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David McKee Hall (1918-1960) —
of Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C., May 16,
1918.
Son of David M. Hall and Edith (Moore) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1955; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1959-60; died
in office 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Paraplegic.
Died in Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C., January
29, 1960 (age 41 years, 258
days).
Interment at Webster
Methodist Church Cemetery, Webster, N.C.
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John W. Hall (b. 1880) —
of Danbury, Stokes
County, N.C.
Born near East Bend, Yadkin
County, N.C., July 24,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 27th District, 1913.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Hamilton (b. 1894) —
of Morehead City, Carteret
County, N.C.
Born in Atlantic, Carteret
County, N.C., February
20, 1894.
Son of Samuel E. Hamilton and Rebecca F. Hamilton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1921, 1957-59; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1937-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Cicero Hammer (1865-1930) —
also known as William C. Hammer —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Born near Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C., March 24,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Asheboro, N.C., 1895-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1896,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1914-20; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1921-30; died in
office 1930.
Died in Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C., September
26, 1930 (age 65 years, 186
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Asheboro, N.C.
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Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr. (1894-1969) —
also known as Frank Hancock, Jr. —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., November
1, 1894.
Son of Franklin Wills Hancock and Lizzie (Hobgood) Hancock.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Granville County Democratic Party, 1924; Presidential Elector for
North Carolina, 1924;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1926-28; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1930-39;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940;
state court judge in North Carolina, 1950.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Rotary.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., January
23, 1969 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
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Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-2001) —
also known as Richard T. Hanna; "The Little
Leprechaun" —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.; Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo., June 9,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1956-62; while in the Assembly, he helped bring
about the establishment
of the University of California at Irvine and California State
University at Fullerton; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1963-74; resigned
1974.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions; Elks.
In the 1970s, he received
payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park
in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
pleaded
guilty; sentenced
to 6-30 months in federal
prison; served one year.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., June 9,
2001 (age 87 years, 0
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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William Johnson Hannah (b. 1867) —
also known as William J. Hannah —
of Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C.
Born in Cataloochee, Haywood
County, N.C., 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of North
Carolina state senate 37th District, 1913.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Harkins (b. 1879) —
of Weatherford, Custer
County, Okla.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buncombe
County, N.C., January
15, 1879.
Son of Herschel S. Harkins and Sarah Jane (Jones) Harkins.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1916;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1927-31.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Roxy Seevers. |
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Lewis Wardlaw Haskell (1868-1938) —
also known as Lewis W. Haskell —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Pastoria, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
2, 1868.
Son of Langdon Cheves Haskell and Ella Coulter (Wardlaw) Haskell.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S. Consul in
Salina Cruz, 1910-12; Hull, 1912-13; Belgrade, 1913-15; Geneva, 1915-24; Algiers, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1929-32.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., April 29,
1938 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rufus Lafayette Haymore (b. 1851) —
also known as Rufus L. Haymore —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Surry County, 1909,
1913; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) —
also known as Brooks Hays —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in London, Pope
County, Ark., August 9,
1898.
Son of Adelbert Steele Hays and Sallie (Butler) Hays.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1981 (age 83 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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William Henry Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852) —
also known as William H. Haywood, Jr. —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
23, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1831, 1834-36; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1843-46; resigned 1846.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
7, 1852 (age 50 years, 350
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Archibald Henderson (1768-1822) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born near Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C., August 7,
1768.
Son of Richard
Henderson.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1803; member of
North
Carolina house of commons, 1807-09, 1814, 1819-20.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
21, 1822 (age 54 years, 75
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) —
also known as J. Pinckney Henderson —
of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March 31,
1808.
Lawyer; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Richard Henderson (1735-1785) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April 20,
1735.
Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1768-73;
member of North Carolina state legislature.
Anglican.
Pioneer and colonizer in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky;
organized what became known as the Transylvania Land Company, which
made treaties with the Cherokees, hired Daniel Boone as advance agent
to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, and created Transylvania
Colony in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Died in Granville
County, N.C., January
30, 1785 (age 49 years, 285
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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Erwin Avery Hightower (1914-2001) —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., July 29,
1914.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
17, 2001 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Eastview
Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C.
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Franklin P. Hobgood, Jr. (b. 1872) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., December
17, 1872.
Son of Franklin P. Hobgood.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911, 1913 (21st District 1911, 20th
District 1913).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Son of Samuel Alberta Hoey and Mary Charlotte (Roark) Hoey.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Died from a stroke, at
his desk in his congressional office,
in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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William Alexander Hoke (b. 1851) —
also known as William A. Hoke —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., October
25, 1851.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1889; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1891-1904; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1905-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., 1769.
Lawyer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in
office 1829.
Died September
26, 1829 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sampson County, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Wilkins Perryman Horton (b. 1889) —
also known as Wilkins P. Horton —
of Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., September
1, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1919, 1927, 1931, 1935; secretary of
North Carolina Democratic Party, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment somewhere
in Pittsboro, N.C.
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Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) —
also known as Robert L. Humber —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., May 30,
1898.
Son of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; United
World Federalists; American
Legion; Rotary; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Farm
Bureau; National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Died November
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment at Cherry
Hill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.
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Bolivar Steadman Hurley (b. 1888) —
also known as B. S. Hurley —
of Troy, Montgomery
County, N.C.
Born in Troy, Montgomery
County, N.C., May 16,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Montgomery County,
1917, 1925; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state senate 18th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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