Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1934-36; Governor of
Louisiana, 1936-39; Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1937.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died February
22, 1965 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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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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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Son of Rose
McConnell Long and Huey
Pierce Long.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Order of the
Coif; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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John Augusta Way Lowry, Jr. (1848-1899) —
also known as J. A. W Lowry, Jr. —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born January
12, 1848.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died March 20,
1899 (age 51 years, 67
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Bellevue, La.
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Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. (1894-1973) —
also known as Charlton H. Lyons, Sr. —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Abbeville, Vermilion
Parish, La., September
3, 1894.
Son of Ernest John Lyons and Joyce Bentley (Havard) Lyons.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961; candidate for
Governor
of Louisiana, 1964; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1964-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1964
(delegation chair); Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died August 8,
1973 (age 78 years, 339
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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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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George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) —
also known as George H. Mahon —
of Colorado City, Mitchell
County, Tex.; Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Mahon, Claiborne
Parish, La., September
22, 1900.
Son of John Kirkpatrick Mahon and Lola Willis (Brown) Mahon.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1935-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Methodist.
Died in San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex., November
19, 1985 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Loraine
City Cemetery, Loraine, Tex.
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Thomas Courtland Manning (1825-1887) —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., September
14, 1825.
Son of Joseph Manning and Sarah (Houghton) Manning.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1864-65, 1882-86; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1877-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1876;
U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1886-87.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1887 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1848
to Mary Blair. |
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Carl Edgar Mapes (1874-1939) —
also known as Carl E. Mapes —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., December
26, 1874.
Son of Selah Warrington Mapes (1836-1920) and Sarah Ann (Brooks)
Mapes (1839-1917).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1905-06; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1913-39; died in
office 1939.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in his hotel room
at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
12, 1939 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Robert Hardin Marr (c.1820-1892) —
also known as Robert H. Marr —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Tennessee, about 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 18,
1892 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sigur Joseph Martin (b. 1886) —
also known as Sigur Martin —
of Lutcher, St. James
Parish, La.
Born in Lutcher, St. James
Parish, La., December
21, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-16, 1944-50; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee, 1924-44.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) —
also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P.
Martin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born near Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La., August
12, 1867.
Son of Robert Campbell Martin and Margerite Chism (Littlejohn)
Martin.
Democrat. Chemist;
lawyer; District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana,
1900-06; district judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1929 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Son of James Mitchel and Mary (Purroy) Mitchel.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of George
V. Mullan, 1902-13; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1913; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated in primary, 1917; on
April 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he was shot
at by an M. P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bullet
missed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city's
Corporation Counsel.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Killed in a plane
crash during World War
I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood, Calcasieu
Parish, La., July 6,
1918 (age 38 years, 352
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Numa Francois Montet (1892-1985) —
also known as Numa F. Montet —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., September
17, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1916-20; candidate for Louisiana
state attorney general, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1929-37.
Catholic.
Died in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., October
12, 1985 (age 93 years, 25
days).
Interment at Assumption
Catholic Cemetery, Plattenville, La.
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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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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Son of Howell
Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader
of a group of state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil Company;
dean,
Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Harry Hays Morgan (b. 1860) —
also known as Harry H. Morgan; Henry H.
Morgan —
of Louisiana; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
24, 1860.
Son of Philip
Hickey Morgan and Beatrice Leslie (Ford) Morgan.
Cashier of a gas-light
company in St. Louis, 1887-91; lawyer; mining
business; U.S. Consul in Horgen, 1897-98; Aarau, 1898-1902; Lucerne, 1902-06; Stuttgart, 1906-07; Amsterdam, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-13; Hamburg, 1913-17; Antwerp, 1918-19; Brussels, 1919-22; Buenos Aires, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dave Hennen Morris (1872-1944) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 24,
1872.
Son of John Albert Morris (1836-1895) and Cora (Hennen) Morris
(1841-1872).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1933-37; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1933-37.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1944 (age 72 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Albert Morris (1836-1895) and Cora (Hennen) Morris
(1841-1872); brother of Alfred
Hennen Morris; married, June 19,
1895, to Alice Vanderbilt Shepard (1874-1950; great-granddaughter
of Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt (1794-1877; steamboat and
railroad baron)). |
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James Hobson Morrison (1908-2000) —
also known as James H. Morrison; Jimmy
Morrison —
of Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born in Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., December
8, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1943-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1956,
1960.
Died, after a heart
attack and a series of strokes,
in Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., July 20,
2000 (age 91 years, 225
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Hammond, La.
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Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (1834-1912) —
also known as Francis T. Nicholls —
of Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., August
20, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; lost an
arm in the battle of Winchester, Va.; lost a
foot at Chancellorsville; Governor of
Louisiana, 1877-80, 1888-92; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1892-1904; appointed
1892; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1904-11; resigned 1911.
Died near Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., January
4, 1912 (age 77 years, 137
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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R. W. Oglesby (c.1872-1963) —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born about 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1920.
Died in 1963
(age about
91 years).
Interment somewhere
in Winnfield, La.
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William Joseph O'Hara (b. 1891) —
also known as William J. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1891.
Son of Joseph
Aloysius O'Hara.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge, Criminal District Court, Orleans
Parish, 1932.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gertrude Richard. |
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Arthur Joseph O'Keefe, Jr. (b. 1901) —
also known as Arthur J. O'Keefe —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
15, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate 6th District, 1948-50.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Son of Thomas Overton (1835-1913; judge) and Laura Elizabeth
(Waddell) Overton (1845-1937).
Democrat. Lawyer; chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Don Albert Pardee (1837-1919) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, March 29,
1837.
Son of Eveline (Eyles) Pardee (1807-1873) and Aaron
Pardee.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; district judge in Louisiana 2nd District, 1868-80; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; candidate for Louisiana
state attorney general, 1880; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1881-1919.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
26, 1919 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wadsworth, Ohio.
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Leander Henry Perez (1891-1969) —
also known as Leander H. Perez —
of Dalcour, Plaquemines
Parish, La.
Born in Jesuit Bend, Plaquemines
Parish, La., July 16,
1891.
Son of Roselins Eloi Perez and Gertrude (Salis) Perez.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936,
1948,
1952,
1960;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in 1969
(age about
77 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Plaquemines Parish, La.
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John Robert Graham Pitkin (1840-1901) —
also known as John R. G. Pitkin —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
12, 1840.
Son of John Waldo Pitkin (1808-1873) and Adaline (Graham) Pitkin.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Argentina, 1889-93.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 4,
1901 (age 61 years, 142
days).
Entombed at Lafayette
Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, 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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James Pinckney Pope (1884-1966) —
also known as James P. Pope —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., March 31,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1924,
1936;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1929-33; resigned 1933; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1933-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., January
23, 1966 (age 81 years, 298
days).
Interment at Lynnhurst
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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George H. Proffit (1807-1847) —
of Petersburg, Pike
County, Ind.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
7, 1807.
Merchant;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33, 1836-39; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1839-43; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1843-44.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1847 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hills Cemetery, Petersburg, Ind.
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Samuel Miller Quincy (1832-1887) —
of Louisiana.
Born in 1832.
Son of Josiah
Quincy, Jr..
Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1865.
Died in 1887
(age about
55 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Son of Theodore R. Ramspeck and Ida (Word) Ramspeck.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Edward Hughes Randolph (b. 1858) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Bossier
Parish, La., March 12,
1858.
Son of Edward G. Randolph and Mary E. (Thompson) Randolph.
Democrat. Lawyer; director and general attorney, Louisiana Railway
and Navigation
Co.; director and attorney, Houston & Shreveport Railway;
divisional counsel, Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway;
general counsel, Shreveport Traction
Co.; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1884; member of Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee, 1895-96; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1910-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward G. Randolph and Mary E. (Thompson) Randolph; married, October
14, 1884, to Annie M. Jeffries (died 1907); married, July 22,
1911, to Mary Rose Youree (died 1919). |
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Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954) —
also known as Joseph E. Ransdell —
of Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La.
Born in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., October
7, 1858.
Son of John H. Ransdell and Amanda (Terrell) Ransdell.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1899-1913; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1913-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920.
Died in Lake Providence, East Carroll
Parish, La., July 27,
1954 (age 95 years, 293
days).
Interment at Lake
Providence Cemetery, Lake Providence, La.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily.
Lawyer; major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Charles A. Roxborough (b. 1888) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Louisiana, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1931-32; defeated, 1922, 1932; delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District, 1933; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1934, 1936, 1938;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jared Young Sanders, Jr. (1892-1960) —
also known as Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 20,
1892.
Son of Jared
Young Sanders.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1928-32; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1933-34; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1934-37, 1941-43;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1944;
States Rights candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1960.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
29, 1960 (age 68 years, 223
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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John Nicholas Sandlin (1872-1957) —
also known as John N. Sandlin —
of Minden, Webster
Parish, La.
Born in McIntyre, Webster
Parish, La., February
24, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); district judge in Louisiana 2nd
District; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1921-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died December
25, 1957 (age 85 years, 304
days).
Interment at Minden
Cemetery, Minden, La.
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Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828-1917) —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Worcester, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1828.
Son of Allen Sheldon and Anna Maria (de les Dernier) Sheldon.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1856; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1869-75; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1876;
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1917 (age 88 years, 140
days).
Cremated.
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George Foster Shepley (1819-1878) —
also known as George F. Shepley —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
1, 1819.
Son of Ether
Shepley.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1848-49, 1853-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1862; Governor of
Louisiana; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 20,
1878 (age 59 years, 200
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Allen Sholars (1878-1950) —
also known as Lewis Allen Sholars —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., June 16,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1912,
1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924,
1948.
Died in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., April 30,
1950 (age 71 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Relatives:
Married, April 7,
1927, to Dorothy Mayfield Kidd (1895-1987). |
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Oramel Hinckley Simpson (1870-1932) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La., March 20,
1870.
Son of Samuel F. Simpson and Mary Esther (Beer) Simpson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1924-26; Governor of
Louisiana, 1926-28; defeated in primary, 1928.
Methodist.
Died, from a heart
seizure, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
17, 1932 (age 62 years, 242
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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John Slidell (1793-1871) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1793.
Son of Margery (Mackenzie) Slidell and John Slidell (1770-1840).
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; member
of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned
1845; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
States Envoy to France, 1861.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
29, 1871 (age about 78
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Walter Byers Sommerville (b. 1854) —
also known as Walter B. Sommerville —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
7, 1854.
Son of William Byers Sommerville and Eleanor (Casey) Sommerville.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Louisiana, 1900-11; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1911-16.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Brainerd Spencer (1835-1882) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Catahoula
Parish, La., February
5, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1876-77; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1877-80.
Died in Jalapa, Veracruz,
February
12, 1882 (age 47 years, 7
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Benjamin Stark (1820-1898) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 26,
1820.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1852; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1861-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1868;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1874.
On June 6, 1862, a resolution to
expel him from the U.S. Senate for alleged disloyalty
to the Union, requiring two-thirds to pass, failed on a vote of
21 in favor to 16 opposed.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
10, 1898 (age 78 years, 106
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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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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Wilbert Joseph Tauzin (b. 1943) —
also known as W. J. 'Billy' Tauzin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.; Chackbay, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Chackbay, Lafourche
Parish, La., June 14,
1943.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1972-80; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1980-2005; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1987.
Catholic.
Member, Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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James McIhany Thomson (1924-2001) —
also known as James Thomson; "Landslide
Jim" —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August 9,
1924.
Son of Paul Jones Thomson (1884-1938).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1956-78; defeated, 1977.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., July 22,
2001 (age 76 years, 347
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Richard Alvin Tonry (b. 1935) —
also known as Richard A. Tonry —
of Arabi, St. Bernard
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 25,
1935.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1976; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1977.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2004.
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Tilghman Mayfield Tucker (1802-1859) —
of Mississippi.
Born in North Carolina, February
5, 1802.
Son of John Tucker and Margaret (Mayfield) Tucker.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1831-36; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1838-42; Governor of
Mississippi, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1843-45.
Died near Bexar, Marion
County, Ala., April 3,
1859 (age 57 years, 57
days).
Interment at Lake
Providence Cemetery, Lake Providence, La.
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James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) —
also known as James P. Van Ness —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1808.
Son of Cornelius
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56; member of California
state senate, 1871.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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David Bruce Vitter (b. 1961) —
also known as David Vitter; "Diaper
Dave" —
of Metairie, Jefferson
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 3,
1961.
Son of Albert Leopold Vitter and Audrey Malvina (St. Raymond) Vitter.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1992-99; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1999-2005; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 2005-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur M. Wallace (b. 1895) —
of Benton, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Heflin, Webster
Parish, La., March 3,
1895.
Son of W. E. Wallace and Lilla B. (Barron) Wallace.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940;
District Attorney, 26th District, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Era Hays. |
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Thomas Ross Wallace (1848-1929) —
also known as Thomas R. Wallace —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1848.
Son of William Wallace and Jane (Ross) Wallace.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1901-07; Jerusalem, 1907-10; Martinique, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1929 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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T. Semmes Walmsley (1889-1942) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 10,
1889.
Lawyer; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1929-30, 1930-36; resigned 1936.
Died June 17,
1942 (age 53 years, 7
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Lloyd Franklin Wheat (b. 1922) —
also known as Lloyd F. Wheat —
of Coushatta, Red River
Parish, La.
Born in Bonham (unknown
parish), La., April 27,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1948-50.
Protestant.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Lions.
Still living as of 1950.
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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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Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) —
also known as Richard H. Wilde —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
September
24, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1811-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1815-17, 1825, 1827-35.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
10, 1847 (age 57 years, 351
days).
Original interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.; reinterment 1854 in private or family graveyard;
reinterment in 1886 at City
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson (c.1948-2000) —
also known as Pinkie Wilkerson —
of Grambling, Lincoln
Parish, La.
Born about 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 11th District, 1992-2000; died in
office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1996,
2000.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Killed in a six-car automobile
accident, on Interstate 20 at Bossier City, Bossier
Parish, La., August 1,
2000 (age about 52
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George McWillie Williamson (1829-1882) —
also known as George Williamson —
of Louisiana.
Born in Fairfax, Allendale
County, S.C., September
29, 1829.
Son of Thomas Taylor Williamson.
Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1873-79; Salvador, 1873-79; Guatamala, 1873-79; Honduras, 1873-79; Nicaragua, 1873-79.
Died in 1882
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Riley Joseph Wilson (1871-1946) —
also known as Riley J. Wilson —
of Harrisonburg, Catahoula
Parish, La.; Ruston, Lincoln
Parish, La.
Born in Winn
Parish, La., 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1915-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Columbian
Woodmen.
Died in 1946
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Ruston, La.
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John Minor Wisdom (1905-1999) —
also known as Minor Wisdom —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1956;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1957-77; took
senior status 1977.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 15,
1999 (age 93 years, 363
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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John G. Woods (b. 1921) —
of Arlington Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
1, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; village
president of Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1961-69; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1969-70.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1970.
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Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 13,
1847.
Lawyer; bank
president; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1909-19.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Hamilton Mercer Wright (b. 1852) —
also known as Hamilton M. Wright —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1852.
Son of Hamilton Mercer Wright and Virginia (Huckins) Wright.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1883-86; mayor of
Bay City, Mich., 1887-89, 1895-97; probate judge in Michigan,
1889-1900.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Anne Dana Fitzhugh. |
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