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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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Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866) —
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., April 29,
1820.
Son of Dr. Thomas Allen and Ann (Watkins) Allen.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Louisiana, 1864-65.
Presbyterian.
Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, April 22,
1866 (age 45 years, 358
days).
Interment at Old
State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La.
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Joseph Clinton Beall (1813-1867) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1813.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1845-46, 1851-54, 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1867
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Edward Caffery (b. 1889) —
Born in St. Mary
Parish, La., February
14, 1889.
Son of Donelson Caffery and Bethia Celestine (Richardson) Caffery.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice
Consul in Bucharest, 1921-24; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1925-28; San Jose, 1928-31; Niagara Falls, 1931-38.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Shepherd Caldwell (1892-1953) —
also known as Sam S. Caldwell —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Mooringsport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1892.
Democrat. Caddo Parish Police Juror, 1932-34; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1934-46.
Presbyterian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1953
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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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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Robert H. Curry (1842-1892) —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., November
26, 1842.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1887.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Shot in the right ankle during the Battle of Manassas, and crippled
for the rest of his life.
Died June 24,
1892 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rocky
Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount, 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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Andrew Jackson Gilbert (1907-1992) —
of Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Louisiana, 1907.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1965-66.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1992
(age about
85 years).
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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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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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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John Morgan Landrum (1815-1861) —
also known as John M. Landrum —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., July 3,
1815.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1859-61.
Presbyterian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
18, 1861 (age 46 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., April 10,
1804.
Democrat. Planter;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1856; Governor of
Louisiana, 1860-64; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861.
Presbyterian.
At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisiana
ordered his arrest as
a Confederate
leader; he fled
to Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba. Pardoned
by President Andrew
Johnson.
Died near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 25,
1876 (age 72 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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John Milliken Parker (1863-1939) —
also known as John M. Parker —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La., March 16,
1863.
Son of John Milliken Parker and Roberta (Buckner) Parker.
Democrat. Cotton
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1920;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1920-24.
Presbyterian.
Died May 20,
1939 (age 76 years, 65
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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William Henry Pipes (1841-1892) —
also known as William H. Pipes —
of Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Beech Grove Plantation, East
Feliciana Parish, La., May 20,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
member of Louisiana state legislature; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1876;
Louisiana
state treasurer, 1888-92.
Presbyterian.
Died near Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., July 1,
1892 (age 51 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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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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John Octavius Sewall (1806-1840) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, 1806.
Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1839-40.
Presbyterian.
Died in Elysian Fields, Harrison
County, Tex., 1840
(age about
34 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Garver Sims (b. 1951) —
also known as George G. Sims —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in a hospital
at Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La., September
9, 1951.
Son of Hubert
Madison Sims and Ida Louise (Garver) Sims (1915-1994).
Republican. Morehouse Parish Police Jury, 1984-88.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2006.
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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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George Thomas Summerlin (1872-1947) —
also known as George T. Summerlin —
of Rayville, Richland
Parish, La.
Born in Rayville, Richland
Parish, La., November
11, 1872.
Son of John S. Summerlin and Mary (Davis) Summerlin.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1925-29; Venezuela, 1929-34; Panama, 1935-37.
Presbyterian. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 1,
1947 (age 74 years, 232
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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