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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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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (arts and high-risk youth) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Garner Burgin (b. 1892) —
of Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss.
Born July 4,
1892.
Son of Daniel Augustus Burgin and Nancy Myrtis (Garner) Burgin.
School teacher; college
professor; member of Mississippi
state senate 23rd District, 1936.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Augustus Burgin and Nancy Myrtis (Garner) Burgin; married,
July
24, 1919, to Susie Will Gunter; married, June 22,
1929, to Florence Knight Ramond. |
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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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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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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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Lawrence Russell Ellzey (1891-1977) —
also known as Russell Ellzey —
of Wesson, Copiah
County, Miss.
Born near Wesson, Copiah
County, Miss., March 20,
1891.
Son of William Judson Ellzey and Alice Arabella (McPherson) Ellzey.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1932-35.
Baptist.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
7, 1977 (age 86 years, 262
days).
Interment at Wesson
Cemetery, Wesson, 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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Roderick R. Paige —
Born in Monticello, Lawrence
County, Miss.
Superintendent of schools; U.S.
Secretary of Education, 2001-.
Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2003.
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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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