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Walter Acker, Sr. (born c.1845) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mississippi, about 1845.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1883, 1925-29.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Adams (1784-1844) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August 1,
1784.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1810-11, 1814; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1828-29; U.S.
Attorney for Mississippi, 1830-36; U.S.
District Judge for Mississippi, 1836-38; resigned 1838.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
14, 1844 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Robert Huntington Adams (1792-1830) —
also known as Robert H. Adams —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1792.
Son of John Adams (1760-1795).
Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1830; died in office 1830.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 2,
1830 (age about 38
years).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Stephen Adams (1807-1857) —
of Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss.
Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., October
17, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1833-34; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1837-45,
1848; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-47; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1852-57.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1857 (age 49 years, 206
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Winfred Cooper Adams (b. 1888) —
also known as W. C. Adams —
of Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss.
Born in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 25,
1888.
Son of William Thomas Adams and Virginia (Johnston) Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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James Lusk Alcorn (1816-1894) —
also known as James L. Alcorn —
Born near Golconda, Pope
County, Ill., November
4, 1816.
Son of James Alcorn (1788-1859) and Louisa (Lusk) Alcorn (1794-1858).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1843; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1846, 1856-57; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1848-54; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1856; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1870-71; defeated, 1873; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1871-77.
Died in Friars Point, Coahoma
County, Miss., December
20, 1894 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at Alcorn
Cemetery, Friars Point, Miss.
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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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George Edward Allen (1896-1973) —
also known as George E. Allen —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., February
29, 1896.
Son of Sam P. Allen and Mollie (Plaxico) Allen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hotel
business; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1933-38, 1939-40;
resigned 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1936;
Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1943; speechwriter
for Pres. Harry
Truman; director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Close friend of presidents Roosevelt,
Truman,
and Eisenhower.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Eisenhower Medical
Center, Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., April 23,
1973 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Booneville, Miss.
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John Mills Allen (1846-1917) —
also known as John M. Allen; "Private
John" —
of Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss.
Born in Tishomingo
County, Miss., July 8,
1846.
Son of David M. Allen and Sallie Ann (Spencer) Allen.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; District Attorney, 1st District, 1876-80; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1885-1901;
director, First State Bank,
People's Bank and
Trust Co., Tupelo Cotton
Mills, Tupelo Fertilizer
Factory.
Died in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., October
30, 1917 (age 71 years, 114
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Tupelo, Miss.
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William Haskell Alsup (b. 1945) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., June 27,
1945.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1999-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Daniel Webster Ambrose, Jr. (1896-1992) —
also known as Daniel W. Ambrose, Jr. —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Pickens, Holmes
County, Miss., September
8, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Elks; National
Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in February, 1992
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chapman Levy Anderson (1845-1924) —
also known as Chapman L. Anderson —
of Kosciusko, Attala
County, Miss.
Born near Macon, Noxubee
County, Miss., March 15,
1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1879-80; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1887-91; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1896-97.
Died April 27,
1924 (age 79 years, 43
days).
Interment at Kosciusko
Cemetery, Kosciusko, Miss.
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James Patton Anderson (1822-1872) —
of Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; near Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
16, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1850; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1855-57; delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., September
20, 1872 (age 50 years, 217
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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William Dozier Anderson (1862-1952) —
also known as William D. Anderson —
of Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss.
Born in Pontotoc
County, Miss., July 20,
1862.
Son of Charles W. Anderson and Mary (Dozier) Anderson.
Lawyer; Lee
County Attorney; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; member of Mississippi
state senate; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1910; appointed 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
6, 1952 (age 89 years, 170
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Tupelo, Miss.
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Garnett Andrews (1837-1903) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., May 15,
1837.
Son of Judge Garnett Andrews and Annulet (Ball) Andrews.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1879-80; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1891-93.
Died May 6,
1903 (age 65 years, 356
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Washington, Ga.
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Walter Preston Armstrong (1884-1949) —
also known as Walter P. Armstrong —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pittsboro, Calhoun
County, Miss., October
26, 1884.
Son of George Wells Armstrong and May (Cruthirds) Armstrong.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1928,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died July 27,
1949 (age 64 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey (1863-1929) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey —
of Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., October
6, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1901-13; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1920.
Died in a courtroom
while defending a client, in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April 13,
1929 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.
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Thomas Lowry Bailey (1888-1946) —
also known as Thomas L. Bailey —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born near Maben, Webster
County, Miss., January
6, 1888.
Son of Anderson Bean Bailey and Rosa (Powell) Bailey.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1916-40; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1924-36; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1924,
1928,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1944-46; died in office 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Kappa
Sigma; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in the Governor's
Mansion, Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., November
2, 1946 (age 58 years, 300
days).
Interment somewhere
in Meridian, Miss.
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Haley Reeves Barbour (b. 1947) —
also known as Haley Barbour —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., October
22, 1947.
Son of Jeptha Fowlkes Barbour, Jr. and Grace LeFlore (Johnson)
Barbour.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1982; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1993-97; Governor of
Mississippi, 2004-; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Mississippi, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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William H. Barbour, Jr. (b. 1941) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., February
4, 1941.
Son of William
H. Barbour.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1983-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale (b. 1944) —
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August 8,
1944.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1990-.
Still living as of 2000.
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James Arden Barnett (b. 1924) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August 4,
1924.
Son of Arden Barnett and Vera (Turner) Barnett.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1960;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1964-68; member of Mississippi
state senate 27th District, 1968-71; chancery judge in
Mississippi, 1971-73.
Baptist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
Still living as of 1973.
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William Taylor Sullivan Barry (1821-1868) —
also known as William T. S. Barry —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., December
10, 1821.
Son of Richard Barry and Mary (Sullivan) Barry.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1849-51, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1853-55; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
29, 1868 (age 46 years, 50
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Burrill Bunn Battle (1838-1917) —
of Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Hinds
County, Miss., July 24,
1838.
Son of Joseph J. Battle and Nancy (Stricklin) Battle.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1885-1910.
Died December
21, 1917 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Married 1871
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William Henry Becker (1909-1992) —
of Missouri.
Born in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County, Miss., August
26, 1909.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1961-77;
took senior status 1977.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., February
2, 1992 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Neal Brooks Biggers, Jr. (b. 1935) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., July 1,
1935.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1975-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1984-.
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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John Black (d. 1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Massachusetts.
Lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854.
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Charles Avery Blakeney (c.1902-c.1961) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Taylorsville, Smith
County, Miss., about 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1929-31.
Baptist.
Died about 1961 (age about 59
years).
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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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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Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux (b. 1882) —
also known as Robert M. Bourdeaux —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., March 14,
1882.
Son of Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux and Caroline Maria (Walker)
Bourdeaux.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1925-27; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1933-38.
Episcopalian.
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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Charles Louis Brachfield (1871-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Brachfield —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
10, 1871.
Son of Benjamin Brachfield and Henrietta 'Yetta' Brachfield.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate 8th District, 1903-06; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1916;
Rusk
County Judge.
Jewish.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., June 6,
1947 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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David C. Bramlette (b. 1939) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss., 1939.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1991-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Earl LeRoy Brewer (1869-1942) —
also known as Earl Brewer —
of Water Valley, Yalobusha
County, Miss.; Clarksdale, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Carroll
County, Miss., August
11, 1869.
Son of Ratcliff Rodney Brewer and Mary Elizabeth (McEachern) Brewer.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1896-1900; Governor of
Mississippi, 1912-16; defeated, 1906; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1920
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March 10,
1942 (age 72 years, 211
days).
Interment somewhere
in Clarksdale, Miss.
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Walter Scott Brower (b. 1888) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Kewanee, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
17, 1888.
Son of Joshua Randolph Brower and Elizabeth Judieth (Ingram) Brower.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1932.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1880) —
also known as Albert G. Brown —
of Terry, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., May 31,
1813.
Son of Joseph Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1835-39; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1839-41, 1847-53 (at-large
1839-41, 4th District 1847-53); circuit judge in Mississippi,
1842-43; Governor of
Mississippi, 1844-48; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1854-61; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Senator
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Terry, Hinds
County, Miss., June 12,
1880 (age 67 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Charles William Buck (1849-1930) —
also known as Charles W. Buck —
of Woodford
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., March 17,
1849.
Son of John W. Buck and Mary (Bell) Buck.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1885-89.
Died in Jefferson
County, Ky., November
30, 1930 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Buck and Mary (Bell) Buck; married, March 17,
1875, to Elizabeth Crow Bullitt; father of Charles Neville Buck
(1879-1930; novelist). |
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Thomas Jefferson Busby (1884-1964) —
also known as T. Jeff Busby —
of Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss.
Born near Short, Tishomingo
County, Miss., July 26,
1884.
Son of Reubin Winston Busby and Laura Ann (Bartlett) Busby.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chickasaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1923-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss., October
18, 1964 (age 80 years, 84
days).
Interment at Houston
Cemetery, Houston, Miss.
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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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George Calhoon —
of Kentucky; Madison
County, Miss.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Son of George
Calhoon and Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon.
Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Cameron, Jr. (1890-1964) —
also known as Ben F. Cameron —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., December
14, 1890.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Cameron and Elizabeth (Garner) Cameron.
School
teacher; lawyer; attorney for railroads
and Southern Bell Telephone;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell (1830-1917) —
also known as J. A. P. Campbell —
of Kosciusko, Attala
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., March 2,
1830.
Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1851-59; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1859; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1876-94; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1891-94.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
10, 1917 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Ezekiel Samuel Candler, Jr. (1862-1944) —
also known as Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. —
of Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss.
Born in Belleville, Hamilton
County, Fla., January
18, 1862.
Son of Julia (Bevill) Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler (1838-1915).
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1888,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1901-21; mayor of
Corinth, Miss., 1933-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Honor.
Died in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., December
18, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Henry
Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of William
Candler; second cousin twice removed of Mark
Anthony Cooper; grandson of Samuel
Charles Candler; grandnephew of Daniel
Gill Candler and Ezekiel
Slaughter Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen
Daniel Candler and George
Scott Candler; son of Julia (Bevill) Candler and Ezekiel Samuel
Candler (1838-1915); nephew of Milton
Anthony Candler, Asa
Griggs Candler and John
Slaughter Candler; first cousin of Charles
Murphey Candler; fourth cousin of Joseph
Meriwether Terrell; married, April 26,
1883, to Nancy Priscilla Hazlewood (died 1921); married, January
14, 1924, to Effie Merrill Newhardt (died 1930); married, June 21,
1933, to Ottie Doan Hardenstein; second cousin of Thomas
Slaughter Candler. See Candler
family of Georgia. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George H. Carley (b. 1938) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1938.
Son of George L. Carley, Jr. and Dorothy (Holmes) Carley.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1966; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1979-93; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1993-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Hardy Carr (b. 1903) —
also known as Charles H. Carr —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Coahoma, Coahoma
County, Miss., August
18, 1903.
Son of Charles Hardy Carr and MaiBelle (Landers) Carr.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1943-46.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Carroll (b. 1843) —
also known as William H. Carroll —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Panola
County, Miss., February
18, 1843.
Son of Gen. William H. Carroll and Elisabeth (Breathitt) Carroll.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; cotton
dealer; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1876
(speaker),
1880;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Clendinen Catchings (1847-1927) —
also known as Thomas C. Catchings —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Hinds
County, Miss., January
11, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1875-77; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1877-85; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1885-1901.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
24, 1927 (age 80 years, 347
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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H. H. Chalmers —
Son of Joseph
Williams Chalmers.
Lawyer; law partner of T. W.
White; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Ronald Chalmers (1831-1898) —
also known as James R. Chalmers —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Lynchburg, Halifax
County, Va., January
12, 1831.
Son of Joseph
Williams Chalmers.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1852;
delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1877-82, 1884-85 (6th District
1877-82, 2nd District 1884-85).
Died, from complications of the grippe,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 9,
1898 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joseph Williams Chalmers (1807-1853) —
also known as Joseph W. Chalmers —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1845-47.
Died June 16,
1853 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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George Earle Chamberlain (1854-1928) —
also known as George E. Chamberlain —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., January
1, 1854.
Son of Charles Thomson Chamberlain and Pamela A. (Archer)
Chamberlain.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1880-84; Oregon
state attorney general, 1891-95; appointed 1891; Governor of
Oregon, 1903-09; resigned 1909; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1909-21; defeated, 1920; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1928 (age 74 years, 190
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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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 Plemon Coleman (1914-1991) —
also known as J. P. Coleman —
of Ackerman, Choctaw
County, Miss.
Born in Ackerman, Choctaw
County, Miss., January
9, 1914.
Son of Thomas A. Coleman and Jennie Essie (Worrell) Coleman.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. Aaron
Lane Ford, 1935-39; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1940,
1956;
Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1944;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1947-50; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1950; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1950-56; Governor of
Mississippi, 1956-60; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1960-64; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died September
28, 1991 (age 77 years, 262
days).
Interment at Enon
Cemetery, Ackerman, Miss.
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Ross Alexander Collins (1880-1968) —
also known as Ross A. Collins —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Collinsville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., April 25,
1880.
Son of Nathaniel Monroe Collins and Rebecca J. (Ethridge) Collins.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1911-19; candidate in primary for Governor of
Mississippi, 1919; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1921-35, 1937-43;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1934 (primary), 1947.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., July 14,
1968 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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William Meyers Colmer (1890-1980) —
also known as William M. Colmer —
of Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.
Born in Moss Point, Jackson
County, Miss., February
11, 1890.
Son of Henry Colmer and Anna S. (Meyers) Colmer.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Jackson
County Attorney, 1921-27; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1933-73 (6th District 1933-63,
5th District 1963-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1936,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Rotary;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Elks.
Died in Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss., September
9, 1980 (age 90 years, 211
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Pascagoula, Miss.
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John H. Cook (b. 1874) —
of Clarksdale, Coahoma
County, Miss.
Born in Jasper
County, Miss., February
27, 1874.
Son of Marshall Cook and Susan (Mounger) Cook.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1922; U.S. Marshal, 1922-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1925-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900
to Annie Griffith. |
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John Patrick Henry Culkin (1887-1951) —
also known as J. H. Culkin —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Oak Ridge, Warren
County, Miss., April 17,
1887.
Son of Patrick Lawrence Culkin and Elizabeth (Hearn) Culkin.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; newspaper
editor; Warren
County Superintendent of Education, 1912-26; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1928;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1929-42.
Catholic.
Irish,
English,
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary; Woodmen;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1951
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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George Waddel Currie (b. 1885) —
also known as George W. Currie —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Covington
County, Miss., October
18, 1885.
Son of Edward James Currie and Lucy (Westbrook) Currie.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; chair of
Forrest County Democratic Party, 1920-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Wesley Cutrer (1904-1981) —
also known as Lewis W. Cutrer —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Osyka, Pike
County, Miss., November
5, 1904.
Lawyer; mayor of
Houston, Tex., 1958-63; defeated, 1963.
Died in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1981 (age 76 years, 183
days).
Interment at Memorial
Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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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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Clifford Davis (1897-1970) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah
County, Miss., November
18, 1897.
Son of Odom A. Davis and Jessie Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43,
10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks; Order of
Ahepa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1970 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Thomas Dick Davis (b. 1879) —
also known as Thomas D. Davis —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Macedonia (unknown
county), Miss., March 7,
1879.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Grenoble, 1915-18; Calais, 1919-24; Patras, 1926-29; Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1932; SAINT John, 1938-43.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Ozro Day (b. 1888) —
also known as James O. Day —
of Mississippi; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Decatur, Newton
County, Miss., November
30, 1888.
Son of Samuel Marion Day and Eliza P. (Clark) Day.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Mississippi
state senate 27th District, 1928-32; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1933; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1942-45.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hampton Dellinger (b. 1967) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss., April 30,
1967.
Son of Walter
Estes Dellinger III.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Son of Henry Dickinson and Anna (McGavock) Dickinson.
Lawyer; general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Died December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Wall Doxey (1892-1962) —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., August 8,
1892.
Son of John Sanford Doxey and Sarah (Jones) Doxey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marshall
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-23; District Attorney 3rd
District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1929-41; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941-43.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 2,
1962 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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James Oliver Eastland (1904-1986) —
also known as James O. Eastland; "Slippery
Jim" —
of Morton, Scott
County, Miss.; Ruleville, Sunflower
County, Miss.
Born in Doddsville, Sunflower
County, Miss., November
28, 1904.
Son of Woods Caperton Eastland and Alma (Austin) Eastland.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1928,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941, 1943-79.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died February
19, 1986 (age 81 years, 83
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Forest, Miss.
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Lester Glenn Fant (1875-1946) —
also known as Lester G. Fant —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
29, 1875.
Son of Selden Fant and Nannie Bell (Williams) Fant.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1912-14,
1929-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,
1920,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died December
6, 1946 (age 71 years, 38
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Charles B. Faris (b. 1864) —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born near Charleston, Tallahatchie
County, Miss., October
3, 1864.
Son of James White Faris and Willie Ann (Stovall) Faris.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1891-92; Pemiscot
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-99; president, Bank of
Caruthersville, 1898-1910; circuit judge in Missouri 28th Circuit,
1910-12; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1913-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1919-30.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Charles Feduccia (1910-1978) —
also known as Joe Feduccia —
of Cleveland, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1910.
Son of Salvatore A. Feduccia and Maria Grace (Serio) Feduccia.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1960;
circuit judge in Mississippi 11th District, 1971-78.
Sicilian
ancestry.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
28, 1978 (age about 68
years).
Interment at New
Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Miss.
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Scott Field (1847-1931) —
of Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in Canton, Madison
County, Miss., January
26, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer; Robertson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; member of Texas
state senate, 1887-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1903-07.
Died in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
20, 1931 (age 84 years, 328
days).
Interment at Calvert
Cemetery, Calvert, Tex.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad,
1911.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Lane Ford (1903-1983) —
of Ackerman, Choctaw
County, Miss.
Born in Potts Camp, Marshall
County, Miss., December
21, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1935-43; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1940.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., July 8,
1983 (age 79 years, 199
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Cuthbert, Ga.
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Andrew Fuller Fox (1849-1926) —
also known as Andrew F. Fox —
of West Point, Clay
County, Miss.
Born in Reform, Pickens
County, Ala., April 26,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Mississippi
state senate, 1891-93; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1897-1903.
Died in West Point, Clay
County, Miss., August
29, 1926 (age 77 years, 125
days).
Interment at West
Point Cemetery, West Point, Miss.
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John D. Freeman (c.1806-1886) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1806.
Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1841-51; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1851-53.
Died in Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo., January
17, 1886 (age about 80
years).
Interment somewhere
in Jackson, Miss.
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Harold White Gautier (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold Gautier —
of Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Miss., October
17, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) —
also known as Thomas P. Gore —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Embry, Webster
County, Miss., December
10, 1870.
Son of Tom M. Gore and Carrie E. (Wingo) Gore.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1898; member
Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Elks.
Blind
due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first
blind member of the U.S. Senate.
Died March 16,
1949 (age 78 years, 96
days).
Originally entombed at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 at
Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Alexander Graves (1844-1916) —
of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Covington
County, Miss., August
25, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1883-85.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
23, 1916 (age 72 years, 120
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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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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Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) —
also known as Thomas W. Gregory —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Crawfordsville (unknown
county), Miss., November
6, 1861.
Son of Francis Robert Gregory (killed in Civil War) and Mary Cornelia
(Watt) Gregory.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1904,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Attorney General, 1914-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
A gymnasium at the University of Texas was named for
him.
Died, of pneumonia,
February
26, 1933 (age 71 years, 112
days).
Interment somewhere
in Austin, Tex.
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Benjamin Whitfield Griffith (b. 1853) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
3, 1853.
Son of Richard Griffith and Sallie (Whitfield) Griffith.
College
professor; lawyer; banker; mayor
of Vicksburg, Miss., 1905-09; Warren
County Treasurer, 1912-16.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 7,
1879, to Cora Bertha Griffing. |
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Walter Eugene Guess (1932-1975) —
also known as W. Eugene Guess; Gene Guess —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Mississippi, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-72; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1971-72; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1972.
Protestant.
Died in 1975
(age about
43 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lee Davis Hall (1893-1963) —
also known as Lee D. Hall —
of Columbia, Marion
County, Miss.
Born in Laurel, Jones
County, Miss., November
20, 1893.
Son of Wesley W. Hall and Julia (Wright) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mayor of Columbia, Miss., 1923-26; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936;
justice
of Mississippi state supreme court, 1949-61.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died October
30, 1963 (age 69 years, 344
days).
Interment at Columbia City Cemetery, Columbia, Miss.
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Robert Samuel Hall (1879-1941) —
also known as Robert S. Hall —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Williamsburg, Covington
County, Miss., March 10,
1879.
Son of Evans Hall and Effie (McDonald) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1906-08; Forrest
County Attorney, 1910-12; district attorney 12th District,
1912-18; circuit judge in Mississippi 12th District, 1918-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1929-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 10,
1941 (age 62 years, 92
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
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Lamar Hardy (1879-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 29,
1879.
Son of Capt. William Harris Hardy and Harriet 'Hattie' (Lott) Hardy.
Democrat. Lawyer; Corporation Counsel, New York City, 1915-17;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1935-39.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1950 (age 71 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rufus Hardy (1855-1943) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born near Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., December
16, 1855.
Son of George Washington Hardy and Paulina Jane (Whittaker) Hardy.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1880-84; district attorney, 13th District,
1884-88; district judge in Texas 13th District, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1907-23.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March 13,
1943 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) —
also known as Pat Harrison —
of Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., August
29, 1881.
Son of Robert Harrison and Myra Anna (Patton) Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1911-19; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1919-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
1941 (age 59 years, 297
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss.
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Wilson Shedric Hill (1863-1921) —
also known as Wilson S. Hill —
of Winona, Montgomery
County, Miss.
Born in Choctaw
County, Miss., January
19, 1863.
Son of Dr. Samuel Hill and Elizabeth Hill.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1887; District Attorney 5th
District, 1891-1903; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1903-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1914-21.
Died in 1921
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Winona, Miss.
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Perry Wilson Howard (b. 1877) —
also known as Perry W. Howard —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Ebenezer, Holmes
County, Miss., January
14, 1877.
Son of Perry
W. Howard and Sarah Howard.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Mississippi, 1912,
1916,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Mississippi, 1924-40.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Volney Erskine Howard (1809-1889) —
also known as Volney E. Howard —
of Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine, October
22, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1840; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Texas
state attorney general, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1849-53; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; superior
court judge in California, 1879.
Injured in duel
with Hiram
G. Runnels.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1889 (age 79 years, 204
days).
Original interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Abram Stephanus Humphreys (b. 1868) —
also known as Abram S. Humphreys —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
16, 1868.
Son of Abram S. Humphreys and Eliza (Tucker) Humphreys.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Hawaii, 1900-02.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1865-1923) —
also known as Benjamin G. Humphreys —
of Greenville, Washington
County, Miss.
Born in Claiborne
County, Miss., August
17, 1865.
Son of Benjamin
Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882) and Mildred Hickman (Maury) Humphreys
(1823-1899).
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney 4th Circuit, 1895-1903;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1903-23; died in
office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1916,
1920.
Died in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., October
16, 1923 (age 58 years, 60
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, Miss.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Son of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834).
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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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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Chester Trent Lott (b. 1941) —
also known as Trent Lott —
of Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., October
9, 1941.
Son of Chester P. Lott and Iona (Watson) Lott.
Republican. Lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. William
M. Colmer, 1968-72; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1973-89; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1989-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Flavius Josephus Lovejoy (1830-1862) —
also known as Flavius J. Lovejoy —
Born in 1830.
Lawyer; law partner of Edward
C. Walthall; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1857; colonel
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss., 1862
(age about
32 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Magee (d. 1835) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md.
Lawyer; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1833-34.
Died in 1835.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Benjamin Drake Magruder (b. 1838) —
also known as B. D. Magruder —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, Miss., September
27, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1885-1906.
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1864
to Julia M. Latham. |
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Booth M. Malone (b. 1854) —
of Beloit, Rock
County, Wis.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Benton
County, Miss., August 9,
1854.
Son of Richard Harwell Malone and Mary Cole (Cossitt) Malone.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Beloit, Wis., 1883-85; Rock
County District Attorney, 1885-91; district judge in Colorado 2nd
District, 1901-07.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) —
also known as Van H. Manning —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Henry Marsalis (1904-1971) —
also known as John H. Marsalis —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in McComb, Pike
County, Miss., May 9,
1904.
Son of Louis Hillery Marsalis and Alice Bryant (Warner) Marsalis.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
District Attorney, 10th District, 1944-48; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1952; district judge in Colorado, 1955-62.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Exchange
Club.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., June 26,
1971 (age 67 years, 48
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Alonzo Gustavus Mayers (1821-1905) —
also known as Alonzo G. Mayers —
of Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss.
Born in Winchester, Wayne
County, Miss., March 6,
1821.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; circuit judge in Mississippi 8th District, 1876-98.
Died in Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss., February
6, 1905 (age 83 years, 337
days).
Interment at Brandon
Cemetery, Brandon, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married 1848
to Elizabeth C. King (died 1852); married, February
14, 1856, to Nancy Louise Nannie McLaurin
(1833-1910). |
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Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) —
also known as Alexander K. McClung; "The Black Knight
of the South" —
of Mississippi.
Born in Virginia, 1809.
Son of William
McClung.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1849-51.
Killed his opponents in a number of duels.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
with a dueling pistol, in a hotel room
at Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March 23,
1855 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Andrew Jackson McConnico (b. 1875) —
also known as Andrew J. McConnico —
of Vaiden, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Vaiden, Carroll
County, Miss., February
20, 1875.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S. Consul in SAINT Johns, 1909-11; Trinidad, 1914-16; Guadalajara, 1919-24; Bluefields, 1926; Hull, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Rayford McGehee (1883-1962) —
also known as Dan R. McGehee —
of Meadville, Franklin
County, Miss.
Born in Little Springs, Franklin
County, Miss., September
10, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1924-28, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1924
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1948
(alternate); member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1928-32; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1935-47.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Meadville, Franklin
County, Miss., February
9, 1962 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Midway
Cemetery, Meadville, Miss.
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Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814-1865) —
also known as Alexander B. Meek —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 17,
1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Alabama
state attorney general; county judge in Alabama, 1842-44; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1846-50; member of
Alabama
state house of representatives, 1853, 1859; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1859; Presidential
Elector for Alabama, 1856;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., November
30, 1865 (age 51 years, 136
days).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Ayres Phillips Merrill (1825-1883) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
24, 1825.
Son of Ayres Phillips Merrill (M.D.).
Lawyer; evacuated from Natchez during the Civil War, along
with other Northern sympathizers, with the help of Gen. Ulysses
S. Grant; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1876-77.
Died September
16, 1883 (age 57 years, 266
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married to Jane Sarah Surget. |
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Ronnie Musgrove (b. 1956) —
of Mississippi.
Born July 29,
1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1988-95; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1996-99; Governor of
Mississippi, 2000-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 2000.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Duke Nabers (1812-1878) —
also known as Benjamin D. Nabers —
of Hickory Flat, Benton
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., November
7, 1812.
Son of Franklin Neighbours and Sarah (McLaughlin) Neighbours.
Merchant;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1851-53;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., September
6, 1878 (age 65 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) —
also known as Francis G. Newlands —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
28, 1848.
Son of James Birney Newlands and Jessie (Barland) Newlands.
Lawyer; trustee of the estate of U.S. Senator William
Sharon, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1903-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1916.
Died December
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Chevy
Chase Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Reuben Noble (1821-1896) —
of McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., April 4,
1821.
Lawyer; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1854-56; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1866; Democratic candidate
for chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1868, 1879; district judge
in Iowa; elected 1874, 1878.
Died in McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa, August 8,
1896 (age 75 years, 126
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Grove Cemetery, McGregor, Iowa.
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Edmund Favor Noel (1856-1927) —
of Lexington, Holmes
County, Miss.
Born near Lexington, Holmes
County, Miss., March 4,
1856.
Son of Leland Noel and Margaret A. (Sanders) Noel.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1895-1903, 1920-27; served in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1908-12; first
chairman of first
conference of governors, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 30,
1927 (age 71 years, 148
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Miss.
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Le Roy Percy (1860-1929) —
of Greenville, Washington
County, Miss.
Born near Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., November
9, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1892;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1910-13.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
24, 1929 (age 69 years, 45
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, Miss.
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Frederick Waldron Phelps (b. 1929) —
also known as Fred Phelps —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
13, 1929.
Son of Frederick Wade Phelps (1893-1977) and Catherine Idalette
(Johnson) Phelps (c.1907-1935).
Democrat. Lawyer; disbarred
by the state of Kansas in 1979 over harassment
of a court reporter and perjury
during the proceedings; in 1985, nine Federal judges filed a
disciplinary complaint against him over alleged false
accusations, which led to an agreement that he cease law
practice in Federal court; pastor of
the Westboro Baptist Church, which is widely
reviled for its extreme hatred
of homosexuals, and its tactics, such as picketing at military
funerals; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kansas, 1990, 1994, 1998; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1992; candidate for mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1993, 1997.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2011.
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Charles Willis Pickering, Sr. (b. 1937) —
also known as Charles W. Pickering —
Born in Laurel, Jones
County, Miss., May 29,
1937.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1972-80; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1976-78; candidate for Mississippi
state attorney general, 1979; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi,
1990-2004; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 2004; retired 2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2010.
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Key Pittman (1872-1940) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
19, 1872.
Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in
1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub
until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he
suffered a severe heart
attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel, and
died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital,
Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1940 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Franklin E. Plummer (d. 1852) —
of Westville, Simpson
County, Miss.
Born in Massachusetts.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1831-35.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1852.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Percy Edwards Quin (1872-1932) —
also known as Percy E. Quin —
of McComb, Pike
County, Miss.
Born near Liberty, Amite
County, Miss., October
30, 1872.
Son of Rev. Henry G. Quin and Virginia (Davis) Quin.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1900-02; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1913-32; died in
office 1932.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1932 (age 59 years, 97
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed to have been deliberately
poisoned
at a banquet during the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, near
Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Elliott Rankin (1882-1960) —
also known as John E. Rankin —
of Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss.
Born in Itawamba
County, Miss., March 29,
1882.
Son of Thomas Braxton Rankin and Modest (Rutledge) Rankin.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1921-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died November
26, 1960 (age 78 years, 242
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, West Point, Miss.
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F. B. Ransom (b. 1882) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., July 13,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Dillon Redmond (1871-1948) —
also known as S. D. Redmond —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born October
11, 1871.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1916,
1940,
1944;
Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1931-45.
Died February
11, 1948 (age 76 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Sidney Theodore Roebuck (1901-1982) —
also known as S. T. Roebuck —
of Newton, Newton
County, Miss.
Born in Attala
County, Miss., 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; secretary of
Mississippi Democratic Party, 1937; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1940.
Died from an accidental overdose
of Coumadin (Warfarin), 1982
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948) —
also known as H. F. Samuels —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Miss., April 4,
1869.
Son of Floyd Samuels and Isabelle (Jenkins) Samuels (died 1873).
Progressive. Lawyer; Shoshone
County Attorney, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver mining in
Idaho; built the Samuels Hotel in
1907; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1948
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Sequim
View Cemetery, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash.
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Lewis Ernest Sawyer (1867-1923) —
also known as Lewis E. Sawyer —
of Friars Point, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Shelby
County, Ala., June 24,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor, Friars Point, Miss., 1896-98; served
in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1913-15; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1923; died in office
1923.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 5,
1923 (age 55 years, 315
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Hot Springs, Ark.
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Joseph Draper Sayers (1841-1929) —
also known as Joseph D. Sayers —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., September
23, 1841.
Son of David Sayers and Mary Thomas (Peete) Sayers.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1873; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1875-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1885-99 (10th District 1885-93, 9th
District 1893-99); Governor of
Texas, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 15,
1929 (age 87 years, 234
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Tennessee, July 12,
1798.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828-29; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1832; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1832-51; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1851-53; Governor of
Mississippi, 1865.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 30,
1873 (age 74 years, 261
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Walter Sillers, Jr. (1888-1966) —
of Rosedale, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Rosedale, Bolivar
County, Miss., April 13,
1888.
Son of Walter Sillers and Florence (Warfield) Sillers.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1916-44; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1916,
1924,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died September
24, 1966 (age 78 years, 164
days).
Interment at Beulah
Cemetery, Beulah, Miss.
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Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) —
also known as Floyd Spence —
of Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1928.
Son of James Wilson Spence and Addie (Lucas) Spence.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died
in office 2001.
Lutheran.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot
from his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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Hubert Durrett Stephens (1875-1946) —
also known as Hubert D. Stephens —
of New Albany, Union
County, Miss.
Born in New Albany, Union
County, Miss., July 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1911-21; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1923-35; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1924,
1928.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks.
Died near New Albany, Union
County, Miss., March 14,
1946 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pythian
Cemetery, New Albany, Miss.
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Asa Evans Stratton, Jr. (1844-1921) —
also known as Asa E. Stratton —
of Brazoria
County, Tex.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Panola
County, Miss., January
13, 1844.
Son of Asa Evans Stratton (1798-1877) and Amanda Ann (Gibbons)
Stratton (died 1847).
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Brazoria
County Judge; Brazoria
County Attorney; member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1880-84; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1884-85; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1888;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in April, 1921
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Evans Stratton (1798-1877) and Amanda Ann (Gibbons) Stratton
(died 1847); married, February
7, 1867, to Louisa Henrietta Waldmann (died 1895); married, September
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William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) —
also known as W. H. H. Tison —
of Carrollville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., November
6, 1822.
Democrat. Farmer;
lawyer; postmaster;
dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Murdered,
in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
4, 1882 (age 60 years, 28
days).
Interment at Baldwyn
Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss.
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Jefferson Truly (b. 1861) —
also known as Jeff Truly —
of Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss.
Born in Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss., July 21,
1861.
Son of Richard Harrison Truly and Mary (Key) Truly.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1886-88; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1898-1903; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1903-06; appointed 1903.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Jonathan Hoge Walker (1754-1824) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Hogestown, Cumberland
County, Pa., March 20,
1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1806-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1818-24;
died in office 1824.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., March 23,
1824 (age 70 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Son of Jonathan
Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Cary Walthall (1831-1898) —
also known as Edward C. Walthall —
of Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss.
Born in Virginia, April 4,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Flavius
J. Lovejoy; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1876;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1885-94, 1895-98; died in office 1898.
Died April 21,
1898 (age 67 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Elton Watkins (1881-1956) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Newton, Newton
County, Miss., 1881.
Son of M. M. Watkins and Virginia (Williams) Watkins.
Democrat. FBI
agent; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Oregon, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1923-25; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1930; Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1936,
1944.
Baptist.
Died in 1956
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Hills Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Guilford Wiley Wells (1840-1909) —
also known as G. Wiley Wells —
of Mississippi.
Born in New York, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1875-77; U.S.
Consul General in Shanghai, 1877.
Died March 21,
1909 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Francis Shelley White (1847-1922) —
also known as Frank S. White —
of West Point, Clay
County, Miss.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Prairie Point, Noxubee
County, Miss., March 13,
1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1875, 1882-83; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August 1,
1922 (age 75 years, 141
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Thomas William White (1824-1889) —
also known as T. W. White —
of Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., January
8, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; law partner of H.
H. Chalmers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1876.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., July 26,
1889 (age 65 years, 199
days).
Interment at Hernando
Baptist Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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Jamie Lloyd Whitten (1910-1995) —
also known as Jamie L. Whitten —
of Charleston, Tallahatchie
County, Miss.
Born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie
County, Miss., April 18,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1941-95 (2nd District 1941-73,
1st District 1973-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss., September
9, 1995 (age 85 years, 144
days).
Interment at Charleston
N.E. Cemetery, Charleston, Miss.
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William Madison Whittington (1878-1962) —
also known as William M. Whittington —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.
Born in Little Springs, Franklin
County, Miss., May 4,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1916-20, 1924; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1925-51; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died of a heart
attack in Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss., August
20, 1962 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Greenwood, Miss.
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Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; secretary
of Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 14,
1864 (age about 44
years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed in
the Civil War.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 30,
1854.
Son of Christopher Harris Williams and Annie Louise (Sharp)
Williams.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1892,
1904,
1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died near Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., September
7, 1932 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss.
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Thomas Webber Wilson (1893-1948) —
also known as T. Webber Wilson —
of Laurel, Jones
County, Miss.
Born in Coldwater, Tate
County, Miss., January
24, 1893.
Son of Joseph James Wilson (M.D.) and Lucy (Yancey) Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1923-29; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Coldwater, Miss.
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Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March 17,
1836.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; banker; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-91, 1896-1900;
resigned 1900.
Died August
10, 1910 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Fielding Lewis Wright (1895-1956) —
also known as Fielding L. Wright —
of Rolling Fork, Sharkey
County, Miss.
Born in Rolling Fork, Sharkey
County, Miss., May 16,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1928-31; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1932-40; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1945-46; Governor of
Mississippi, 1946-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1948,
1952;
States Rights candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948; member of Democratic
National Committee from Mississippi, 1954.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., May 4,
1956 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Kelly
Cemetery, Rolling Fork, Miss.
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