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Asbury Arnold Abney (1817-1866) —
also known as A. A Abney —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in South Carolina, June 28,
1817.
Member of Louisiana
state senate; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died November
4, 1866 (age 49 years, 129
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Haughton, La.
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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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Asa Leonard Allen (1891-1969) —
also known as A. Leonard Allen —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., January
5, 1891.
Son of Asa Levi Allen and Sophronia (Perkins) Allen.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1937-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died January
5, 1969 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936) —
also known as O. K. Allen —
of Louisiana.
Born in a log
cabin in Winn
Parish, La., August 8,
1882.
Son of Asa Levi Allen and Sophronia (Perkins) Allen.
School
teacher; member of Louisiana
state senate; Governor of
Louisiana, 1932-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the Louisiana Governor's
mansion, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
28, 1936 (age 53 years, 173
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Obediah Pearson Amacker (1838-1910) —
also known as Obediah P. Amacker —
Born in St. Helena Parish (part now in Tangipahoa
Parish), La., December
17, 1838.
Son of Nathaniel Amacker (1811-1881) and Mosilla (Pearson) Amacker
(1813-1871).
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state senate 17th District; elected 1889.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kentwood, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., June 17,
1910 (age 71 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Amacker (1811-1881) and Mosilla (Pearson) Amacker
(1813-1871); married 1864 to Abigail
Means Kent (1841-1910); grandfather of David
Muir Amacker. See Amacker-Kent
family of Louisiana. |
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C. C. Antoine (1836-1921) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1836.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1870-72; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1872-76.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
In 1890, he was vice-president of the New Orleans Comite des
Citoyens, which mounted an unsuccessful legal challenge to the
Louisiana segregation law; the case, Plessy v. Ferguson, went
to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1921
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Bethlehem
Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Sherwood Hamilton Avery (1892-1970) —
also known as Sherwood H. Avery —
of Teague, Freestone
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., June 15,
1892.
Son of J. M. Avery and Francis (Davis) Avery.
U.S. Vice Consul in Montevideo, 1918-21, 1922; Rosario, 1921-22.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in November, 1970
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Son of John Beighton Badger (1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague)
Badger (1816-1851).
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent, New
Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Presumably named
for: Algernon
Sidney |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Beighton Badger
(1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague) Badger (1816-1851); married, April 30,
1872, to Elizabeth Florence Parmele (1856-1877); married, September
9, 1882, to Olivia Blanche Blineau (1860-1939). |
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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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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Son of Vincular Harwood Blocker and Daisy D. Blocker.
Democrat. School
teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on board
the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been scheduled
to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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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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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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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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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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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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Victor D. Crist (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 60th District, 1993-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1999.
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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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John Depinet (b. 1855) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
14, 1855.
Son of Michael Depinet (died 1881) and Mary (Ehret) Depinet (died
1856).
Republican. Erie
County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1899-1901.
French
and German
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny
(1769-1829) —
also known as Pierre A. C. B. Derbigny —
of Louisiana.
Born in France,
June
30, 1769.
Secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1820-28; Governor of
Louisiana, 1828-29; died in office 1829.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, after being thrown from
a horsedrawn
carriage, in Gretna, Jefferson
Parish, La., October
6, 1829 (age 60 years, 98
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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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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George Washington Donaghey (1856-1937) —
also known as George W. Donaghey —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Oakland, Union
Parish, La., July 1,
1856.
Son of Columbus Donaghey and Elizabeth (Ingram) Donaghey.
Democrat. Cabinetmaker;
furniture
and hardware
merchant; building
contractor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1908;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, December
15, 1937 (age 81 years, 167
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Stanley W. Edwins (1836-1918) —
of Indiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
22, 1836.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879-81.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., November
16, 1918 (age 82 years, 267
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lafayette Gay (b. 1881) —
also known as R. L. Gay —
of Zwolle, Sabine
Parish, La.
Born in Many, Sabine
Parish, La., August
26, 1881.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1936;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fremont Goodwine (1857-1956) —
of Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind.; St. Joseph, Tensas
Parish, La.
Born in West Lebanon, Warren
County, Ind., May 22,
1857.
Son of James Goodwine (1812-1892) and Sophia (Buckles) Goodwine
(1816-1888).
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1904;
member of Indiana
state senate; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1908; member of Louisiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-50; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
Died August
25, 1956 (age 99 years, 95
days).
Interment at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, La.
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William Herbert Gray III (b. 1941) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907-2007) —
also known as Augustus F. Hawkins; Gus
Hawkins —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
31, 1907.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1935-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1960,
1964,
1988;
Presidential Elector for California, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75,
29th District 1975-91).
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
10, 2007 (age 100 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Julius Heintz II (1884-1958) —
also known as Frederick J. Heintz II; Bud
Heintz —
of Covington, St. Tammany
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
14, 1884.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1913; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Covington, St. Tammany
Parish, La., April 12,
1958 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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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
|
| | | 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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John Bennett Johnston, Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as J. Bennett Johnston —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., June 10,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1964-68; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1968-72; candidate in primary for Governor of
Louisiana, 1971; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1996.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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William E. King (born c.1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., about 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1925-27, 1929-33; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940, 1942, 1944,
1946, 1948.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Freemasons; Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Otis Hoffpower Lee (1910-1990) —
of Texas.
Born in Pecan Island, Vermilion
Parish, La., December
17, 1910.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-51, 1953-55; candidate for
Texas
state senate, 1951.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Member Lamar University Hall of Honor.
Died of heart
failure, in Groves, Jefferson
County, Tex., March 4,
1990 (age 79 years, 77
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Groves, Tex.
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John B. Lewis, Jr. (b. 1841) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Wilmington, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
30, 1841.
Son of John B. Lewis and Threasa (Miller) Lewis.
Shoe
manufacturer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1901, 1922; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John B. Lewis and Threasa (Miller) Lewis; married 1864 to Hattie
A. Bancroft; married 1872 to Mary U.
Hawes. |
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Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) —
of Missouri.
Born near Ivy, Albemarle
County, Va., August
18, 1774.
Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.
Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with William
Clark to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Clark's)
appeared on the $10
U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927.
Died of gunshot
wounds under mysterious
circumstances (murder or
suicide?)
at Grinder's Stand, an inn on the
Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, Lewis
County, Tenn., October
11, 1809 (age 35 years, 54
days).
Interment at Meriwether
Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.
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George Shannon Long (1883-1958) —
also known as George S. Long —
of Pineville, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin, Tunica, Winn
Parish, La., September
11, 1883.
Democrat. Member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1953-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 22,
1958 (age 74 years, 192
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Pineville, La.
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Speedy Oteria Long (b. 1928) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Tullos, La Salle
Parish, La., June 16,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; member
of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-64; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1965-73.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1998.
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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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Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Belize City, Belize,
October
22, 1860.
Son of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon.
Republican. Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1903-10.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie Wright. |
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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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Paul Herbert Maloney (1876-1967) —
also known as Paul H. Maloney —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1876.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1914-16; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1924,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1931-40, 1943-47; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Louisiana, 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 26,
1967 (age 91 years, 40
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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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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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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Charles Edgar McKenzie (1896-1956) —
also known as Charles E. McKenzie —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Pelican, DeSoto
Parish, La., October
3, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1952
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1943-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died June 7,
1956 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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William Brooks Oliver (b. 1895) —
also known as Brooks Oliver —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Douglassville, Cass
County, Tex., August
31, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) —
also known as Otto E. Passman —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born near Franklinton, Washington
Parish, La., June 27,
1900.
Son of Ed Passman and Pheriby (Carrier) Passman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; furniture
business; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1947-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Charged
in 1978 with accepting
$200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park, in what became
known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
also charged
with tax
evasion; tried and
found not guilty.
Died in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., August
13, 1988 (age 88 years, 47
days).
Interment at Mulhearn
Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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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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Thomas Posey (1750-1818) —
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., July 9,
1750.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1805-06; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13; Governor of
Indiana Territory, 1813-16; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1816.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhus
fever in Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill., March 19,
1818 (age 67 years, 253
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Shawneetown, Ill.
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Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) —
also known as W. L. Rambo —
of Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La.
Born in Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La., March 22,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield
drilling contractor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1964-68.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
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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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John Richard Rarick (b. 1924) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Indiana, 1924.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1967-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1998.
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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 Elson Roemer III (b. 1943) —
also known as Charles Roemer III; Buddy
Roemer —
of Bossier City, Bossier
Parish, La.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
4, 1943.
Delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1972; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1981-88; defeated
(Democratic), 1978; resigned 1988; Governor of
Louisiana, 1988-92; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Louisiana, 2008.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jared Young Sanders (1869-1944) —
also known as Jared Y. Sanders —
of Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born near Morgan City, St. Mary
Parish, La., January
29, 1869.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1892-1904; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1900; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1921; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1904-08; Governor of
Louisiana, 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1917-21; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1920, 1926; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1924.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 23,
1944 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, La.
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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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Charles Ben Sherrouse (b. 1891) —
of Winnsboro, Franklin
Parish, La.
Born in Gilbert, Franklin
Parish, La., August
15, 1891.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1924;
Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Madison Sims (1907-1970) —
also known as Hubert M. Sims —
of Mer Rouge, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Morehouse
Parish, La., July 29,
1907.
Son of George Madison Sims (1875-1927) and Mary Elizabeth (Yeldell)
Sims (1881-1953).
Farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Morehouse Parish Police
Jury, 1952-56; member of Louisiana
state senate 29th District, 1956-60; defeated, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Morehouse
Parish, La., July 24,
1970 (age 62 years, 360
days).
Interment at Mer
Rouge Cemetery, Mer Rouge, La.
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Relatives: Son
of George Madison Sims (1875-1927) and Mary Elizabeth (Yeldell) Sims
(1881-1953); married 1949 to Ida
Louise Garver (1915-1994); father of George
Garver Sims. |
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Joe David Waggonner, Jr. (1918-2007) —
also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. —
of Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La., September
7, 1918.
Son of Joe David Waggonner and Elizzibeth (Johnston) Waggonner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale petroleum
products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of
education, 1960-61; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Lions; Kappa
Sigma.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
7, 2007 (age 89 years, 30
days).
Interment at Plain
Dealing Cemetery, Plain Dealing, La.
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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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Volney Voss Whittington (1893-1974) —
also known as V. V. Whittington —
of Benton, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Ivan, Bossier
Parish, La., September
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-32.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in 1974
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Haughton, La.
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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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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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Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as Andy Young —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 12,
1932.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; one of the founders of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, 1957; close advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. until his assassination; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1973-77; defeated,
1970; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1977-79; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1982-90; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1990.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1978; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Still living as of 2009.
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