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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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James Benjamin Aswell (1869-1931) —
also known as James B. Aswell —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., December
23, 1869.
Son of Benjamin W. Aswell and Elizabeth (Lyles) Aswell.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1904-08; Chancellor,
University of Mississippi, 1907; president,
Louisiana State Normal College, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1931 (age 61 years, 83
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) —
also known as Iola Banks —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La., August
10, 1933.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska, 1976,
1980,
2000.
Female.
Baptist
or Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in
the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26,
2002 (age 68 years, 320
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Lovell Banks. |
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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1877-1947) —
also known as Theodore G. Bilbo —
of Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss.
Born near Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss., October
13, 1877.
Son of James Oliver Bilbo and Beedy (Wallace) Bilbo.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; farmer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47; died in office 1947.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Author
of the book Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization,
which advocated deportation of all American blacks to Africa. During
the 1946 campaign, in a radio address, he called on "every
red-blooded Anglo-Saxon man in Mississippi to resort to any means to
keep hundreds of Negroes from the polls in the July 2 primary. And if
you don't know what that means, you are just not up to your
persuasive measures." After he won re-election, the Senate, appalled
at his racist
views and tactics, refused to
seat him, and started an investigation.
Died, of mouth
cancer, in a hospital
at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
21, 1947 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Juniper
Grove Cemetery, Near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss.
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Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (b. 1942) —
also known as Kathleen B. Blanco; Kathleen
Babineaux —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., December
15, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2003; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of Louisiana, 2004.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Corinne Claiborne Boggs (b. 1916) —
also known as Corinne C. Boggs; Lindy Boggs; Marie
Corinne Morrison Claiborne; Corinne Claiborne; Mrs.
Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., March 13,
1916.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1973-91; speaker,
Democratic National Convention, 1984,
1988;
U.S. Ambassador to Vatican, 1997-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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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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R. J. Evans (1853-1921) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Louisiana, 1853.
School teacher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1879-82; defeated (Republican),
1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1884.
African
ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1921 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Ezola Broussard Foster (b. 1938) —
also known as Ezola B. Foster; Ezola
Broussard —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Louisiana, August 9,
1938.
School teacher; Republican candidate for California
state assembly, 1984; arrested
with others while protesting
recognition of the gay Log Cabin Republican organization, at the
California Republican state convention, 1987; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Female.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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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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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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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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Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter (1903-1998) —
also known as Velma Jeter; Velma Marjorie
Dreyfus —
of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Orange, Orange
County, Tex.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., July 15,
1903.
Daughter of Jules Dreyfus and Victoria (Smith) Dreyfus.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1980,
1996.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died January
23, 1998 (age 94 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Clell Edward Jeter. |
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James G. Palmer (1875-1952) —
of Vernon
Parish, La.; Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Arizona, Claiborne
Parish, La., 1875.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; district judge in
Louisiana, 1912-14; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1930-32; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court
of Appeals, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1952
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of California.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Son of Maxwell L. Rafferty and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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