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Weston Adams II (b. 1938) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
15, 1938.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1972-74; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1976,
1980
(alternate), 1988,
1992,
1996
(alternate); Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, 1984-86; producer of the movie Strike the
Tent (2005).
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2005.
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington Church, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
9, 1856.
Son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun)
Graves.
Newspaper
editor; orator; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888;
People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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