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Politician members in North Carolina

	Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Kingville, Richland County, S.C., August 21, 1863. Son of Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1923-40; appointed 1923. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the Revolution; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Gamma Eta Gamma; Anti-Saloon League. Died January 27, 1942 (age 78 years, 159 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.   Relatives: Married, December 10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne.
	George Whitfield Connor (1872-1938) — also known as George W. Connor — of Wilson, Wilson County, N.C. Born in Wilson, Wilson County, N.C., October 24, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Wilson County, 1909-13; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1913; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-38; died in office 1938. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Knights of Pythias. Died April 23, 1938 (age 65 years, 181 days). Burial location unknown.
	Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) — also known as Albert L. Cox — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 1, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940, 1944, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Interment at Willowdale Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
	John Sprunt Hill (b. 1869) — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Faison, Duplin County, N.C., March 17, 1869. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; banker; farmer; member of North Carolina state senate 16th District, 1933-35. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Odd Fellows; Elks; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
	John Motley Morehead (1870-1965) — also known as John M. Morehead — of Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Spray, Rockingham County, N.C., November 3, 1870. Son of James Turner Morehead and Elizabeth (Connally) Morehead. Republican. Mayor of Rye, N.Y., 1925-30; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940. Baptist. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; American Legion; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in 1965 (age about 94 years). Burial location unknown.
	Charles Walter Tillett, Jr. (1888-1952) — also known as Charles W. Tillett, Jr. — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Mangum, Richmond County, N.C., February 6, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Major proponent of the United Nations. While suffering from depression, committed suicide by jumping from an office building in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., December 23, 1952 (age 64 years, 321 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Gladys Avery Tillett.

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