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Clifford Davis (1897-1970) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah
County, Miss., November
18, 1897.
Son of Odom A. Davis and Jessie Davis; married to Carolyn Leigh.
Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43,
10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks; Order of
Ahepa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1970 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Ewin Lamar Davis (1876-1949) —
also known as Ewin L. Davis —
of Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., February
5, 1876.
Son of McLin H. Davis and Christina Lee (Shoffner) Davis; married, December
28, 1898, to Carolyn Windsor; brother of Norman
Hezekiah Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1904;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1910-18; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1933-49; died in office 1949; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1935, 1940, 1945.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 1949 (age 73 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Son of Henry Dickinson and Anna (McGavock) Dickinson; married, April 20,
1876, to Martha Overton.
Lawyer; general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Died December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Paul Rand Dixon (1913-1996) —
also known as Paul R. Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.; Brentwood, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
29, 1913.
Son of James David Dixon and Sarah (Munn) Dixon; married, October
11, 1939, to Dores Busby.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1961-81; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1961-69, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died May 2,
1996 (age 82 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nugent Dodds (b. 1887) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., June 17,
1887.
Nephew of Peter
F. Dodds; son of Francis
Henry Dodds and Mollie (Nugent) Dodds; married, June 6,
1907, to Dorothy Vaughan Shaddick.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) —
also known as Andrew J. Donelson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
25, 1799.
Grandson of Daniel
Smith; nephew of Rachel Donelson (1767-1828; who married Andrew
Jackson); son of Samuel Donelson (1770-1802) and Mary Polly
(Smith) Donelson (1781-1857); married, September
16, 1824, to Emily Tennessee Donelson (1807-1836).
Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1844-45; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1846-49; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1856.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 26,
1871 (age 71 years, 305
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Owen Joseph Donley (d. 1995) —
also known as Owen J. Donley —
of Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.; Alexandria,
Va.; Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.
Married 1954
to Mary Carole Scott (died 1982); married 1992 to Martha
Anne Meek; father of Kerry
J. Donley.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County State's Attorney; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960;
chief of staff to U.S. Sen. George
McGovern, 1963-71; also worked on the Senator's campaigns for
U.S. Senate and President.
Catholic.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., June 20,
1995.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lee Douglas (1885-1959) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Belle Meade, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 23,
1885.
Son of Byrd Douglas and Adelaide (Gaines) Douglas; married, January
30, 1929, to Elizabeth (Keith) Caldwell (died 1932).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1914-22; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924,
1940
(alternate); president, Nashville and Decatur Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Newcomen
Society; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died August
17, 1959 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) —
also known as Solomon W. Downs —
of Louisiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853.
Mortally wounded in a duel, and
subsequently died, at Crab Orchard Springs, Lincoln
County, Ky., August
14, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment at
Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Wall Doxey (1892-1962) —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., August 8,
1892.
Son of John Sanford Doxey and Sarah (Jones) Doxey; married, October
9, 1916, to Myrtle Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marshall
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-23; District Attorney 3rd
District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1929-41; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941-43.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 2,
1962 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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John James Duncan (1919-1988) —
also known as John J. Duncan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn., March 24,
1919.
Father of John
James Duncan, Jr..
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1959-64; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1965-88; died in
office 1988; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., June 21,
1988 (age 69 years, 89
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Scott County, Tenn.
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John James Duncan, Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as John J. Duncan, Jr.; Jimmy
Duncan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., July 21,
1947.
Son of John
James Duncan.
Republican. Lawyer; state court judge in Tennessee, 1981-88;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1988-; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Claiborne Dunlap (1798-1872) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
25, 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 13th District, 1833-37; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1840-49; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1851-57; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1857-59.
Died near Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
16, 1872 (age 74 years, 265
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March 20,
1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Henderson Earthman (1900-1987) —
also known as Harold H. Earthman —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., April 13,
1900.
Son of Vernon King Earthman (1872-1944) and Virginia M. (Henderson)
Earthman (1877-1928); married to Mary Wilson Moore (1901-1997).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1931-32; Rutherford
County Judge, 1942-45; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., February
26, 1987 (age 86 years, 319
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) —
also known as Benjamin A. Enloe —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born near Clarksburg, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
18, 1848.
Son of Benjamin S. Enloe and Nancy O. Enloe; married, April 5,
1870, to Fannie Howard Ashworth.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1872,
1880;
newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1887-95.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 8,
1922 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) —
also known as Edward E. Eslick —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., April 19,
1872.
Son of Merritt Eslick and Martha Virginia (Abernathy) Eslick;
married, June 6,
1906, to Willa
McCord Blake.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died in
office 1932.
Died suddenly while addressing the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., June 14,
1932 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Henry Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902) —
also known as Emerson Etheridge —
of Tennessee.
Born in Currituck, Currituck
County, N.C., September
28, 1819.
Son of Thomas Etheridge (1792-1861) and Elizabeth (Harvey) Etheridge
(1792-1875); married, October
17, 1849, to Fanny A. Bell; fourth cousin of Augustus
Holly Etheridge.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1853-57, 1859-61.
Died in Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn., October
21, 1902 (age 83 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Sharon, Tenn.
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Charles Rountree Evans (b. 1863) —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., April 4,
1863.
Son of Jonathan H. Evans and Sarah (Kilbourne) Evans.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Hamilton
County Attorney, 1894-98; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1900;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1910; circuit judge
in Tennessee, 1911-12.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) —
also known as Lemuel D. Evans —
of Texas.
Born in Tennessee, January
8, 1810.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1870-73; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1877 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Landon Evins (1910-1984) —
also known as Joe L. Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Born in DeKalb
County, Tenn., October
24, 1910.
Son of Myrtie (Goodson) Evins and James
Edgar Evins; married to Ann Smartt.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1947-77 (5th District 1947-53, 4th
District 1953-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 31,
1984 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Entombed at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809-1902) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
2, 1809.
Brother of Andrew
Ewing.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1845-47; president,
University of Nashville.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., April 24,
1902 (age 92 years, 143
days).
Interment at Murfreesboro
City Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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John W. Farley (1878-1942) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1924.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Led drive to establish
the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia
and severe arthritis,
November, 1942
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joseph Charles Feduccia (1910-1978) —
also known as Joe Feduccia —
of Cleveland, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1910.
Son of Salvatore A. Feduccia and Maria Grace (Serio) Feduccia.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1960;
circuit judge in Mississippi 11th District, 1971-78.
Sicilian
ancestry.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
28, 1978 (age about 68
years).
Interment at New
Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Miss.
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Son of Frederick Fisher and Mary Anna (McCarter) Fisher; married, November
6, 1909, to Louise Sanford (sister of Edward
Terry Sanford).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., June 12,
1816.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1850; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1852;
district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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William Fitzgerald (1799-1864) —
of Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; Paris, Henry
County, Tenn.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., August 6,
1799.
Lawyer; Stewart
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1822-25; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1831-33; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1845-61.
Died in Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., 1864
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Fitzgerald
Cemetery, Near Paris, Henry County, Tenn.
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William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
14, 1872.
Son of Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald; married,
November
26, 1913, to Lucille Wilson.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1924.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Charles Floyd (1858-1930) —
also known as John C. Floyd —
of Yellville, Marion
County, Ark.
Born in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., April 14,
1858.
Son of John Wesley Floyd and Eliza Jane (Snodgrass) Floyd; married to
Sarah Virginia Berry.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1905-15.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yellville, Marion
County, Ark., November
4, 1930 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Layton
Cemetery, Yellville, Ark.
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Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. (b. 1970) —
also known as Harold E. Ford, Jr. —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1970.
Son of Harold
Eugene Ford.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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John B. Forester (d. 1845) —
of Tennessee.
Born in McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1833-37.
Died August
31, 1845.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abe Fortas (1910-1982) —
also known as "Fiddlin' Abe Fortas" —
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 19,
1910.
Married 1935
to Carolyn E. Agger.
Lawyer; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1982 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Cremated.
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Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) —
also known as Ephraim H. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., September
17, 1794.
Son of Robert
Coleman Foster; brother of Robert
Coleman Foster, Jr.; father-in-law of Edward
Saunders Cheatham.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31, 1835-37;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1840;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1854 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) —
also known as Robert C. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, July 8,
1769.
Father of Ephraim
Hubbard Foster and Robert
Coleman Foster, Jr..
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1803-07; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; member of
Tennessee
state senate, 1809-15, 1825-27; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1815, 1817.
Christian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
27, 1844 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Coleman Foster, Jr. (b. 1796) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., November
10, 1796.
Son of Robert
Coleman Foster; brother of Ephraim
Hubbard Foster.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-31, 1833-35, 1839-41; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1841-43.
Burial
location unknown.
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James A. Fowler (1863-1955) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1928-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1928; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932.
Died in 1955
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1872.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Howard Fowler (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard Fowler —
of Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Born in Etowah, McMinn
County, Tenn., November
6, 1925.
Son of Albert Thomas Fowler and Bertha (Chastain) Fowler; married, June 3,
1949, to Sarah Charlyne King (born 1923).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tift County, 1955-56.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1956.
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Horace Frierson, Jr. (1881-1956) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., February
5, 1881.
Son of Horace
Frierson and Jeannie (Phillips) Frierson (1853-1916); third
cousin of William
Little Frierson; married, October
20, 1909, to Julia Turner Warfield (1888-1955).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; District Attorney, 11th Circuit, 1911-17; major in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1933-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
30, 1956 (age 75 years, 207
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Little Frierson (1868-1953) —
also known as William L. Frierson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., September
3, 1868.
Son of Robert Payne Frierson (1843-1893) and Mary (Little) Frierson;
second cousin once removed of Horace
Frierson; married, April 20,
1892, to Margaret McLemore Daniel; third cousin of Horace
Frierson, Jr..
Lawyer; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1905-07; U.S. Solicitor General,
1920-21.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 25,
1953 (age 84 years, 264
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Frank Hoyt Gailor (b. 1892) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., May 9,
1892.
Son of Thomas Frank Gailor and Ellen Douglas (Cunningham) Gailor;
married, August 9,
1922, to Mary Louise Pennel.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1921; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1923; Shelby
County Attorney, 1936-41; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1941-42; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1942-48.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Wesley Gaines (1860-1926) —
also known as John W. Gaines —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Wrencoe, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
24, 1860.
Son of Dr. John Wesley Gaines and Maria (Wair) Gaines.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1897-1909; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 4,
1926 (age 65 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) —
also known as Augustus H. Garland —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tipton
County, Tenn., June 11,
1832.
Brother of Rufus
King Garland.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1860;
delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1874-77; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85; U.S.
Attorney General, 1885-89.
Died suddenly while arguing a case before the Supreme
Court, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1899 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Abraham Ellison Garrett (1830-1907) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., March 6,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1871-73.
Died in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., February
14, 1907 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.
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Daniel Edward Garrett (1869-1932) —
also known as Daniel E. Garrett —
of Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April 28,
1869.
Son of Edward C. Garrett and Susan Olive (Haddox) Garrett; married,
December
7, 1893, to Ida Jones.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1913-15, 1917-19, 1921-32 (at-large
1913-15, 1917-19, 8th District 1921-32); died in office 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1932 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Finis James Garrett (1875-1956) —
also known as Finis J. Garrett —
of Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn.
Born near Ore Springs, Weakley
County, Tenn., August
26, 1875.
Son of Noah J. Garrett and Virginia (Baughman) Garrett; married, November
27, 1901, to Elizabeth Harris Burns.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1905-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1929.
Died May 26,
1956 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Dresden, Tenn.
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Henry Richard Gibson (1837-1938) —
also known as Henry R. Gibson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Kent Island, Queen Anne's
County, Md., December
24, 1837.
Son of Woolman Gibson and Catherine (Carter) Gibson; married 1863 to Frances
M. Reed; cousin of Charles
Hopper Gibson.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1872,
1880;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-76; law partner of Leonidas
C. Houk, 1876-79; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1895-1905; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900.
Died May 25,
1938 (age 100 years,
152 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Aaron Goodrich (1807-1887) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sempronius town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 6,
1807.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1847-48; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-51; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1860.
Died June 2,
1887 (age 79 years, 331
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Genesee County, Mich.
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Barton Jennings Gordon (b. 1949) —
also known as Bart Gordon —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.; Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
24, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2009.
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Everett Greer (b. 1890) —
of Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn.
Born in Mountain City, Johnson
County, Tenn., May 26,
1890.
Son of Ben W. Greer and Martha (Gentry) Greer; married to Elizabeth
Brickey.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1928-30.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, about 1829.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 1866-68.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of sunstroke,
aboard a steamboat
on the Mississippi River, at a wharf in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 18,
1868 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Clint Wood Hager (b. 1890) —
also known as Clint W. Hager —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., June 19,
1890.
Son of John Jackson Hager and Maud Livingston (Caldwell) Hager;
married, February
4, 1918, to Mary Kelley.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1921-34; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928,
1940;
Georgia
Republican state chair, 1937-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Tedford Hammond (b. 1905) —
also known as J. T. Hammond —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October
30, 1905.
Son of Rev. John T. Hammond; married 1926 to Ruth M.
Lyon.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1939-42; defeated in primary, 1936;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1942.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bolling Hall Handy (b. 1891) —
also known as Bolling H. Handy —
of Bristol,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Spring City, Rhea
County, Tenn., February
26, 1891.
Son of Thomas R. Handy and Caroline S. (Hall) Handy; married, October
9, 1917, to Ann Roy Johnston.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1920; member, Virginia
State Industrial Commission, 1922-29; chairman, Mutual Insurance
Company of Richmond.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Civitan.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey H. Hannah (b. 1868) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Oliver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
30, 1868.
Son of John H. Hannah and Lillie L. (Gerding) Hannah; married, August
23, 1910, to Gertrude Taylor.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1900-06; lawyer; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Hanover (1889-1984) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pultusk, Poland,
December
18, 1889.
Son of William Hanover and Esther (Frost) Hanover; married, February
4, 1929, to Jeanette Kaplan.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1918-19.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1984
(age about
94 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
21, 1846.
Son of Alexander Nelson Harris and Edna (Haynes) Harris; nephew of Landon
Carter Haynes; married, January
12, 1873, to Fannie Burke; married, July 6,
1899, to Hattie G. Jobe; first cousin of Alfred
Alexander Taylor and Robert
Love Taylor.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of
Georgia, 1915-17.
Methodist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United
Confederate Veterans.
Died September
21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Son of William Henry Hastie and Roberta (Child) Hastie; married, December
25, 1943, to Beryl Lockhart.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took senior
status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April 14,
1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Copeland Hawkins, Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure, August 9,
1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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James Marshall Head, Jr. (1855-1930) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 25,
1855.
Son of Dr. James Marshall Head and Berthenia P. (Branham) Head;
married, June 30,
1885, to Mary C. Cherry.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1881-84; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1900-04; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1903.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 31,
1930 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel G. Heiskell (1858-1923) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., 1858.
Lawyer; historian;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15.
Died in 1923
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) —
also known as Thomas J. Henderson —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., November
29, 1824.
Married, May 29,
1849, to Henrietta Butler.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; member of Illinois
state senate, 1856-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7th
District 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.
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Emil William Henry (b. 1929) —
also known as E. William Henry —
of Tennessee; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1929.
Son of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry; married, December
21, 1955, to Sherrye Eileen Patton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member,
Federal Communications Commission, 1962-66; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1967.
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Van Hilleary (b. 1959) —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., June 20,
1959.
Republican. Lawyer; business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1995-2003; candidate
for Governor of
Tennessee, 2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 2004,
2008;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Holland (b. 1877) —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., August
26, 1877.
Son of Philip A. Holland and Sarah (Williams) Holland; married, May 10,
1904, to Corabelle Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1910-11; Saltillo, 1911-13; Basel, 1913-23; Guatemala City, 1923-24; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1924-27; Liverpool, 1929-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Lawson Hooks (b. 1925) —
also known as Benjamin L. Hooks —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; pastor;
state court judge in Tennessee, 1965; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1972-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1996.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Civil rights leader; friend and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1986.
Still living as of 2000.
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Ben Walter Hooper (1870-1957) —
also known as Ben W. Hooper; Ben Walter
Wade —
of Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn., October
13, 1870.
Married, September
25, 1901, to Anna B. Jones.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-95; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1900
(alternate), 1928;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1916.
Baptist.
Died April 18,
1957 (age 86 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonidas Campbell Houk (1836-1891) —
also known as Leonidas C. Houk —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born near Boyds Creek, Sevier
County, Tenn., June 8,
1836.
Father of John
Chiles Houk.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1866; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1873; law partner of Henry
R. Gibson, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1879-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., May 25,
1891 (age 54 years, 351
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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George Smith Houston (1811-1879) —
also known as George S. Houston —
of Athens, Limestone
County, Ala.
Born near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
17, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1841-49, 1851-61 (at-large 1841-43,
5th District 1843-49, 1851-61); Governor of
Alabama, 1874-78; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1879; died in office 1879.
Died in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., December
31, 1879 (age 68 years, 348
days).
Interment at Athens
City Cemetery, Athens, Ala.
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James H. Howard (b. 1838) —
of Pike
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, 1838.
Shoemaker;
lawyer; Pike
County Clerk, 1862-68; member of Arkansas
state senate 17th District, 1871-73.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Son of Joseph Franklin Huddleston and Nancy (Sherrill) Huddleston;
married 1917
to Bertha L. Baxley; father of George
Huddleston, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Simon P. Hughes (1830-1906) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., August
14, 1830.
Son of Simon P. Hughes and Mary Hughes; married, June 2,
1857, to Miss A. E. Blakemore.
Lawyer; sheriff;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1866-67; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1874-77; Governor of
Arkansas, 1885-89; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1889-1904.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 29,
1906 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Son of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and tuberculosis,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Tennessee.
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); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson).
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.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also duelled
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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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
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Cross-reference: Warren
R. Davis — Thomas
Hart Benton — Francis
P. Blair — Waightstill
Avery |
| | | See also Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee |
| | | 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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Ray Howard Jenkins (1897-1980) —
also known as Ray H. Jenkins; "The Terror of Tellico
Plains" —
of Tellico Plains, Monroe
County, Tenn.
Born in Unaka, Cherokee
County, N.C., 1897.
Son of Columbus Sheridan Jenkins; married to Eva Nash.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; committee counsel during the "Army-McCarthy" hearings
in 1954; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1956.
Died in 1980
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lewis Jenkins (b. 1936) —
also known as William L. Jenkins; Bill
Jenkins —
of Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
29, 1936.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1963-71; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1969-71; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Tennessee, 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1988;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Calvin Jones (b. 1810) —
of Somerville, Fayette
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., July 8,
1810.
Son of Wilson Jones and Rebecca (McKissack) Jones; married, October
15, 1835, to Mildred Williamson (half-sister of John
Gustavus Adolphus Williamson); brother of Thomas
McKissick Jones.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer; Chancellor, Western Division of
Tennessee, 1847-54.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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