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Wilson Tate Baggett, Jr. (1911-1987) —
also known as W. Tate Baggett, Jr. —
of St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C., February
4, 1911.
Son of W. T. Baggett and Sadie (Venning) Baggett.
Republican. Farmer; timber
broker; manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1972.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died May 21,
1987 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment at St.
Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Stephen, S.C.
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George Washington Barnett (1793-1848) —
also known as G. W. Barnett —
of Texas.
Born in South Carolina, December
12, 1793.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Washington, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Washington, 1837-43.
Presbyterian.
Killed by
Lipan-Apache Indians while hunting
deer near Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., October
8, 1848 (age 54 years, 301
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.
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Jefferson Blakely Bates (1896-1966) —
also known as Jeff B. Bates —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Wateree, Richland
County, S.C., October
16, 1896.
Son of John M. Bates and Amanda (Scott) Bates.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-26; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1934-40; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Kiwanis.
Died August
17, 1966 (age 69 years, 305
days).
Interment at Old
Richmond Presbyterian Churchyard, Wateree, S.C.
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Walter James Bristow, Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Walter J. Bristow, Jr. —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
14, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1959-61.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Exchange
Club; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 1961.
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Boyd Brown (1897-1949) —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in 1897.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1937-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940,
1944.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1949
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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Walter Boyd Brown, Sr. (1920-1998) —
also known as Walter Brown, Sr.; W. B.
Brown —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Smallwood, Fairfield
County, S.C., May 16,
1920.
Son of Boyd
Brown.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1960,
1964,
1968;
first director of South Carolina Department of General Services;
vice-president of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway).
Presbyterian.
Blind
in one eye. The Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park was named for
him.
Died, following a stroke, at
Fairfield Memorial Hospital,
Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., March 9,
1998 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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Maurice Gwinn Burnside (1902-1991) —
also known as M. G. 'Burnie' Burnside —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
23, 1902.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1949-53, 1955-57;
defeated, 1946, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, Moose; Rotary.
Died in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., February
2, 1991 (age 88 years, 163
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Phillips Corker, Jr. (b. 1952) —
also known as Bob Corker —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., August
24, 1952.
Son of Robert Phillips Corker and Jean H. Corker.
Republican. Real estate
developer; Tennessee Commissioner of Finance and Administration,
1995-96; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 2001-05; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 2007-; defeated in primary, 1994.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Perrin Cothran (1857-1934) —
also known as Thomas P. Cothran —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., October
24, 1857.
Son of James
Sproull Cothran and Emma Chiles (Perrin) Cothran (1834-1916).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1904-10, 1914-21; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1918-21; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1920; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1921-34; died in office 1934.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died April 11,
1934 (age 76 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert H. Curry (1842-1892) —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., November
26, 1842.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1887.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Shot in the right ankle during the Battle of Manassas, and crippled
for the rest of his life.
Died June 24,
1892 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rocky
Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount, La.
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William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) —
also known as "Father of the University of North
Carolina" —
of Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Egremont, England,
June
22, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of
North Carolina, 1798-99.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Land's Ford, Chester
County, S.C., November
5, 1820 (age 64 years, 136
days).
Interment at Old
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, The Waxhaws, S.C.
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Henry Edwards Davis (b. 1879) —
also known as Henry E. Davis —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Gourdin, Williamsburg
County, S.C., October
4, 1879.
Son of James Edwards Davis and Emma Watson (Chandler) Davis.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1930-34.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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James W. DeMint (b. 1951) —
also known as Jim DeMint —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., September
2, 1951.
Republican. Business
owner; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles A. Douglas (1862-1939) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairfield
County, S.C., January
31, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1884-90; Presidential
Elector for South Carolina, 1888;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916,
1924.
Presbyterian.
Died October
31, 1939 (age 77 years, 273
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Henry Doyle (b. 1893) —
also known as Oscar H. Doyle —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., May 7,
1893.
Son of Jasper Doyle and Ella (Dendy) Doyle.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1937-50.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Lee Gaston (1876-1951) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
14, 1876.
Son of Thomas Chalmers Gaston (1847-1885) and Adelaide (Lee) Gaston
(1854-1895).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1900-06; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1920;
director of banks and
cotton
mills.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Died, from Hodgkins
lymphoma, in Charlotte Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
13, 1951 (age 74 years, 364
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Thomas Smithwick Gettys (b. 1912) —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., June 19,
1912.
Son of John E. Gettys and Maud (Martin) Gettys.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1964-75.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 1998.
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Harry Percy Grier (b. 1871) —
also known as H. P. Grier —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C., March 20,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Statesville, N.C., 1907; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Iredell County, 1913.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Brantley Harvey (b. 1893) —
of Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Hampton, Hampton
County, S.C., June 5,
1893.
Son of Joseph Brantley Harvey and Ella (Causey) Harvey.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in South Carolina, about 1746.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis,
August
12, 1788 (age about 42
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Walker Huey (1798-1854) —
also known as Thomas W. Huey —
of South Carolina.
Born November
27, 1798.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1844-47, 1852-54; died in office 1854;
Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1844.
Presbyterian.
Died April 23,
1854 (age 55 years, 147
days).
Interment at Tirzah
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, The Waxhaws, N.C.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes.
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Johnson (1771-1834) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1771.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794; state court judge
in South Carolina, 1799; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1834 (age 62 years, 220
days); his remains apparently were lost in
transit.
Cenotaph at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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John Morgan Landrum (1815-1861) —
also known as John M. Landrum —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., July 3,
1815.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1859-61.
Presbyterian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
18, 1861 (age 46 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Son of John Rowland Leavell (1820-1900) and Elizabeth Jane (Chalmers)
Leavell (1823-1885).
Democrat. Ordained
minister; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1913-18.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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John Alexander Lusk (1859-1939) —
also known as John A. Lusk —
of Guntersville, Marshall
County, Ala.
Born in Salem, Pickens
County, S.C., November
29, 1859.
Son of Eleanor Swafford (Alexander) Lusk (1819-1883) and Erastus
Capehart Lusk (1833-1901).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1903; member of Alabama
state senate 5th District, 1907, 1915; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guntersville, Marshall
County, Ala., November
4, 1939 (age 79 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
Son of James Morgan (1710-1782).
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian. Welsh
ancestry.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment
at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Earle Elias Morris, Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Son of Earle E. Morris and Bernice (Carey) Morris.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate from Pickens County, 1955-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; Elks; Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Jaycees;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Blue Key.
Still living as of 1961.
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Relatives:
Married 1958
to Jane L. Boroughs. |
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Jehu Amaziah Orr (1828-1921) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Anderson
County, S.C., April 10,
1828.
Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1852; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state
court judge in Mississippi, 1870-76.
Presbyterian.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., March 9,
1921 (age 92 years, 333
days).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Thomas H. Peeples (b. 1882) —
of Blackville, Barnwell
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., August 4,
1882.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Peeples and Leila (Hay) Peeples.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1911-12, 1925-26; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1913-18.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Gardiner Richards (1864-1941) —
also known as John G. Richards —
of South Carolina.
Born September
11, 1864.
Democrat. Governor of
South Carolina, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Died October
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 28
days).
Interment at Liberty
Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Hill, S.C.
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John McKee Spratt, Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as John M. Spratt, Jr. —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1964
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Taylor Hudnall Stukes (1893-1961) —
also known as Taylor H. Stukes —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born in Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C., June 1,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-27; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1927-40; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1938-40; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1940-56; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1956-61.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from an aortic
aneurysm, in Medical University Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
20, 1961 (age 67 years, 264
days).
Interment at Clarenden
Memorial Gardens, Manning, S.C.
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John Thrasher (b. 1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 19th District, 1993-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1999; Presidential
Elector for Florida, 2000.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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James Madison Waddell, Jr. (1922-2003) —
also known as James M. Waddell, Jr. —
of Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Boydell, Ashley
County, Ark., November
1, 1922.
Son of James M. Waddell and Mabel (Gibson) Waddell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-58; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956
(alternate), 1964;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Beaufort County, 1961.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
15, 2003 (age 80 years, 75
days).
Interment at Beaufort
National Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C.
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John Carl West (1922-2004) —
of near Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., August
27, 1922.
Son of Shelton J. West and Mattie (Ratterree) West.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Kershaw County, 1955-62; Governor of
South Carolina, 1971-75; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1977-81.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died March 21,
2004 (age 81 years, 207
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Camden, S.C.
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Addison Graves Wilson (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Wilson —
of West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C.; Springdale, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 31,
1947.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, and for U.S. Rep. Floyd
Spence; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972,
2008;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1984-2001; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 2001-; rebuked
by the House of Representatives in September, 2009, for a breach of
decorum; he had shouted
"You Lie!" during an address by President Barack
Obama.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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